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Programme outside Grenoble

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 23 - 44 in the booklet of Hercules 2024. See also pages 45 - 61 in the booklet of Hercules 2024 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)