Conveners
Accelerators & Light Sources
- Simon Connell (Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.)
- Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano)
Accelerator-based light sources have become fundamental tools for research in matter physics, medicine, cultural heritage and industry. They span the wavelength range from THz to gamma rays through many and diverse accelerator configurations. The working principles of two families of light sources, synchrotrons and free-electron lasers, are recalled. Technical and physical challenges of their...
Inverse Compton Scattering sources are becoming world-wide user facilities delivering advanced X-ray beams to applications in the medical, cultural heritage, material studies and nuclear photonics / photo-nuclear physics fields. ICS delivering up to 300 keV X-rays are compact, cheaper and easier to operate that large scale storage-ring based light sources. Although the performances of ICS in...
Bringing forward the African educational systems, employment status, scientific and technological advancement, besides the human capacity building - which is alleged to be the backbone of any advanced society- is considered a huge challenge that puts more question marks on many other deep distresses such as (1) how to establish sustainable cutting-edge research infrastructures and...
