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, September 7, 2008 (5:00 PM) to Friday, September 12, 2008 (1:15 PM)

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

5:00 PM Registration
Registration
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

7:00 PM Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Monday, September 8, 2008
9:00 AM Introduction and Workshop overview
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction and Workshop overview - Luca Serafini (INFN MIlano)
9:30 AM Morning
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:30 AM Introductory tutorial - James Rosenzweig (UCLA)

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

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

12:15 PM The Thomson Source at INFN-LNF and its foreseen applications, as part of the SPARC&PLASMONX National Projects - Luca Serafini (MI)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

4:45 PM Coffe Break
Coffe Break
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Afternoon
5:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Experience with synchrotron light source and comparison - Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie (Synchrotron SOLEIL)

5:45 PM Theoretical considerations for x-ray phase contrast mammography by Compton source - Stefano Lagomarsino (Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Roma, Italy)

6:15 PM Development of Compact Hard X-ray Source via Laser Compton Scattering at AIST - Ryunosuke Kuroda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

6:45 PM 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, September 9, 2008
9:00 AM Morning
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Development of advanced quantum-beam sources and their applications as sophisticated imaging tools - Kawakatsu Yamada (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

9:45 AM 3D Nanoscale Imaging Using Coherent X-Rays - Kevin Raines (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California)

10:30 AM 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 AM Recent Progress in Generation and Application of AIST Laser-Compton Photon Beam - Hiroyuki Toyokawa (AIST)

12:00 PM 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 PM Application of monochromatic keV X-ray source to X-ray drug delivery system development - Mitsuru Uesaka (University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

3:00 PM Social Excursion

3:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
9:00 AM Morning
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Laser Super-cavity - Junji Urakawa (kek)

9:45 AM Multi-disciplinary experiments with hundred TW class Ti:Sa lasers - Danilo Giulietti (Physics Department of the University and INFN, Pisa)

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

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

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

12:15 PM Detection of radioactive isotopes by laser Compton gamma-ray beams - Ryoichi Hajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

4:00 PM Posters

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Afternoon
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Imaging in Radiotherapy - riccardo CALANDRINO (IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE)

5:45 PM Clinical mammography with synchrotron radiation and the new digital development - Luigi Rigon (INFN, Sezione di Trieste)

6:15 PM 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)

6:45 PM An overview of emerging scientific applications of synchrotron radiation: biomedical imaging, radiation therapy, paleontology and cultural heritage - Alberto BRAVIN (ESRF)
8:30 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Thursday, September 11, 2008
9:00 AM Morning
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Simulations for linear and fully nonlinear Thomson Scattering with TSST code - Paolo Tomassini (I.N.F.N. sect. of Milan)

9:45 AM Nonlinear Compton scattering - Frederic Hartemann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

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

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

12:00 PM THe LAL Compton Program - alessandro variola (LAL IN2P3 CNRS)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

5:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM Afternoon
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Contributions

5:30 PM Tsinghua Thomson Scattering X-ray Light Source - Chuanxiang Tang (Tsinghua University)

6:15 PM Characterization Results of the BNL ATF Compton X-ray Source Using K-edge Absorbing Foils - Oliver Williams (UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy)

7:00 PM Polarization effects of electron and photons in the Thomson scattering X-ray source - Yingchao Du (Tsinghua University)

7:30 PM Integrating Laser and Linac Technology for Next Generation X-ray Sources - William Graves (MIT)
Friday, September 12, 2008
9:00 AM Morning
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Compton Ring/ERL Polarized Positron Source for ILC/CLIC - Tsunehiko Omori (KEK)

9:45 AM ULTRA-HIGH BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON BEAMS BY PLASMA BASED INJECTORS FOR ALL OPTICAL FREE ELECTRON LASERS - Vittoria Petrillo (MI)

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

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

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

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM