December 28, 2016

New Deflecting Cavity for Ultrafast Sciences

The aluminum prototype of the new deflecting cavity for ultrashort bunch length measurements has successfully been completed at CANDLE workshop. After the mechanical and radio-frequency measurements at DESY, the copper deflecting cavity will be fabricated. […]

December 15, 2016

Biological Research Highlights at AREAL

The first results on ultrafast irradiation of biological objects by AREAL ultrashort relativistic electron pulses and highlights of international cooperation between Armenian and Russian scientists have been outlined in the interview of Prof. A. N. […]

November 18, 2016

Eastern Partnership Delegations visit CANDLE

Within the framework of the “8th Eastern Partnership Informal Ministerial Meeting in Armenia”, held on 17-18 November 2016, the scientific and educational ministerial delegations from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine visited CANDLE SRI. An introductory […]

October 25, 2016

Si Electronic Center Formation by Ultrafast Irradiation

Recently, the latest experimental results on Si crystal ultrafast irradiation by AREAL 3.5 MeV energy electron beam analysis, conducted by the research team (head Prof. H. Yeritsyan) from A.I. Alikhanian National Science Laboratory (YerPhI) have […]

October 21, 2016

Visit of JINR Delegation

Within the program of “Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna, Russia) days in Armenia”, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of JINR foundation, the JINR delegation, headed by Academician Yuri Ts. Oganessian, visited CANDLE Synchrotron […]

October 20, 2016

Space Biology Research Potential at AREAL

The potential applications of AREAL ultrafast electron beams and Cyclone (18 MeV proton beam), for the study of some space radiation biology problems, are presented in the paper of G. Khachatryan, et al., “The Modeling […]

September 21, 2016

AREAL Laser System Upgrade

The performance of AREAL high energy ultrafast laser system has significantly been improved after the upgrade of phase stabilization and synchronization units of the “t-pulse” laser oscillator at Amplitude Systèmes (France). The main improvements, achieved after the upgrade, installation and […]

August 11, 2016

Silicon Crystal Study with Ultrashort Electron Pulses

The electrical and physical properties of silicon crystals under the irradiation of ultrashort (sub-picosecond) electron pulses of AREAL 5 MeV electron accelerator have been studied by the experimental team headed by Prof. Hrant Yeritsyan from […]

August 3, 2016

Article in Armenisch-Deutsche Korrespondenz 2016

An article “DESY-CANDLE: A German-Armenian Cooperation in Science” by Klaus Floettmann (DESY) and Vasili Tsakanov (CANDLE) has been published in the quarterly journal Armenisch-Deutsche Korrespondenz (ADK, 171, p. 44-45, 2016). The ADK is being published […]

August 2, 2016

DESY-CANDLE: Undulator for THz FEL

Following the agreement between Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (Germany) and CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute on “THz Undulator Exchange” signed on Armenian-German Science Day “From Theory to Practice” (October, 2015), the undulator magnetic field mapping and performance […]

July 9, 2016

Summer Internship at CANDLE

A few months ago Mr. Martin Unzog (MA student in physics, Graz University (Austria)) expressed a wish to complete a summer internship at CANDLE SRI. Currently, he is actively involved in the ongoing works and is conducting […]

July 8, 2016

Sub-nm Emittance and Low Alpha CANDLE Storage Ring

Following the recent developments in low emittance lattice design, a new Sub-nm emittance lattice, based on implementation of multi-band achromat concept and application of longitudinal gradient bending magnets, was developed for the 3 GeV storage […]

June 14, 2016

Modern Trends in Radiobiology and Physiology

On June 1-2, the international conference “Modern Trends in Radiobiology and Physiology” was held in JINR, Dubna (Russia). The conference was devoted to the 60th anniversary of JINR. The experimental results of DNA damage and […]

May 4, 2016

YSU Student Visit

The first and third year bachelor and first year master students of YSU Physics Faculty visited CANDLE SRI. They were introduced the CANDLE project of third generation synchrotron light source for fundamental, industrial and applied research […]

April 1, 2016

AREAL Test Facility for Advanced Accelerator and Radiation Source Concepts

The article presenting AREAL project development in the fields of new acceleration methods and radiation sources is published online in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A (2016): V. M. Tsakanov et al, […]

March 17, 2016

Russian-Armenian University Delegation Visit

On the 15th of March the delegation of Russian-Armenian University (RAU) represented by rector prof. Armen R. Darbinyan (former prime-minister of the Republic of Armenia), professor, academician of NAS RA Eduard M. Ghazaryan and RAU […]

March 10, 2016

AREAL Applications: Life and Materials Sciences

The first experimental results in the fields of life and materials sciences obtained by using AREAL 2-5 MeV energy ultrashort electron beam are summarized in the paper of V. M. Tsakanov et al, “AREAL Low Energy […]

March 4, 2016

Visit of “Frontiers in Optics & Photonics” Students

On the 4th of March the participants of the 3rd International Advanced School “Frontiers in Optics & Photonics” together with Anna S. Kotanjyan (Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics of Yerevan State University) […]

December 25, 2015

Experimental program at AREAL and DELTA 2016

Following the Call for proposals for experimental research on AREAL and DELTA facilities during the period of January-June 2016, CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute has received more than 20 proposals from various scientific groups in the […]

November 23, 2015

The ISTC Delegation Visit to CANDLE

The Delegation of International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) headed by the Executive director Mr. David Cleave, has visited CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. Guests got acquainted with the present status and ongoing activity on AREAL […]

November 18, 2015

CANDLE Board Meeting

Тhe meeting of CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute Board of Trustees took place on the 18th of November 2015. The Board evaluated the Institute activity and the prospects of its development. Year 2015 is emphasized by […]

November 12, 2015

News from the DELTA Microscopy Station

The three dimensional (3D) imaging technique of biological samples has been successfully proceeded at the DELTA two-photon microscopy station. The sample’s 3D imaging is performed by using the ImageJ program. This is a solid step […]

October 26, 2015

AREAL International Advisory Committee Meeting

On 21-23 October 2015, meeting of the AREAL facility International Advisory Committee was held at the CANDLE Institute. The program of the meeting included presentations, reports and discussions. The status of the 5 MeV AREAL […]

October 5, 2015

Armenian-German Science Day “From Theory to Practice”

On the 5th of October Armenian-German Science Day “From Theory to Practice” was organized by the State Committee of Science of Armenia, Yerevan State University and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The participants […]

September 29, 2015

Tour for International Symposium Participants

The participants of International symposium on Disordered and Ordered Materials analysis and characterization (DOM15) together with the Chair of European Synchrotron User Organization Prof. Ullrich Pietsch (Siegen University, Germany) have visited CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. […]