Indo- German School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Application, November 11-22, 2002

 

          Synchrotron radiation has emerged as a powerful tool for pure and applied research in almost all branches of science and technology.  This is also becoming a work horse for many industrial applications.  No wonder, the research using synchrotron radiation is becoming a necessity.

           

In view of this an Indo-German School was organized at Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore from November 11-22, 2002.  At CAT, Indore, Indus-1, the first Indian synchrotron radiation source (SRS) is operational and some beamlines are also functional.  Indus-1 is a 450 MeV electron storage ring which gives soft x-ray and vacuum ultra violet (VUV) radiation.  Indus-2, a 2.5 GeV storage ring which is under construction will give hard x-rays, soft x-rays and VUV.

            At Germany, there are four synchrotron radiation sources available at Hamburg, Berlin, Karlshrue and Dortmund.  BESSY-II is 1.9 GeV Synchrotron radiation source situated at Berlin which is similar to Indus-2.

            The objective of this school was therefore, give specialized lectures in the field of synchrotron radiation sources and their applications to young research scholars and faculty members from universities and national laboratories. The school was inaugurated by Dr. D. D. Bhawalkar, Director, Center for Advanced Technology, Indore.

            The composition of syllabus of the school was such that the participants got first the basic knowledge of SRS followed by beamlines, insertion devices and different types of experiments which can be performed using Indus-1 and Indus-2.  52 participants attended the school.  The lecture notes were given to the participants.  There is a demand for these notes from some participants who could not attend.  The notes have been commiled and a soft copy has been prepared for distribution. A request for the copy of the lecture notes can be sent to Dr R V Nandedkar (nrv@cat.ernet.in)