Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

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The Helmholtz -Zentrum Dresden -Rossendorf ( FZD ) is a scientific research center in the Dresden district Rossendorf and since 1 January 2011 Member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. On HZDR the Helmholtz Association research is done in three of the six research areas: Energy, Health and matter. The HZDR was founded as a research center Rossendorf in 1992. The HZDR has a total area of 186 hectares. It is located at the site of the company founded in 1956 Central Institute for Nuclear Physics (later Central Institute for Nuclear Research) in Dresden- Rossendorf.

Research

The HZDR conducts research in the areas of energy, health and matter fundamental and application-oriented.

Energy in the field of energy research, the scientists are looking for economically and environmentally sustainable solutions for the energy supply of the future. They are working on new technologies for exploration, extraction, use and recycling of strategically important metals and minerals, eg biotechnological processes for the ( re) production of metals. They deal with energy-intensive processes of industry, eg the cast steel or in the chemical industry. The researchers are also dealing with the safety of nuclear reactors and waste disposal sites. Another topic is the development of a liquid metal battery for the storage of large amounts of energy. Such stationary storage might contribute to meet the growing need for storage options.

Health

The HZDR aims to achieve progress in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of the widespread disease of cancer that 450,000 new cases is one in Germany. It works closely with partners from the academic medicine. Cancer research HZDR deals with three topics complexes: radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis and therapy of cancer: new method for imaging in oncology and particle acceleration with new laser technologies for radiation therapy. On the grounds of the University Hospital Dresden is currently being built a new building for the OncoRay - National Centre for Radiation Research in Oncology, where further developed, among other things, the proton beam therapy and is to come for patients to use. OncoRay is supported by the University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden and the HZDR. The Dresden Helmholtz Centre is also a partner in the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research. In the HZDR Research Centre in Leipzig, it also comes to the early diagnosis of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia.

Matter

In the research area matter materials are examined under extreme conditions, eg strong magnetic fields and very low temperatures, with the aim of improving materials or develop new ones. For this you need complex scientific instruments and equipment, as they are operated in the Helmholtz Association. At the large research facilities in HZDR scientists explore, for example, novel superconductor and semiconductor materials. They also develop highly sensitive detectors for applications in medicine and technology and modern drive technology advances for particle acceleration.

Research facilities

Besides the HZDR scientists and international guests use the measurement times the Rossendorf large research facilities for their own projects.

The SAME is a center for high - radiation sources and the largest research facility at FZD. It includes a superconducting electron accelerator with high Brilliance and low Emittance ( ELBE ) as well as one free-electron laser for medium and far infrared. The ELBE electron beam is further converted into secondary radiation ( bremsstrahlung, channeling radiation, high-brilliance X-rays, positrons and neutrons). The center for high-power radiation sources is also one of the high-power laser DRACO. This titanium: sapphire laser chirped pulse amplification achieved by about 150 TW power and is used for acceleration of protons and electrons used to high energies by means of the laser-plasma acceleration. Another high-power lasers ( PENELOPE ) in the petawatt range is currently under construction.

The High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden produced the highest pulsed magnetic fields in Europe with the goal of 100 Tesla - approximately three million times the Earth's magnetic field - for materials research to provide in order to investigate the electronic properties of novel superconductors and semiconductor materials.

In the ion beam center energy particle bombardment for the development and analysis of new electronic materials is used.

The Rossendorf Beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation ROBL ESRF in Grenoble, France, allows materials science and radiochemical research by extremely brilliant light.

In operated together with the University Hospital Dresden and TU Dresden PET center imaging techniques for diagnosis and new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of cancer being developed and researched. HZDR, University Hospital and TU Dresden also operate together, the " National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology - OncoRay ".

The thermal-hydraulic test facility TOPFLOW ( Transient Two Phase Flow Test Facility ) allows the study of complex flow phenomena under realistic conditions, as they occur in nuclear reactors as well as in the chemical and process engineering.

With DRESDYN a new platform for dynamo experiments and thermal-hydraulic studies with liquid sodium is produced; the core is a precession dynamo, with the formation of the earth's magnetic field can be simulated more realistically than with a propeller -driven dynamo experiments. The experiments will also seek to allow detailed insights into metal melts, serve the development of liquid metal batteries and for security research for liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors of the next generation.

Staff and budget

The Helmholtz -Zentrum Dresden -Rossendorf employs approximately 1,000 employees, including 450 scientists, including 160 doctoral students and including 40 trainees in thirteen professions. The core funding to 90 percent provided by the federal government and 10 percent by the Free State of Saxony ( 2012: 101 million euros ), added third-party funds (2012: 17 million euros ).

Technology Transfer

The transfer of knowledge and research findings is realized HZDR through contract research, licensing and community use of the devices and systems with cooperation partners. The company was founded in 2011 HZDR INNOVATION GmbH uses eg infrastructure and knowledge HZDR for production and services in the field of ion implantation. The technology is for doping, that is, Introduction of impurity atoms in the material surfaces, and the targeted production of defects used in semiconductor materials. It is also used to produce or enhance the biocompatibility of medical implants tailored surface properties such as oxidation resistance of lightweight materials for the aerospace, automotive and energy technology.

Youth development

The HZDR employs around 160 PhD students who, PhD in collaboration with universities, particularly the TU Dresden. The six research groups of HZDR (as of 2013) research on the following topics: Computer Aided Radiation Physics, Neutron Physics and safety assessment of modern nuclear reactor concepts, magnetization dynamics, tumor -specific PET radiotracer and ion beam processed functional materials for spintronics and photovoltaics. This sixth is particularly promoted as so-called Helmholtz Young Investigators Group. The HZDR continues to operate the Helmholtz Research School NANONET, a structured doctoral program in molecular electronics, and organized an international summer student program. For the operation of research facilities, for the laboratories and the administration the HZDR constantly trains approximately 40 young people in 13 professions. For students from the seventh grade the student lab offers DeltaX experimental days and holiday courses. Regular teacher training complement these offers.

For the general public the HZDR organisisiert every two to three years, a day of open laboratories and participates each summer in the Long Night of Sciences of all research institutes in Dresden. The HZDR is also represented in the science nights in Freiberg and Leipzig.

Institute of HZDR

The scientific division of HZDR divided into eight banks and the Central Department of Research Technology for the development and construction of research facilities and experiments.

  • Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research
  • Institute High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden
  • Institute of Fluid Dynamics
  • Institute of Radiation Physics
  • Department of Radiopharmaceutical Research on Cancer
  • Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Institute of Resource Ecology
  • Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, together with the Technical University of Freiberg

List in Rossendorf acting researchers

  • Wolf Häfele was 1992-1996 Scientific Director of the Research Center Rossendorf.
  • Frank Pobell from 1996 to 2003 Research Director and Spokesman of the Board of the Forschungszentrum Dresden -Rossendorf and led from 2002 to 2004 the construction of the High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden.
  • Roland Sauerbrey since 2006 Scientific Director of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden- today's Rossendorf.
  • Heinz Barwich
  • Klaus Fuchs
  • Josef Schintlmeister

Locations

In addition to the main location in Dresden HZDR operates a research center in Leipzig, is operated at the radiopharmaceutical and georadiochemische research, a jet with a materials science and a radiochemical measurement place at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF in Grenoble / France and the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology.

History of the site in Rossendorf

1956, the Central Institute for Nuclear Physics in Rossendorf was founded, which was a little later than the Central Institute for Nuclear Research ( ZfK ) incorporated into the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. The participated in the Manhattan Project German -British nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs was until 1974 the deputy director of ZfK. After the reunification of the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf ( FZR ) was led by Wolf Häfele refounded and shifted the research focus on life sciences and materials research. In 2006 it was renamed the Forschungszentrum Dresden -Rossendorf, to emphasize the roll-call connection to Dresden research site.

2011 was the change of the Research Center of the Science Association Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz held in the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. Since then, it bears the name of the Helmholtz -Zentrum Dresden -Rossendorf.

At the former Central Institute for Nuclear Research ( ZfK ) of the GDR were in Rossendorf several research reactors in operation. They were operated on today's research site and phased out of service after 1989. For decommissioning and dismantling of the newly founded association for e Nuclear Engineering and Analytics Rossendorf V. was commissioned by the Free State of Saxony ( VKTA ).

The Rossendorf Research Reactor (RFR ) had a rated capacity of 10 megawatts and was in operation from 1957 to 1991. This research reactor was mainly used as a neutron source for the production of radioisotopes for the doping of silicon, for activation analysis and for materials research.

The Rossendorf arrangement for critical experiments ( RAKE ) had only a low power of 10 watts and was in operation from 1969 to 1991. She served reactor physics experiments and training. Until 1998, this reactor plant has been completely eliminated.

The Rossendorf ring zone reactor (RRR ) was the first reactor, which was developed independently in the GDR. He was operated 1962-1991 as a research reactor and had an output of 1000 watts. The reactor was used in the reactor physics research.

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