DESY

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DESY

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron

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Motto	"The Decoding of Matter"
Established	18 December 1959 (1959-12-18)
Research type	Fundamental research
Budget	c. € 232 million (2020)
Field of research	Particle accelerators Particle physics Photon science Astroparticle physics
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 / 53.57583°N 9.87944°E / 53.57583; 9.87944 52°22′00″N 13°37′00″E / 52.36667°N 13.61667°E / 52.36667; 13.61667
Campus	Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Zeuthen
Affiliations	Helmholtz Association
Website	desy.de
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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.