The SESAME light source was officially opened by His Majesty King Abdullah II on 16 May.
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“PILATUS3 300K is the first detector to arrive to SESAME. And DECTRIS is the first commercial company to make a donation.
Given recent progress in construction of the storage ring and the first two beamlines, SESAME is issuing a call for proposals for beamtime that may be granted in the second half of 2017.
Allan, Jordan, 12 January 2017. A beam circulated for the first time in the pioneering SESAME synchrotron at 18:12 (UTC+2) yesterday. Following the first single turn, the next steps will be to achieve multi-turns, store and then accelerate a beam.
SESAME Infrared laboratory is recognized as an Affiliated Centre of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, in Trieste, Italy (Agreement OEA-AC-69).
IAEA/SESAME is announcing new call For applications for training fellowships.
Pre-announcement of Call for Proposals. SESAME expects to put out a call for proposals to carry out experiments at the first two SESAME beamlines.
During a visit he paid to SESAME on 11 April, the Ambassador of Iran to Jordan, Mojtaba Ferdosipour, indicated his country’s intention to intensify further its cooperation with SESAME, a position very much welcomed by SESAME.
In a historic moment for both SESAME and the Middle East, on Wednesday, 10 February, the first of the 16 cells of SESAME’s storage ring was installed in the shielding tunnel in the Center’s experimental hall in Allan (Jordan).
On 27 October 2015, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Jordan, Alice G. Wells, toured SESAME in a 45-minute visit tailor-made for her. She was accompanied by the US Embassy Regional Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, Elizabeth Hattingh, and by Yara Abu Laban from the Regional Environment, Science, Technology & Health Office at the Embassy.