SCHOOL ON
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
22 April - 24 May 2002
Miramare - Trieste, Italy

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), and the Sincrotrone "Elettra" Trieste will jointly organise the "School on Synchrotron Radiation", to be held in Trieste from 22 April to 24 May 2002. The Directors for the activity will be as follows:

- M. Altarelli ("Elettra" Synchrotron & ICTP Trieste, Italy)
- A. Craievich (Universidade de Saò Paulo, Brazil)
- C. S. Fadley (University of Davis, CA, USA)
- A. Filipponi (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
- H. Wiedemann (Stanford University, CA, USA)

 

The activity will be co-sponsored by the Società Italiana di Luce di Sincrotrone [SILS].
The use of Synchrotron Radiation (SR) for research in science and technology has grown enormously in the past two decades, so that more than 5,000 scientists, in Europe alone, now make regular use of SR in their work. World-wide capacity for research with SR has grown from almost zero in 1970 to the order of 2 million beamline hours per year.
In the developing countries, at least seven full-scale storage rings for SR are in operation or expected to be commissioned within a few years. In addition, research with SR is truly international, with many scientists making use of facilities in other countries to complement work in their home laboratories.
The aim of the School is to cover all aspects of SR, from machine physics, insertion devices and beamline design, to actual applications of SR. Emphasis will also be placed on practical training in accelerator technology, instrumentation, and the application of common experimental techniques. Recent developments exploit the tunability, the polarization and the partial coherence of X-rays delivered by the undulators implemented in the machines of the third generation. Industrial and environmental applications will also be discussed during this activity.
Visits to the Trieste synchrotron radiation laboratory, Elettra, and practical sessions will be organised during the School.
Due to the strong momentum gained by the proposal to transfer a Synchrotron Radiation Source to the Middle East, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is making special funds available to encourage the participation of students from Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian National Authority, Turkey and Republic of Yemen.

The School will consist of a 5-day working week with 3 morning lectures per day. The afternoons will be dedicated to exercises and data handling sessions on personal computers. The lectures will include: Accelerator Physics and SR Sources, Beamline and Monochromator Design, Application of SR to Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Surface Science & Engineering, Geophysics, Biophysics and Environment. Topics will be scheduled as follows:

Students and young scientists from all countries that are members of the UN, UNESCO or IAEA can attend the School. The main purpose of the Centre is to help researchers from developing countries through a programme of training activities within a framework of international co-operation. However, scientists from developed countries are also strongly encouraged to apply. This course is specially meant for strongly motivated graduate students and young post-doctoral scientists. Logistics limit the number of participants to 75-80.
Limited funds are available for some applicants from developing countries, to be selected by the organizers. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare (or at least half-fare) from their home country. Such financial support is available only to those attending the entire activity. There is no registration fee for attending the School.
Candidates should complete and return the "Request for Participation" form, to be found at the back of the Bulletin (also obtainable via e-mail: smr1405 @ictp.trieste.it by typing on the subject line "get announcement", or via the WWW server which will be periodically updated: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~smr1405), by 1 February 2002, to:

School on Synchrotron Radiation (smr1405)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste, Italy

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