NORDSYNC ANNUAL REPORT 2006

Grenoble

ESRF

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List of content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Introduction Economy Nordsync representation in ESRF Council and committees Beam time requested and allocated to Nordsync countries Visibility of Nordsync at ESRF Purchases from the Nordic countries and Nordic staff at ESRF Scientific use of the Nordsync beam time Nordsync annual meeting 2006

Appendices 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Evolution of Nordsync beamtime statistics Beam time at ESRF in 2006 with respect to category and Nordsync country Beam time request and allocation statistics of Nordsync countries Evolution of purchase return coefficients from 01/1996 to 12/2006 Minutes from the Nordsync annual meeting at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, October 6th, 2006 6. Nordsync mailing list 2006 7. Accumulated Nordsync interests

Edited by Helmer Fjellvåg Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology University of Oslo

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Nordsync Annual report 2006 1. Introduction The four Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are members of the ESRF through the consortium Nordsync, as formulated in the contract dated October 26, 1987. The Nordsync membership and contribution to ESRF is 4%. Within Nordsync this is distributed as: Denmark 28.5%, Finland 16%, Norway 14% and Sweden 41.5%. According to the contract, the shares are negotiable and new members may be included. The consortium is headed by a steering committee with one member from each country. Three of these committee members are at the same time delegates to the ESRF Council, while the fourth member is advisor at the Council meeting. The upper limit for the delegation to the ESRF Council is five persons. There is an annual rotation system for the delegates to the ESRF Council between the Nordsync members. An objective for Nordsync is to coordinate and enhance the use of synchrotron radiation for scientific and industrial research in the Nordic countries, and also to promote purchases to ESRF from Nordic companies.

2. Economy The Nordsync contribution to the ESRF budget for 2006 amounted to 2 990,8 k€. This contribution consists of two components. The first corresponds to the regular 4% Nordsync share of the ESRF budget, amounting to 2 693,5 k€. The second component is due to overuse of beam time according to ESRF rules for corrective measures. ESRF statistics show a Nordsync beam usage of 5,85 %, implying payment of an overuse fee for 0,76 %. In 2006 Nordsync therefore agreed to pay an additional contribution of 398,3 k€ for this overuse in 2005. For the beamtime use in 2006, both Nordsync and Spain experience overuse of ESRF, while UK has now obtained balance between activity and actual ESRF share. The recently developed algorithm for fair scientific return has also been applied in 2006. The algorithm implies that 80% of the beam time is allocated according to scientific quality, whereas 20% is based on member share. The countries with major underusage of beam time, Germany and Italy, have received increased beam time allocations according to these procedures. ESRF considers that this has been implemented without significant loss of scientific quality. The formal ESRF request from October 2005 of possibly increasing the Nordsync share from 4% to 5% has been further considered in 2006. The steering committee was already positive to such an increase in 2005. NOS-N conditioned its support to the proposal in December 2005. This was communicated to the ESRF from Nordsync in writing March 20th. At the same time it was brought up within Nordsync a need to discuss and possibly modify the internal Nordsync shares between the Nordic countries. These questions have been discussed with NOS-N (the Joint Committee of the Nordic Research Councils). Different models for Nordsync share versus likely overspending fees have been discussed. Different models for calculating the internal Nordsync shares have been considered (with and without CRG). NOSN communicated the following agreed mandate to the Nordsync steering committee by August 17th, 2006; - ESRF share should remain at 4%

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The national rates should be calculated according to an averaged model; resulting in the shares DK 21.6%, FIN 19.6%, NOR 19.8%, SWE 39%. - To express a positive position towards concerning membership of Baltic countries of ESRF through Nordsync However, the Nordsync consortium agreement regulates the procedure for changing the shares between the consortium partners. This could be done in intervals of 5 years, the next possibility being end of 2007. Based on this information, NOS-N requested a roadmap for the Nordsync share at ESRF and for the internal distribution of shares within Nordsync. The interests resulting from punctual payment of the individual country contributions to the Nordsync membership of ESRF have further accumulated during 2006, see the Nordsync report 2005 for more details.

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Nordsync representation in ESRF Council and committees

The representation of Nordsync in the ESRF council by the steering committee was in 2006 as follows: Delegate Emil J. Samuelsen, Norway (head of delegation) Delegate Gregers Andersen, Denmark Delegate Yvonne Brandt-Andersson, Sweden Advisor Seppo Manninen, Finland With respect to the Adminstrative and Finance Committee (AFC) at ESRF in 2006, Ulla Høeberg Hansen, Denmark, delegate ESRF AFC Winnie Birberg, Sweden, delegate ESRF ACF Juha Latikka, Finland, delegate ESRF AFC Aase M. Hundere, Norway, delegate ESRF AFC have acted as representatives appointed by the respective Nordic country. Nordsync have two delegates and one observed in AFC. Winnie Birberg, Sweden and Ulla Høeberg Hansen were Nordsync delegates at the meetings in Grenoble, May and October 2006. Henning Friis Poulsen and Keijo Hämäläinen represented Nordsync as members of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC). The SAC meetings were held during May and November, 2006. There have been recent changes with respect to the Review Committees for Beam Time Allocation. The Hard condensed Matter - Structures (HS) has been split into Crystals and Ordered Systems, Structures (HS) and Disordered systems and Liquids (HD) while the Materials, Engineering & Environmental Matters (ME) panel has been split into Applied Materials and Engineering (MA) and Environmental and Cultural Heritage Matters (EC). At present there are 11 such committees (Nordic members given in parenthesis): Chemistry-related Studies: CH (Kenny Ståhl, Denmark) The chemistry committee deals with proposals to study the structure, state, composition and reactions of substances, including chemical crystallography, characterisation of structural phase transitions, polymorphism, investigation of reaction pathways and catalysis. Environmental and Cultural Heritage Matters: EC This new committee deals with proposals related to environmental and earth sciences and cultural heritage materials and artefacts, primarily requiring 2D/3D X-ray imaging and in particular techniques such as X-ray fluorescence, micro-XAS infrared microspectroscopy, and X-ray tomography.

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Disordered sstems and Liquids: HD This new committee deals with studies of the structure and dynamics of disordered systems and liquids by elastic and inelastic scattering, EXAFS as well as correlation spectroscopies. Electronic and Magnetic Properties: HE The committee addresses the electronic and magnetic properties of materials; structural properties aspects are included but only when related directly to magnetic or electronic properties. Techniques/methods include Compton and magnetic Compton scattering, Nuclear resonance scattering, Hyperfine spectroscopy, X-ray dichroism, X-ray magnetic scattering and diffraction, X-ray emission spectroscopy, inelastic X-ray scattering, photoemission, etc. Crystals and Ordered Systems, Structures: HS (Börje Johansson, Sweden (chairman), Henning Friis Poulsen, Denmark) This new committee deals with studies of the structures of ordered systems, and high-pressure studies. Applied Materials and Engineering: MA This newly constituted committee deals with studies of industrial or engineering relevance. Medicine: MD (Pekka Sourtti, Finland) The committee reviews proposals relating to bio-medical research requiring 2D-3D X-ray imaging, fluorescence, and small angle scattering. In addition it reviews radiobiology and radiotherapy-related proposals. Methods and Instrumentation: MI The committee reviews proposals related to experimental studies aiming at development of synchrotron radiation instrumentation, ranging from passive and active optical elements to detectors, experimental set-ups and advanced sample environment. Macromolecular Crystallography: MX The committee reviews proposals to study the structures of biological macromolecules using X-ray crystallography. Experimental methods include single or multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion (SAD/MAD), molecular replacement using fixed wavelength X-rays, and Laue techniques. Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Materials: SC The committee reviews proposals dealing with soft matter, non-crystalline structural biology, including the interdisciplinary area of nanoscience. Topics include structure, equilibrium and nonequilibrium dynamics, and kinetics in the bulk and at interfaces. Experimental techniques include AXS, WAXS, micro-diffraction, XPCS, GISAXS, GIXD, USAXS, reflectivity, etc. Surfaces and Interfaces: SI (Edvin Lundgren, Sweden) The committee reviews proposals dealing with structural and dynamical studies of surfaces and interfaces using a variety of techniques, which comprise surface X-ray diffraction, X-ray Standing Waves, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, GISAXS, XCS, etc.

4. Beam time requested and allocated to Nordsync countries Statistics concerning requested and allocated beam time and relative shares of the Nordsync countries is given in Table 1 for the two rounds of proposals for experiments to be scheduled during 2006. Appendix 1 shows the evolution of beam time allocation within Nordsync from 2003 to 2006. Appendix 2 lists for each of the Nordsync countiries the relative distribution of activities between the 11 scientific fields considered by the review panels. A detailed list of all Nordsync proposals is given in Appendix 3.

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Table 1. Beam time statistics for the Nordsync countries, given in number of shifts requested, shifts done and integral usage according to ESRF beam time accounting rules, for the allocation rounds 10/2005 and 04/2006. The additional Norwegian CRG contribution (BM01) is included. CRG-projects for all countries are included in Appendix 3. The weighted share corresponds to the total number of shifts weighted with respect to project partners and type of experiment (CRG at BM01 enters with a factor of 0.25; industry projects have zero weight). October 2005

April 2006

Total numbers

Percentage

Denmark Requested shifts Done shifts Weighted share

241 89 76

138 45 36

379 134 112

18.7 11.8 18.3

Finland Requested shifts Done shifts Weighted share

147 69 43

93 109 58

240 178 101

11.9 15.7 16.5

Norway Requested shifts Done shifts Weighted share

237 137 69

409 188 65

646 325 134

31.9 28.7 21.9

Sweden Requested shifts Done shifts Weighted share

455 238 139

304 258 183

759 496 322

37.5 43.8 52.8

5. Visibility of Nordsync at ESRF Nordsync and thereby the Nordic countries are visible at the ESRF through Nordic members of the staff and of the ESRF subcommittees and review panels, as well by the high user frequency. Robert Feidenhans´l, Risø, University of Copenhagen was chairman of the ESRF council in 2006, while Sine Larsen, University of Copenhagen, was director of research at the ESRF in 2006.

6. Purchases from the Nordic countries and Nordic staff at ESRF The return coefficient for purchases from the Nordic countries has always been low, although the situation has improved slightly over time, see Appendix 4. All countries expect France and Spain have return coefficients below one. Benesync has recently reached a value close to one. Despite efforts by the ESRF management this situation appears very difficult to change. The Nordic staff working at ESRF in the course of 2006 is listed in Table 2. Table 2. Staff with Nordic affiliation at the ESRF in 2006. Family name Given name Nationality Category Kretzchmer Mogens Danish Technician Larsen Sine Danish Director Madsen Anders Danish Scientist Wulff Michael Danish Scientist

Period Entire 2006 Entire 2006 Entire 2006 Entire 2006

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Honkimaki Huotari Leyrilainen Makijarvi Pylkkaenen Kvick Langer Ohlsson Siegbahn Svensson

Veijo Simo Jani Petri Tuomas Åke Max Staffan Erik Albert Olof

Finish Finish Finish Finish Finish Swedish Swedish Swedish Swedish Swedish

Scientist P.doc/scientist Post doc Engineer PhD student Scientist PhD student Engineer Scientist Engineer

Entire 2006 01-09; 10-12 Entire 2006 Entire 2006 13/11
Entire 2006 Entire 2006 Entire 2006 Entire 2006 Entire 2006

7. Scientific use of the Nordsync beam time 7.1. Denmark: In 2006 the Danish community of macromolecular crystallographers from four different research institutions was given Block Allocation Group (BAG) status at ESRF resulting in allocation of beamtime on a regular basis throughout the year. In total the BAG have used 21 shifts of beamtime on both tunable wavelength, fixed wavelength and microfocus beamlines (ID14, ID23, and ID29). Data obtained at ESRF in 2006 has already resulted in the following structures: 1. The structure of a component of the 100 kDa tetrameric EJC core complex deposited on mRNA upon splicing, was determined. The structure revealed a domain rotation of 160º within the protein upon incorporation into the EJC and was published in the journal Science. 2. Structures of an α-glucosidase enzyme were in complex with oligosaccharides. 3. High resolution structures of the RasGAP SH3 protein. 4. Crystal structure of rat aFGF, a growth factor. In addition, several more structures of proteins are currently underway. A team of researchers from Haldor Topsoe A/S conducted a series of experiments on ID32 studying a model catalyst for methanol synthesis. The sample, prepared in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, was composed of copper nanoparticles with an average size of 5 nm, deposited on a zinc oxide single crystal. The bright source of the ESRF makes it possible to study the weak signal coming from the nanoparticles composing the catalyst. A reactor with a window transparent to X-rays was mounted on the diffractometer allowing to measure in-situ the morphology of the particles at reaction temperatures and exposed to the relevant gas environment. This study showed that the reaction conditions induce morphological changes of the nanoparticles. Furthermore, a study was conducted at ID24 in order to study the oxidation state of copper in a methanol catalyst while the gas environment was changed from reducing to oxidizing conditions. The use of dispersive optics and a fast acquisition CCD enable the study of state changes on the millisecond time scale. Studying the coupling between the morphology and the reaction conditions leads to a better comprehension of the phenomena influencing the performance of a catalyst during its lifetime. Molecular Movies are real time “pictures” of how atoms are moving while externally induced processes are taking place in molecules and solid materials. A century of crystallographic research has provided a wealth of information about the static structure of matter before and after such transformations, but little structural information is available about the intermediate situation – i.e., the path taken by individual atoms during the course of processes. Researchers at the “Center for Molecular Movies” at the University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute conducted in 2006 ultra fast time-resolved structural studies at ESRF ID09. The first experiment was to study the excited state of the tetrakis-µ-pyrophosphito-diplatinate(II) in an

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aqueous solution. Diffuse x-ray scattering images from the excited molecules in solution were taken and showed distinct differences to the scattering from the molecules in their ground state. In the excited state it was shown that the Pt-Pt distance decreased by about 0.3 Å. In a second experiment the excimer formation of perylene molecules in textured polycrystalline thin films was investigated. Surprisingly the intensities of the diffraction peaks are constant during the excimer formation, but the peak position changes in an oscillatory manner presumably indicating the excitation of acoustic waves of the entire micro-crystals. The research center "Metal structures in four dimensions" at DTU Risø has over the last seven years developed a set of hard X-ray tools for characterising bulk materials in 3D and 4D (space + time). At ESRF focus is on 3DXRD, a diffraction based technique that for the first time enables visualisation of grains and sub-grains within polycrystalline materials. This work is done in close collaboration with the ID11 beam line. In 2006 two highlights were: - the commissioning of the 3DXRD microscope in a new experimental hutch, 50 meters further away from the source. Equipped with a whole battery of new optics elements and a temperature controlled hutch, stability can be controlled to the 100 nm level. - The group coordinates the EU project TotalCryst, which started February 1, 2006. This aims at employing 3DXRD methods for use in pharmacy, structural biology and time resolved studies in photosynthesis. New algorithms were developed that can index, solve and refine ~100 grains from an arbitrary polycrystalline specimen with unknown space group. 7.2. Sweden: Projects with participations from universities were allocated 360 shifts in 38 projects during 2006, which is continuing the increase of the Swedish use since 2004. Swedish users of the ESRF were very successful in receiving beam time approximately 65% of the requested shifts were approved. The major part of the Swedish share (~70%) was allocated for protein crystallography and structural biology, which reflects the Swedish usage during recent years. These proposals are submitted from Chalmers University of Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Stockholm University, Umeå University, and Uppsala University. The proposals for single crystal measurements are mostly submitted by one or two Swedish research groups, while the proposals in Physics and Chemistry mostly are international collaborations. Inelastic scattering, anomalous scattering experiments were performed by research groups in Physics at Chalmers University of Technology. A diffractometer for high pressures was used by the Physics Department at Umeå University. Surface diffraction studies were performed by a research group at the MAX-laboratory, Lund University. Catalysis reactions were studied by EXAFS by physicists and environmental chemical investigations were performed by inorganic chemists at Chalmers University of Technology. X-ray spectroscopy was commonly used by a research group at Royal Institute of Technology. Pico-second photo-dissociation dynamics and structural determinations were studied by Physical Chemists at Uppsala University. The Structural Chemistry research group at Stockholm University used the instrument for x-ray imaging and micro-spectroscopy on archeological materials. Swedish research groups contributed to two of the projects chosen for ESRF Highlights, 2006. One scientist from the Royal Institute of Technology together with scientists from France, Italy, Germany and USA had a project on hard X-ray PES experiments on pure V2O3 single crystals using the VOLPE setup installed on beamline ID16. A quantitative measure of the

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electron correlation energy U was obtained, via comparison with LDA+DMFT calculations and a clear relationship between the coherent peak measured near EF and the satellite feature was observed in the vanadium 2p core level spectra. The other was in the field of surface and interface science, where scientists from Lund University in collaboration with research groups from Denmark, The Netherlands, Spain and ESRF have investigated the structure and reactivity of a model catalyst alloy under realistic conditions. The development of an in situ high pressure chamber for catalytic research at ID03 made it possible to study gas interactions on PtRh surfaces under realistic pressures. Swedish scientists have used the following instruments: • Protein and macromolecular structure determinations: ID09B; ID14 1-4; ID23; ID29; BM14U; BM30A. • Surface studies: ID01; ID03; ID10B. • Chemistry: ID15B; ID09B. • Hard condensed matter: ID01; ID16; ID08; ID18; ID28; BM32. • Environmental matter: ID21. • Materials analyses: ID19; ID11. 7.3. Finland: The Finnish share of the allocated beam time in 2006, 119 shifts, was slightly more than in 2005 (113 shifts) and the total beam time in these experiments was 205 shifts, almost identical with the corresponding number in 2005 (204). In addition to these figures, Finnish scientists made visits to DIAMOND, ELETTRA, HASYLAB, MAX and SPring-8. The allocated beam time was distributed into 11 experiments; ten of those included University of Helsinki (UH) as a partner. The inelastic scattering group of UH continued their long term proposal on structure and dynamics of hydrogen bonds in water and aqueous solutions by measuring Compton profiles of normal and heavy water at different temperatures and pressures. The temperature-induced changes could be interpreted dominantly by intramolecular structural effects. The other experiments of the inelastic scattering group included (i) pressure induced magnetic transition studied in siderite FeCO3, which showed that the low pressure magnetic state of iron changed into a non-magnetic state above 50 GPa, (ii) symmetry resolved density of states studies of diamond using x-ray Raman scattering (ii) electronic structure and transition temperature of Al doped MgB2 superconductors and (iv) electronic structure and chemical bonding in distorted hcp metals Mg and Zn. Beam lines ID15B and ID16 were used in these experiments. Both beam lines have Finnish staff members, which is extremely useful in the planning of the experiments. In medical physics cooperation between UH, Helsinki University Central Hospital and hospitals in Grenoble continued. Long term proposal “Functional imaging of the effects of inhaled drugs and air pollution particles on regional ventilation in healthy and asthmatic animals”, where xenon K-absorption edge technique is used in the dynamical studies of lungs. With a new partner, University hospital of Geneva, experiments to measure lung resistance and elastic properties using a forced oscillation setup were stated in 2006. These experiments were made at the medical beam line ID17, which also includes Finnish staff members. Finnish national protein crystallography consortium, which includes scientists from the Institute of Biotechnology (UH), Biocenter (UH), Biocity (Åbo Akademi University), Universities of Joensuu, Jyväskylä and Oulu, have effectively used the BAG-system of ESRF 9

to solve biological, mainly protein structures using dedicated beam lines ID14 2,3, ID23 2,3, ID29 and BM14U. Finally it should be mentioned an extensive collaboration of scientists from University of Jyväskylä, Finland, France, Lithuania, USA, Czech Republic, Canada, Portugal, U.K., Poland and Sweden, who have been used the topography beam line ID19 to study the structural properties of heterogeneous fibrous materials. The division of synchrotron radiation users of the Finnish Physical Society organized a summer school “Future trends in synchrotron radiation based research in materials physics and chemistry in Käringsundsby, Åland, 4.-7.6.2006. The participants were mainly PhD students, but also some senior members and two invited speakers were present.

7.4. Norway: Norwegian users participated in projects being allocated 322 shifts in the reporting period, of which 132 shifts are counting in the ESRF beam time cost frame. The success rate for granted proposals was 54% (appendix 4). The SNBL (BM01) beamlines continue to play an important role for Norwegian synchrotron users of ESRF. In addition to the CRG beamtime on SNBL, a substantial part (58 %) of the ESRF beamtime was also allocated to SNBL. The remaining shifts being done on beamlines BM05, BM26A, ID14-3, ID19, ID22 and ID23. Chemistry, materials and hard matter structures constitute the most intense areas of research at ESRF, see Appendix 2, in addition to protein crystallography/structural biology. The protein crystallographers in Tromsø continued their programme on proteins from cold adapted marine species with further relevance to biology, medicine and pharmaceutical industry. Data for six different proteins were collected, of which three provided structures suitable for publication. In Oslo, where there are three macromolecular groups, this activity is more diverse, ranging from a complex containing myoglobin, two DNA-binding proteins to an anti-tumor monoclonal antibody. PDB files for 7 new structures have been submitted, two publications. A main result concerns the crystal structure determination of porcine LTB (the receptor-binding domain of a bacterial toxin infecting pigs) in complex with a carbohydrate ligand. This year saw the first combined in situ experiment utilizing diffraction (both powder and single crystal) and Raman spectroscopy in the study of radiation damage evolving in a small organic compound. An upgrade on Station B of SNBL which included a new monochromator, so far with a demonstrated access to energies in the range 5 – 70 keV, have improved the conditions for XAS significantly. Experiments combining XAS, diffraction and Raman have been carried out by other researchers from Trondheim to investigate e.g. the thermal decomposition of mixed oxides and the catalytic reduction of NOx on Cu exchanged zeolites. Real-time in situ X-ray imaging studies of fundamental properties related to the formation and evolution of immiscible melts, their hydrodynamics and morphologies, coagulation mechanisms and solidification, conducted by a Trondheim group have provided completely new insight into micro-scale processes of these melts. The work on materials for hydrogen storage carried out at IFE, Kjeller has addressed structure and desorption properties of different new light-weight hydrides, including AlH3 (alane) and other Al-based hydrides (alanantes), and as well Mg-based hydrides. Detailed studies have been made of the decomposition routes for three different modifications of AlH3. The Stavanger group continued their ambitious programme in diffraction physics under multiple beam conditions, in 2006 with focus on studies of ‘Aufhellung’ effects. The flexibility in diffractometer control required for these studies also implied further

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development and coding of diffractometer routines for the 6-circle kappa instrument at SNBL. The kinetics of photo-induced phase transformation in a single crystalline spin crossover compound using laser light was studied by the Bergen group, with focus on how a high spin (HS) photo-induced state decays towards the low spin (LS) ground state. Dr. Elin Moe of UiT has spent about 4.5 months at ESRF with collaborating partners of the MX group. A seminar on 'Synchrotron Radiation in Studies of Nanoscaled Materials' was held at SNBL 22 - 23 June, 2006.

8. Nordsync annual meeting 2006 Nordsync held its annual meeting at the Department of Physics, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim on October 6th, 2006. The minutes of the meeting are provided in Appendix 5. The next meeting will be held in Copenhagen, October 5th, 2007.

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Appendix 1 Evolution of Nordsync beamtime statistics. Number of shifts (according to counting rules) and percentage with respect to share within Nordsync. Additional numbers for Norway in 2004 and 2005 refer to CRG use of BM01. No such splitting is given for 2006, cf. Appendix for details of ESRF and BM01 beam time allocations. 2004 shifts 2004 % 2005 shifts 2005 % 2006 shifts 2006 % 150.3 21.2 164.4 20.7 141 19.4 Denmark (28.5%) 157.3 22.2 113.0 14.2 125 17.2 Finland (16%) 110.8+64.8 15.6 (24.8) 146.0+64.6 18.4 (26.5) 115 15.7 Norway (14%) 225.4 31.8 306.7 38.6 347 47.7 Sweden (41.5%) 708.6 90.8 794.8 91.9(+8.1) 727.8 100.0 Nordsync (100%) (+9.2) 802.7 815.2 ESRF accounting +20.4 Discrepancy +94.1

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Appendix 2 Use of ESRF for the individual Nordsync countries with respect to the 11 different beam allocation categories, plus TC = test crystals. Numbers are given in % of the total ESRF usage of a given country. See chapter 3 for description of the different categories.

Denmark Finland Norway Sweden

CH 3,8 13,3 77,3 4,7

EC

HD 5,0

HE

HS 6,6

42,6 4,0 1,5

4,0 6,2

6,8

MA 60,4 1,0 9,8 2,8

MD 1,7 14,7

MI

2,2

MX 11,0 28,4 4,0 70,5

SC 5,0

SI

5,5

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TC 6,6

Appendix 3 Evolution of “purchase return coefficients” from 01/1996 to 12/ 2006. % 60

Fig. 1a: Distribution of purchases (from Jan. 2004 to Mar. 2007)

R = 1,82

50

40

30 R = 0,59

20 R =0,42

R = 0,69

R = 2.39 1.33

10 R = 0,88 R = 0,48

R = 0,60

0 F

D

I

UK

Benes.

Share of contributions during the period considered (Jan. 04 - Mar. 07)

Share in purchases and contracts

Share of contributions

Return coefficients

Nords.

E

CH

Share in purchases and contracts according to §§12.2 and 12.3, Annex 4 to the Financial Rules

Period

F

D

I

UK

Benes

Nords E

CH

1/96-12/98 1/97-12/99 1/98-12/00 1/99-12/01 1/00-12/02 1/01-12/03 1/02-12/04 1/03-12/05 1/04-12/06 1/96-12/98 1/97-12/99 1/98-12/00 1/99-06/06 1/96-12/98 1/97-12/99 1/98-12/00 1/99-12/01 1/00-12/02 1/01-12/03 1/02-12/04 1/03-12/05 1/04-12/06

63,50 64,53 62,19 59,78 55,67 56,19 50,08 50,43 49,41 28,48 27,88 27,63 27,50 2,23 2,31 2,25 2,17 2,02 2,04 1,82 1,83 1,80

13,68 14,26 15,31 15,72 17,79 15,02 17,61 16,20 15,91 25,96 25,33 25,44 25,50 0,55 0,56 0,60 0,62 0,70 0,59 0,69 0,64 0,62

3,84 3,43 3,28 4,19 5,76 6,38 6,31 6,32 6,72 14,82 14,93 14,98 15,00 0,26 0,23 0,22 0,28 0,38 0,43 0,42 0,42 0,45

8,15 10,58 11,35 12,46 11,87 12,72 13,48 12,46 9,75 13,64 13,86 13,95 14,00 0,60 0,76 0,81 0,89 0,85 0,91 0,96 0,89 0,70

1,87 2,10 1,92 1,77 1,41 1,52 1,76 2,39 5,80 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 0,31 0,35 0,32 0,30 0,24 0,25 0,29 0,40 0,97

1,03 0,67 1,01 1,12 1,32 1,24 1,34 2,14 1,99 4,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 0,26 0,17 0,25 0,28 0,33 0,31 0,34 0,54 0,50

2,55 2,58 3,24 3,37 3,72 2,96 2,96 2,43 2,47 4,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 0,64 0,65 0,81 0,84 0,93 0,74 0,74 0,61 0,62

2,57 1,86 1,70 1,52 2,35 3,97 6,47 7,63 7,96 4,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 0,64 0,47 0,43 0,38 0,59 0,99 1,62 1,91 1,99

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Appendix 4 Statistics for beam time requests and allocation for the Nordsync countries for the proposal rounds 10/2005 and 04/2006. The code in the first column refers to beam time allocation committee (see chapter 3). Codes starting with numbers refer to CRG beamlines (mainly SNBL BM01A and BM01B). The Nordsync statistics for individual country usage assessment is based on “shifts done”. The figures listed below national code refer to beamtime usage according to the ESRF accounting system. Proposals in bold have been granted beamtime. LT = long term proposal. NORWAY Number

Requested

01-01-710 01-01-713 01-01-715 01-02-739 01-02-743 01-02-746 CH-2140 CH-2142 CH-2143 CH-2146 CH-2147 CH-2205 HS-2979 IN-516 IN-531 MA-110 MD-226 MD-227 MX-505 (BAG)

BM01B (18) BM01B (18) BM01B (12) BM01A (24) BM01A (9) BM01A (15) BM01A (12), BM08 BM01B (12) BM01B (18) BM01B (18) BM01B (18) BM26A (15) BM01A (9) ID22 (5) ID19 (1) ID22 (9), ID15 B ID21 (15) ID21 (15) ID14 3 (10), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1

01-01-718 01-01-719 01-01-720 01-01-721 01-01-722 01-01-724 01-01-725 01-01-726 01-01-728 01-02-748 01-02-750 01-02-752 01-02-754 CH-2234 (LT) CH-2237 CH-2238 CH-2239

BM01B (10) BM01B (18) BM01B (60) BM01B (18) BM01B (15) BM01B (18) BM01B (18) BM01B (9) BM01B (6) BM01A (1) BM01A (9) BM01A (24) BM01A (15) BM01B (1), BM01A BM01B (18) BM01B (18) BM01B (18)

Done Proposal round 10/2005 BM01B (15)

Shifts done 15

DK

SWE

NOR

FIN

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3,75 0 0 3,5 0 3,75 18 0 0 0 18 14 3,96 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BM01A (14)

14

BM01A (15) BM01A (18)

15 18

BM01B (18) BM26A (14) BM01A (12) ID22 (5) ID19 (2)

18 14 12 5 2

ID14 3 (3), ID23 2 (6), ID14 4 (3)

12

0

0

2

0

21 18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5,25 4,5 0 0 3,75 3,75 0 0,74 1,5 0 2,25 3 4,5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 15

0 0 0 0

Proposal round 4/2006 BM01B (21) BM01B (18)

BM01B (15) BM01B (15)

15 15

BM01B (6)

9 6

BM01A (9) BM01A (12) BM01A (18)

9 12 18 18

BM01B (15)

15

15

CH-2240 CH-2241 CH-2242 CH-2243 CH-2244 CH-2245 EC-69 (LT) IN-560 MA-154 MA-199 MD-256 MX-505 (BAG)

BM01B (18) BM01B (10) BM01B (18), BM26A BM01B (18), BM26A BM01B (15), BM26A BM01B (6), ID31 BM01B (9) ID19 (2) ID11 (12) BM05 (12), ID22 ID21 (15) ID14 3 (10), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1

BM01B (12)

6

BM01B (15) ID19 (2)

9 2

BM05 (12)

12

ID14 3 (6), ID23 1 (3), ID23 2 (3)

12

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 6

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

3,75 0 0 9 0

0 0 0 0 0

0

0

2 131,9 5

0

322 FINLAND Number

Requested

28-01-744 CH-1924 (LT) HE-2136 HE-2139 HE-2140 HE-2142 HE-2148 MD-198 MD-213

BM28 (18)

MX-439 (BAG) SI-1348 CH-1924 (LT) HE-2263 HE-2313 MA-127 MD-238 (LT) MX-552 (BAG)

Done Proposal round 10/2005

SWE

NOR

FIN

0

0

0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 7,92 0 5,94 0 18 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 10

15

0 0

0 0

0 0

ID15 B (24)

24

ID16 (18) ID19 (9)

18 9

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 7,92 0 0 0 18 0 1,13

30

0

0

0

7,5

14

0

0

0

14 119, 46

ID15 B (96) ID15 B (24) ID15 B (18) ID15 B (18) ID16 (18) ID16 (18) ID16 (21) ID16 (27) ID16 (18) ID16 (18) ID02 (9) ID17 (21) ID17 (15) ID14 1 (12), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID14 3 (6), ID23 2 (3), ID23 BM14U (0), ID29 1 (5), BM14U (3), ID29 (3) BM28 (18) Proposal round 04/2006 ID15 B (96) ID16 (18) ID26 (27), ID16 ID19 (18)

Shifts done DK

ID17 (30) ID17 (30) ID14 1 (0), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID29 (0), BM14U ID14 2 (3), ID14 3 (5), ID14 (0), ID23 1 4 (3), ID29 (3)

24 18 17 21

15

205

0

20 0

SWEDEN Number

Requested

02-01-702 08-01-731 08-02-622 20-02-636

BM02 (15) BM08 (12) BM08 (9) BM20 (18)

Done Proposal round 10/2005 BM02 (12) BM08 (12) BM20 (18)

Shifts done DK 12 12 18

SWE 0 0 0 0

NOR

0,6 0,6 0 1,49

FIN 0 0 0 0

16

0 0 0 0

32-02-643 CH-1924 (LT) CH-2167 CH-2168 CH-2182 EC-31 EC-55 HD-5 HE-1953 (LT) HE-2090 HE-2091 HE-2102 HE-2140 MA-4 MI-809 MX-434 (BAG) MX-454 (BAG) MX-465 MX-466 MX-467 MX-470 MX-477 MX-478 MX-487 (BAG)

MX-503 (BAG) MX-505 (BAG) MX-507 MX-510 SC-1930 SC-1973 SC-1977 SI-1309 SI-1321 SI-1351 14-U-819 14-U-822 14-U-826 14-U-840 CH-1924 (LT) CH-2271 CH-2282

BM32 (15)

BM32 (12)

12

0

0,99

0

0

ID15 B (96) ID09B (10) ID09B (18) ID11 (18) ID21 (15) ID26 (18) BM08 (9)

ID15 B (24)

24

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7,92 0 9 0 4,95 0 4,5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

45

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23

0

23

0

0

39

0

39

0

0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0 2 4,5 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

12

0

12

0

0

28

0

28

0

0

12 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8,04 2 0 0 0 0 3,63 5,94 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3 3 3

0 0 0 0

0,75 0,75 0,75 0,75

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

24 9

0 0 0

7,92 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

ID09B (9)

9

ID21 (15)

15

BM08 (9)

9

ID16 (27) ID16 (45) ID08 (21) ID08 (18) ID08 (18) ID16 (21) ID01 (18), BM25B BM05 (12) ID14 1 (80), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 ID14 3 (5), ID23 2 (0), ID14 1 (0), ID29 4 (3), ID29 (3), ID14 1 (12) ID14 1 (28), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID29 ID14 2 (3), ID14 3 (6), ID23 (0), ID23 1 (0), BM14U (0), 2 (12), ID14 4 (6), ID29 (6), BM30A (0), BM16 ID23 1 (6) ID14 1 (3), ID14 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 ID14 4 (3), ID29 (0), ID23 1 ID23 1 (3) ID29 (3), ID14 4 ID14 4 (3), ID23 1 (0), ID29 ID29 (2) ID09B (18) ID09B (9) ID09B (12) ID14 1 (36), ID29 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID14 1 (3), ID29 (3), ID23 1 BM14U (0), ID14 4 (3), BM14U (3) ID14 2 (36), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID29 (0), ID23 1 ID14 3 (6), ID23 2 (4), ID14 (0), BM14U (0), BM30A (0), 4 (6), ID29 (3), ID23 1 (3), ID14 1 BM14U (3), BM30A (3) ID14 3 (10), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 ID14 3 (3), ID23 2 (6), ID14 (0), ID23 1 4 (3) ID14 4 (1), ID23 1 (0), ID29 ID23 1 (2) ID14 4 (1), ID23 1 (0), ID23 2 ID02 (3) BM02 (15) ID09B (10) ID01 (12), ID10B ID01 (11) ID03 (18) ID03 (18) BM29 (6), BM08 Proposal round 04/2006 BM14U (3) BM14U (3) BM14U (3) BM14U (3) BM14U (3) BM14U (3) BM14U (3) ID15 B (96) ID09B (30) ID10B (18)

ID15 B (24)

3 2 9

11 18

17

CH-2324 CH-2331 CH-2368 EC-103 HD-59 HD-86 HE-2208 HE-2215 HE-2231 IX-29 MA-127 MA-151 MA-160 MA-180 MI-842 MX-487 (BAG)

MX-503 (BAG) MX-505 (BAG) MX-530

MX-544 (BAG) MX-547 (BAG) MX-568 SI-1395

ID26 (18) ID27 (15) ID03 (18) ID22 (6) ID01 (15), BM25B (0), BM32 ID16 (18), ID28 ID08 (21) ID08 (18) ID08 (18) ID14 2 (10), ID14 3 (0), ID14 1 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID29 ID19 (18) ID11 (12) ID11 (12) ID15 A (12) BM05 (12) ID14 1 (36), ID29 (0), ID23 1 (0), BM14U (0), ID14 4 ID14 2 (36), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID29 (0), ID23 1 (0), BM14U (0), BM30A (0), ID14 1 ID14 3 (10), ID23 2 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 ID09B (12) ID14 1 (0), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID29 (0), BM14U (0), ID23 2 (0), BM30A ID14 1 (0), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID29 (0), BM14U (0), ID23 2 ID14 1 (1), ID14 2 (0), ID14 3 (0), ID23 2 ID10B (18)

ID01 (15) ID16 (18)

15 18 13

ID08 (18)

18

ID14 2 (4), ID14 3 (2) ID19 (9)

0 0 0 0 7,5 9 0 0 18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1,29 0 7,5 0 7,5

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

ID11 (15)

15

BM05 (15) ID14 1 (3), ID14 4 (3), ID29 (3), BM14U (3)

15

0 0 0 0 0 0

12

0

12

0

0

29

0

29

0

0

12 9

0 0

8,04 9

0 0

0 0

41

0

41

0

0

ID14 2 (6), ID23 1 (3), ID29 (3), BM14U (3), ID23 2 (9)

24

0

24

0

0

ID23 2 (2) ID10B (18)

2 18

0 0

2 9 361,9 1

0 0

0 0

ID14 1 (3), ID14 2 (6), ID14 3 (6), ID14 4 (3), ID23 1 (3), ID29 (5), BM14U (3) ID14 3 (6), ID23 1 (3), ID23 2 (3) ID09B (9) ID14 1 (12), ID14 2 (6), ID14 3 (3), ID14 4 (6), ID23 1 (3), ID29 (2), BM14U (3), ID23 2 (6)

4 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

615 DANMARK Number

Requested

Done Proposal round 10/2005

CH-2153 CH-2200 HD-38 HS-3005 HS-3029 MA-24 MA-90 MD-234 ME-1162 (LT) MI-808 MI-819 MX-484 (BAG) SC-2002

ID31 (9), BM01B ID24 (30), BM29 ID18 (15) ID27 (12), BM01A (0), ID09A ID09B (15) ID11 (15) ID19 (9) ID22 (15) ID11 (42) BM05 (18) ID15 A (4) ID14 1 (36), ID14 3 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID29 ID13 (12)

Shifts done DK

SWE

NOR

FIN

0 0 9 0 0 15 4,5 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ID18 (18)

18

ID11 (15) ID19 (9)

15 9

ID11 (69)

69

69 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

ID14 1 (3), ID14 3 (2), ID14 4 (3), ID23 1 (3) ID13 (9)

11 9

11 9

0 0

0 0

0 0

18

SC-2016 SI-1318 TC-196

ID18 (12) ID03 (21) ID13 (18)

CH-2268 CH-2272 CH-2273 CH-2290

ID09B (18) ID09B (12) ID09B (12) ID13 (9)

CH-2319 CH-2369 CH-2370 HS-3104 MD-262 ME-1162 (LT) MX-484 (BAG)

ID26 (18) ID03 (18), ID32 (0), BM32 ID32 (18), ID03 ID09B (18) ID22 (15)

ID32 (21)

21

ID09B (12) ID22 (12)

ID11 (42) ID14 1 (36), ID14 3 (0), ID14 4 (0), ID23 1 (0), ID29

ID11 (21) ID14 3 (3), ID23 1 (3), ID29 (3)

ID13 (12) Proposal round 04/2006

0 0 12

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

12 12

0 0 0 0 0 0 6,93 0 12 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

21

21

0

0

0

9

9 181,4 3

0

0

0

12

218

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Appendix 5

Minutes of the annual meeting of the Nordsync steering committee, held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 6. October 2006 Participants: From Denmark: Gregers Andersen, delegate ESRF council Ulla Høeberg Hansen, delegate ESRF AFC From Sweden: Winnie Birberg, delegate ESRF ACF From Finland: Seppo Manninen, delegate ESFR council Juha Latikka, delegate ESRF AFC From Norway Emil J. Samuelsen, head delegate ESRF council Aase Hundere, delegate ESRF AFC Absent with apology: Yvonne Brandt- Andersen, delegate ESRF Council, Sweden Invited guests: Robert Feidenhans`l, – Chairman ESRF Council, not present during item 3 Nina Mironova-Ulmane, Latvia Academy of Science, Riga – not present during item 3

Agenda 0. Welcome by the dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, professor Bjørn Hafskjold. 1. Adoption of agenda 2. Minutes of Nordsync meeting in Helsinki 2005-10-07; approval 3. Participation at Nordsync meetings 4. Nordsync shares; NOS-N decisions a. Nordsync ESRF share; Conventional renewal b. Membership of Baltic countries c. Internal Nordsync share distribution d. Overuse payment 2006 5. Long term strategy programme of the ESRF 6. Nordsync annual report 2005 7. Nordsync delegation to the ESRF 2007. 8. Other matters 9. Next Nordsync meeting

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0. Welcome by dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Bjørn Hafskjold The Nordsync delegation was welcomed and given a presentation of the activity at NTNU. The University which was founded in 1910 has 20.000 students. NTNU has nominated 6 strategic areas – • • • • • •

ENERGY AND PETROLEUM - RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT: GLOBALIZATION INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MARINE and MARITIME TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

There is a strong co-operation with the research institute SINTEF. One of the strong points with this close collaboration is that many SINTEF personnel often give lecture at NTNU and NTNU-personnel often work part-time at SINTEF. NTNU is a technical university but has also a boarder scope with social sciences. For more information about NTNU – www.ntnu.no The business meeting was chaired by head of Nordsync delegation, Emil J. Samuelsen. The minutes are by Aase M. Hundere. 1. Adoption of agenda The agenda was approved. 2. Minutes of Nordsync meeting in Helsinki 2005-10-07, approval The minutes was approved with the comments mentioned during the meeting 3. Participation at Nordsync meetings Robert Feidenhans`l and Nina Minoronova-Ulmane left the meeting during this item. The Swedish delegation by Yvonne Brandt-Andersen had raised, by e-mail correspondence, a question regarding a possible conflict of interest for the Chairman of the ESRF Council’s presence during the Nordsync meeting. It was agreed that the presence of Robert Feidenhans`l in general was a benefit for the Nordsync meeting. However it was decided that from this meeting and onward it should be stated in the agenda and in the minutes under which item of the agenda the Chairman of the ESRF Council ought not to participate due to possible conflict of interest. In addition it was decided to include the role of each participant at the Nordsync meeting in the Minutes. It was decided that Robert Feidenhans`l and the invited guest Nina Mironova-Ulmane, could be present during the remaining items of this meeting. 4. Nordsync shares NOS-S decisions a. Nordsync ESRF shares; Convention renewal Emil Samuelsen distributed an overview of the communication which has taken place in this case since 15.June 2004 until 6.October 2006 (Attached). There are two ongoing discussions – • Increase Nordsync share of ESRF from 4 to 5 %

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Redistribution of share within the Nordsync consortium (to a “Nordic key” distribution). The discussion about an increase of the Nordsync`s ESRF shares from 4 % to 5 % will be subjected to discussions during the renewal of the ESRF convention from 2008. Prior to the renewal of the ESRF convention ESRF administration will visit major partners Italy, France, UK and Germany and discuss about the upgrade program and redistribution of share and over/under use of beam time. The current situation is the 80% of the beam time allocations are based on quality. The remaining 20 % are distributed more freely – this procedure will be discussed – especially with under users It. and Germany. This is on the top of ESRF agenda. The renewal of the ESRF convention will also depend on the further progress on the ESRF Long Term Planning 2008-2017. Nordsync want to be prepared to take part in the discussion on the Long Term Planning 2008-2017. It was decided that Nordsync will establish a working group with a mandate to make advice to the Nordic countries about the proposed upgrade program at ESRF The working group will consist of: • members of the Nordsync steering board • 1-2 extra members to cover a broader field – appointed by the Nordsync steering board Auxiliary decision: It was decided that Sweden, by the representative from The Swedish Research Council, takes the overall responsibility to keep a file of all Nordsync documents. Winnie Birberg will take care of this, and the documents which will be filed are: • annual reports • ESRF council documents • AFC meetings • SAC meetings • Payment • Beam time • important letters b. Membership of Baltic countries Nina Mironova-Ulmane from the Latvia Academy of Science, Riga was invited to the Nordsync annual meeting to discuss possibilities to become a partner of the Nordsync consortium. Interest of joining the ESRF has been expressed in Latvia and also in Estonia, whereas no indication has been obtained from Lithuania. There is activity within Latvia with relations to synchrotron related research with in the area of solid stat physics and physical chemistry. There already exist some collaboration within synchrotron-related research e.g. with in a project in the EU 6 FP. Current situation in Latvia and Estonia are different form Poland and other countries. They are smaller and are not able to create independent membership ESRF and are therefore interested to join Nordsync. Latvia also would like to apply for support form the EU7FP for funding of a summer school 22

A piece of advice was given from Nordsync that the Baltic countries should exploit the possibilities to apply for support from NorFa. The further progress on a possible Latvian partnership in Nordsync has to be initiated by a formal contact from the Ministry in Latvia to Nordsync. Latvia needs e.g. to express the level which would be appropriate for them as a partner in the Nordsync consortium. The Nordsync members are very positive towards Latvia’s approach to become a partner of Nordsync but will await further action until a formal contact from Latvia is received. Details of an agreement will be discussed at a later stage in the process.

c. Internal Nordsync share distribution The discussion about an internal redistribution on the shared within Nordsync was an issue at the NOS-N meeting in May 2006. The NOS-N decided that a new distribution of shares should be taken into action already from 2006. However it was pointed out by the Nordsync that according to the Nordsync agreement of Oct.26 1986 the implementation and the new distribution of shares could at the earliest come into function from the end of 2007. However, it was also pointed out that according to the Nordsync agreement a redistribution of shares should be done in parallel with renewal of the ESRF convention – which would mean from 2008. Nordsync will await further instructions from NOS_N on when to implement the new distribution among the Nordsync members. The NOS-N secretariat has informed that the issue regarding the need for an internal redistribution of the internal Nordic shares in Nordsync is still pending and will be discussed again at NOS-N joint committee meeting in Lund, 20-21 November 2006. d. Overuse payment 2006 In Finland the Research Council of Natural Sciences and Engineering has discussed whether there should be additional methods to limit overuse, both in ESRF and inside Nordsync. The overuse payment has already been accepted in the budget of the Council.

5. Nordsync annual report 2005 The annual report for 2005 was approved with the comments mentioned during the meeting. A section from Sweden and a final table from Denmark were still lacking. Seppo Manninen will send the revised version as soon as possible after the meeting.

6. Nordsync delegation to the ESRF 2007 Emil Samuelsen will retire in 2007 and will be replaced by Helmer Fjellvåg, professor at the University of Oslo. Gregers Andersen will continue in Nordsync in 2007 – and he will be the Chair in 2007. Seppo Manninen will remain the Finish delegate until further notice. Yvonne Brandt Andersen will be the Swedish delegate until further notice.

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The national delegates are asked to confirm their participation for the 2007 delegation to Emil since he will send a preliminary report to ESRF – with names of Nordsync delegation for 2007.

7. Other matters Robert Feidenhans`l presented the work with the ESRF long term strategy 2008-2017. The project is worked out by the administration in more details; e.g. the upgrade plans, costs/budgets and time frame. It will be recommended to ESRF to launch a web page where one can find updated information about the project. The member countries will need a project description which gives alternatives with respect to what part of the proposed project are absolutely needed and which part could be optional. The presented budget from ESRF show that this long term planning will be a major investment for the member countries hence it is very important to have a clear vision of why ESRF need this investment to stay in the forefront world wide within synchrotron research. Final document will be presented at the Council spring meeting 2007 Aase Hundere informed about the coming reorganization of the Norwegian financing structure for the Swiss-Norwegian Beam Line. The present Norwegian Contract partner The Norwegian Synchrotron Research AS will be terminated from January 1st 2007 and The Norwegian Research Council will take over the Norwegian obligations. Several of the ESRF directors, including the present director General will resign from his position at ESRF form 2008. A head hunter company is engaged to help finding candidates for new directors. There will be made some minor changes in the work descriptions for the positions. The Director general should e.g. be able to negotiate in French. Other directors should have some knowledge in French. ESRF asks for input on names of possible candidates for the position. Emil will distribute the renewed job descriptions and terms of reference.

8. Next Nordsync meeting Friday 5th October 2007 – at the Danish Research Council in Copenhagen

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Appendix 6 Nordsync mailing list 2006 Emil J. Samuelsen, Head of delegation; phone +47 73 59 34 12 Department of Physics; Fax 47 73 59 77 10 Norwegian University of Science and Tehcnology N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; www.ntnu.no [email protected] Seppo Manninen, Observer; phone +358 9 19 15 06 34 Department of Physics; Fax +358 9 19 15 06 39 University of Helsinki; www-helsinki.fi POBox 64, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland [email protected] Gregers Andersen, Delegate; phone +45 89 42 50 24 University of Aarhus, Department of Molecular Biology Gustad Wieds Vej 10 DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark [email protected] Yvonne Brandt Andersson; Delegate; phone +46 18 47 13 780 Uppsala University, Institute of Materials Chemistry; fax +46 18 51 35 48 Regeringsgatan 56, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden [email protected] Winnie Birberg; Advisor/For information; phone +46 8 546 44252 Swedish Research Council; Fax 46 8 546 44180 SE-10378 Stockholm, Sweden [email protected] Juha Latikka; Advisor/For information; phone +358 9 7748 8266 Research Council Science and Engineering; Fax +358 9 7748 8393 Academy of Finland, BOBox 99; www.aka.fi FIN-00501 Helsinki, Finland [email protected] Aase M. Hundere; Advisor/For information; phone +47 2203 7305 Research Council of Norway; fax +47 2203 7001 POBOx 2700 St. Hanshaugen; www.forskningsradet.no N-0131 Oslo, Norway [email protected] Ulla Høeberg Hansen; Advisor/For information; phone +45 35 44 63 32 Forsknings- og Innovationsstyrelsen; +45 35 44 62 01 Bredgade 40; www.fi.dk DK-1260 København K; Denmark [email protected] Robert Feidenhans´l; Chairman of Council; Phone+45 35 32 03 97 University of Copenhagen; Fax +45 35 32 04 60 Niels Bohr Institute; www.nbi.ku.dk Universitetsparken 5; DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark [email protected]

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Appendix 7 Accumulated interests (resulting from earlier Nordsync contributions) at the ESRF at end of 2006 (transferred to 2007):

Euro Denmark 14 372,26 Finland 182 759,57 Norway 119 886,16 Sweden 52 196,92

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