XVI School on Synchrotron Radiation “Gilberto Vlaic”: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications in Trieste

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The XVI School on Synchrotron Radiation “Gilberto Vlaic”: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications organized by The Italian Society of Synchrotron Radiation (SILS) in collaboration with Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA is taking place in Muggia, a pleasent resort on the sea in the outskirts of Trieste . The school, dedicated to the memory of prof. Gilberto Vlaic, gives a general overview of the characteristics and potentiality of synchrotron radiation to graduated students and young researchers interested in its use. The emission of synchrotron radiation both from the storage rings and from free electron lasers, its properties, most of the experimental methods used, their fundamentals and applications in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science, Material Science and Medicine will be illustrated. Data analysis sessions, as well as experimental training on some of the ELETTRA beam-lines, are also planned.  This years edition has seen 60 students in the venue and 16 connected from remote from all over the world with a predominance of European countries, Directors of the School have been Prof. Settimio MOBILIO, Department of Science, University Roma TRE and Dr. Giorgio PAOLUCCI Chief Scientific Officer at Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.