The accelerator based light sources are playing an increasingly large role in recent scientific discoveries in many research areas of physics, chemistry, biology, and medical sciences. The Duke Free-Electron Laser Laboratory (DFELL) is a leader in developing advanced light sources including ultraviolet and vacuum-ultraviolet Free-Electron Lasers (FELs) and high intensity Compton gamma-ray sources. In this talk, I will present the challenges facing the accelerator physicists in producing high intensity and ultrashort electron beams in the storage ring and I will review the progress in the beam dynamics research at the DFELL in meeting these challenges. I will also present the on-going research in developing novel light sources at the DFELL and their related applications.
Coffee and cookies before the presentation at 3:20 pm, and refreshments after the presentation will both be served in Room 128.