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DG Helmut Schober in a tunnel with the accelerator on the right,  explains to HRH The King and President Macron about how a particle accelerator works

DG explains

DG Helmut Schober took the visitors into the accelerator tunnel and explained the principles of how it works and what it is for. 

Image: Ulrika Hammarlund/ESS

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A view of many heads - reporters in the foreground, and the visitors including HRH The King of Sweden, President Macron and Swedish and French Ministers behind.

Tunnel view

HRH The King of Sweden, President Macron and Swedish Minister Mats Persson listen as Helmut Schober introduces the final ceremonial moments in the accelerator tunnel.

Image: Tim Birkin/ESS

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HRH The King of Sweden fixes a small round flange to a cryomodule on the left, while President Macron on his right fits another, indicating the final installation of the Spoke Cryomodules

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President Macron and His Royal Highness each fitted a final flange to a cryomodule, indicating its final installation.

Image: Ulrika Hammarlund/ESS

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Helmut Schober smiles next to a smiling President Macron

Farewell Macron

Helmut Schober smiles as he says farewell to President Macron at the end of the visit

Image: Ulrika Hammarlund/ESS

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HRH The King of Sweden holds the left hand side of a metal plaque, while President Macron on his right holds the right hand side, and together they place it on the side of a shiny metallic cryomodule of the accelerator

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HRH The King of Sweden holds the left hand side of a metal plaque, while President Macron on his right holds the right hand side, and together they place it on the side of a Spoke cryomodule of the accelerator, which was designed, built and tested with French and Swedish collaboration.

Image: Ulrika Hammarlund/ESS

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

Photo: Perry Nordeng/ESS

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

Photo: Perry Nordeng/ESS

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

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Aerial view, 22 February 2022

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Documents

Explore ESS - poster (English)

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Videos

What is ESS?

A short video explaining what the European Spallation Source (ESS) is, how it works and what it is for.

What will the ESS instruments do?

Why have 13 European countries teamed up to build a giant neutron microscope in the outskirts of Lund, Sweden? To study the smallest building blocks of the world around us, to gain a deeper understanding and to develop the materials needed in our future, sustainable society. Find out more in this video.

Science with neutrons

What are neutrons and why will we use them at ESS? Because neutrons have special properties making them a powerful tool for science. Find out more in this short video.

We will change the world

Come change the world with us.

CREDIT: ESS

Texts, Drugs and Dinosaurs - Neutrons Show the Way

How has science changed our lives? How will neutrons help us meet the challenges of the future? And what's it like to work in an international science facility under construction? This talk will take you on a trip through archaeology, life science and magnetism, and end up at a huge construction site.

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