With their unique combination of high per-pulse X-ray flux and femtosecond pulse durations, hard x-ray free electron lasers are an almost ideal source for time-resolved structural experiments. Experimental Station A (ESA) of the SwissFEL will focus on probing the ultrafast dynamics of molecular and biological systems in the condensed phase using a combination of X-ray spectroscopy and scattering. In light of this goal we have invited four experts to give us an overview of various time-resolved X-ray techniques, what physical information they can provide, and their experiences in using these techniques at various FEL facilities around the world. The techniques covered include X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray emission spectroscopy, and X-ray scattering on liquids and molecular crystals. We hope that by the end of the workshop everyone in the audience will have a firm grasp of the physical principles behind the techniques and have an idea as to how they could be appropriately applied to their own research at SwissFEL in the future.
Participants
Andrea LüBCKE
Bruce Patterson
Chris MILNE
Christian ERNY
Claudio Cirelli
Edoardo Baldini
Fabio Giacomo Santomauro
Flavio ZAMPONI
Friso van der Veen
Gregor Knopp
György Vankó
Hans-Christian SIGG
Jacinto Sa
Jakub Szlachetko
Jeroen VAN BOKHOVEN
Joanna Hoszowska
Jochen Rittmann
Julio Cesar Da Silva
Juraj Krempasky
Kristoffer Haldrup
Maciej LORENC
Maddalena PEDIO
Mahsa SILATANI
Marco Calvi
Nicola Pietro Maria Casati
Pavle JURANIC
Stephanie Stevenson
Thomas Eduard GERBER
Wojciech Blachucki
Wojciech GAWELDA
Yuzhu LIU
Yves KAYSER
9:00 AM
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9:15 AM
Welcome and Introduction15m
Speaker:
DrChris Milne(Paul Scherrer Institut)
9:15 AM
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10:45 AM
FXE Instrument - a suite of complementary x-ray techniques for ultrafast structural dynamics in condensed matter systems1h 30m
Speaker:
DrWojciech Gawelda(European XFEL)
10:45 AM
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11:00 AM
Coffee break
15m
11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Molecular colour movies: the use of hard X-ray spectroscopy in ultrafast experiments1h 30m
Speaker:
DrGyörgy Vankó(Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
12:30 PM
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1:30 PM
Lunch break
1h
1:30 PM
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3:00 PM
Robust extraction of structure and dynamics from Time-Resolved X-ray data1h 30m
Speaker:
DrKristoffer Haldrup(Centre for Molecular Movies, Technical University of Denmark, Physics Department, NEXMAP Section. Centre for Molecular Movies,)