NEW POLYCO-TECHNOPOLO XLAB FRASCATI OPENS AT LNF

On 21st of july 2015 the opening ceremony of the new technological area “PolyCO-Technopolo XLab Frascati” at LNF, dedicated to the production of capillary and polycapillary optical systems, took place.
The area is settled at the Building 57 (“Gran Sasso”) and is lies under the activities of the XLab Frascati, a laboratory and user facility created in 2010 as a consequence of the X-ray optics R&D carried out by Prof. Sultan Dabagov and Dr. Giorgio Cappuccio since 1998. The main scope of the laboratory is the study and characterization of polycapillary optics (polyCO) and their novel instrumental applications.
During the event, the responsible of the technopolo Prof. Dabagov introduced the laboratory history and the X-rays optics theory, including how the polycapillary idea came to mind to his Prof. Kumakhov, and Mr. Nishar Puthiyaveetil presented the machines and the technological process. The first official launch of the polyCO drawing machines took place, carried out by Dr. Dariush Hampai and Mr. Puthiyaveetil. Later on, the guests where guided through a visit of the XLab Frascati by Dr. Cappuccio, Dr. Andrea Liedl and Dr. Claudia Polese. During the closing cocktail, the participants could discuss about the technology and possible collaborations, both internal and external to the INFN.
The XLab Frascati team is grateful to the LNF directors Umberto Dosselli and Pierluigi Campana and all the other people who attended the event, among which there were many external partners, INFN researchers and technicians. In addition, the team is extremely thankful to all those people who contributed to make real this idea, including the president Fernando Ferroni, the Central and Local Administrative, the Research Division, the Accelerator Division, and the technicians helping the machines assembling.

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