News & Events 2002

  20 December, 2002
An establishment of the Collaboration between CANDLE and State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA).
Visit of Prof. Yu. Sarkissyan (SEUA President), Prof. H. Terzyan (Vice-President on Science and Graduate School).

  10 December, 2002
Visit of Ambassador of Armenia in Spain Kingdom and Republic of Portugal His Excellency E. Khojayan 

  27 November, 2002
Visit of Arpi Vartanyan (Country Director, Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh Armenian Assembly of America) to CANDLE

  19 November, 2002
The first contract with "ARM Electric" on the booster dipole magnet prototype fabrication.

  31 October, 2002
Visit of His Excellency Henry Cuny (Ambassador of Republic of France in Armenia), Mr. Jean-François Moret (Attaché Commercial and Scientific), Prof. Jean-Noël Capdevielle (Regional Minister of Science and Technology, Member of Academy of Sciences d'Outré Mer).
Discussions of the International Cooperation on CANDLE creation and usage.

  18 October, 2002
Visit of Prof. M. Ducloy (President of European Physical Society).
Discussion of the international collaboration on CANDLE usage.

  18 September, 2002
Visit of Professors A. Karabarbounis (Inst. of Accel. Systems & Applications, Athens) and Ch. Trikalinos ( Athens Univ., Athens) from Greece.
Discussion on the establishment of the close collaboration between Greek and Armenian scientists on the CANDLE construction and synchrotron radiation usage.

  08 September, 2002
Visit of Mr. Tr. Narain (President of Service Associates International, INC., USA).
Discussion on the economical impact of CANDLE and management issues.

  03 September, 2002
Seminar
" Vibrating Wire Scanner for Electron Beams Profile Monitoring: First Results on the 6nA Injector Beam of the Yerevan Synchrotron" 
S. Arutunian, K. Bakhshetyan, N. Dobrovolski, V. Hovhannisyan, M. Mailian, I. Sinenko, H.Soghoyan, I. Vasiniuk (YerPhI), R. Reetz (HTM Reetz GmbH, Berlin)
Presented by S. Arutunian.

  02 September, 2002
Visit of Dr. M. Fleischner and Prof. G. Soengen(DESY)
Discussion of the DESY-CANDLE collaboration development

  29 August, 2002
FIRST LAMINATION FOR THE BOOSTER SYNCHROTRON DIPOLE MAGNET
Produced by "ARMELECTROMASH

  28 August, 2002
Visit of Professor S. Haruiunyan(Dean of Physics Dept., YSU), Dr. G. Vardanyan (Senior Advisor,Ministry of Industry) and  Mr. A. Mutafyan (Businessman, U.S.A.).
Discussion on the CANDLE outlooks and joint efforts.

  14-15 August, 2002
 U.S. State Department CANDLE Project Review Panel meeting in National Science Foundation, Washington. 

Review Panel:
Chairman - Maury Tigner (Cornell),
G.Shenoy (ANL), B.Batterman (Cornell), T.Narain (Service Assoc.), M.Duffey (George Washington Univ.), H.Winick (Stanford Univ.), E.Gluskin (ANL), J.Galayda (SLAC), D.Moncton (ANL), E.Smith (State Dept.).

  02 August, 2002
Visit of academician T. L. Asatyani to CANDLE
Discussions on the establishment of collaboration between Armenian and Georgian scientists in the field of Synchrotron Radiation Applications.

  31 July, 2002
Visit of Dr. J. Jensen (Head of Power Supply Division, DESY), H.Hassanzadegan (SESAME) and Dr. H.Martirossyan (YerPhI) to CANDLE.
Discussions on the CANDLE design report and International Collaboration.

  30 July, 2002
Visit of Prof. Svetlana Grigoryan (Director of Inter Diagnostica Ltd.) to CANDLE
Discussion on the Coronary Angiography medical center based on CANDLE wiggler beamline. Presentation of the CANDLE highlights in medical diagnosis at European Cardiologists Congress.

  26 July, 2002
Visit of Prof. Abashian to SLAC- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory SSRL.
CANDLE Design Report presentation.

  26 July, 2002
Seminar
" The main Features of the CANDLE design study. Nearest Plans. "
V. Tsakanov (CANDLE)

  18 July, 2002
The Joint Seminar of Yerevan State University and the Armenian Physical Society.
" "CANDLE – A New Synchrotron Light Source in Armenia. Status and Highlights 
V. Tsakanov (CANDLE)

  09 July, 2002
Seminar at Yerevan Physics Institute
"CANDLE - A New Synchrotron Light Source in Armenia. Status and Highlights."
V. Tsakanov (CANDLE)

  03 July, 2002
Richard Stone("Science" journal reporter) visited CANDLE. Armenia Gears Up for Synchrotron", "Science" vol. 297, pp. 318-319.

  02 July, 2002
Signed the Memorandum of Understanding between Institute of Microelectronic Technology Russian Academy of Science (IMT RAS, Chernogolovka) and CANDLE.

  01 July, 2002
 CANDLE DESIGN REPORT COMPLETITION. 

Visit of Prof. V. Aristov( IMT RAS, Director) to CANDLE
Seminar
" The High Resolution Zone Plates Development for the Photon Beamline Instrumentation "
A. Kuimchian ( IMT RAS, Chernogolovka)

  03-07 June, 2002
European Particle Accelerator Conference EPAC 2002.
Presented 8 Posters on the main issues of the CANDLE Design Report.

1. V. Tsakanov et al, "Status of 3 GeV Intermediate Energy Light Source Project CANDLE in Republic of Armenia"
2. M. Ivanian "Dependence of the Photon Beam Characteristics on Electron Beam Parameters in Third Generation Synchrotron Light Sources"
3. B. Grigoryan et al. "The Design and Simulation  Studies of the Pre-injector for CANDLE Light Source"
4. K. Sanosyan et al. "Radiation Safety Considerations for CANDLE Light Source"
5. Yu. Martirosyan et al. "Beam Current Limitations Study for CANDLE Light Source"
6. Yu. Martirosyan et al. "Non-Linear Beam Dynamics Study in CANDLE Light Source"
7. V. Avagyan et al. "Vacuum Chamber Considerations for CANDLE Light Source"
8. V. Ayvazyan et al. "The Design of the Control System for CANDLE"

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