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Where Do We Go from Here?
The Next Steps
on the Way to TESLA
The next step is the construction of a pilot facility. This 300-meter-long
superconducting linear accelerator with a free electron laser will be built
on the DESY site. The aim of the pilot project is to demonstrate that the
SASE principle (the principle behind the X-ray laser) also functions at
wavelengths shorter than 100 nanometers—two orders of magnitude
below the wavelengths achieved in previous tests.The pilot facility
will go on display at DESY in Hamburg as part of the EXPO 2000 World
Fair. As of 2003,numerous interested parties from the world of research will be
able to use the facility.
The experience gained during construction of the pilot facility will make it
possible to draw up a detailed project plan for TESLA, which will then be submitted
for evaluation and approval. DESY is convinced that the TESLA model is
superior to other projects with similar aims and that it will prevail in the international
research scene. In the event that the approval procedure—including
the review by the German Scientific Council (Wissenschaftsrat),the public planning
procedure for the construction and the international agreements—proceeds
rapidly,tunneling work could begin in 2003.
Allowing for a further six to eight years of construction time, the scientific
community could have a new kind of research facility at its disposal by the year
2010.The TESLA research center would then provide fertile ground for pioneering
research in a broad range of fields—from the investigation of the origin
and composition of matter to the fundamental principles of life itself.
1 2
The TESLA Research Center
—up and running
by 2010?
1 Futuristic and multifunctional:
DESY’s 1,200-square-meter “Light for the
New Millennium”exhibition will be open
to the public in this new hall from June 1
to October 31,2000.As well as experiencing
the fascination of research,visitors
will be able to check out the tunnel where
the X-ray laser will be assembled.After
the EXPO,the new building will be converted
into an experimental hall that will
be available to researchers from 2003.
2 A milestone on the way to TESLA:
On March 19,1998,a state treaty providing
the legal planning requirements for
the construction and operation of TESLA
was signed by representatives of Hamburg
and Schleswig-Holstein.
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