The school will take place from 15-18 June, 2026, and is hosted by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Stanford PULSE Institute and co-organized by the Center for Free-Electron Laser Sciences (DESY and University of Hamburg, Germany) and Paul-Scherrer Institute (Switzerland).

Core lectures this year will cover:

• Fundamentals of X-ray free-electron lasers
• Theory of x-ray matter interaction
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Ultrafast chemical dynamics
• Condensed matter physics
• Structural biology
• Matter in extreme conditions

In addition, special lectures will be on attosecond science, ultrafast electron diffraction, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, and X-ray correlation spectroscopy. Participants will have the opportunity to tour the Linac Coherent Light Source, and work in teams to develop their own project ideas.

Questions? Contact

• benofori@SLAC.stanford.edu
• UXSS.pulse@gmail.com