The SGM 3 gratings are still not here. The manufacturer had greater problems than expected, so the delivery time is now unknown.
The EBIS: Later this week, a separator beam will be injected, and hopefully also extracted. We plan to start with Lithium.
ELISA is getting ready for a continuation of the Ba- run.
The Tesla FEL project in Hamburg, in which ISA will take part, has been evaluated with respect to the amount of manpower ISA has to provide. It is estimated to be about 10 man-years over the next 2-3 years.
Synchrotron Radiation News, the magazine with which many of you are familiar, has published the focus topics for the next 6 issues. They are:
| Issue | Editorial focus topic | Article deadline |
| 13.1 | Future visions, part II | October 13,1999 |
| 13.2 | VUV and novel instrumentation | December 15, 1999 |
| 13.3 | Biological applications | February 16, 2000 |
| 13.4 | Timing experiments | April 12, 2000 |
| 13.5 | Use of coherent X-rays | June 14, 2000 |
| 13.6 | Free-electron lasers | August 16, 2000 |
If you have contributions for any of the above issues, please contact NH. The magazine also welcomes meeting reports, general news and entries for the calendar section.
28/9 1999 nh+spm