VI. Research Course on New X-Ray Sciences<br> X-Ray Investigation of Ultrafast Processes

28 Feb 2007, 09:30 → 2 Mar 2007, 16:45 Europe/Berlin

Bldg. 28c (DESY Hamburg)

A. Rousse, T. Tschentscher

The application for this conference is closed.

X-Ray Investigation of Ultrafast Processes

• Sources of ultrashort x-ray pulses
• Scattering techniques and instrumentation
• Detection of ultrafast processes

Scientific applications in the areas of

• Atomic and molecular physics
• Plasma and condensed-matter physics
• Chemistry and life-sciences

Free-electron lasers for short-wavelength radiation are a new light source providing extremely high brilliance radiation. These novel sources allow for new experimental techniques, therefore enabling new science to be investigated. The courses shall provide basic knowledge about new directions of X-Ray research and address Diploma student and PhD students and young research fellows. This 6th course is devoted to the investigation of ultrafast processes using short-wavelength radiation. State-of-the-art experimental techniques and key scientific applications will be discussed. The number of participants is limited. Applications for this course should be made not later than January 15, 2007.

Announcement Poster NewScience_Poster_31.pdf

Final Program Program_final.pdf

Poster Session Poster.pdf

Wednesday 28 February

Welcome to DESY

1 Welcome to DESY

Speaker: Prof. J. Schneider

2 Introduction

Speakers: A. Rousse, T. Tschentscher

Sources & Techniques I

3 Accelerator-based femtosecond sources

Speaker: S. Khan

11:10 Coffee break

4 Laser-based femtosecond sources

Speaker: P. Audebert

12:40 Lunch break

Sources & Techniques II

5 Femtosecond electron diffraction: Making the molecular movie

Speaker: D. Miller

6 Generation and application of attosecond pulses

Speaker: P. Salieres

16:00 Coffee break

Atoms & Molecules

7 Atomic inner-shell physics using intense ultrafast x-rays

Speaker: S. Southworth

8 Two-color experiments on atoms & molecules

Speaker: M. Meyer

End of session

19:00 Dinner

Thursday 1 March

Condensed-matter physics I

9 Condensed-matter applications (Overwiew)

Speaker: K. Sokolowski-Tinten

10 Phonon dynamics and Dynamical Diffraction

Speaker: P. Sondhauss

11:00 Coffee break

11 Ultrafast magnetisation dynamics

Speaker: H. Dürr

12:30 Lunch break

Visit FLASH facility

15:30 Coffee break

Condensed-matter physics II

12 Dynamics on nanoscale systems

Speaker: A. Plech

13 Ultrafast, non-equilibrium processes in high energy density systems

Speaker: E. Förster

End session

Poster Session

Friday 2 March

Chemistry & Life-sciences I

14 Structural mechanisms of photochemical processes

Speaker: S. Techert

15 Molecular dynamics studied by time-resolved X-ray diffraction

Speaker: M. Wulff

11:00 Coffee break

16 Photo-induced co-operative molecular switching in materials

Speaker: H. Cailleau (University Rennes)

17 Ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Speaker: C. Bressler

13:00 Lunch break

Chemistry & Life-sciences II

18 Functional dynamics of proteins

Speaker: J.L. Martin

15:10 Coffee break

19 Watching protein function with picosecond time-resolved Laue crystallography

Speaker: P. Anfinrud

16:20 Conclusion

16:30 End of the Meeting