Directly after the opening of the new combined building the first HFML-FELIX User Meeting took place. Local research groups, external users and other interested scientists exchanged experiences and the latest scientific news. The aim was to bring the high field and free electron laser communities together and inform both scientific research areas about the possibilities of the facility. During this lively and inspiring user meeting, new ideas were born, suggestions were made and connections between the different fields were established. The meeting was well received by the community and hopefully enables new ground-breaking experiments using the intense radiation [...]

The combined building of the HFML and the FELIX Laboratory has been officially opened on July 8, 2019. Ingrid van Engelshoven, Minister of Education, Culture and Science, officiated the opening. From left to right: Prof. Han van Krieken (Rector, RU), Dr. Britta Redlich (Director FELIX Laboratory), Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven (OCW), Prof. Peter Christianen (Director HFML), Prof. Lutgarde Buydens (Dean FNWI, RU), Prof. Niek Lopes Cardozo (NWO), Dr. Wilma de Koning (University Board, RU), Dr. Iwan Holleman (Management Director, RU), Prof. Daniël Wigboldus (President of the University Board, RU).  The very powerful magnets and free-electron lasers of the [...]

EMFL Prize 2019 is presented to Ashish Arora (postdoctorate researcher, University of Münster, Germany)  for his outstanding achievements in science in high magnetic fields.