The UK XFEL team are hosting a townhall meeting at the University of Plymouth on Thursday 18th - Friday 19th January 2024. The theme of this meeting is the application of a UK free electron laser to AI and quantum computing, and its use in probing fundamental physics in the environment of strong electromagnetic fields. For more information about the UK XFEL initiative, click to be redirected to the UK XFEL Homepage.
This event is organised around timetabled presentations (see timetable), with time dedicated to breakout sessions for informal discussions.
A Zoom link will be available for those who would like to join in online.
Tickets can be booked here via eventbrite.
Welcome address by
Dean of the Faculty of Science: Prof Kevin Jones
Head of School: Prof Alexander Belton
UK XFEL Design and Science team will deliver and overview of the design status and latest science advancements. Open to everyone.
Delegates presenting posters will be available for discussion.
Abbas Ourmazd, University of Western Michigan, "Few-fs atomic resolution movies of a photoactive protein traversing a conical intersection"
Gianlunca Gregori, "Measuring Unruh radiation from accelerated electrons"
James Cryan, LCLS, "On Spectral domain ghost imaging"
Alvaro Sanchez Gonzalez, Google DeepMind, "Applying AI to complex problems in the physical sciences"
Luigi Genovese, CEA Grenoble, "Challenges and Opportunities from Electronic Structure Calculations of Systems at the Nanoscale"
Giulio Cerullo, Polytecnico di Milano, "Real-time visualization of conical intersections in biomolecules using XFELs".
Graham Smith, St. Andrews University, "EPR experiments and XFELs"
Tom Blackburn, University of Gothenburg, "Simulation of strong-field QED in XFEL beams"
Ralf Schuetzhold, Helmholtz-Zentrum-Dresden Rossendorf, "Fundamental Physics with XFELs"
Leszek Frasinski, Imperial College London, "Covariance mapping and multi-dimensional extensions"
Stuart Mangles, Imperial College London, "Physics using XFELs and high intensity lasers"
Bernhard Hidding, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, "Novel capabilities from plasma wakefield-based high-brightness X-FELs"