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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

The new modern Computer Numerically Controlled Vertical Milling Machine (HAAS Automation Inc., USA) has recently been installed at the Mechanical workshop of the CANDLE SRI. Along with the new Thread-Turning machine, the new installations will highly […]

On 03 August 2015 the team led by Dr. Bagrat Grigoryan reached new high-charge operation mode for the AREAL RF photogun: bunch charge – 650 pC, electron beam energy – 4.8 MeV, pulse repetition rate […]

In the framework of the project “Development of natural anti-aging compounds”, the research group from the Institute of Molecular Biology (NAS RA) has conducted another experiment at the two-photon laser scanning microscopy station of DELTA […]

On May 26, Tigran Vardanyan has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “The Study of Wiggler and Undulator Radiation Effects in Electron Accelerators” at the 024 Professional Council of the Yerevan Physics Institute. Under the […]

Recently the experimental program of Scintillators study for the next-generation calorimeters conducted by the Institute for Physical Research of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Ashtarak) has successfully started on AREAL facility. The project leader […]

The new development for the Control system of AREAL laser driven RF gun electron linear accelerator will be based on the state-of-the-art Micro Tele-Communication Computing Architecture (µTCA) technology. Recently, the µTCA modules for the AREAL […]

The experimental results on generation of optical vortices using the glass based microstructure gratings produced at DELTA Microfabrication station have been discussed during the visit of Dr. Vahagn Gharibyan (DESY, Germany) to the CANDLE SRI. […]

The students of Nuclear Physics Department of YSU Physics Faculty have visited the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. They got acquainted with the AREAL laser driven linear accelerator and the DELTA laboratory’s experimental stations on micro-fabrication […]

The CANDLE Photon Beam & Optics group has designed and successfully implemented a new laser beam delivery scheme, which allows to simultaneously operate the two-photon laser scanning microscope with either AREAL laser driven electron linac […]

The new developments on the AREAL facility design and construction have resulted on a number of innovative solutions in accelerator engineering. The group of CANDLE PhD students in accelerator technology ( Vahagn Vardanyan, Artur Gevorkyan […]

The research group from the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA) headed by Dr. Norair Martirosyan (Chair of Microelectronics and Biomedical Devices, Faculty of Cybernetics, NPUA) has successfully started a long term experimental program on […]

The research group from the Institute of Molecular Biology (National Academy of Sciences of RA) successfully demonstrated the use of Eosin as a fluorescent dye to image the peripheral blood erythrocytes using two-photon microscopy at […]

Using the 2nd harmonics of the “S-pulse” laser (a green light with wavelength of 515 nm) the CANDLE team of physicists headed by Tigran Sargsyan has successfully produced the long period (10 micrometers) grating on […]

The research group from the Institute for Physical Research (National Academy of Sciences of RA) headed by Dr. Ruben Ovsepyan, successfully demonstrated the usage of DELTA laboratory multi-photon excitation microscopy in their study of the […]

The research group from Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) headed by Prof. H. Yeritsyan reported about the new experimental results on the AREAL accelerator within the framework of the project “Study of Electro-physical […]

The research groups from the Department of Genetics (Biology Faculty, Head Prof. Rouben Aroutiounian) and the Department of Molecular Physics (Physics Faculty, Head Prof. Eva Dalyan) of Yerevan State University have presented the first experimental […]

The first experimental results of DNA comets – human cultured cells with damaged DNA obtained on the AREAL facility. The experimental study is performed within the project “Study of Molecular-genetic Effects of Ultrafast Radiation” headed […]

The experimental program at the AREAL facility is gaining momentum. Following the State Committee of Science 2014 User Proposal Call for experimental research on AREAL facility five proposals have been accepted in the fields of […]