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The ELBE (Electron Linac for Beams with high Brilliance and low Emittance) facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is a compact superconducting linear accelerator providing high-brightness electron beams for a broad range of scientific and industrial applications. Operational since the early 2000s, ELBE is among the first superconducting linacs in Europe designed for continuous-wave (cw) operation. Although the facility has enabled extensive research—spanning terahertz radiation generation, photon and neutron production, nuclear medicine, and advanced radiation physics—its machine layout and accelerator subsystems are only partially described in the peer-reviewed domain. This contribution presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the ELBE accelerator, including its superconducting linac architecture, beam parameters, beamline configurations, control system environment, and user operation modes. Current upgrade activities and recent performance developments are also summarized.
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