Training Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers in Accelerator Applications Related to Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Jordan was recently selected as the host country for a regional international scientific center of excellence, with a synchrotron radiation facility as its centerpiece, nicknamed SESAME.

This concept, based on a gift by the German government of the BESSY I synchrotron radiation facility, which is being decommissioned in Berlin, was endorsed by representatives of Middle East governments and others at a UNESCO-sponsored meetings in June 1999 and April 2000. It is planned to upgrade this facility to cover the broad spectral range from the infrared to hard x-rays and move it to Jordan.

There is a need to train engineers and scientists to operate, maintain, and improve the facility, as well as help to install and commission it and eventually become key members of the SESAME staff

To select the potential SESAME machine staff, an international workshop will be held at Al-Balqa Applied University on September 9-18, 2000.

The aim of the workshop is to acquaint interested scientists and engineers with the SESAME project to build a synchrotron radiation source in the Middle East. The workshop will concentrate on the physical and technical aspects related to the design and construction of the SESAME SR source. Students from a university or an equivalent technical institution with the equivalent of a BS, MS, or PhD degree, engineers and young research workers in physics, electrical and mechanical engineering and computer science with a strong interest in entering the accelerator field are invited to apply for this workshop. Smaller groups under the guidance of experts in the field will work on special aspects of storage ring physics and components.

The subjects covered in this workshop will be:

• Electron optics for storage rings, lattice design
• High power rf-transmitters, accelerating cavities and feeder systems
• Electrical systems incl. magnet power supplies
• Ultra high vacuum systems
• Injection systems
• Magnet design, support and alignment
• Control systems, hardware and software
• Beam instrumentation and diagnostics

Successful participants in the Workshop will join groups at internaltional laboratories to receive advanced training in related fields.

Applications to participate in the Workshop are closed.

Workshop Organizer: Professor Kamal J. Araj, Al Balqa' Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan e-mail: karaj@bau.edu.jo

SESAME Workshop Selection Committee

Prof. Kamal J. Araj (Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan)
Dr. Gustav-Adolf Voss (DESY, Germany)
Prof. Herman Winick (SLAC, USA)
Dr. Michel Sommer (LURE, France)
Dr. Sergio Tazzari (ELETTRA, Italy)

Group Leaders and Plenary Lecturers

G.-A. Voss / DESY (concept of the SESAME project)
A. Gamp / DESY (RF-transmitters, acceleration systems)
A. Nadji / Lure (beam optics, beam dynamics)
H. Zyngier / LURE (beam diagnostics and instrumentation)
H. Martirosyan / YerPhi (White cirquits, power supplies)
N. Marks / Daresbury Lab (magnet design, power supplies)
M. Plesko (control systems)
C. Herveaux / Lure (vacuum systems)
E. Weihreter / BESSY (synchrotron radiation, injection)

Tentative Program

September 9, Saturday

09:00-10:00	Introduction o SESAME (history, past, presence, future) Workshop: purpose and procedure, K.J. Araj, G.A. Voss
10:00-10:45
11:45-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	What is Synchrotron Radiation E. Weihreter
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00	How does an SR source work H. Zygnier
15:15-15:45	Break
16:00-17:00	Questions

September 10, Saturday

09:00-10:00	Machine, physics, optics, etc A. Nadji1 Magnets alignments mechanics N. Marks1
10:00-10:45	Vacuum N. Marks1
11:45-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	RF-Systems A. Gamp1 Beam diagnostics H. Zygnier1
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00
15:15-15:45	Break
16:00-17:00

1) Including 10 minutes discussion

September 9, Saturday

09:00-10:00
10:00-10:45
11:45-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00
15:15-15:45
16:00-17:00

Financial Summary

Actual Expenses

Item Specification	US Dollar
Lectures	14.803
Students	28.038
Miscellaneous	<2.118
Total	44.959

Budgeted Amount	= US$ 55.000
Amount Saved	= US$ 10.04

Country of Origin	Attended #	Selected #
Jordan	16	6
Palestine	12	2
Turkey	2	0
Iran	7	5
Armenia	5	2
Israel	3	2
Egypt	4	3
Syria	1	1
Total	50	21