title: Science opportunities at the SwissFEL X-ray Laser.
abstract: Next-generation X-ray sources, based on the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) concept, will provide highly coherent, ultrashort pulses of soft and hard X-rays with peak intensity many orders of magnitude higher than that of a synchrotron. These pulses will allow studies of femtosecond dynamics at nanometer resolution and with chemical selectivity. They will produce diffraction images of organic and inorganic nanostructures without deleterious effects of radiation damage.
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beaud
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hans H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland; Laboratorium für Kristallographie ETH Zürich CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dejoiea
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ingold
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Patthey
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pedrini
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szlachentko
authors.affiliation: SwissFEL Paul Scherrer Institute OVGA 413 CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland. rafael.abela@psi.ch.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abela
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*