Welcome to the MAX IV Laboratory

The MAX IV Laboratory is a national laboratory operated jointly by the Swedish Research Council and Lund University.

The laboratory supports three distinct research areas: Accelerator physics, research based on the use of synchrotron radiation and nuclear physics using energetic electrons.
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MAX-lab 25th Anniversary

The first storage ring at MAX-lab was inaugurated this week 25 years ago.
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Electron beam in the gun!

On Thursday 19 January a technological breakthrough was made at the MAX IV project. For the first time an electron beam found its way from the new photo cathode RF gun to the first YAG-screen in the radio frequency test bed.
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ESS, MAX IV and Lund University Start First Joint Laboratory

The European Spallation Source, MAX IV Laboratory and the Division of Nuclear Physics at Lund University start the first joint laboratory.
The new laboratory is the first step towards the building-up of joint infrastructure in the future Science City to be located between MAX IV and ESS.
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Input to the Swedish Research and Innovation strategy 2012

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