2007 APS XAFS School
An introductory XAFS School was held at the APS, July 23-27, 2007. The course was aimed at the novice to intermediate level XAFS practitioner and covered all aspects of XAFS. Lectures covered topics ranging from sample preparation to theory to data analysis. Two days were devoted to hands-on experiments at APS spectroscopy beamlines. Significant time was spent on hands-on instruction in data processing and data analysis using Feff, Ifeffit and Athena & Artemis.
Instructors
- Lectures
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- Simon Bare, UOP
- Trudy Bolin, APS (XOR/CMC)
- Grant Bunker, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Scott Calvin, Sarah Lawrence College
- Robert Gordon, Simon Fraser University
- Steve Heald, APS (XOR/PNC)
- Shelly Kelly, ANL (MR-CAT)
- Matt Newville, University of Chicago (GSECARS)
- Bruce Ravel, ANL (MR-CAT)
- Beamline Instruction
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Qing Ma, DND-CAT, Sector 5
Trudy Bolin, XOR/CMC Sector 9
MRCAT staff, MR-CAT, Sector 10
Nadia Leyarovska, XOR/BESSRC, Sector 12
Mali Balasubramanian, XOR/PNC, Sector 20
Schedule
We are still hammering out the details of the agenda.
Monday July 23 |
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7:00 am |
APS Safety Training |
APS User Office |
10:00 am |
Welcome |
Julie Cross |
10:15 am |
Introduction to XAFS |
Simon Bare |
11:00 am |
Overview of XAS Beamlines and Measurements |
Trudy Bolin |
noon |
Lunch (402 Atrium) |
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1:00 pm |
Sector specific orientation |
beamline staff |
1:30 pm |
Data collection |
beamline staff |
6:00 pm |
Dinner (Argonne Guest House) |
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7:00 pm |
Overnight data collection |
by arrangement |
Tuesday July 24 (no beam) |
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9:15 am |
Sample Preparation |
Robert Gordon |
10:30 am |
coffee |
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10:45 am |
XAFS Data Processing with Athena |
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noon |
Lunch (402 Atrium) |
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1:00 pm |
Sample preparation lab (435-E030) |
Robert Gordon and Julie Cross |
3:00 pm |
Data analysis lab (402-E1100) |
instructors |
6:00 pm |
Dinner (Aodake Japanese Restaurant) |
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Wednesday July 25 |
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9:15 am |
XAS Theory |
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10:30 am |
coffee |
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10:45 am |
Interpretation of XANES Data |
Grant Bunker |
noon |
Lunch (402 Atrium) |
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1:00 pm |
Data collection |
beamline staff |
6:00 pm |
Dinner (Pizza Night) |
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7:00 pm |
Overnight data collection |
by arrangement |
Thursday July 26 |
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9:15 am |
Detectors and Optics |
Steve Heald |
10:30 am |
coffee |
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10:45 am |
EXAFS Analysis Examples |
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noon |
Lunch (402 Atrium) |
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1:15 pm |
Data analysis lab (402-E1100) |
instructors |
2:30 pm |
break/group photo |
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3:00 pm |
Data analysis lab (402-E1100) |
instructors |
6:00 pm |
Dinner (Reza's Persian Restaurant) |
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Friday July 27 |
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9:15 am |
Data analysis lab (402-E1100) |
instructors |
10:30 am |
coffee |
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10:45 am |
Data analysis lab (402-E1100) |
instructors |
11:45 am |
School ends |
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noon |
APS User Science Seminar (401-A1100) |
Joe Woicik |