This page gives an overview of the programmes in our partner facilities:
ALBA, Petra III / European XFEL, Elettra / FERMI, KIT, PSI (SLS and SINQ), and SOLEIL.
Note that four of them (out of six) participate in HERCULES every year, on a rotating basis.
To have more details about the lectures, practicals and tutorials at each facility, see pages 29-36 and 41-45 in the booklet of Hercules 2025. See also pages 47-64 in the booklet of Hercules 2025 for more recent programmes of some of the partners.
Please note that the lectures / practicals / tutorials usually differ from one HERCULES annual session to the other.
ALBA, Barcelona, Spain
The week in ALBA synchrotron consists of:
- 1 day of lectures,
- a visit of ALBA,
- 3 days of practicals and tutorials
- 1 day of work group (preparation then presentation of an experimental report) and one-to-one meetings with ALBA researchers
Petra III & European XFEL, Hamburg, Germany
The week in Petra III synchrotron and European XFEL consists of:
- visits of PETRA III and European XFEL
- 2 days of practicals / tutorials at DESY
- 2 days of practicals / tutorials at European XFEL
- 1 day of group work (preparation and presentation of reports on specific parts of the training)
Elettra / FERMI, Trieste, Italy
The week in Elettra synchrotron and FERMI XFEL consists of:
- one and a half days of lectures
- visits of FERMI experimental hall, FERMI/Elettra control room, and Labs at Elettra
- one and a half days of practicals / tutorials at Elettra/FERMI
- one and a half days of group work (preparation and presentation of reports on the training, proposal writing) and one-to-one meetings with Elettra/FERMI researchers
More information, concerning the Hercules 2023 session in Trieste: click here
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
The week in KIT light source consists of:
- a half day of lectures
- a half day of practical at KARA, FLUTE, MFE lab or UHV lab
- 4 days of practicals at KIT light source
PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
The week at PSI consists of:
- one and a half days of lectures
- visits of Swiss Light Source (SLS), SwissFEL, Swiss Muon source, Center for Proton Therapy, and Neutron Spallation Source SINQ
- 2 days of practicals at SLS
- a half day of tutorials at SINQ
- 1 day of group work (preparation and presentation of reports on the practicals)
SOLEIL Synchrotron, saint-Aubin, France
The week at Synchrotron SOLEIL consists of:
- one and a half days of lectures
- 2 days of practicals at SOLEIL
- one and a half days of group work (data analysis, preparation and presentation of reports on the practicals, evaluation meeting)