We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the following Laboratories and Institutions:

• John Adams Institute, University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London, UK
• Berliner Elektronenspeicherring Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung mbH (BESSY), Berlin, Germany
• Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), UK
• Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury, UK
• Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
• Diamond Light Source, Chilton, Didcot, UK
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
• Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
• Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK
• Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Orsay, France
• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Rome, Italy
• Manne Siegbahn Laboratory (MSL), Stockholm, Sweden
• Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
• Sincrotrón ALBA, Bellaterra, Spain
• Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
• Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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(Lord Byron)