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On March 22nd, 1985 the first beam was accelerated which marked the beginning of 40 years of highly reliable operations. Since then, it plays an important role in the particle physics landscape. While no experiment was performed at DESY II, it served as a pre-accelerator for the DORIS storage ring, the PETRA storage ring and thus the one-of-its kind proton-electron collider HERA.
While usually no one pays too much attention the pre-accelerators, DESY II is world-wide renowned for its Test Beam facility. Three individual beam lines offer user-selectable, high-energy electron or positron beam with weekly availabilities with unmatched reliability. With these pre-requisites, DESY II is a landmark in the particle physics community and one of the four routinely operated multi-GeV test beams around the globe.
In this contribution, we will present the history of our DESY II synchrotron and Test Beam Facility along its 40 years of operation.
