| Abstrakt: |
The 2008 ALS Users' Meeting, held on October 13-15, looked back on several notable achievements over the past year, including the successful triennial Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Review, full-energy injection (from 1.5 to 1.9 GeV), increased photon flux (from 400 mA to 500 mA), the near completion of top-off (ETA early 2009), the installation of the meV-Resolution Spectroscopy Beamline (MERLIN) insertion device, and the installation and successful testing of the quasi-single-bunch operation system. Approximately 400 people attended the conference, which included plenary and poster sessions, a student poster competition, and ten workshops (including a joint ALS/SSRL workshop). At the banquet, held on Tuesday, October 14, awards were presented for scientific achievement, instrumentation, user services, and student posters. Thanks go to program co-chairs Wayne Stolte and Phil Heimann for organizing this 15th anniversary meeting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
