First stored 1.7 GeV electron beam @ BESSY-II, Berlin

[Joachim Rahn <rahn@acc.bessy.de>]

Dear colleagues,

                       WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE

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                        On April 22, 1998 22:55

                    THE FIRST 1.7 GeV ELECTRON BEAM
          has been stored in the synchrotron radiation source
                              BESSY II

                           the BESSY crew

                           Berlin, Germany
 
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BTW: The attachment is a picture of the synchrotron light captured by a
     pinhole array at the BESSY-II electron storage ring

Joachim Rahn

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