UK XFEL Townhall - Materials, Chemistry, and Biology at extreme conditions

2 Oct 2023, 09:45 → 3 Oct 2023, 17:00 Europe/London

University of Strathclyde

Paul Aden (STFC)

The UK XFEL CDOA team are hosting a townhall meeting in collaboration with University of Strathclyde on the 2nd and 3rd of October. This will be an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in the possible technologies and applications of a UK XFEL to come and hear and discuss topics surrounding 'Materials, Chemistry, and Biology, at Extreme Conditions.

The event will take place over two days with a multiple of speakers (see timetable) and breakout sessions for informal discussions.

For those who would like to join in online, here is the zoom link: https://ukri.zoom.us/j/93443161168

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-xfel-townhall-materials-chemistry-and-biology-at-extreme-conditions-tickets-660981933757

 

Monday, 2 October

10:30 Welcome Coffee

1 Welcome and Opening

Speaker: Paul McKenna (University of Strathclyde)

2 UK XFEL Project Overview

UK XFEL Design Team - Dave Dunning, Paul Aden - STFC
UK XFEL Science Lead - Jon Marangos - Imperial College

Speakers: Dr David Dunning, Paul Aden (STFC), Prof. Paul Jon

12:00 Lunch and Posters

3 AWE’s extreme environment experiments at the European XFEL and LCLS

Speaker: David McGonegle (AWE)

4 Results from Static and Dynamic Compression Experiments at European XFEL

Speaker: Malcolm McMahon (The University of Edinburgh)

5 --

Speaker: Emma McBride (Queens university Belfast)

6 Putting the squeeze on molecular materials – high-pressure studies of fuels, lubricants, pharmaceuticals and explosives

Speaker: Colin Pulham (The University of Edinburgh)

7 XFEL probing of extreme conditions in ultrarelativistic laser-produced plasmas -- Status of HED/HIBEF at EuXFEL

Speaker: Tom Cowan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

15:00 Coffee Break

8 Combining a UK XFEL with spherical compression: Laser Fusion science possibilities

Speaker: Robbie Scott (CLF, STFC)

9 Discovering and Investigating Soft Matter Phenomena with XFELs

Speaker: Claudiu Stan (Rutgers University)

10 Day one discussion and close

17:00 Drinks Reception

Tuesday, 3 October

09:00 Coffee and Tea

11 Exploring quantum matter at extreme conditions - low temperatures and high magnetic fields

Speaker: Simon Gerber (SwissFEL, PSI)

12 The role of magnetic fields in turbulent high-energy-density plasmas.

Speaker: Archie Bott (University of Oxford)

10:30 Coffee Break

13 Scientific Themes Updates

Tom Penfold, Anna Regoutz, Sven Schroeder, Sam Vinko, Jasper Van Thor and Jon Marangos will review the other main science areas for the UK XFEL Science Case

14 Unravelling material properties with intense x-rays

Speaker: Sam Vinko (University of Oxford)

12:30 Lunch Break

15 Panel Discussion

16 Closing Remarks