Agenda

SSRL School on Synchrotron X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Techniques in Materials and Environmental Sciences: Theory and Application
Tuesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 22, 2008

Tuesday, May 20: Lecture Day

Location: Building 48, (Redwood Rooms Side C&D)
8:30 - 9:10 Registration
9:10-9:20 Introduction: Sam Webb
9:20-10:05 EXAFS in theory: an experimentalists guide to what it is and how it works: Corwin Booth
10:05-10:50 XANES Theory: Serena DeBeer George
10:50-11:10 Break
11:10-12:00 X-ray Sources and Optics: Apurva Mehta
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (not provided - time is allotted for participants to go off-site, if desired)
1:30-2:15 Practical Aspects of EXAFS: John Bargar
2:15-3:00 Dynamic and static local distortions - relationships between local structure and macroscopic properties: Bud Bridges
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:15 Grazing incidence and polarized XAS measurements: theory, utility and experimental considerations: Glen Waychunas
4:15-5:00 Micro EXAFS: Sam Webb

Wednesday, May 21

Location: Meet at Gate 17 at 8:30 to go to SSRL Beam lines
8:30 - 12:00 Beam Line Hands on Sessions I
12:00-1:30 Lunch (not provided - time is allotted for participants to go off-site, if desired)
1:30-5:00 Beam Line Hands on Sessions II

Thursday, May 22

Location: Building 48, (Redwood Rooms Side C&D)
9:30-12:00 Data Analysis Sessions
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (not provided - time is allotted for participants to go off-site, if desired)
1:30-4:00 Data Analysis Sessions