The Advanced Study Group of the University of Hamburg (UHH-ASG) at CFEL pursues a wide variety of
scientific goals which are enabled by the new free-electron laser sources. Among those goals are the
exploration of the fundamental light-matter interaction induced with short wavelength
(Extreme Ultraviolet (XUV) and Soft X-rays) radiation, the study of the ultrafast dynamic response
induced by light in atoms, molecules, clusters and solids, and the development of innovative concepts
for accelerator-based light sources and imaging particle detection. The experimental program includes
work on innovative instrumentation at FLASH as well as at LCLS. A selection of recent key instrumental
developments as well as scientific highlights can be found on the web pages of the participating
University groups:
Accelerator Physics
led by Jörg Rossbach and Florian Grüner including a Junior Research Group led by Juliane Rönsch-Schulenburg
DynamiX & Ultrafast X-ray Physics
led by Markus Drescher
Experimental Physics led by Thorsten Uphues
Optics
led by Michael Rübhausen
Solar Engergy led by Wolfgang Eberhardt
Soft X-ray Spectroscopy
led by Wilfried Wurth.
Wilfried Wurth is also the speaker of the ASG.
CFEL is a scientific cooperation of the three organisations: