R&D
Accelerator R&D Activities
Operation of the XFEL Accelerator
Accelerator R&D Activities
OP and Cost Center Structure
see sheet "R&D" for the R&D relevant packages and cost centers
Similar to the structure of the (standard) operation of the XFEL accelerator also the R&D activities to develop the XFEL facility is structres in Research Packages (RP) lead by the Principle Investigator and organized into three main pillars. R&D Activities can be proposed to the MXL machine coordination at any time using the the template linked below. Proposals are approved by MXL and discussed in the XFEL Operation Board. Once a year a status report about the progress within each RP is requested with the Status Report template.
PI are offered to provide a web page for their RP as a sub-page to this section.
Research Package Structure as of March 2020
Documents regarding Accelerator R&D Activities
The XFEL company R&D policy
This policy was approved by the XFEL Managament Board in 09/2018 and is also applicable to accelerator related R&D at DESY
Template R&D Proposal
This template is to be used for all new R&D activities for the XFEL accelerator. To be approved by the coordination team.
Template R&D Status Report
This template is supposed to be used to provide a status report of the R&D activity's progress about once a year
Template R&D Final Report
When a R&D activity is concluded a final report about the outcome is expected using this template.