Workshop: Perspectives of Ultrafast Electron Scattering – Scientific Applications and Accelerator Needs

Monday, 08. July 2024 - Wednesday, 10. July 2024

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

Magnusstraße 2, 12489 Berlin

This in-person workshop aims to discuss the science and the requirements for accelerators delivering bright, ultra-short electron pulses to scattering applications.

High-energy electrons are a promising probe for structural dynamics investigations with sub-atomic resolution complementary to X-rays and low-energy electron probes. Three Helmholtz centers, HZB, HZDR, and DESY, are developing complementary, state-of-the-art, and beyond electron accelerators with a broad range of beam parameters and experimental opportunities. These include a wide range of pumping schemes for sample excitation ranging from UV/VIS to THz and sample integration for solid, gas, and liquid phase materials. We welcome ideas from the research fields of life science, quantum and energy materials, chemistry reaction dynamics, correlated systems, and more.

The workshop aims to form a community for groups who want to perform experiments at the facilities at HZB, HZDR, and DESY. The workshop's outcome is a whitepaper on the future of ultrafast scattering experiments - scientific needs and accelerator opportunities. The whitepaper will be worked out during the workshop and compiled as a reference document for funding agencies in Germany.

The workshop is sponsored by HZB, DESY, HZDR and Hi-Acts.