114 years after the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, intensive discussions are still ongoing in Würzburg regarding the generation of X-ray beams.

More than 20 scientists from 6 different European countries met at Veitshöchheim near Würzburg on 26 and 27 March to take part in a series of lectures on the subject of undulators.

This workshop was organised by the Würzburg-based technology company, Babcock Noell, and the Karlsruhe Research Centre. The organisers were delighted to welcome as speaker Dr. James Clarke of the Daresbury Laboratory in the UK, one of the leading experts in the field of synchrotron sources and undulators.

Information was given at first hand about theory, technology and application, and there was ample opportunity for an exchange of views between specialists and young scientists.

Undulators are precision magnets used in ring accelerators for generating synchrotron radiation, a special form of X-ray radiation. Undulators make it possible to manipulate how synchrotron radiation is generated. This means the properties of the radiation can be specifically adapted to users’ requirements, for example in material science or biology.

Babcock Noell has been working in the field of accelerator technology and undulators for quite some time now. At present, Babcock Noell is developing undulators for the Karlsruhe Research Centre, in which superconductors are used instead of conventional permanent magnets or electromagnets. This enables the beam quality and intensity to be increased further.

About Babcock Noell GmbH:

Babcock Noell is active throughout the world in the product areas of nuclear service, nuclear technology, magnet technology and environmental technology, making extremely successful use of the experience and know-how gathered over four decades. The company is integrated into the Bilfinger Berger AG Group via Bilfinger Berger Power Services GmbH in Oberhausen.

With approximately 300 employees who are predominantly employed in the engineering side of activities, the company’s service portfolio extends from the development, planning, supply and commissioning right through to the operation of the plant systems and facilities it supplies.

Outstanding, technologically sophisticated projects form the basis for the company’s growth in the future, including the complete dismantling of the Niederaichbach nuclear power station, the construction of the pilot conditioning plant for final storage of spent fuel elements in Gorleben, the superconducting magnets for the CERN international research centre in Geneva, or the superconducting coils for the Max Planck Institute’s Wendelstein 7 X nuclear fusion reactor experiment in Garching and Greifswald.

For further Information please contact:

Babcock Noell GmbH
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Alfred-Nobel-Str. 20
97080 Würzburg
Phone: +49 931 9030
Fax: +49 931 9036000
Email: info@babcocknoell.de
Web: www.babcocknoell.de