Advanced School on Laser Applications at Accelerators

from Sunday 28 September 2014 (20:00) to Friday 3 October 2014 (14:30)
Hospedería Fonseca

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
28 Sept 2014
29 Sept 2014
30 Sept 2014
1 Oct 2014
2 Oct 2014
3 Oct 2014
AM
08:30 Welcome / Introduction - Luis Roso (CLPU)  
08:50 Admin / Logistics - Enrique Conejero Jarque (Universidad de Salamanca)  
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09:10 LA³NET - Rob Ashworth (University of Liverpool)  
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09:30 Introduction to lasers and Laserlab - Luis Roso (CLPU)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 History of accelerator development in Europe - Vinod Chohan (CERN)  
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08:30 Laser ion sources at RILIS – main applications - Klaus Wendt (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
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09:30 Application of RILIS in gas cell - Iain Moore (University of Jyväskylä)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Photoinjectors - Frank Stephan (DESY)  
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08:30 Ion acceleration - Andrea Macchi (CNR/INO Pisa)  
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09:30 Novel accelerator schemes including dielectric, meta materials, gradients, simulation - Prof. Gil Travish (UCLA)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Overview of simulation codes at the interface (VORPAL, plasma generation and interaction with the beam, particle acceleration. Contacts. Strengths/weaknesses - Mr Jonathan Smith (Tech-X UK Ltd/Cockcroft Institute)  
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08:30 Industry session I: Trends in laser technology - Julie Siv (Amplitude Technologies)  
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09:30
Industry Session II: Panel Question & Answers (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Industry session III: Foton company - Jaroslav Moravec (FOTON, s.r.o.)  
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11:00
Steering Committe Meeting (until 13:00)
11:30
Study Session (until 13:00)
08:30
Supervisory Board (SB) Annual Meeting: Fellows overview of progress (until 09:30)
09:30
SB Annual Meeting continued (until 10:30)
09:30 THz applications - Claudio Paoloni (University of Lancaster)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Compact x-ray sources - Alessandro Variola (LAL Paris)  
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PM
20:00 --- Registration and Reception ---
12:00 Applications of Particle Accelerators - Prof. Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)  
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13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Laser ion sources - Bruce Marsh (CERN)  
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15:30 Laser acceleration - Arie irman (Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf)  
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16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00 Laser based diagnostics - David Walsh (DL)  
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18:30 --- Reception with tapas and refreshments ---
12:00 FEL I: Introduction to FELs including seeding schemes, cascading & facility design - Atoosa Meseck (Helmholtz, Berlin)  
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13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Study Session (until 16:30)
16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00 FEL II: Advances in FELs. Very short pulses, high brightness & advanced diagnostics - Allan Gillespie (Unversity of Dundee, Scotland, UK)  
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18:30 Outreach Seminar: The fascinating applications of attophysics (Lecture in Spanish with slides in English) - Luis Plaja  
12:00 Advanced diagnostics (plasma characterisation, laser electron beams, synchronisation, challenges ahead) - Jens Osterhoff (University of Hamburg)  
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13:00 --- Lunch at CLPU ---
14:30
Visit CLPU (until 16:30)
21:00 --- Guided tour of Salamanca ---
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Poster Session and Industry Display (until 16:30)
16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00 Seminar: Scientific entrepeneurs - Dr Frank AMAND (Cosylab)  
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20:00 --- Formal Meal ---
12:00 Extreme Light Infrastructure - ELI / School Conclusion - Dr Mauricio Rico (CLPU)  
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13:00 --- Lunch ---