PETRA III Construction work started (June 2007)

Preparations for the test pile foundation of the experimental hall.

Preparations for the test pile foundation of the experimental hall.

The construction work on the PETRA III experimental hall on the DESY site started in the middle of June 2007 (Webcam of the construction site).

From 2009 on, PETRA III, the new 3rd generation hard X-ray source of worldwide lowest emittance, will become available for users with 14 undulator beamlines providing beams focused down to some 10 nanometer size.

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