Workshop/Conference

SPB workshop 2008: International workshop on science with and instrumentation for ultrafast coherent diffraction imaging of Single Particles, clusters and Biomolecules at the European XFEL

Date: 20-22 November 2008

Location: Uppsala, Sweden

The study of structural properties of single particles, clusters and biomolecules (SPB) using coherent X-ray diffraction by particles in the gas phase is one of the prioritized areas of science for the upcoming European XFEL facility. These experiments will be relevant to several areas of science, reaching from materials and nano-sciences to biology.

The workshop brought together scientists interested in experiments using the SPB instrument at the European XFEL facility to review the science planned with this instrument, to discuss the requirements to the X-ray FEL beam delivery, and to initiate activities and collaborations on instrumentation and facilities needed at this photon end-station.

More on the SPB experiment station

Report

SPB Workshop 2008 Report

A.P. Mancuso, European XFEL; H.N. Chapman, DESY / University of Hamburg (1.8 MB, en)

Slides

Introduction & Status reports

Status of the European XFEL and plans for a SPB instrument

Thomas Tschentscher, European XFEL (1.0 MB, en)

Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at LCLS

Sébastien Boutet, LCLS (16.1 MB, en)

Science

FLASH diffraction imaging for biology

Janos Hajdu, University of Uppsala (3.6 MB, en)

Influence of radiation damage on single-particle XFEL diffration imaging

Stefan Hau-Riege, LLNL (9.0 MB, en)

Coherent diffractive imaging of conformer-selected and oriented molecules

Jochen Küpper, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin (5.1 MB)

Structure determination of clusters

Thomas Möller, TU Berlin (3.1 MB, en)

A comparison of synchrotrons and free electron lasers for X-ray diffraction from sub micron sized

C. Nave (602KB, en)

X-ray diffraction from proteins in liquid jets

U. Weierstall, Arizona State University (5.4 MB, en)

X-ray delivery and instrumentation

Targeting the XFEL bull’s eye: Substrate-free sample delivery

Mike Bogan, SLAC (5.7 MB, en)

Nano-focusing X-ray FEL beams

Christian David, PSI (9.5 MB, en)

The 2D X-ray detector development program for the European XFEL

Heinz Graafsma, DESY (1.0 MB, en)

Trapping particles in preparation for CDI experiments

J. Günter Grossmann, University of Liverpool (1.3 MB, en)

Coherent wavefront characterization at future XFEL sources

Pierre Thibault, PSI (2.9 MB, en)

Data analysis

Classification of one million noisy, random orientation single molecule diffraction patterns at atomic resolution

Gábor Bortel, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (7.7 MB, en)

Can we reconstruct objects from noisy and randomly oriented diffraction patterns?

V. Elser (2.2 MB, en)

Image reconstruction from dynamical objects

Filipe Maia, University of Uppsala (1.6 MB, en)

Structure by fleeting illumination of faint objects

Abbas Ourmazd, University of Wisconsin (1.8 MB, en)

Working groups & Workshop summaries

Working Group I: Instrumentation

Henry Chapman, CFEL / DESY (104KB, en)

Working Group II - Summary: Simulation of signal formation and radiation damage

(1.1 MB, en)

Working Group III: Data analysis and its needs at the European XFEL

(427KB, en)

Summary & Final discussion on the scientific case

Franz Pfeiffer, University of Uppsala (96KB, en)

Summary / Concluding remarks

Thomas Tschentscher, European XFEL (522KB, en)