Presentation materials requested by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23
A town hall meeting to solicit ideas for, and inform the direction of, the Hard X-ray Science (HXRS) strategy will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Building 401, Room A1100 at 1 p.m.
The centerpiece of this initiative is the science and engineering that is enabled by the Advanced Photon Source (APS), and that will be revolutionized by the coming APS Upgrade (APS-U). The APS is a world-leading hard X-ray synchrotron radiation facility with 68 independently operating beamlines run either by the APS or partners, each with very specific capabilities in spectroscopy, diffraction and imaging. The development and use of these beamlines is a core strength of Argonne, providing a cross-cutting link to many current and proposed science and technology programs at the lab.
While there are already numerous groups at Argonne that are involved with the APS, an even larger number of research activities and groups could benefit from such capabilities. Argonne researchers are invited to participate in this town hall to highlight opportunities utilizing hard X-rays in the biological, physical and environmental sciences, along with engineering and energy technologies, and to showcase future possibilities with an upgraded APS. The development of novel experimental and computational methods that enable new science applications at APS and APS-U that otherwise would not be possible, is also of significant interest.
The meeting will include a brief introduction to HXRS, followed by presentations from APS scientists who will summarize present and future capabilities. This will be followed by an open session for brief presentations outlining ideas for scientific directions under HXRS.
Input from this meeting will inform the HXRS LDRD portfolio as well as shape the 2018 Laboratory Strategic Plan. Participation from across the laboratory is essential to create a balanced, representative strategy.
Call for presenters
All interested members of the Argonne community are invited to attend and present. We particularly encourage contributions from early career staff. Each presentation should consist of no more than two slides that identify the opportunity and outline Argonne’s approach. While an important longer term investment is the development of novel concepts for future generations of hard X-ray sources at Argonne, this topic will be covered in separate future meetings.
Please email submissions to Tracy Thomas by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23.