Summer Courses 2017

26 June - 1 July 2017

3 - 12 July 2017

14 - 19 July 2017

26 June - 1 July 2017

Directors
Claudio Pellegrini – UCLA, Los Angeles and SLAC, Menlo Park (USA) – Future X-ray FELs
Jerome Hastings – SLAC, Menlo Park (USA) – Scattering – Imaging – X-ray Optics

Scientific Secretary
Agostino Marinelli – SLAC, Menlo Park (USA)– Science and Sources

Topics
Electron beam physics
Basic and advanced X-ray free-electron laser physics
Lasers
X-ray-matter interaction
X-ray optics
X-ray scattering and imaging with X-ray free-electron lasers
Structural biology with X-ray free-electron lasers
High energy density physics with X-ray free-electron lasers
Nonlinear X-ray science
Atomic, molecular and optical physics with X-ray free-electron lasers
Strongly correlated systems with X-ray free-electron lasers
Chemistry with X-ray free-electron lasers

Lecturers
• Massimo Altarelli – CFEL, DESY, Hamburg (Germany) – X-ray FELs Status
• Andrea Cavalleri – University of Hamburg and CFEL, DESY (Germany) – Strongly Correlated Systems
• Luca Giannessi – Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy) – FEL Physics
• Janos Hajdu – Uppsala University (Sweden) – Structural Biology 1 (Lecture held by Lundholm) – Structural Biology 2 (Lecture held by Benzi/Ekenberg)
• Zhirong Huang – SLAC, Menlo Park (USA) – FEL Physics
• Franz Kaertner – CFEL, DESY, Hamburg (Germany) – Lasers
• Claudio Masciovecchio – Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy) – Non-linear X-ray Science
• Nina Rohringer - DESY and University of Hamburg (Germany) – Radiation-Matter Interaction– AMO
• Robert W. Schoenlein – SLAC, Menlo Park (USA) – Chemical applications – • Seminar: Current Research Topics
• Gennady Stupakov – SLAC, Menlo Park (USA) – Electron Beam Physics – Radiation from relativistic electrons
• Justin Wark – Oxford University (UK) – High Energy Density Physics, Article

Arrival day: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Opening of the Course: Monday, 26 June 2017 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Saturday, 1 July 2017 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 900,00 (VAT included) for attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings

3 - 12 July 2017

Directors
Eugenio Coccia – GSSI, L’Aquila and INFN (Italy)
Nicola Vittorio – Università di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
Joseph Silk – Johns Hopkins University, Paris Institute of Astrophysics (France)

Secretary
Irene Sartini – GSSI, L’Aquila and INFN (Italy)

Topics
A primer on gravitational waves: theory, sources and principle of detection
The quest for high sensitivity: LIGO, Virgo, Kagra
Technology challenges
Pulsar timing arrays
GW interferometer in space
GW data analysis: burst, coalescing binaries, continuous sources
GW stochastic background
Black holes physics and astrophysics
Multimessenger astronomy with GW
Special lecture for future managers
The legacy of Planck
The polarization of the cosmic microwave background: experiments
The polarization of the cosmic microwave background: theory
Spectral distortions of the CMB
The distance ladder
Cosmological parameters
The large structure of the Universe: redshift surveys
The large structure of the Universe: numerical simulations
Inflation and early Universe
Modified gravity
Dark matter
Primordial non-Gaussianity

Lecturers and Seminar Speakers
• Giuseppe Bono – Università di Roma Tor Vergata and INFN (Italy)
• Marica Branchesi – Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo” (Italy)
• Jens Chluba – University of Manchester (UK) – Lecture
• Nelson Christensen – Carleton College, Nor thfield (USA) – Lecture
• Jacques Delabrouille – Laboratoire AstroPar ticule et Cosmologie, Paris (France) – Lecture
• Viviana Fafone – Università di Roma Tor Vergata and INFN (Italy) – Lecture
• Federico Ferrini – European Gravitational Observatory, Cascina, PI and INFN (Italy)
• Francesco Fidecaro – Università di Pisa and INFN (Italy) – Lecture
• David Fonseca Mota – University of Oslo (Norway)
• Nicolao Fornengo – Università di Torino and INFN (Italy)– Lecture
• Gianluca Maria Guidi – Università di Urbino and INFN (Italy)
• Wayne Hu – University of Chicago (USA)
• Michael Kramer – Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn (Germany)
• Nazzareno Mandolesi – Università di Ferrara (Italy) – Lecture held by Burigana
• Michela Mapelli – Osservatorio Astronomico, Padova (Italy) – Lecture
• Jerome Martin – Paris Institute of Astrophysics (France) – Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
• Sabino Matarrese – Università di Padova (Italy) – Lecture
• William Percival – University of Porthsmouth (UK )– Lecture
• Fulvio Ricci – Sapienza Università di Roma and INFN (Italy) – Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
• Douglas Scott – University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
• Alicia Sintes – University of the Balearic Islands, La Palma (Spain) – Lecture
• Patrick Sutton – Cardiff University (UK) – Lecture 1 - Lecture 2
• Stefano Vitale – Università di Trento (Italy)
• Simon D.M. White – Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching bei München (Germany) – Lecture

Arrival day: Sunday, 2 July 2017
Opening of the Course: Monday, 3 July 2017 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Wednesday, 12 July 2017 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 1400,00 (VAT included) for attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings

14 - 19 July 2017

Directors
Fabiana Gramegna – INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy)
Piet Van Duppen – KU Leuven (Belgium)
Andrea Vitturi – Università di Padova and INFN, Sezione di Padova (Italy)

Scientific Secretary
Sara Pirrone – INFN, Sezione di Catania (Italy)

Topics
Nuclear shell model
Density functional theory
Nuclear transfer processes with RIBs
Clustering phenomena in nuclei
Nuclear reactions
Coulomb excitation processes
Beta-decay with RIBs
Symmetry in nuclei
Laser spectroscopy with RIBs

Lecturers
• Giovanna Benzoni – INFN, Sezione di Milano (Italy)
Beta decay studies of the most exotic nuclei (Lecture 1 - Lecture 2)
• Gianluca Colò – Università di Milano and INFN, Sezione di Milano (Italy)
Energy Density Functional for exotic nuclei and beyond (Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3)
• Francesco Iachello – Yale University (USA)
Algebraic models for quantum many-body systems – Double beta decay
• Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo – Kyoto University (Japan)
Clustering in nuclei
• Wolfram Korten – CEA, Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Coulomb Excitation reactions with RIBs (Lecture1 - Lecture2)
• Antonio Moro – Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Models for nuclear reactions with weakly-bound systems
• Wilfried Nörtershäuser – Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany)
New developments in laser spectroscopy for RIBs (Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture3)
• Takaharu Otsuka – University of Tokyo (Japan)
Recent developments in shell model calculations
• Riccardo Raabe – KU Leuven (Belgium)
Nucleon Transfer Reactions with RIBs

Seminar Speakers
• Angela Bracco – Università di Milano and INFN, Sezione di Milano (Italy)
The electric dipole excitation in nuclei: from zero to finite temperature
• Giovanni La Rana – Università di Napoli “Federico II” and INFN, Sezione di Napoli (Italy)
Fission dynamics of intermediate-fissility systems
• Silvia Lenzi – Università di Padova and INFN, Sezione di Padova (Italy)
Nuclear deformation in medium-mass nuclei far from stability
• Luciano Moretto – LBL, Berkley (USA)
Cluster structure in the exit channel of cluster evaporation spectra
• Angelo Pagano – INFN, Sezione di Catania (Italy)
The time scale of nuclear reactions from Coulomb to Fermi energies
• Renato Angelo Ricci – Università Padova and INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy)
65 years with Nuclear Physics

Arrival day: Thursday, 13 July 2017
Opening of the Course: Friday, 14 July 2017 - 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Wednesday, 19 July 2017 - 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 900,00 (VAT included) for attendance, board, lodging and Proceedings

A) - In addition to the official lectures, several seminars on related subjects will be held by visiting scientists.
B) - The scientific organization and direction of the Course are entrusted to the Directors.
C) - The School is intended for PhD students and young post-docs. The number of students at each Course is limited to about 60. Students are requested to attend all lectures and seminars.
D) - Whoever may be interested in attending the Course and is not entitled - for his age or other reasons - to be considered a student, may follow the Course as observer. Registration fee charged to observers is € 500,00.
Observers should provide for their board and lodging; if required, the School may take care of their hotel reservation.
E) - Applicants will be informed of the decision on their admittance within 30 days from the beginning of each Course.
F) - Owing to the limited number of places available in the lecture hall, it will not be possible to allow any person not selected by the Committee of the School to follow the Courses.
G) - Students are requested to arrive at Varenna respectively on the indicated arrival days.
Accommodation for the students will be provided in shared rooms with 2 beds in hotels/appartments at Varenna. Meals will be organized by the School.
H) - Fees should be paid by students and observers following the instruction and within the date indicated in the letter of admittance.
I) - Scholarships may be granted to deserving students who need financial help. Such requests must be specified in the application and justified in the recommendation letter. Some of the scholarships will be granted to SIF and/or EPS Members. Scholarships will be assigned by the President of the Italian Physical Society.
J) - Students should avoid being accompanied by relatives. In view of the holiday season local accommodation is very limited. Quite exceptionally the School could see to the accommodation of members of students' families in local hotels. Hotel expenditure for students' relatives will be payable separately and directly to the hotel management.