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Several workshops and sessions are scheduled during the four-day event, October 1-4. Registration is closed. Plenary session talks will be simulcast from the Kavli Auditorium to the ROB. Plan to arrive early for desired sessions as participation in events may be limited due to room capacity (first-come/first-served). Link to program details below:
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Oct. 1: Exploring an Inverse Compton Source (ICS) at SLAC (Bldg. 40, Cypress Conference Room)
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Oct. 1: Integrating Synchrotron Techniques into Environmental Carbon Science (Bldg. 51, Kavli 3rd Floor Conference Room)
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Oct. 1: X-ray Spectroscopy for Chemical Catalysis (Bldg. 48, ROB A/B/C/D)
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Oct. 1: Toward a Modular Framework for Lightsource Experiment Simulation (Kavli Auditorium, AM)
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Oct. 1: LCLS Users' Organization Meeting (5-7 pm, Bldg. 40, Cypress Conference Room): Open Discussion with the LCLS UEC and LCLS Interim Director.
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Oct. 1: SLAC Public Lecture (7:30 pm, ROB/Kavli Auditorium): Don't Fade Away: Saving the Vivid Yellows of Matisse and Van Gogh, Jennifer Mass (Winterthur Museum)(See live streaming and links to past lectures)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Oct. 2: MicroXAS Imaging with SSRL's New 2-5 keV Beam Line 14-3 (Bldg. 40, Sycamore, AM)
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Oct. 2: Synchrotron Techniques in Metal Biogeochemistry: Across Time and Spatial Scales (Bldg. 40, Sycamore, PM)
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Oct. 2: AMO Instrument Update: Opportunities for New Science (Bldg. 48, ROB A/B)
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Oct. 2: LCLS Detectors (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D, AM)
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Oct. 2: LCLS Data Collection, Diagnostics, Analysis & Interpretation (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D, PM)
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Oct. 2: Photon Sciences Seminar (Bldg. 51, Kavli 3rd Floor Conference Room): Science Challenges & Opportunities for an Advanced X-ray Free-electron laser - Robert Schoenlein (LBNL)
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Oct. 2: SSRL Users' Organization Meeting (5-6:30 pm, Bldg. 40, CYPRESS Conference Room): Open Discussion with the SSRL UEC and SSRL Interim Director.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
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Oct. 3: Plenary Session (8 am-12:15 pm; 3:30-5 pm, Kavli Auditorium)
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Oct. 3: Parallel LCLS & SSRLSessions (1:30-3:00 pm, Kavli Auditorium and Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D)
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Oct. 3: User Poster Session & Reception (5-6:30 pm, Tent)
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Oct. 3: Vendor Exhibits (10 am-6 pm, Tent)
Friday, October 4, 2013
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Oct. 4: Frontiers in Quantum Solids: Combining Soft X-rays and Ultra-fast Techniques (Kavli Auditorium)
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Oct. 4: Scientific Opportunities using High Repetition Rate X-ray Sources with 1-10 ps Bunch Length (Bldg. 48, ROB A/B)
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Oct. 4: Software for Serial Crystallography Data Analysis (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D)
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Oct. 4: Early Career Scientist Associate Forum (Bldg. 40, Cypress)
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Oct. 4: Vendor Exhibits (8 am- 2 pm, Tent)
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Satellite Events (October 1-2, 2013)
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Using X-rays to Study Cultural Heritage (Bldg. 40, Sycamore Conference Room/Cantor Arts Center). Register for this satellite workshop at: http://ceramics.org/meetings/aacs-workshop
- High Power Laser Workshop: Part I-New Directions for High-Energy Density Physics at the Matter in Extreme Conditions Instrument (Joint with Users' Conference). Part II-Frontiers of High-Power Laser-Matter Interactions. (Kavli Auditorium) Register at http://conf-slac.stanford.edu/hpl-2013/
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- Oct. 1: Exploring an Inverse Compton Source (ICS) at SLAC. Organizers: Yijin Liu, Anne Sakdinawat, Mike Toney (Bldg. 40, Cypress Conference Room)
The workshop for Inverse Compton Source (ICS) will explore and develop a scientific case for an ICS at SLAC. The ICS is a compact x-ray source capable of generating high energy photons (tens of keV to 100keV+ , potentially MeV) at high brightness with shot-to-shot polarization and energy tunability, complementing the SSRL and the LCLS. The high energy photons enable mesocale science in fields ranging from geology to bioimaging, in which penetration through thick samples is essential. Implementation of microscale full field imaging with the ICS will complement the nanoscale x-ray microscopy capabilities at SSRL and electron microscopy facilities on the Stanford campus, enabling multiple-length-scale characterization capability at SLAC/Stanford. The shot-to-shot polarization-tunability may open opportunities in material studies, and the generation of MeV level photons, enabling even larger penetration lengths, may lead to potential applications in homeland security. The workshop will bring together scientists from different backgrounds and encourage discussion of scientific areas that would benefit from the availability of high energy, tunable x-rays from a compact source. Ideas and discussions from all research fields are welcome.
9:15 am Welcome - Yijin Liu (SLAC)
9:20 am An Inverse Compton Source at the Xban Test Accelerator - Cecile G. Limborg (SLAC)
9:50 am Geophysical Measurements and High Resolution Imaging to Monitor Rock Processes - Tiziana Vanorio (Stanford)
10:20 Break
10:50 am Biomedical applications of a compact, high brightness, tunable x-ray source - Rebecca Fahrig (Stanford)
11:20 am Particle Dynamics & Combustion in Solid Rocket Motors - Scott Felt (Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion)
11:50 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm A proposal of Laser Compton Scatter MeV Photon Facility at the Canadian Light Source - Chary Rangacharyulu (U. Saskatchewan)
1:30 pm Opportunities for High Pressure Science - Yu Lin (Stanford)
2:00 pm Structural Insights into the Lithiation of Nano-Fe2O3 anodes using High Energy X-ray scattering - Badri Shyam (Stanford)
2:30 pm Discussion
- Oct. 1: Integrating Synchrotron Techniques into Environmental Carbon Science. Organizers: Colleen Hansel, John Bargar (Bldg. 51, Kavli 3rd Floor Conference Room)
In light of a rapidly changing global climate, environmental carbon science is at the forefront of investigations in the scientific, political and socio-economic arenas. In particular, the role of microbes and minerals in precipitating, degrading and preserving carbon is receiving increasing attention as a primary process controlling the capacity of sediments and soils for long-term sequestration. Natural organic matter in soils and subsurface sediments comprises the largest pool of carbon in Earth's near-surface, larger than in the atmosphere and marine photic zone. This workshop will bring together scientists investigating the biotic and abiotic forces impacting the carbon cycle using synchrotron radiation and other complementary techniques. The goal of the workshop is to develop scientific interest, expertise, and interest in this critical field by fostering collaborations and target needs for increasing the value of synchrotron techniques to carbon science.
8:00-8:15 Welcome
8:15-8:45 Scott Fendorf (Stanford University): Variation in distribution and microbial processing of carbon and metals in soils
8:45-9:15 Markus Kleber (Oregon State): Fancy spectrometry = big insights? What can synchrotron radiation tell us about soils?
9:15-9:45 Peter Nico (Lawrence Berkeley Lab): Applying Synchrotron Techniques to Coupled Metal-Organic Matter Cycling: Successes and Challenges
9:45 BREAK
10:00-10:30 Satish Myneni (Princeton): C, N, P, S, and halogen dynamics in terrestrial systems
10:30-11:00 Pat Hatcher (Old Dominion): Use of advanced NMR and mass spectrometric techniques to understand the molecular nature of complex natural organic matter in the environment
11:00-11:30 Lili Pasa-Tolic (EMSL): FTICR characterization of OM
11:30-12:00 Dennis Nordlund (SSRL): Understanding chemical speciation in Light Element X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
12:00-1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30-2:00 Tom Regier (Canadian Light Source): Measurement of the carbon K-edge in environmentally relevant samples using partial fluorescence yields
2:00-2:30 Per Persson (Umea University): Interactions between organic matter and metal ions in a boreal catchment
2:30-3:00 Margaret Torn (Lawrence Berkeley Lab): Soils and Global Change
3:00-3:15 BREAK
3:15-3:45 Kate Maher (Stanford): Abiotic CO2 reduction during geologic carbon sequestration
3:45-4:15 Pupa Gilbert (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Patterns of nanocrystal orientation in calcium carbonate biominerals
4:15-5:00 Round Table Discussion
5:00 Adjourn
- Oct. 1: X-ray Spectroscopy for Chemical Catalysis. Organizers: Mali Balasubramanian, Tsu-Chien Weng, Jun-Sik Lee (Bldg. 48, ROB A/B/C/D)
Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) is a tool for catalyst characterization that has been regarded as a most powerful approach. In particular, we can get a microscopic detail of the chemical reaction via operando. This workshop will bring together scientists investigating the chemical- and energy- materials using synchrotron radiation and other complementary techniques. The goal of the workshop is to expand the catalysis program at SSRL. Furthermore, we would like to discuss with many users what is best way for improving EXAFS capabilities at SSRL.
8:40 am Welcome - Chi-Chang Kao (SLAC)
9:00 am Catalysis Facilities at SSRL – Current Status and Future Plans - Britt Hedman (SLAC/SSRL)
9:30 am Operando catalyst characterization using X‐ray absorption techniques: Recent insights and future opportunities - Susannah Scott (UCSB)
10:00 am Catalysis with nano structured surfaces of controlled faceting - Ryan M. Richards (Colorado School)
10:30 am Break (group photo)
10:50 am In Situ and operando XAFS: From catalyst synthesis to structural changes under reaction conditions - Ayman Karim (PNNL)
11:20 am X‐ray raman spectroscopy of battery materials - Mali Balasubramanian (APS)
11:50 am Lunch Break
1:20 pm Managing XAS data across scientific disciplines, across synchrotron facilities, and across decades - Bruce Ravel (NIST) -- Talk canceled
1:50 pm Spectroscopy beam line concepts beyond a photon delivery system - Klaus Attenkofer (BNL/NSLSII) - Talk canceled
2:20 pm In situ X‐ray absorption spectroscopy study of energy storage materials - Kyung-Wan Nam (BNL)
2:50 pm Break
3:10 pm TBD - Tsu‐Chien Weng (SLAC/SSRL) - Talk canceled
3:40 pm Group Discussion: Future EXAFS development and science (tentative)
4:30 pm Adjourn
- Oct. 1: New Directions for High-Energy Density (HED) Physics at the LCLS Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Instrument. Organizers: Siegfried Glenzer, Phil Heimann (Kavli Auditorium)
The newly commissioned Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Instrument at LCLS has made great strides towards characterizing shock waves in solids with high precision x-ray scattering techniques. These studies provide for the first time a complete data set with accurate measurements of the plasma parameters and the structure of matter at high energy density. With the ultra short pulse laser capability being upgraded to higher peak power, new pump-probe experiments will become possible. In this workshop, we bring together domestic and international experts in this field to discuss recent experiments at MEC and the new physics area where the high intensity optical laser and the LCLS x-ray beam can providing either target drive or probe. See SLAC Today article. Register for the High Power Laser Workshop. Program
- Oct. 1: Toward a Modular Framework for Lightsource Experiment Simulation. Organizer: Garth Williams (Kavli Auditorium, AM)
As experimental concept and execution becomes increasingly complex across the spectrum of user-driven light sources, data analysis becomes more complicated and the urgency of completing an experiment on the first attempt grows. It has become apparent that simulation of the expected signal from such experiments can increase the likelihood of success of a particular experiment and the efficiency of a facility as a whole. In this workshop, we bring together representatives from domestic and international facilities to discuss the driving principles of and the need for a modular and user-friendly, source-to-detector simulation framework for x-ray experimentation. Tentative Program:
9:00 am Start-to-end XFEL experiment simulation: a modular architecture and a single particle imaging example - A. Mancuso (XFEL EU)
9:30 am - Using SRW with an emphasis on XFEL properties - L. Samoylova (XFEL EU) - talk canceled
10:00 am - Status of simulation tools for light sources - J. Krzywinski (SLAC/LCLS)
10:30 am - A framework for light source simulations - G. Williams (SLAC/LCLS)
11:00 am - Discussions
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Oct. 1: LCLS Users' Organization Meeting (5-7 pm, Bldg. 40, Cypress Conference Room): Open Discussion with the LCLS UEC and LCLS Interim Director.
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Oct. 1: SLAC Public Lecture (7:30 pm, ROB/Kavli Auditorium): Don't Fade Away: Saving the Vivid Yellows of Matisse and Van Gogh, Jennifer Mass (Winterthur Museum) (See live streaming and links to past lectures)(See past lectures)
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- Oct. 2: * AMO Instrument Update: Opportunities for New Science. Organizers: Christoph Bostedt, John Bozek (Bldg. 48, ROB A/B)
This workshop will discuss the recent and future improvements in the AMO hutch. A first experience and performance report of the new split and delay unit will be given. The new AMO imaging and spectroscopy capabilities (LAMP instrument) to be commissioned in late 2013 will be presented, and upgrade and improvement plans will be discussed.
Part 1: The New LAMP Instrument: Status and Science Opportunities
8:30 am Welcome and Introduction - Christoph Bostedt (SLAC/LCLS)
8:45 am LAMP Instrument - Timur Osipov (WMU)
9:15 am Ultrafast Spectroscopy with Coincidence Methods - Artem Rudenko (KSU)
9:45 am Break
10:00 am Imaging Quantum Vortices - Andrey Vilesov (USC)
10:30 am Imaging Non-Reproducible Objects with Single Soft X-ray Pulses - Filipe Maia (U. Uppsala)
11:00 am Delivery of Nanometer Sized Samples for FEL Experiments - Dan Deponte (SLAC/LCLS)
11:30 am Experiments on Laser-Aligned Molecules - Daniel Rolles (DESY)
11:45 am Opportunities for Gas-Phase Chemistry - Markus Guehr (SLAC)
12:00 pm Discussion
12:15 pm Lunch Break
Part 2: The New Split and Delay Unit
1:15 pm Welcome and Introduction – John D. Bozek (SLAC/LCLS)
1:30 pm The New AMO Split and Delay Unit - Brendan Murphy (WMU)
2:00 pm Molecular Dynamics using the LCLS - Nora Berrah (WMU)
2:30 pm Single Shot Normalization with the AMO Split and Delay in the Search for Stimulated RIXS - Zhao Chen (Stanford)
TBD
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Molecular Dynamics Induced and Probed with X-rays - Vladimir Petrovic (Stanford/SLAC)
3:30 pm TBD - Shambhu Ghimire (Stanford PULSE)
4:00 pm Discussion
- Oct. 2: LCLS Detectors. Organizer: Gabriella Carini (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D, AM -- Space is limited; Participation on first-come/first-served basis)
This workshop will provide a short overview of basic detection principles and systems available at LCLS. Hands-on tutorials on CSPADs will follow and a final outlook on detector plans will conclude this half-day workshop dedicated to LCLS detectors. Participants will get an introduction into how to take and apply calibration data, use online monitoring to assess their data and tune their experimental setup in real time, etc.
The goal of the workshop is to provide a basic training on detectors for FELs. By attending this workshop, users will learn how to efficiently collect good quality data with the CSPAD. The information provided will help users to write proposals and design their experiments at LCLS. Program:
8:15 am – Welcome with coffee and cookies in tent.
8:30 am – 'BES Detector Workshop - Recommended R&D Directions’ - Eliane Lessner (DOE BES) - talk canceled
8:45 am - 'How a Detector Works' - Sven Herrmann (SLAC)
9:15 am – ‘Detectors in use at LCLS’ - Gabriel Blaj (SLAC)
9:45 am – Hands-on Tutorial: ‘CSPADs: how to operate them, which performance to expect and what kind of features are available’
10:30 am – Coffee break
10:45 am -Hands-on Tutorial: ‘CSPADs: how to operate them, which performance to expect and what kind of features are available’
11:45 am – Discussions - Philip Hart (SLAC)
12:15 pm – Outlook on detector plans - Gabriella Carini (SLAC)
- Oct. 2: LCLS Data Collection, Diagnostics, Analysis & Interpretation. Organizer: Amedeo Perazzo (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D, PM. Space is limited; Participation on first-come/first-served basis)
This workshop will provide practical training and simulations of LCLS data collection, diagnostics, analysis, interpretation. Program:
- Introduction to Data Management in LCLS - Amedeo Perazzo
- How Users Can Collaborate with PCDS on Data Analysis - Amedeo Perazzo
- Tutorial on LCLS Data Analysis Frameworks: ipsana and psana - Igor Gaponenko
- Tutorial on LCLS Data Explorers: xtcexplorer, hdf5explorer, psmon - Mikhail Dubrovin, David Schneider
- Oct. 2: MicroXAS Imaging with SSRL's New 2-5 keV Beam Line 14-3. Organizer: Sam Webb (Bldg. 40, Sycamore, AM)
Beam Line 14-3 opens a new dimension of imaging and spectroscopy at SSRL, allowing micron sized imaging beams from 2-5 keV. This allows microprobe imaging and spectroscopy at the K edges for elements such as phosphorous, sulfur, chlorine and calcium, as well as imaging at the L edges for difficult elements such as antimony, cadmium, and tellurium. This workshop will introduce the new beam lines to users and highlight some of the exciting recent scientific examples collected during commissioning. Program:
09:00 Welcome/Introductions - Sam Webb (SLAC/SSRL)
09:10 Examining soils and sediments with the new 2-5 keV x-ray microprobe at SSRL - Ben Kocar (SLAC/SSRL)
09:30 Group Photo (Synchrotron microbeam analysis of laminated Alaska fjord sediments: preliminary data and climate implications - Jason Addison (USGS) - talk canceled)
09:50 Mercury sulfide minerals as an unappreciated source of mercury to the atmosphere - Colleen Hansel (WHOI)
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 Insights into the biochemistry of stroke using sulfur K-edge microXAS and imaging - Graham George (U. Saskatchewan)
11:10 Mapping the spatial distribution and speciation of sulfur in sedimentary carbonates - David Fike (Washington U.)
11:40 Using microXAS on sedimentary pyrite to understand the sulfur cycle on the early Earth - Jena Johnson (Caltech)
12:00 X-ray Spectromicroscopy at the Squishy X-ray Energies: Applications at edges from 2-5 keV - Sam Webb (SLAC/SSRL)
12:15 Adjourn/Lunch Break
- Oct. 2: Synchrotron Techniques in Metal Biogeochemistry: Across Time and Spatial Scales. Organizers: Colleen Hansel, John Bargar (Bldg. 40, Sycamore, PM)
Synchrotron-based techniques are gaining momentum as a powerful approach to exploring the cycling and speciation of metals in systems traditionally outside the scope of molecular scale techniques. These novel approaches are extrapolating the molecular scale information gleaned from synchrotron studies to understand macro-scale processes and biogeochemical interactions ranging from the global ocean to the microbe-metal interface and over time scales spanning millions of years. This session will bring together scientists whose research highlights the broad spectrum of questions that are being answered by using various synchrotron-based approaches.
1:30-1:35 Welcome
1:35-2:15 Woody Fischer (Caltech) - The history of the Mn cycle and the evolution of photosynthesis
2:15-2:35 Chris Lentini (Harvard) - Fe/S XAS and microbial 454 sequencing reveals that S cycling plays a significant role in Fe(III) reduction in Fe oxide columns under basal freshwater flow
2:35-3:15 John Bargar (SSRL) - A new model for uranium bioreduction
3:15-3:30 BREAK
3:30-4:10 Greg Lowry (Carnegie Mellon) - Transformations and Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Engineered Nanomaterials in Complex Environmental Media
4:10-4:30 Sarah Hayes (University of Alaska) - Geochemistry of tellurium: resources, extraction, and weathering
4:30-4:50 Masakazu Kanematsu (Lawrence Berkeley Lab) - Influence of phosphate and silica on U(VI) precipitation from acidic and neutralized wastewaters
- Oct. 2: Photon Sciences Seminar (Bldg. 51, Kavli 3rd Floor Conference Room): Science Challenges & Opportunities for an Advanced X-ray Free-electron laser - Robert Scheonlein (LBNL)
- Oct. 2: SSRL Users' Organization Meeting (5-6:30 pm, Bldg. 40, CYPRESS Conference Room): Open Discussion with the SSRL UEC and SSRL Interim Director.
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- Oct. 3: Plenary Session, (Kavli Auditorium, 8 am-12:15 pm; 3:30-5 pm)
8:00 am Welcome from Session Moderator - Jan Luning (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LCLS Chair), C Chair)
8:10 am Welcome from SLAC Director - Chi Chang Kao (SLAC)
8:30 am Welcome & SSRL Update from SSRL Interim Director - Piero Pianetta (SLAC/SSRL)
9:00 am Welcome & LCLS Update from LCLS Interim Director - Uwe Bergmann (SLAC/LCLS)
9:30 am This Page Left Blank Intentionally: Congressional Budgets and Other Bizarre Antics - Mike Lubell (American Physical Society)
9:50 am User Poster Blitz - Bill "PosterMeister" Schlotter, Moderator (Poster presenters are invited to give a 45 second ‘advertisement’ to their poster; send 1 slide in advance to Bill Schlotter)
10:20 am Break
10:50 am DOE OS Basic Energy Science Update - Harriet Kung (DOE BES) - Talk Canceled
11:00 am Exploring Matter in Extreme Conditions - Siegfried Glenzer (SLAC)
11:50 am Towards a Sustainable Energy Future - Arun Majumdar (Google)
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-3:00 pm Parallel SSRL and LCLS Sessions
3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Science Case for Short-Pulse Time-Resolved Studies at SSRL - A. Lindenberg (Stanford PULSE Institute, Stanford Materials Science & Engineering)
4:00 pm Novel Short Pulses at LCLS - Ryan Coffee (SLAC)
4:30 pm Science Case for Diffraction Limited Storage Ring - Oleg Shpryko (UCSD)
5:00 pm User Science Posters Session & Reception (Tent)
6:30 pm Dinner (Tent)
- Oct. 3: Parallel LCLS Instrument Update Session, Moderator, Christian Bressler (XFEL, LCLS UEC Vice Chair) (Kavli Auditorium)
1:30 pm Introductions by Session Moderator - Christian Bressler (XFEL)
1:40 pm AMO - Christoph Bostedt (SLAC/LCLS)
1:50 pm SXR - Bill Schlotter (SLAC/LCLS)
2:00 pm CXI - Sebastien Boutet (SLAC/LCLS)
2:10 pm XPP - Henrik Lemke (SLAC/LCLS)
2:20 pm XCS - Marcin Sikorski (SLAC/LCLS)
2:30 pm MEC - Bob Nagler (SLAC/LCLS)
2:40 pm Future Instruments - David Fritz (SLAC/LCLS)
3:00 pm Break (Join Plenary Session)
- Oct. 3: Parallel SSRL Session. Moderator, Colleen Hansel (WHOI, SSRL UEC Vice Chair) (ROB A/B/C/D)
1:30 pm Introductions by Session Moderator - Colleen Hansel (WHOI)
1:35 pm Update from the National User Facility Organization (NUFO) - Beth Wurzburg (NUFO)
1:50 pm Farrel Lytle Award - Sarah Hayes (U. Alaska, SSRL UEC Chair)
2:00 pm Spicer Young Investigator Award Presentation & Talk - Disorder, defects and charge transport in organic electronics - Jonathan Rivnay (Centre Microelectronique de Provence)
2:30 pm Klein Scienific Development Award Presentation & Talk - Utilizing Non-equilibrium Polymorphism as an Avenue to High Performance Organic Semiconductors - Gaurav Giri (Stanford University/MIT)
3:00 pm Break (Join Plenary Session)
- Oct. 3: Vendor Exhibits (10 am-6 pm, Tent)
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- Oct. 4: Scientific Opportunities using High Repetition Rate X-ray Sources with 1-10 ps Bunch Length. Organizers: Hendrik Ohldag, Apurva Mehta (Bldg. 48, Redwood A/B)
Operation of a synchrotron in low-alpha mode or by using advanced RF cavities opens up the possibility to study dynamic phenomena with 10ps time resolution or better without losing significant brightness or even without disturbing regular operation. Such an operation will enable scientific programs to bridge the gap between time resolved studies in regular operation (100ps) and ultrafast studies using LCLS (<1ps). During this workshop we will address the current state of the program at SSRL as well as future scientific directions that are enabled by such a source. We will also evaluate the possibility for new detection schemes that are capable of collecting time resolved data in real time during low alpha operation of SSRL.
8:45 am Welcome and Introduction - Apurva Mehta (SLAC/SSRL)
9:00 am Methods of generating long and short bunches with super-conducting harmonic rf cavities - Xiaobiao Huang (SLAC/SSRL)
9:30 am Detectors for High Repetition Rate X-ray Experiments - Sven Herrmann (SLAC/PPA)
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:20 am Spin Transfer Torque in Magnetic Nanostructures - Ferran Macia (University of Barcelona)
11:00 am Magnetization Dynamics - Alexander Reid (SLAC/Photon Sciences)
11:40 am High-repetition rate diffraction studies at SSRL in low alpha mode: Recent results - Aaron Lindenberg (Stanford University)
12:20 pm Lunch Break
1:20 pm TBD - Oleg Shpryko (UC San Diego)
2:00 pm Chemical Dynamics with X-ray Pulses - Phillipe Wernet (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin)
2:40 pm TBD - Linda Young (Argonne National Laboratory)
3:20 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm TBD - Anders Nilsson (SLAC/Photon Sciences)
4:10 pm TBD - Chris Jacobsen (ANL)
4:50 pm TBD - Kelly Gaffney (SLAC/Photon Sciences)
5:40pm Adjourn
- Oct. 4: * Frontiers in Quantum Solids: Combining Soft X-rays and Ultra-fast Techniques.. Organizers: Matthias Hoffman, Bill Schlotter, Joshua Turner (Kavli Auditorium)
This workshop focuses on broadening the user community for ultra-fast, soft x-ray measurements in the area of quantum solids by providing potential users with an understanding of how the soft x-rays materials studies (SXR) instrument at LCLS can enable new discoveries. The morning session will focus on current capabilities and instrumentation, as well as planned and envisioned instruments. During the afternoon, invited talks will be presented from experts in the ultrafast and soft x-ray science communities, both of which are focused on quantum materials. These talks will give attendees a introduction to developments in both fields. This is a great opportunity for experts in either community to learn about developments in the other, or for anyone who just wants to learn about new directions in novel materials. Invited Speakers:
Chair: Matthias Hoffman
9:00 am Introduction and Charge
9:10 am SXR Instrument Capabilities - Georgi Dakovski (SLAC/LCLS)
9:40 am SXR new and future instrumentation - Bill Schlotter (SLAC/LCLS)
10:00 am An overview of recent results on materials from a soft x-ray free electron laser - Joshua Turner (SLAC/LCLS)
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am THz investigations of quantum spin systems - N. Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins U.)
11:30 am TBD - Oleg Shpyrko (UC San Diego)
12:00 pm Lunch Break
Chair: Joshua Turner
1:30 pm Observation of Floquet-Bloch states in a topological insulator - Nuh Gedik (MIT)
2:00 pm Jamming behavior and spin dynamics in a spiral antiferromagnet - Sujoy Roy (LBNL/ALS)
2:30 pm Dynamics of Charge Density Waves probed by ultrafast structural probes - Jure Demsar (U. Konstanz)
3:00 pm Coffe Break
Chair: Bill Schlotter
3:30 pm Time-domain spectroscopies of charge and spin: opportunities for X-rays - Joe Orenstein (UC Berkeley/LBNL)
4:00 pm Spectroscopic probes of correlated oxide thin films and heterotructures - Kyle Shen (Cornell U.)
4:30 pm Witnessing quasi-particle dynamics in strongly correlated electron systems - Daniele Fausti (U. Trieste)
5:00 pm Discussion and Closeout
5:30 pm Adjourn
- Oct. 4: Software for Serial Crystallography Data Analysis. Organizers: Anton Barty, Thomas White, Marc Messerschmidt (Bldg. 48, ROB C/D)
Serial crystallography is a growing field at LCLS with a rapidly growing user base. One of the key bottlenecks is being able to rapidly analyze large datasets to arrive at structure factors for structure solution and refinement. This workshop will focus on analysis tools for serial crystallography, providing an overview of available computational tools and software as well as addressing key issues in data processing and data quality assessment compared to 'normal' synchrotron crystallography. Live demonstrations and tutorials of the software packages will be performed where possible to help new users. The workshop is intended to be accessible to new users who wish to learn about serial crystallography data processing, as well as experienced users wishing to learn more about the range of available analysis tools and methods. Program:
9:00 am Introduction, CXI Data Reduction and Pre-Processing - Anton Barty (DESY)
9:40 am Indexing and Integration using CrystFEL - Tom White (DESY)
10:20 am Break
10:40 am Rapid Data Quality Feedback and Online Monitoring using CASS - Karol Nass (MPIMF)
11:20 am CCTBX.xfel: New Diffraction Models for High-Resolution XFEL Data - Nick Sauter (LBNL)
and Practical Consideratons for Real-Time Application of CCTBX.xfel - Johan Hattne (LBNL)
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Hands-on Tutorials.Users get a chance to actually work with the software and see how it works. Developers on hand to run tutorials and answer questions. Assume access to SLAC cluster from users' own laptops. Lysozyme test data, or data from earlier experiments (for users that have it to hand).
5:00 pm Adjourn
- Oct. 4: Early Career Scientist Associate Forum. Organizers: Hae Ja Lee, Andre Schleife (Bldg. 40, Cypress)
The first Joint SLAC-LLNL-LBL Postdoc Meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2013 LCLS/SSRL Users' Conference on October 4th. During this session which is aimed at postdoctoral researchers across all fields, participants will have the opportunity for scientific exchange, establishing collaborations, and exploring common or complementary areas of research interest. It is our goal to make use of the close proximity and the scientific overlap of SLAC, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. At the same time this meeting will be a showcase for the excellent research carried out by young researchers at each institution. There will be scientific presentations with ample of time for discussion to efficiently connect all participants.
- Chemical Environments of Nitrogen after N2+ Bombardment on GaInP2: Theoretical X-Ray Emission Study of N K edge - Wooni Choi (LLNL)
- Development of stimuli responsive capsules for selective release - William Floyd (LLNL):
- Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Simple Materials using dynamic-Diamond Anvil Cell - Jing-Yin Chen (LLNL)
- Fine-grained multiresolution hierarchies for scientific visualization - Kenneth Weiss (LLNL)
- The interesting quirks of ion acoustic waves - Tom Chapman (LLNL)
- Time evolution of volatile fission products - Christine Egnatuk (LLNL)
- Shock experiments at MEC - Eric Galtier (SLAC)
- Study on dense plasma at ALS - Benjamin Barbrel (LBNL)
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Oct. 3-4: Vendor Exhibits (Tent, Thursday 10 am-6 pm; Friday 8 am- 2 pm)
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