Name: Compton Sources for X/gamma Rays: Physics and Applications
Start: 2008-09-07T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2008-09-12T13:15:00+02:00
Location: Hotel Porto Conte

Compton Sources for X/gamma Rays: Physics and Applications

from Sunday 7 September 2008 (17:00) to Friday 12 September 2008 (13:15)

Monday 1 September 2008
Tuesday 2 September 2008
Wednesday 3 September 2008
Thursday 4 September 2008
Friday 5 September 2008
Saturday 6 September 2008
Sunday 7 September 2008

17:00 Registration
Registration
17:00 - 19:00

19:00 Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
19:00 - 20:30

Monday 8 September 2008
09:00
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 Introduction and Workshop overview - Luca Serafini (INFN MIlano)
09:30
09:30 - 13:00
Contributions

09:30 Introductory tutorial - James Rosenzweig (UCLA)

10:15 Compton source and nuclear photo-science application - Craig Siders (LLNL)

11:30 The Compact Light Source: A Miniature Synchrotron producing x-rays with Inverse Compton Scattering. - Ronald Ruth (Lyncean Technologies, Inc.)

12:15 The Thomson Source at INFN-LNF and its foreseen applications, as part of the SPARC&PLASMONX National Projects - Luca Serafini (MI)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

16:45 Coffe Break
Coffe Break
16:45 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 19:45
Contributions

17:00 Experience with synchrotron light source and comparison - Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie (Synchrotron SOLEIL)

17:45 Theoretical considerations for x-ray phase contrast mammography by Compton source - Stefano Lagomarsino (Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Roma, Italy)

18:15 Development of Compact Hard X-ray Source via Laser Compton Scattering at AIST - Ryunosuke Kuroda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

18:45 Design study of compact Compton X-ray sources for material and life sciences applications - Yulia Maslova (P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Russian Academy of Science)
Tuesday 9 September 2008
09:00
09:00 - 13:00
Contributions

09:00 Development of advanced quantum-beam sources and their applications as sophisticated imaging tools - Kawakatsu Yamada (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

09:45 3D Nanoscale Imaging Using Coherent X-Rays - Kevin Raines (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California)

10:30 Compton Scattering Monochromatic Tunable X-ray Source based on X-band Multi-bunch linac at the University of Tokyo - Fumito Sakamoto (The University of Tokyo)

11:30 Recent Progress in Generation and Application of AIST Laser-Compton Photon Beam - Hiroyuki Toyokawa (AIST)

12:00 Phase contrast medical imaging with compact X-ray sources: towards clinical applications - Paola Coan (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble (France) - Munich-Centre for Advance Photonics, Munich (Germany))

12:30 Application of monochromatic keV X-ray source to X-ray drug delivery system development - Mitsuru Uesaka (University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

15:00

15:00 - 19:30
Wednesday 10 September 2008
09:00
09:00 - 13:00
Contributions

09:00 Laser Super-cavity - Junji Urakawa (kek)

09:45 Multi-disciplinary experiments with hundred TW class Ti:Sa lasers - Danilo Giulietti (Physics Department of the University and INFN, Pisa)

10:15 Laser-plasma electron accelerator for all optical inverse-Compton x-ray source - Kazuyoshi Koyama (University of Tokyo)

11:00 HARP(High-gain Avalanche Rushing amorphous Photoconductor) detector - Kenkichi Tanioka (NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories)

11:45 Stand-off Detection of Nuclear Materials Using Inverse Compton Scattering Generated Gamma-Rays - Salime Boucher (RadiaBeam Technologies)

12:15 Detection of radioactive isotopes by laser Compton gamma-ray beams - Ryoichi Hajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

16:00

16:00 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:30
Contributions

17:00 Imaging in Radiotherapy - riccardo CALANDRINO (IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE)

17:45 Clinical mammography with synchrotron radiation and the new digital development - Luigi Rigon (INFN, Sezione di Trieste)

18:15 Dependence of edge-enhancement-index on experimental parameters in phase contrast imaging using quasi-monochromatic sources - Bruno Golosio (Strutt. Dip. di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Sassari, and INFN Sez. di Cagliari, Italy)

18:45 An overview of emerging scientific applications of synchrotron radiation: biomedical imaging, radiation therapy, paleontology and cultural heritage - Alberto BRAVIN (ESRF)
20:30 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:30 - 22:30
Thursday 11 September 2008
09:00
09:00 - 13:00
Contributions

09:00 Simulations for linear and fully nonlinear Thomson Scattering with TSST code - Paolo Tomassini (I.N.F.N. sect. of Milan)

09:45 Nonlinear Compton scattering - Frederic Hartemann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

10:30 High Finesse Fabry Perot cavity R&D at Orsay - Fabian Zomer (IN2P3/CNRS Université Paris 11)

11:30 X-Ray spectra reconstruction from analysis of attenuation data: a Back Scattering Thomson Source application. - Marco Endrizzi (Pisa)

12:00 THe LAL Compton Program - alessandro variola (LAL IN2P3 CNRS)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

17:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:30
17:30
17:30 - 20:00
Contributions

17:30 Tsinghua Thomson Scattering X-ray Light Source - Chuanxiang Tang (Tsinghua University)

18:15 Characterization Results of the BNL ATF Compton X-ray Source Using K-edge Absorbing Foils - Oliver Williams (UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy)

19:00 Polarization effects of electron and photons in the Thomson scattering X-ray source - Yingchao Du (Tsinghua University)

19:30 Integrating Laser and Linac Technology for Next Generation X-ray Sources - William Graves (MIT)
Friday 12 September 2008
09:00
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Compton Ring/ERL Polarized Positron Source for ILC/CLIC - Tsunehiko Omori (KEK)

09:45 ULTRA-HIGH BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON BEAMS BY PLASMA BASED INJECTORS FOR ALL OPTICAL FREE ELECTRON LASERS - Vittoria Petrillo (MI)

10:15 Linac e+ source for ILC, CLIC - Vitaly Yakimenko (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Accelerator Test Facility)

11:15 Compact Systems and Application for Water-Window X-rays - Masakazu Washio (RISE, Waseda University)

12:00 Guiding of X-rays from Inverse Compton Scattering as a Means to Enhance Flux and Brightness - Gil Travish (UCLA)
12:30

12:30 - 13:00