Workshop "Interaction of Free-Electron-Laser Radiation with Matter: Recent Experimental Achievements, Challenges for Theory"

8 Oct 2008, 08:00 → 10 Oct 2008, 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium, entrance bldg. 6 (HASYLAB at DESY Hamburg)

H. Chapman, E. Weckert, B. Ziaja

This workshop is devoted to the recent experimental and theoretical achievements obtained from studies on the interaction of intense VUV and soft X-ray FEL radiation with matter. The aim is to present the experimental results that could stimulate novel theoretical research, define problems important for planning future experiments, where theoretical input would be required, and initiate collaborations between experimental and theoretical groups. A special session is planned for discussions of experimental and theoretical methods for studying the laser-matter interaction.

We invite all interested colleagues to participate in this workshop. We offer three days for talks, poster presentations and discussions.

We invite you to submit abstracts for poster contributions to the workshop. Posters should be in DIN A0 format (0,90 m x 1,20 m (width and height).

The conference language will be English.

The workshop fee for all participants including speakers will be 30€ (it covers the workshop dinner on October 9, 2008) and is to be paid in cash at the workshop registration desk.



Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 30 June 2008

Extended Deadline for Registration: 30 September 2008.

Wednesday 8 October

Registration

(I) Welcome

1 Photon Science at DESY

Speaker: Edgar Weckert, DESY

2 VUV FEL Facility FLASH at DESY

Speaker: Elke Plönjes, DESY

3 European XFEL Project

Speaker: Massimo Altarelli, European XFEL

Coffee break

(II) Status and Perspectives for XFELs and FLASH

4 Status and recent results from the Japanese XFEL Project

Speaker: T. Shintake, RIKEN Harima Institute, Japan

5 Possibilities for time resolved studies at FLASH

Speaker: S. Düsterer, DESY

Coffee break

(III) Atoms and Molecules

6 Multiphoton ionization of He and Ne

Speaker: J. Ullrich, MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany

7 X-ray probe of laser-aligned molecules

Speaker: L. Young, ANL, Argonne, USA

8 Experiments on trapped ion fragmentation at FLASH

Speaker: H.B. Pedersen, Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark

9 High charge states of Xenon

Speaker: M. Richter, PTB, Berlin, Germany

Thursday 9 October

(IV) Clusters

10 Scattering on individual nanoclusters. Ultrafast processes.

Speaker: T. Möller, Techn. Univ. Berlin, Germany

11 Evolution of Xenon clusters irradiated with intense VUV pulses

Speaker: B. Ziaja, DESY

Coffee break

(V) Non-linear Processes

12 Multiphoton processes: theory review

Speaker: R. Santra, ANL, Argonne, USA

13 Laser spectroscopy on highly charged ions

Speaker: J.R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, MPI, Heidelberg, Germany

Lunch

(VI) Dynamics of Irradiated Samples

14 Interaction of VUV and soft X-ray radiation with matter: theory review

Speaker: J.-M. Rost, MPI-PKS, Dresden, Germany

15 Interaction of hard X-ray radiation with matter: theory review

Speaker: G. Faigel, SZFKI, Budapest, Hungary

16 Mechanisms of slowing down the explosion of irradiated samples

Speaker: S. Hau-Riege, LLNL, Livermore, USA

17 Femtosecond time resolved holography

Speaker: H. Chapman, CFEL at DESY, Hamburg

Coffee break

(VII) Solids and Surfaces

18 Ultra fast dynamics in solids probed and induced by FLASH

Speaker: A. Föhlisch, Univ. of Hamburg

19 Photo induced transitions in correlated electronic materials probed by EUV laser radiation

Speaker: K. Rossnagel, Univ. of Kiel

20 Absorption spectroscopy with a FEL: A path to study ultra fast electron dynamics

Speaker: Y. Acremann, SSRL-PULSE, SLAC

Poster Session

Dinner

Friday 10 October

(VIII) Plasma and Warm Dense Matter

21 Warm dense matter

Speaker: R.W. Lee, LLNL, Livermore, USA

22 Plasma experiments at FLASH

Speaker: S. Toleikis, DESY

23 Plasma experiments: theory review

Speaker: R. Redmer, University Rostock, Germany

Coffee break

(IX) Radiation Damage to Optical Elements

24 Damage threshold of inorganic solids

Speaker: R. London, LLNL, Livermore, USA

25 An overview of experiments on interaction of intense

Speaker: L. Juha, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Lunch

(X) Coherent Diffractive Imaging: Status and Perspectives

26 Imaging of biological samples at FLASH

Speaker: J. Hajdu, University Uppsala, Sweden and SLAC, Stanford, USA

27 Single-shot images of ablating foils

Speaker: A. Barty, LLNL, Livermore, USA

28 Coherent diffraction imaging at FEL sources

Speaker: I. Vartanyants, DESY

29 Time resolved studies on proteins

Speaker: R. Neutze, University Gothenburg, Sweden

30 Interaction of intense coherent x-ray fields with molecules

Speaker: H. Quiney, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia

Coffee / END OF THE MEETING