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The European XFEL main building and campus restaurant illuminated in orange to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November 2020 (Image: European XFEL/Markus Kuster)
The European XFEL main building and campus restaurant illuminated in orange to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November 2020 (Image: European XFEL/Markus Kuster)
View into the 2.1-kilometre long accelerator tunnel of European XFEL with the yellow superconducting accelerator modules hanging from the ceiling (Image: European XFEL/Heiner Müller-Elsner)
View into the 2.1-kilometre long accelerator tunnel of European XFEL with the yellow superconducting accelerator modules hanging from the ceiling (Image: European XFEL/Heiner Müller-Elsner)
Aerial view of the site DESY-Bahrenfeld on 9 September 2021 (Image: European XFEL)
Aerial view of the site DESY-Bahrenfeld on 9 September 2021 (Image: European XFEL)

European XFEL

The European XFEL is a research facility of superlatives: It generates ultrashort X-ray flashes—27 000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources.
Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld

Research

The 3.4 km long European XFEL generates extremely intense X-ray flashes used by researchers from all over the world. The flashes are produced in underground tunnels and allow scientists to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study processes in the interior of planets.

Health and biology

With the X-ray flashes of the European XFEL, scientists analyse the structure of biomolecules and biological entities such as proteins, cells, or membranes. Researchers can also study how these entities change while working. Understanding the structure of these entities, as well as their temporal changes, will provide insights into their functions, and form an important basis for the development of future medicines and therapies.

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