School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications | (smr 3815)
Starts 23 Jan 2023
Ends 3 Feb 2023
Central European Time
Online -
Online
An ICTP online meeting
The School will introduce young scientists to the design, operation, and research opportunities offered at a modern synchrotron light source and how such sources are realized.
The school will be held over two weeks and will consist of three modules: (1) the physical aspects concerning the design and function of the main components: accelerators, insertion devices and beamline optics (2) an overview of the arguments that can be made in order to fund and build a synchrotron light source, including socioeconomic benefit, stakeholder engagement, communication (3) Overview of common synchrotron light techniques including synchrotron infrared techniques and XANES/EXAFS.
Topics:
Fundamentals of synchrotron radiation from storage rings
Fundamentals of X-ray interactions with matter
Design and operation of storage rings
Beamline design: Photon transport and optics
Bending magnets and insertion devices
Project management at a large facility
Ancillary devices for light sources
Socioeconomic justification
Cultural heritage
Stakeholder engagement/communications
Starting up user operations at a new facility
Industrial Applications
IR microscopy
Basics of X-ray crystallography and powder diffraction
Basics of structural biology
Fundamentals of X-ray absorption: EXAFS and XANES
XRF, TXRF, GXRF and their applications in materials and life sciences
Simon CONNELL (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Gihan KAMEL (SESAME, Jordan), Andrea LAUSI (SESAME, Jordan), Kirsi O. LORENTZ (Cyprus Institute, Cyprus), Edward MITCHELL (ESRF, France), Sekazi MTINGWA (TriSEED Consultants LLC, USA), Ozgul OZTURK (University of Siegen, Germany), Ian Peter SWAINSON (IAEA, Austria), Michele ZEMA (University of Bari, Italy), Local Organiser: Nadia Binggeli (ICTP)