A drawing for the HZB magazine “Lichtblick” to celebrate the 25 years of BESSY II, a 240m radius #synchrotron in #Berlin with 46 beamlines and 2700 guest researchers every year.
The first version of BESSY (BESSY I) had a diameter of 60m and was located in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, West Germany. After the fall of the #berlinWall in 1989 the construction of a new bigger synchrotron (BESSY II) began in Berlin-Adlershof, where there was enough space for the project. BESSY II went into operation in 1998 and BESSY I was dismantled shortly after. Some of its components were sent to Jordan within the scope of a UNESCO project and later on used in the #SESAME light source. Right now BESSY II focuses on soft x-ray and hosts researchers from all over the world. More than 12000 scientific publications were based on data collected there.
Find out more about the story of BESSY II here: https://bit.ly/479kOLR .
