The European x-ray free electron laser (European XFEL) is an X-ray research laser project currently under construction and is as of 2012 slated to be operational by the end of 2015. The international project with 12 participating countries is located in the German federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. A free electron laser generates high-intensity electromagnetic radiation by accelerating electrons to relativistic speeds and directing them through special magnetic structures. The European XFEL is constructed such that the electrons produce x-ray light in synchronisation, resulting in high-intensity x-ray pulses with the properties of laser light and at intensities much brighter than those produced by conventional synchrotron light sources.
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