User:Redactrice at DESY/DESY revised
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Comment: In an effort to correct, update and de-clutter the main article about DESY, I have suggested changes to the articles about DESY's individual accelerators and projects on their own pages (see ARGUS, PETRA, TASSO, JADE, PLUTO, HERA, H1, ZEUS, HERMES, HERA-B, FLASH, PITZ). Now that these have been largely accepted and published, here are suggestions to update the DESY page itself. This update includes revising the historical details that can now be found in the individual articles mentioned above. In addition, I suggest to create two new articles, DESY (particle accelerator) and DORIS (particle accelerator), in order to outsource the historical details about those two DESY facilities so they can be deleted here in the main DESY article.
Changes are highlighted in bold; each section with new content is preceded by an explanation what is supposed to be edited and why. Thanks in advance for comments and support!
Comment on the Infobox: The information in the infobox was partly outdated (budget, staff), partly wrong (particle acceleration). I'd suggest to update it as follows (for the references to the numbers, see main text below):
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Motto | "The Decoding of Matter" |
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Established | 18 December 1959 (1959-12-18) |
Research type | Fundamental research |
Budget | c. € 232 million (2020) |
Field of research | |
Director | Helmut Dosch |
Staff | 2,700 (plus over 3,000 guest scientists p.a.) |
Students | c. 500 PhD students and postdocs |
Address | Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany |
Location | 53°34′33″N 9°52′46″E 52°22′00″N 13°37′00″E |
Campus | Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Zeuthen |
Affiliations | Helmholtz Association |
Website | desy |
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Comment on Introduction:
The most common name for the research centre is "DESY", therefore I suggest to start with the acronym and explain its origin and meaning in a second step. DESY has four main research areas; astroparticle physics was added in 2019. DESY does not receive DFG funding.
DESY, short for Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (English German Electron Synchrotron), is a national research centre for fundamental science located in Hamburg and Zeuthen near Berlin in Germany. It operates particle accelerators used to investigate the structure, dynamics and function of matter, and conducts a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary scientific research in four main areas: particle and high energy physics; photon science; astroparticle physics; and the development, construction and operation of particle accelerators. Its name refers to its first project, an electron synchrotron. DESY is publicly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal States of Hamburg and Brandenburg and is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
Comment on Functions: While DESY's core research activities still focus on development and operation of particle accelerators, its research scope has expanded significantly since the last retrieved information (2012). What is more, DESY does not provide consulting services but is an active member in many international research collaborations and projects. This is reflected in the new text proposal.