The photon-scattering facility at the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE

A new facility for the production of polarised bremsstrahlung has been built
at the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE of the Forschungszentrum
Rossendorf. The bremsstrahlung facility and the setup for photon-scattering
experiments are designed such that the background radiation due to scattering
of photons and production of neutrons is minimised. The sensitive setup in
connection with electron energies up to 20 MeV and average currents up to 1 mA
delivered by the ELBE accelerator enables novel experiments using
photon-induced reactions. First results of photon-scattering experiments are
presented.