The synchrotron we are using is called "Doris" which makes it sound more like a nice old lady than a DEADLY RADIATION SOURCE.
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| Wires and things! |
The next week I will be working somewhere in this tangle of wires from 11pm-11am every day. I might not have much to say on the blog, unless you like hearing about how confused and frustrated/elated I am by little electrons and how good it feels to drink awful filter coffee at 4am.
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| This building is filled with very fast electrons. |
In the morning before the first shift I had a look around the
DESY campus, which is encircled by Petra, Doris' big sister, a 2km
circumference particle accelerator. They grow tomatoes on top of it:
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| They looked a bit sickly though. |
The campus is this awesome mix of huge old bits of technical apparatus and secret paths and staircases into little wooded areas. Brilliant for exploring!
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| What are these huge blocks for? |
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| A friendly-looking monochromator from the eighties. | |
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| What is this supposed to detect? I DON'T KNOWW I JUST CAME ACROSS IT AND I WAS TOO SHY TO ASK THOSE PEOPLE. |
Those tomato things look delicious, not sure they're tomatoes though
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