Main topics

• coherent scattering of relativistic charged particles in strong fields;
• crystal channeling, volume capture and volume reflection of hadron and lepton beams;
• energetic ion interactions processes
  • backscattering and channeling of low energy ions,
  • high energy ion channeling;
• electromagnetic radiation by relativistic charged particles in periodic structures
  • coherent bremsstrahlung,
  • channeling radiation,
  • transition radiation,
  • diffraction radiation,
  • parametric x-ray radiation,
  • Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect,
  • free electron laser,
  • Compton scattering;
• channeling of radiations in capillary systems
  • micro- and nano-channeling,
  • micro-channel plates,
  • nanotubes,
  • nano-porous;
• novel techniques for beams handling and acceleration
  • plasma wake-fields,
  • cross-laser fields,
  • crystal assisted collimation,
  • plasma-ion channels,
  • capillary channeling;
• advanced x-ray & neutron optics
  • capillary/polycapillary optics,
  • compound refractive optics,
  • micro- and nano-focusing,
  • waveguides;
• applications based on channeling phenomena
  • beams shaping,
  • positron sources,
  • powerful radiation sources,
  • diagnostic tools,
  • novel x-ray table-top instruments,
  • channeling for advanced electronic materials studies

The list of invited speakers (with tentative titles)

*** Plenary Lectures at Channeling Primer ***

• Carlo Rubbia "Muon Collider"

• Lyn Evans "Lessons Learned from the Large Hadron Collider"

• Sultan Dabagov "Channeling: from Crystal Undulators to Capillary Waveguides. The 50...40...30 Years History"

• Nikolay Kalashnikov "MEPhI: from University Basics to Advanced Technologies"

*** Invited Talks ***

• Vladimir Baryshevsky "Phenomena of Spin Rotation and Depolarization of High-Energy Particles in Crystals at Hadron Collider (LHC) and Future Circular Collider (FCC) Energies. Possibility to Measure both Anomalous Magnetic Moments of Short-Lived Particles (Charm and Beauty Baryons) and Quadrupole Moment of Omega-Hyperon"

• Uli Wienands "Recent Channeling Studies at SLAC"

• Alexander Potylitsyn "Effects of Spatial Coherency in Coherent Polarization Radiation (Transition Radiation, Cherenkov Radiation, Parametric X-Radiation)"

• Nikolay Shulga "Coherent Processes and Channeling at High Energy in Thin Crystals"

• Mark Breese "A Review of Transmission Channeling Experiments using Focused MeV Protons through Thin Crystals"

• Philippe Piot "Radiation Generation (X and gamma Rays) and Particles Acceleration Activities being Pursued at Northern Illinois University and Fermilab"

• Walter Scandale "Observation of Channeling for 6500 GeV/c Protons in the Crystal Assisted Collimation Setup for LHC"

• Cedric Ray "The Use of Curved Crystals for Hadrontherapy Applications"

• Koen Janssens "The Use of Advanced Polycapillary Optics for Various Applications"

• Giuseppe Dattoli "Undulator and Free Electron Laser Radiation for Fundamental Physics Research"

• Andrey Solov'yov "Advanced Simulation Codes for Crystal Based Radiators"

• Makoto Asai "Simulations by GEANT4 Applied to Oriented Crystals"

• Massimo Ferrario "Recent Accelerator and Radiation Studies at SPARC_LAB"

• Vittoria Petrillo "Advanced Topics in the Physics of Compton Back-scattering"

• Alan Phelps "Periodic Structures Manufactured by 3D Printing for Electron Beam Excitation of Coherent Sub-TeraHertz Radiation"

• Ghosh Subhendu "Status of the Development of Delhi Light Source (DLS) at IUAC"

• Lixin Yan "Tunable High-Peak-Current Electron Bunch Train and its Application in THz Production"

• Alexander Aryshev "Advanced Generation of THz and X-Ray Beams Using Compact Electron Accelerator"

• Alexey Tishchenko "Polarization Radiation in Periodic Structures as Instrument for Hadrons Identification in TeV Energy Range"