Cornell Governor Announces $12 Million for New High Tech Project at
Cornell
George E. Pataki today announced $12 million in capital funding to
Cornell University to support the development of a state-of-the-art
Energy Recovery Linac (ERL), an extraordinary new x-ray source that will
greatly expand scientific research capabilities. The Governor was joined
at the event by Cornell Vice Provost for Research Robert C. Richardson,
ERL Principle Investigator and Cornell professor of physics Sol Gruner,
and a group of enthusiastic students from Ithaca’s Sciencenter.
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X-ray Science Workshops for an Energy Recovery Linac
June 2006 - Robert Purcell Conference Center, Cornell University,
Ithaca
Prototyping is underway for the Cornell Energy Recovery Linac
(ERL) Project as a prelude to a full-scale ERL x-ray source.
A full-scale ERL will be capable of performing essentially all
measurements now possible at the most advanced 3rd generation sources.
In addition, the unprecedented ultra-high spectral brightness, full
coherence at 10 keV, and <100 fs x-ray pulse duration of an ERL enable
new experiments that have hitherto not been feasible. The goal of each
workshop will be to unleash the imagination of the community to explore
novel experiments in each of six specific science areas.
Workshop agendas can be found
here.
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Superconducting RF Workshop
by: Hasan Padamsee
Continuing the tradition of eleven successful workshops
starting in 1980, the 12th International Workshop on RF Superconducvity
(SRF) was held on the Cornell Campus on July 10 - 15, 2005. There were
230 registered participants. The workshop covered latest advances in the
science, technology, and applications of RF superconductivity to
particle accelerators. Steady advances in SRF science and technology are
responsible for a spectacular increase in performance level since the
large installations of the 1990's, and form the basis for current
interest in SRF-based machines, such as free electron lasers, Energy
Recovery Linacs, neutron spallation sources, and the International
Linear Collider. There were about 50 invited talks and 140 contributed
papers presented in two afternoon poster sessions. The invited talks
reviewed the status of applications in-stream as well as exciting
prospects for the future. There were many review talks on key aspects of
SRF technology. On the first day of the meeting, there were heavily
attended tutorial sessions for newcomers on various aspects of the
field. Guided discussions on hot topics formed a lively session. A
special session devoted to doctoral dissertations on RF
superconductivity topics was crowded with 12 talks. Another special
session covered industrialization issues of SRF technology. Industries
from all over the world participated. The workshop culminated in an ILC-fest
(International Linear Collider) with talks from the head of the ILC
Steering Commitee, the director of the Global Design Effort (GDE) and
the North American Regional GDE Director. The next workshop will be held
in 2007 in Beijing, China. For more details and updates, the workshop
website address is http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/public/SRF2005.
