Here is the summary list of scientific areas which will be part of the VUVX 2019 scientific program. The common theme of these areas is that the use of UV radiation as well as X-rays provides unique insight into questions that are currently of significant interest. Some of these questions are listed as subtopics, however, the program may not be limited by those.
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
• Photoemission studies of clusters and gases
• Application of resonant inelastic scattering in AMO
• Non-linear physics and time-resolved studies
• Dichroism in Molecular Physics
• Coincidence methods
• Time resolved imaging and spectroscopy
Chemical Processes
• Photoemission, x-ray absorption and fluorescence in catalysis
• Reaction dynamics studied with time resolved x-ray spectroscopy
• Energy storage materials and photovoltaics
• Investigating liquids
• Polymer physics
Electronic Structure
• Angular resolved photoemission to study correlated and quantum materials
• Resonant inelastic and elastic scattering to address order in quantum materials
• Scanning and imaging approaches for nanoscale inhomogeneities
• Functional design and characterization of electronic properties at surfaces and interfaces
Instrumentation
• Instruments at diffraction limited sources
• New detectors
• 3D imaging
• Advances in time resolved approaches
• Coherent diffraction
• In situ sample manipulation
Material Science
• X-ray scattering, diffraction and spectroscopy in Material Science
• Materials under extreme conditions
• Imaging and scattering approaches to study self-assembly of matter
• Mechanical properties of matter studied with x-ray diffraction and scattering
• Magnetism and Spintronics
New Sources and Source Developments
• High harmonic sources and laser sources
• Controlling the X-ray pulse length
• Polarization control at Free electron Lasers (FELs)
• Future FEL and Diffraction Limited Storage Rings (DLSR) sources
Theory of X-ray Interaction with Matter
• X-ray absorption
• X-ray diffraction
• Electronic structure
• Resonant X-ray elastic and inelastic scattering
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