ANKA is the synchrotron light source of the Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), providing light from hard X-rays to the far-infrared for research and technology. ANKA focuses on specific fields of science and is operated as a user facility for the national and international scientific community, for the Helmholtz Society research programs and for industrial customers.
For more details, see About ANKA.
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Deadline Call for Proposals (Call 20; Oct. 12 - March 13):
June 30, 2012
More Information about how to apply for beamtime can be found on our Website.
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AIUC Election 2012
This year’s election for the ANKA International Users’ Committee is now completed. The ANKA users have cast their votes, and the result is:
Dr. Erik Bründermann: 50,0 %
Dr. Gareth Law: 31,8 %
Prof. Moniek Tromp: 18,2 %
Erik Bründermann and Gareth Law are elected for a two-year term from April 2012 to April 2014. The new AIUC panel consists of:
Prof. Dr. Juraj Majzlan (until 04/2013)
Prof. Dr. Tobias Reich (until 04/2013)
Dr. Erik Bründermann (until 04/2014)
Dr. Gareth Law (until 04/2014)
We thank all participants and wish the new committee the best of success.
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WiN-Germany Prize
Dr. Tonya Vitova was awarded the first Women in Nuclear Germany “WiN-Germany” Prize in December 2011. She received the WIN-Germany Prize for her work implementing innovative high-resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy for speciation investigations of actinide and lanthanide systems. Dr. Vitova, a researcher in the Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) at KIT, is leading a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group (HYIG) “Advanced synchrotron based systematic investigations of lanthanide and actinide systems to understand and predict their reactivity” since July 2011. This HYIG systematically investigates electronic and coordination structures of An and chemical homologue lanthanide (Ln) systems with novel synchrotron-based high resolution X-ray emission/inelastic scattering techniques (HRXES, RIXS, NIXS). The experimental results are supported by theoretical calculations and simulations with quantum chemical codes. These investigations are improving our understanding of An/Ln reactivity on a molecular scale, especially in nuclear waste repository systems and waste matrices, and thereby support long term repository safety through improving the reliability of safety case assessments. A further HRXES area of Dr. Vitova’s research concerns comparative investigations of electronic and coordination structures of An/Ln coordination complexes, thereby providing basic insight into structure-reactivity relationships of An versus Ln elements. This is a present scientific frontier helping fill our gaps in understanding f-electron behaviour and role in bonding and will hopefully find application in optimisation of separation technologies, e.g., of lanthanide cations from minor actinides (partitioning).
For more details, see here.
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Guide to the ANKA Website
- About ANKA explains ANKA's mission and strategy, and also provides facts and figures, information on our history, contact information, etc.
- Science at ANKA explains our scientific mission and presents research highlights in our four key areas of science and technology. The style is designed to be accessible to scientists and non-scientists.
- Methods at ANKA is aimed at scientists who have some idea of which X-ray or IR technique they would like to use are seeking further information on the method and on ANKA's specific capabilties.
- Instrumentation at ANKA is aimed at experts in the production and use of synchrotron light. It gives detailed specifications of the entire facility, as well as accounts of the R&D work of ANKA's Accelerator Group and Insertion Device Group.
- User Information gives scientific users information on how to apply for beamtime at ANKA, as well as providing practical information for users' visit to ANKA.
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