Staff from eleven different accelerator lab facilities gathered at the ALS to improve the user experience for operators, researchers, engineers, and more. Workshop participants learned from experts in the UX field and even took part in a hackathon that paired beamline scientists with interface developers. Read more »
ALS Hosts 6th International Diffraction-Limited Storage Ring Workshop
Approximately 160 scientists from synchrotron facilities all over the world gathered at Berkeley Lab last fall for the 6th International Diffraction-Limited Storage Ring Workshop. Event participants discussed both the technical challenges and new research opportunities at next-generation x-ray facilities enabled by multibend achromat lattices. Read more »
ALS-U Science Workshop Report Now Available
The report from the January 2017 workshop, “Solving Scientific Challenges with Coherent Soft X-Rays,” is now available for download. The report details scientific challenges that ALS-U will address early on and identifies the instruments and tools essential for taking full advantage of ALS-U’s capabilities. Read more »
ALS Workshop Brings Together Theory and Experiment
On April 13 the ALS convened a workshop entitled “Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy: Theory and Experiment, Hand-in-Hand.” The event brought together soft x-ray experimentalists and materials theorists to discuss potential collaborations and areas of soft x-ray spectroscopy that would benefit from more robust theory. Read more »
Workshop Focuses on the Unique Science Enabled by ALS-U
Visiting scientists met Jan. 18-20 at Berkeley Lab for a workshop that collected input on the range of new science that will be enabled by the planned upgrade of the Lab’s Advanced Light Source. The upgrade project, known as ALS-U, will boost the brightness, focus, and other properties of the light beams produced at the ALS. Read more »
ALS Workshop Highlights Diffraction-Limited Storage Ring Opportunities
On October 1-3, 2014, the ALS hosted a workshop on Soft X-Ray Science Opportunities Using Diffraction-Limited Storage Rings. The workshop charge was to elaborate transformational research opportunities that would be enabled by emerging storage-ring-based ultrahigh brightness. Read more »