Iranian Light Source Facility, The Experience of the first large scale Science & Engineering Laboratory in Iran
Title of my talk:
“Iranian Light Source Facility,
The Experience of the first large scale Science & Engineering Laboratory in Iran.”
Abstract
The evolution of large scale laboratories over the last 40 years and their impacts on the development of new technologies and materials have been discussed. It is believed that the emergence of “ digital revolution” was triggered by the discovery of new materials. Large scale science laboratories such as ESRF, CERN and XFEL have greatly contributed to the discovery of new materials.
It is very briefly explained how synchrotron light is generated. A brief account is given on the applications of synchrotron radiation.The necessity of collaboration both for devising new technologies on the machine and for training new measurement techniques and to support new users is stressed.
In Iran, having had no major experience on accelerator science, prior to the start of the ILSF project, we had to highly rely on many experts in many different subject from Europe and the United States.
For boosting science and innovation in Europe , as another example, a very advanced community such as LEAPS ( the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Source) is formed to devise a transformative level of cooperation and integration. Finally we are going to share with you the experience we gained so far during the ILSF project execution.
Brief profile:
Java
d Rahighi, Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, IPM, Tehran, Iran.
B.Sc Physics University of Tehran,
M.Sc Nuclear Instrumentation Department of Physics, 1978, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
PhD , Nuclear Physics Department of Physics, 1985, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK. Research fellow at Physics department, university of Edinburgh.
Head of nuclear engineering department at Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center ( 1980-1986)
Main expertise, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Structure Physics research on Astrophysically important nuclei using radioactive ion beam at Louvain La Neuve, Belgium. Accelerator physics and instrumentation.
Chair of SESAME training committee and member of Iranian delegation to the SESAME council (2003-2017).
Director of the Iranian Light Source Facility, ILSF (2010-2022), Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, IPM, Tehran.