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, University of Hamburg through the BMBF priority program FSP 301, and the Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL), under Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515. M. H. B. would like to acknowledge the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for their financial support