Open AccessOn the ANKA decision: a response to Braun's Just for us?
Author(s) -
Saile Volker
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s160057751501382x
Subject(s) - synchrotron radiation , helmholtz free energy , physics , political science , nuclear physics , thermodynamics
KIT's Executive Board has decided to discontinue the operation of the synchrotron radiation facility ANKA within category LK‐II (user facility) of the Helmholtz Association and continue operation in LK‐I (research). The KIT Senate confirmed this decision. Some aspects of the background and the rationale leading to this change are explained.