Discover the Lighthouse Visitor Centre

Discover the Lighthouse Visitor Centre

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Xcool Lab open for schools – book now!

Take a virtual tour of the European XFEL

Take a virtual tour of the European XFEL

A research facility of superlatives in the Hamburg area

A research facility of superlatives in the Hamburg area

Facts and figures about the facility

Facts and figures about the facility

More about the beamlines

More about the beamlines

More about the superconducting linear accelerator

More about the superconducting linear accelerator

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More about the scientific instruments

The 3.4 km long European XFEL generates extremely intense X-ray flashes used by researchers from all over the world to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study processes in the interior of planets. Discover European XFEL at our Lighthouse

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01 March 2021 to 29 December 2025
online event

FELs of Europe Tutorials

16 August 2025, 10:00
European XFEL, Treffpunkt Lighthouse

Geführte Besichtigung, 16. August

16 August 2025, 10:30
Lighthouse

Science Samstag: Domino (Familien-Challenge)

16 August 2025, 12:00
European XFEL, Treffpunkt Lighthouse

Geführte Besichtigung, 16. August

16 August 2025, 14:00
European XFEL, Treffpunkt Lighthouse

Geführte Besichtigung, 16. August

04 September 2025, 18:30
Lighthouse (Foyer)

Kunst:Formel #2 – Der Arsen-Walzer: Fortschritte zur Ewigkeit

User Publications

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IUCrJ 12 (5), (2025-07-22)

High-quality ultra-fast total scattering and pair distribution function data using an X-ray free-electron laser

A.F. Sapnik, P.A. Chater, D.S. Keeble, J.S.O. Evans, F. Bertolotti, A. Guagliardi, L.J. Støckler, E.A. Harbourne, A.B. Borup, R.S. Silberg, A. Descamps, C. Prescher, B.D. Klee, A. Phelipeau, I. Ullah, K.G. Medina, T.A. Bird, V. Kaznelson, W. Lynn, A.L. Goodwin, B.B. Iversen, C. Crepisson, E.S. Bozin, K.M.Ø. Jensen, E.E. McBride, R.B. Neder, I. Robinson, J.S. Wark, M. Andrzejewski, U. Boesenberg, E. Brambrink, C. Camarda, V. Cerantola, S. Göde, H. Höppner, O.S. Humphries, Z. Konôpková, N. Kujala, T. Michelat, M. Nakatsutsumi, A. Pelka, T.R. Preston, L. Randolph, M. Roeper, A. Schmidt, C. Strohm, M. Tang, P. Talkovski, U. Zastrau, K. Appel, D.A. Keen
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202505811, online (2025-08-04)

Synthesis of Gold Hydride at High Pressure and High Temperature

M. Frost, K. Abraham, A.F. Goncharov, R.S. McWilliams, R.J. Husband, M. Andrzejewski, K. Appel, C. Baehtz, A. Bergermann, D. Brown, E. Bykova, A. Celeste, E. Edmund, N.J. Hartley, K. Glazyrin, H. Graafsma, N. Jaisle, Z. Konôpková, T. Laurus, Y. Lin, B. Massani, M. Schörner, M. Schulze, C. Strohm, M. Tang, Z. Younes, G. Steinle‐Neumann, R. Redmer, S.H. Glenzer
Phys. Rev. Research 7 (3), 033043 (2025-07-10)

Femtosecond laser-induced optical breakdown and cavitation dynamics in water imaged with an x-ray free-electron laser

H.P. Hoeppe, J.M. Rosselló, M. Vassholz, J. Hagemann, M. Osterhoff, T. Engler, A. Rodriguez-Fernandez, U. Boesenberg, J. Möller, R. Shayduk, J. Hallmann, A. Madsen, R. Mettin, T. Salditt
ACS Nano online, online (2025-08-02)

Direct Observation of the Exciton-Polaron in Single CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots

Z. Shen, M. Samoli, O. Erdem, J. Bielecki, A.K. Samanta, J. E, A.D. Estillore, C. Kim, Y. Kim, J. Koliyadu, R. Letrun, F. Locardi, J. Lübke, A. Mall, D.V.M. Melo, G. Mills, S. Rafie-Zinedine, A. Round, T. Sato, R. de Wijn, T. Wollweber, L. Worbs, Y. Zhuang, A.P. Mancuso, R. Bean, H.N. Chapman, J. Küpper, I. Infante, H. Lange, Z. Hens, K. Ayyer

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