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Title: Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities for Basic Research at the Frontiers of XFEL Ultrafast Science

Abstract

Advances in science and technology over the past century have been driven by an improved understanding of matter on ultrashort length scales, reaching down to atomic dimensions. In contrast, methods aimed at understanding dynamics on the ultrafast time scales of atomic motion are comparatively new. Ultrafast characterization has already yielded crucial insights not attainable from slower measurements. The interplay between atomic-scale structure and the associated ultrafast dynamics governs the macroscopic functionality observed in matter. Understanding and controlling materials and chemical processes at these length and time scales are key to discovery and innovation to advance energy and related national priorities. The recent availability of x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) provides a probe that simultaneously reaches the required resolution in both space and time. X-ray wavelengths extend down to the atomic scale, while x-ray pulse durations now lie in the femtosecond (10-15 seconds) range. This capability allows the evolution of materials and chemical processes to be followed on their natural time and length scales, providing fundamental scientific understanding of the complexity of the world around us. Because of the transformative potential of new ultrafast x-ray characterization tools provided by XFELs, it is imperative to lay out a roadmap for the exciting scientificmore » opportunities that can be explored using these research tools. To identify the highest priority research opportunities, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) convened a roundtable of experts in chemistry, materials physics, and ultrafast and x-ray science. This group of experimentalists and theorists met on October 25–26, 2017 to explore research opportunities that will leverage current and imminent ultrafast XFEL capabilities and advance the broader BES science mission. This report summarizes major new scientific frontiers that can be addressed by emerging XFEL capabilities. The conclusions of the roundtable discussion are summarized in the following three Priority Research Opportunities (PROs).« less

Authors:
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  3. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  6. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  7. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  8. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
  9. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  10. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  11. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  12. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  13. Univ. of Ottawa, ON (Canada)
  14. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  15. Fritz Haber Inst. of the Max Planck Society, Berlin (Germany)
  16. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  17. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Science. Basic Energy Sciences
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1616251
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Heinz, Tony, Shpyrko, Oleg, Basov, Dimitri, Berrah, Nora, Bucksbaum, Phil, Devereaux, Tom, Fritz, David, Gaffney, Kelly, Gessner, Oliver, Gopalan, Venkat, Hasan, Zahid, Lanzara, Alessandra, Martinez, Todd, Millis, Andy, Mukamel, Shaul, Murnane, Margaret, Nelson, Keith, Prasankumar, Rohit, Reis, David, Schafer, Ken, Scholes, Greg, Shen, Z.-X., Stolow, Albert, Wen, Haidan, Wolf, Martin, Xiao, Di, Young, Linda, Garrett, Bruce, Horton, Linda, Kerch, Helen, Krause, Jeff, Settersten, Tom, Wilson, Lane, Runkles, Katie, Anderson, Terry, Chui, Glennda, and Rutherford, Eiko. Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities for Basic Research at the Frontiers of XFEL Ultrafast Science. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.2172/1616251.
Heinz, Tony, Shpyrko, Oleg, Basov, Dimitri, Berrah, Nora, Bucksbaum, Phil, Devereaux, Tom, Fritz, David, Gaffney, Kelly, Gessner, Oliver, Gopalan, Venkat, Hasan, Zahid, Lanzara, Alessandra, Martinez, Todd, Millis, Andy, Mukamel, Shaul, Murnane, Margaret, Nelson, Keith, Prasankumar, Rohit, Reis, David, Schafer, Ken, Scholes, Greg, Shen, Z.-X., Stolow, Albert, Wen, Haidan, Wolf, Martin, Xiao, Di, Young, Linda, Garrett, Bruce, Horton, Linda, Kerch, Helen, Krause, Jeff, Settersten, Tom, Wilson, Lane, Runkles, Katie, Anderson, Terry, Chui, Glennda, & Rutherford, Eiko. Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities for Basic Research at the Frontiers of XFEL Ultrafast Science. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1616251
Heinz, Tony, Shpyrko, Oleg, Basov, Dimitri, Berrah, Nora, Bucksbaum, Phil, Devereaux, Tom, Fritz, David, Gaffney, Kelly, Gessner, Oliver, Gopalan, Venkat, Hasan, Zahid, Lanzara, Alessandra, Martinez, Todd, Millis, Andy, Mukamel, Shaul, Murnane, Margaret, Nelson, Keith, Prasankumar, Rohit, Reis, David, Schafer, Ken, Scholes, Greg, Shen, Z.-X., Stolow, Albert, Wen, Haidan, Wolf, Martin, Xiao, Di, Young, Linda, Garrett, Bruce, Horton, Linda, Kerch, Helen, Krause, Jeff, Settersten, Tom, Wilson, Lane, Runkles, Katie, Anderson, Terry, Chui, Glennda, and Rutherford, Eiko. 2017. "Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities for Basic Research at the Frontiers of XFEL Ultrafast Science". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1616251. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1616251.
@article{osti_1616251,
title = {Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities for Basic Research at the Frontiers of XFEL Ultrafast Science},
author = {Heinz, Tony and Shpyrko, Oleg and Basov, Dimitri and Berrah, Nora and Bucksbaum, Phil and Devereaux, Tom and Fritz, David and Gaffney, Kelly and Gessner, Oliver and Gopalan, Venkat and Hasan, Zahid and Lanzara, Alessandra and Martinez, Todd and Millis, Andy and Mukamel, Shaul and Murnane, Margaret and Nelson, Keith and Prasankumar, Rohit and Reis, David and Schafer, Ken and Scholes, Greg and Shen, Z.-X. and Stolow, Albert and Wen, Haidan and Wolf, Martin and Xiao, Di and Young, Linda and Garrett, Bruce and Horton, Linda and Kerch, Helen and Krause, Jeff and Settersten, Tom and Wilson, Lane and Runkles, Katie and Anderson, Terry and Chui, Glennda and Rutherford, Eiko},
abstractNote = {Advances in science and technology over the past century have been driven by an improved understanding of matter on ultrashort length scales, reaching down to atomic dimensions. In contrast, methods aimed at understanding dynamics on the ultrafast time scales of atomic motion are comparatively new. Ultrafast characterization has already yielded crucial insights not attainable from slower measurements. The interplay between atomic-scale structure and the associated ultrafast dynamics governs the macroscopic functionality observed in matter. Understanding and controlling materials and chemical processes at these length and time scales are key to discovery and innovation to advance energy and related national priorities. The recent availability of x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) provides a probe that simultaneously reaches the required resolution in both space and time. X-ray wavelengths extend down to the atomic scale, while x-ray pulse durations now lie in the femtosecond (10-15 seconds) range. This capability allows the evolution of materials and chemical processes to be followed on their natural time and length scales, providing fundamental scientific understanding of the complexity of the world around us. Because of the transformative potential of new ultrafast x-ray characterization tools provided by XFELs, it is imperative to lay out a roadmap for the exciting scientific opportunities that can be explored using these research tools. To identify the highest priority research opportunities, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) convened a roundtable of experts in chemistry, materials physics, and ultrafast and x-ray science. This group of experimentalists and theorists met on October 25–26, 2017 to explore research opportunities that will leverage current and imminent ultrafast XFEL capabilities and advance the broader BES science mission. This report summarizes major new scientific frontiers that can be addressed by emerging XFEL capabilities. The conclusions of the roundtable discussion are summarized in the following three Priority Research Opportunities (PROs).},
doi = {10.2172/1616251},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1616251}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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