T-REX Early Science Workshop

17 Sept 2026, 08:00 → 18 Sept 2026, 19:00 Europe/Stockholm

Perugia

Alessio Laloni, Andrea Orecchini (CNR_ISTITUTO PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI PLASMI), Christian Franz (Jülich Forschungszentrum GmbH), Damiano Boccalini, Frida Blomqvist (CERAP), Mohamed Aouane (European Spallation Source ERIC), Raffaella Pellegrini

T‑REX is a polarised bi‑spectral direct geometry chopper spectrometer at the ESS, built jointly by the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) in Italy. T-REX is primarily designed to serve the magnetism, soft matter, and functional materials communities through INS and QENS measurements, with the option to perform polarised measurements.

This workshop, held in Perugia, is aimed at early prospective T‑REX users, providing an opportunity to present and discuss scientific questions and early science cases that could be addressed with T‑REX. Participants are invited to share what they would like, and would not like, to do on the instrument, helping to shape the first experiments and establish best practices for the instrument.

Thursday 17 September

Welcome and Scope of the Meeting

T-REX: Scientific Capabilities and Opportunities

10:30 Coffee Break

Session 1: Functional Materials and Chemistry

2 Invited talks (25 minutes each)
The rest of the time divided between contributions?

12:30 Lunch

Session 2: Magnetism

15:30 Coffee Break

Round Table Discssuions - User Expectations

User expectations for T-REX,
What we should prepare for,
What users can do to help us,
What experiments can they do on T-REX to help us benchmark the instrument?

17:00 Visit to Perugia Sotterranea

A stone treasure chest where ancient civilisations, great works of Etruscan engineering, highlights of Roman life and medieval papal intrigues intertwine.

18:00 Free time

19:00 Aperitif and Social Dinner

Friday 18 September

Session 3 - Soft Matter

10:30 Coffee Break

Early Science and Closing Remarks

12:00 Light Lunch