X99

Conference Program


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Scientific Program Monday, August 23

08:00 Registration
  Opening Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: B. Crasemann (University of Oregon, USA)
 
09:00 Welcome to the X-99 Conference  
09:30 J. P. Briand (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
"X-Ray and Inner-Shell Processes: Their Impact on our Understanding of Atomic Physics and of Atoms Interacting with Solids"
 
10:30 Coffee Break
  Parallel Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: Y. Awaya (Musashino Art University, Japan)
Walton Room
Chairman: P. M. Platzman (Lucent Technologies, USA)
11:00 C. L. Cocke (Kansas State University, USA)
"Dynamics of Atomic and Molecular Collisions with Ions and Photons"
E. Shirley (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
"X-Ray Absorption and Electronic Raman Scattering for Simple Solids: Modeling"
11:30 D. Dauvergne (Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France)
"X-Ray Emission from Fast Channeled Heavy Ions"
J. P. Hill (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Studies of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems"
12:00 M. Galeazzi (University of Wisconsin, USA)
"Thermal Calorimeters for High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy"
A. Kaprolat (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
"Electronic States of Metals and Alloys Investigated by High-Resolution Bloch k-Selective X-Ray Raman Scattering"
12:30 Lunch Break
  Parallel Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: A. Warczak (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Walton Room
Chairman: S. Aksela (University of Oulu, Finland)
14:00 A. R. Dorn (Universität Freiburg, Germany)
"Atoms in Extreme Virtual Photon Fields of Fast Highly Charged Ions"
M. Murnane (University of Michigan, USA)
"Extreme Non-Linear Optics: Phase Matching in the UV and X-Ray Regions"
14:30 B. Sulik (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary)
"Two- and Three-Body Effects in Fast Ion-Atom Collisions: Analogies Between the Impact of Photons and Fast Charged Particles"
J. A. Golovchenko (Harvard University, USA)
"X-Rays in Curved Spaces"
15:00 Poster Session A
  French Room
List of Posters in Session A



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Scientific Program Tuesday, August 24

08:00 Registration
  Plenary Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: F. P. Larkins (University of Melbourne, Australia)
 
09:00 R. H. Pratt (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Frontiers of X-Ray-Atom Interactions"
 
09:45 W. Mehlhorn (Universität Freiburg, Germany)
"Auger Spectroscopy: Highlights and Historical Perspective"
 
10:30 Coffee Break
  Parallel Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: N. Berrah (Western Michigan University, USA)
Walton Room
Chairman: A. Marcelli (INFN, Frascati, Italy)
11:00 V. Schmidt (Universität Freiburg, Germany)
"Unique Features of Photo-Electron/Auger-Electron Coincidence Experiments"
P. Carra (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
"Theory of X-Ray Resonant Raman Scattering"
11:30 Y. Azuma (Photon Factory, KEK, Japan)
"Three-Electron Photo-Processes in Lithium"
A. Rogalev (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
"Hard X-Ray Circular Dichroism"
12:00 U. Becker (Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany)
"Photoelectron Emission from Oriented Molecules"
A. P. Moewes (Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, USA)
"Resonant Inelastic Scattering at the 3d and 4d Thresholds of Lanthanides"
12:30 Lunch Break
  Hot Topics Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: N. M. Kabachnik (Moscow State University, Russia)
Walton Room
Chairman: R. Szargan (University of Leipzig, Germany)
14:00 O. A. Hemmers (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
"Beyond the Dipole Approximation: Angular-Distribution Effects in the 1s Photoemission from Small Molecules"
R. Felici (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
"Diffracted Anomalous Fine Structure (DAFS) to Study Surfaces and Interfaces"
14:20 K. Ueda (Tohoku University, Japan)
"Angular Distributions and Correlations in Auger Cascades of Atomic Argon Following 2p to 4s Excitation"
D. Menzel (Technische Universität München, Germany)
"Charge Transfer at Surfaces on Femtosecond Timescales: New Information from Electron Spectroscopies"
14:40 J.-M. Bizau (Université Paris-Sud, France)
"First Experimental Results and New Theoretical Calculations on Photoionization Processes in Multiply-Charged Xe4+ to Xe7+ Ions"
A. Bianconi (Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
"Charge Ordering in Doped Perovskites by X-Ray Scattering and Spectroscopy: New Physics at Third Generation Synchrotron Sources"
15:00 O. Kettig (University of Mainz, Germany)
"A Novel Type of X-Ray Interferometer"
P. M. Platzman (Lucent Technologies, USA)
"Probing the Nature of Hydrogen Bonds with X-Rays"
15:20 Poster Session B
  French Room
List of Posters in Session B
  International Scientific Committee Meeting
  Venetian Room
18:00 ISC Dinner
19:30 ISC Business Meeting



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Scientific Program Wednesday, August 25

08:00 Registration
  A. H. Compton Plenary Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: S. T. Manson (Georgia State University, USA)
 
09:00 M. Blume (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"X-Rays and A. H. Compton: From Fundamental Physics to Experimental Techniques"
 
09:30 M. J. Cooper (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
"Exploiting Compton Scattering: Studies of Spin Density Distributions"
 
10:30 Coffee Break
  Parallel Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: T. Mukoyama (Kyoto University, Japan)
Walton Room
Chairman: P. Beiersdorfer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
11:00 E. E. Alp (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
"Nuclear Resonant Inelastic Scattering"
G. W. F. Drake (University of Windsor, Canada)
"QED Effects in Few-Electron Atoms and Ions"
11:30 E. V. Tkalya (Moscow State University, Russia)
"Nuclear Excitation by Electronic Transition Between Atomic Shells"
K. Widmann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
"High-Resolution Measurements of the K-Shell Spectral Lines of Hydrogen-Like and Helium-Like Xe"
12:00 Y. Yamazaki (Tokyo University, Japan)
"Atomic Spectroscopy and Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons"
T. Stöhlker (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
"Inverse Photoionization Studied via Radiative Electron Capture into Heavy Highly Charged Ions"
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Poster Session C
  French Room
List of Posters in Session C
  Architecture River Cruise
16:45 Board boats at Michigan Avenue bridge at the Chicago River
17:00 Boats depart
19:00 Boats return



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Scientific Program Thursday, August 26



  Plenary Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: T. Suric (Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)
 
08:30 D. A. Varshalovich (A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)
"Testing the Cosmological Variability of Fundamendal Constants"
 
09:15 G. Materlik (HASYLAB, Hamburg, Germany)
"Atomic Resolution X-Ray Fluorescence Holography"
 
10:00 Poster Session D and Coffee
  French Room
List of Posters in Session D
12:30 Lunch Break
  Parallel Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: P. A. Montano (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Walton Room
Chairman: M. N. Piancastelli (Uppsala University, Sweden)
14:00 C. S. Fadley (UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Multi-Atom Resonant Photo-Emission (MARPE)"
O. Björneholm (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Dynamics of Competing Ultra-Fast Fragmentation and Resonant Auger Processes"
14:30 J. Matsui (Himeji Institute of Technology, Japan)
"Live X-Ray Refraction Imaging Using Vertically and Horizontally Wide X-Rays"
M. Simon (LURE, Orsay, France)
"Fragmentation Processes Following Core Ionization of Free Molecules"
15:00 G. De Stasio (Istituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR, Rome, Italy)
"Frontiers of X-Ray Spectromicroscopy in Biology and Medicine"
J. D. Bozek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"High-Resolution Inner-Shell Electron Spectroscopies of Simple Molecules"
15:30 Coffee Break
  Hot Topics Sessions
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: D. L. Ederer (Tulane University, USA)
Walton Room
Chairman: D. W. Lindle (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
16:00 F. B. Rosmej (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
"Charge Exchange Induced Formation of Hollow Atoms in High Intensity Laser Produced Plasmas"
D. Cookson (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia)
"The Possibility of Using X-Ray Diffraction With Hair to Screen for Pathologic Conditions Such as Breast Cancer"
16:20 Cs. Toth (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Coherent X-Ray Generation Via Ultrafast Coster-Kronig Decay in Solid Targets Excited by Table-Top Lasers"
E. G. Drukarev (St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia)
"Non-Resonant Excitation of Nuclear Levels by Photons"
16:40 P. A. Heimann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Time-Resolved X-Ray Photoabsorption and Diffraction on Timescales from ns to fs"
B. Lai (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
"High-Resolution X-Ray Imaging for Microbiology and Microelectronic Devices at the Advanced Photon Source"
17:00 A. Belkacem (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"K-shell Ionization and Double-ionization of Au Atoms with 1.33 MeV Photons"
A. Rüdel (Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany)
"Oscillating Partial Cross Sections in C60: Evidence for a beating frequency"
18:00 Cocktail Reception
French Room
19:30 Banquet
Gold Coast Room



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Scientific Program Friday, August 27

  Plenary Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: M. Ya. Amusia (Hebrew University, Israel)
 
08:30 B. F. Sonntag (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
"Atomic Effects Seen in Solid Phases"
 
09:15 E. Weigold (Australian National University, Australia)
"Current Status of (e,2e) Measurements of Energy and Momentum Densities"
 
10:00 Coffee Break
  Plenary Session
  Grand Ballroom
Chairman: F. J. Wuilleumier (Université Paris-Sud, France)
 
10:30 Y. Kato (JAERI Kansai Research Establishment, Japan)
"X-Ray Lasers Driven by Optical Lasers"
 
11:15 J. R. Arthur (Stanford University, USA)
"Prospects for an X-Ray FEL Light Source and Some Possible Scientific Applications"
 
12:00 R. D. Deslattes (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
Conference Summary
 
12:25 Remarks by Chairman of Next Conference  
12:30 Lunch Break
  Advanced Photon Source Tour
13:30 Buses leave Drake Hotel for Argonne
18:00 Buses from Argonne arrive at Drake Hotel


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