15th Collaboration Workshop on Longitudinal Diagnostics

28 Sept 2026, 08:00 → 30 Sept 2026, 14:00 Europe/Stockholm

MAX III (MAX IV Laboratory)

Erik Mansten (Lund University), Oliver Grimm (Lund University)

     

This workshop series focuses on joint developments of longitudinal diagnostics for ultra-short electron bunches and THz pulses in current and future accelerators.

The workshop is organised in working groups, with each participant contributing to one or several of those. One aim is the exchange of ideas and planning of collaborations or joint measurements. Brief facility overview talks are planned at the beginning of the workshop. A poster session is also scheduled, with poster introductions ('speed talks') following the corresponding facility talk.

Presently, the following working groups are planned (further proposals welcome):

1. Detector Design, Fast Electronics for Detectors, and Data Acquisition
2. Diagnostics in the Spectral Domain
3. Diagnostics in the Time-Domain (2-D)
4. Time-Resolved Diagnostics / Arrival-Time Detection 
5. Longitudinal Phase Space Diagnostics and Reconstruction Methods 
6. Time-Resolved Beam Position Monitors 

Depending on the final number of participants, we may merge or split groups.

A privately organised excursion is planned for the Sunday preceding the workshop. With suitable weather a visit to Söderåsen National Park is an option.

Previous workshops in the same series: 2025 (DESY), 2024 (TU Dortmund), 2023 (KIT), 2022 (Lille)

Monday 28 September

08:30 → 09:00 Registration and badge collection

09:00 → 09:50 Plenary: Welcome, orientation and introduction to MAX IV

09:50 → 10:20 Coffee

10:20 → 12:00 Laboratory tour

Tour will start in the plenary meeting room MAX III

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Plenary: Lab reports and poster introductions

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee

Tuesday 29 September

08:30 → 10:00 Working groups: Session 1

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 12:00 Poster session

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Working groups: Session 2

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee

15:00 → 16:00 Plenary: Intermediate working group feedback and questions

16:00 → 17:00 Plenary: Special talk

19:00 → 22:00 Workshop dinner

Wednesday 30 September

08:30 → 09:40 Working groups: Session 3

09:40 → 10:10 Coffee

10:10 → 11:30 Plenary: Working groups summary and discussions

11:30 → 12:00 Plenary: Final words

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch