The African Synchrotron Light Source (AfLS)

POSTER

Abstract

Africa is the only habitable continent without a synchrotron light source. An interim Steering Committee held a major conference on November 16-20, 2015 at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France to bring together African scientists, policy makers, and stakeholders to discuss the possibility of a synchrotron light source in Africa. The use of light sources as a premier tool for research was highlighted for a broad range of disciplines. A Roadmap towards a synchrotron in Africa was discussed. Firm outcomes of the Conference were a set of Resolutions and a Roadmap document, with the election of a Steering Committee. (www.africanlightsource.org).

Authors

  • Sekazi Mtingwa

    • Retired

  • Ahmadou Wague

    • Universite Cheikh Anta Diop

  • Simon Connell

    • University of Johannesburg, SA

  • Brian Masara

    • South African Institute of Physics (Zimbabwean)

  • Tshepo Ntsoane

    • Neasa, SA

  • Lawrence Norris

    • NSBP, USA

  • Herman Winick

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Kenneth Evans-Lutterodt

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Tabbetha Dobbins

    • Rowan University, Dept. of Physics
    • Rowan University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
    • Rowan University, USA

  • Tarek Hussein

    • Cairo University, Egypt

  • Feene Maresha

    • Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Ethiopia

  • Krystle McLaughlin

    • Lehigh University

  • Philip Oladijo

    • Int. U. of Sci. & Tech. Botswana (Nigeria)

  • Esna du Plessis

    • SASOL, SA

  • Romain Murenzi

    • Executive Director of TWAS, Rwanda

  • Kennedy Reed

    • LLNL, USA

  • Francesco Selte

    • ESRF, Europe

  • Sverker Werin

    • MAX IV, Sweden

  • Jonathan Dorfan

    • OIST, JAPAN

  • Mohammad Yousef

    • Cairo University, Egypt