title: The birth of a new field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA spence@asu.edu.
authors.forename: John C H
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg 22607, Germany.
authors.forename: Henry N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D012106:Research; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Introduction; Louise Johnson; X-ray lasers