Starts 12 Jan 2026
Ends 23 Jan 2026
Central European Time
School on Synchrotron Light Sources and Their Applications | (smr 4205)
Online -
Online
The call for application will be open soon
An ICTP virtual meeting
An ICTP virtual 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) Physical aspects concerning the design and function of the main components: accelerators, insertion devices and beamline optics;
(2) Overview of the arguments that can be made in order to fund and build a synchrotron light source, including socioeconomic benefits, stakeholder engagement, communication; and
(3) Overview of common beamline techniques, including those utilizing X-rays and infrared radiation.
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, GIXRF and their applications in materials and life sciences
- Tomography
Registration: There is no registration fee.
**DEADLINE: 05/12/2025**
Organizers
Marielle Agbahoungbata (X-TechLab), Mohamed Gihan Salah Kamel Badie (SESAME), Simon Henry Connell (University of Johannesburg, AFLS), Graciela Carlota Diaz de Delgado (Universidad de Los Andes), Andrea Lausi (SESAME), Alessandro Migliori (IAEA), Edward Peter Mitchell (ESRF), Sekazi Kauze Mtingwa (TriSEED Consultants), Prosper Ngabonziza (Louisiana State University), Lorentz Kirsi Orvokki (The Cyprus Institute), Sanae Samsam (INFN-Milano, Italy), Sandro Scandolo (ICTP), Michele Zema (University of Bari), Local Organiser: Natasa Stojic (ICTP)