ELISA-I3 (project successfully completed)

Full Name
European Light Sources Activities - Synchrotrons and Free Electron Lasers -
a European Commission’s Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) project

Start Date:
2009-03-01

End Date:
2011-08-31

Duration:
30 months


Grant Agreement No. / Project Reference
226716

Project Website
ELISA

Abstract
This integrating activity is a perfect match to the objectives of the call for proposals (“INFRA-2008-1.1.1: Bottom-up approach: Integrating activities in all scientific and technological fields”): it opens up a very large network of existing facilities to the entire European user community and is a bottom-up approach targeting a variety of different disciplines rather than a narrow field. The open access and the resulting exchanges will lead to a better integration of national facilities and avoid duplications and waste of resources. The joint research activities will bring together scientists from different facilities and countries with common objectives in instrumentation and method development; the results will benefit all network members and again contribute to their integration. The networking activities will improve documentation and communication, bringing in particular the opportunities offered by the consortium to the attention of new potential users and of the general public.

The concept of the project stems from some basic facts. First, there is an increasing demand for advanced photon (X-rays, ultraviolet, infrared etc.) sources in a variety of disciplines ranging from physics and chemistry to biomedical research, engineering and new domains such as the preservation of cultural heritage. Second, individual European nations responded to this need by funding the development of a variety of advanced synchrotrons and Free Electron Lasers (FELs). This resulted in the world’s most advanced system in the field, but the facilities are geographically located in a subset of the European countries: Germany, France, the UK, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Denmark. This could create a handicap for scientists from other countries. The European synchrotrons and FELs have a strong tradition in countering this risk by offering open access. However, the concrete implementation of this policy requires adequate resources for the support of the users and of the facilities.

DESY Participation
WP1: Management - Coordinator
WP2: Networking Activity - N1 - Communication
WP3: Networking Activity - N2 - Shared Computer Capacities "VEDAC"
WP4: Networking Activity - N3 - Experimental Methods "PUSH"
WP5: Networking Activity - N4 - International Schools (HERCULES)
WP6: TAA1 - ALBA
WP7: TAA2 - AU
WP8: TAA3 - BESSY
WP9: TAA4 - CNRS
WP10: TAA5 - DESY (HASYLAB)
WP11: TAA6 - Diamond
WP12: TAA7 - Elettra
WP13: TAA8 - EMBL
WP14: TAA9 - FOM
WP15: TAA10 - FZD
WP16: TAA11 - FZK
WP17: TAA12 - INFN
WP18: TAA13 - MAX-lab
WP19: TAA14 - PSI
WP20: TAA15 - SOLEIL
WP21: JRA1 - FEL Components "FELINS"
WP22: JRA2 - Detectors "HIZPAD"
WP23: JRA3 - Optics "NanoFOX"

Contact at DESY
Gerhard Grübel (at) DESY.de
tel.: +49-40-8998 2484
fax: +49-40-8998 4475