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The official signing of the contract for cooperation between the research neutron source FRM II and the Helmholtz research centers Juelich, Geeshacht, and Berlin took place on Dec. 17, 2010, in the Institute for Advanced Study of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM).
Front row, left to right: Thomas Frederking (authorized officer, Helmholtz Center Berlin), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (Acting Chairman, Forschungszentrum Juelich), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann (TU Muenchen President), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Pyzalla-Kaysser (Scientific Executive Director, Helmholtz Center Berlin), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaysser (Scientific Technical Director, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht), Prof. Dr. Andreas Schreyer (Material Physics Director, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht).
Standing, left to right: Prof. Dr. Dieter Richter (Director of the Institute for Solid-State Research, Forschungszentrum Juelich), Ministerial Director Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Ministerial Director Dr. Wilhelm Friedrich Rothenpieler (Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research, and the Arts), Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry (Scientific Director of FRM II, TU Muenchen), Albert Berger (Chancellor, TU Muenchen)..