![Hall view - KARA and the KIT Light Source](/img/KIT_synchrotron_light_source_hall_view_rdax_1230x765s.jpg)
KARA, a 110-m 2.5-GeV electron storage ring, serves as a platform for R&D and testing, pooling research of new beam and acceleration concepts and development of accelerator technologies and new detector systems.
more![Electron Beam Status Display](/img/Status-Display-Icon_168x88.jpg)
Display the status and history of the electron beam in the storage ring KARA incl. beam energy, beam current, and beam lifetime.
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FLUTE, a far-infrared linac and test experiment, serves as a test facility for a variety of accelerator physics studies, also providing coherent radiation in ultra-short, very intense, light pulses spanning the terahertz spectral range and beyond.
more![Superconducting Transverse Gradient Undulator (TGU)](/img/KIT_ATP_technology_magnet_compact_TGU_002.jpg)
MCF hosts test stands CASPER I & II and the LASMagLab for normal, permanent, and superconducting (sc) magnet systems incl. coils, wigglers, undulators (SCU, scTGU), new sc-materials, wires, winding and field correction techniques.
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