Ignite Hope (SPARC MBC Challenge Project)

Status Report on Sparc Project

We review the status of FEL source activity of the ongoing SPARC FEL experiment, developed within the framework of a collaboration among ENEA, CNR, INFN, INFM, Sincrotrone Trieste and University of Rome Tor Vergata. The project is aimed at realising a SASE-FEL source, operating in the visible (around 500 nm), with an extended range of tunability down to the VUV (100 nm) by the use of the mechan...

The PHR Ignite Project: Advancing Consumer-Mediated Exchange

Beam Dynamics Studies for the Sparc Project

The aim of the SPARC project, is to promote an R&D activity oriented to the development of a high brightness photoinjector to drive SASE-FEL experiments. We discuss in this paper the status of the beam dynamics simulation activities.

MBC - Mobile Business Collaboration

The inherent mobility of mobility devices is replacing the fixed work environments, making such devices a kind of indispensable good, both personally and professionally. The rise of Web 2.0 allows user interaction and collaboration, employing, for instance, web applications in mobile devices. Today, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is the most widely adopted paradigm for development of distr...

Wildfires ignite concern.

Every year in the United States wildfires destroy hundreds of homes and cause millions of dollars in damage. From January through May of this year, for example, 2,702 wildfires scorched 198,228 acres in Florida amidst one of the worst droughts in a century. Although wildfires can actually be good for the environment, helping it to stay healthy and restore itself, they can have harmful human con...