AGENDA (with links to viewgraph presentations in .pdf)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2000
8:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast served
8:30 Introduction - Al Thompson (LBNL)

Morning Sessions: Requirements for Improved Detectors in Different Research Areas
Session Chairman - Peter Siddons (NSLS)

9:00 Spectroscopy and atomic structure determinations with soft and hard x-rays - Chuck Fadley, UC Davis/LBNL
9:20 Materials science characterization using diffraction techniques - Sean Brennan, SSRL
9:40 Studying the heterogeneous world using x-ray microscopy - Mark Rivers, Chicago
10:00 Structural measurements using EXAFS - Steve Heald, PNCC Cat at APS
10:20 Coffee
Session Chairman - Grant Bunker (APS)
10:40 Ultra fast dynamics in solids - Roger Falcone, UCB
11:00 Science and detector requirements for fourth generation synchrotrons - John Arthur, SSRL
11:20 Infrared research - Larry Carr, NSLS 11:40 Macromolecular crystallography - Bob Sweet, BNL
12:00 Characterization using x-ray scattering and fluorescence - Chi Chang Kao, NSLS
12:20 Lunch

Afternoon Sessions: Advanced Detectors for Synchrotron Research
Session Chairman - Franco Manfredi, University of Pavia

1:00 Overview of detector research areas - Rob Lewis, Daresbury
1:30 Gas detectors - Graham Smith, BNL
1:50 High energy resolution superconducting bolometer arrays - Kent Irwin, NIST
2:10 CCD Detectors for Crystallography - Steve Naday, APS
2:30 Coffee

Session Chairman - Veljko Radeka (BNL)

Silicon Pixel Detectors for Crystallography and Other Applications
2:50 Analog systems - Sol Gruner (CHESS)
3:10 Digital systems - Christian Bronnnimann (Swiss Light Source)
3:30 Integrated systems - Jacques Millaud (LBNL)
3:50 High Energy/Synchrotron Perspective - Erik Heijne (CERN)
Other detectors
4:10 Multi-element Si(Li), Ge and CdTe detectors for EXAFS - Gareth Derbyshire
4:25 Silicon drift detectors - Pavel Rehak (BNL)
4:40 Avalanche photo diodes - Alfred Baron (SPring 8)
4:55 Sub-picosecond streak cameras - Jean-Claude Kieffer (INRS Univ du Quebec)
5:10 Reports on detector needs by synchrotron representatives (5-10 min/speaker)
5:25 Formation of working groups
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2000
8:15 Continental Breakfast

Morning Session: Discussion and Writing of Working Group Recommendations
Session Chairman - Al Thompson

8:45 Charge to Working Groups
9:00 First Meeting of Working Groups
10:30 Coffee/cookies Available
10:45 Working Groups continue writing their contribution to roadmap
12:00 Lunch

Afternoon Session "Refining and Discussion of SR Detector Road Map Report"
Session Chairman - Al Thompson

1:00 Brief summary of working group progress - 10 min/group
2:00 Refining of contributions by Working Groups
3:00 Coffee
4:00 Workshop closeout
4:30 End of workshop

 

This meeting was organized on behalf of the US synchrotron radiation community by Ralf Wehlitz at ALADDIN, Al Thompson at ALS, Steve Naday at ANL, Denny Mills at APS, Josef Hormes at CAMD, Sol Gruner at CHESS, Peter Siddons NSLS, John Arthur at SSRL and Franco Manfredi at the University of Pavia. This workshop is supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences Division of the US Department or Energy.

WDSR Agenda
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Attendance List/
Working Groups

Submission Guidelines
for Speakers and
Working Group Leaders


US Synchrotron Representatives
(email links)
ALADDIN Ralf Wehlitz
ALS Al Thompson
APS Denny Mills
CAMD Josef Hormes
CHESS Sol Gruner
NSLS Peter Siddons
SSRL John Arthur

 

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