This page gives an overview of the programmes in our partner facilities:
ALBA, DESY / European XFEL, Elettra / FERMI, KIT, PSI (SLS and SINQ), and SOLEIL.
To have more details about the list of lectures at each facility, see pages 32 - 55 in the booklet for Hercules 2019.
Concerning the practicals and tutorials, see the daily information booklets for Hercules 2019, Session A (p. 36 - 41) or Session B (p. 32 - 37).
You may also have a look at the dedicated webpage that some of our partners produced (links given below).
Please note that both the lectures and the 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
DESY & European XFEL, Hamburg, Germany
The week in DESY synchrotron and European XFEL consists of:
- a half day of lectures
- visits of PETRA III, FLASH, and European XFEL
- one and a half days of practicals 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) 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
- 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)