PNSXM 2009: Workshop on Polarized Neutrons and Synchrotron X-rays for Magnetism

The second Workshop on Polarized Neutrons and Synchrotron X-rays for Magnetism (PNSXM 2009) took place in Bonn (Germany) from August 2 to 5, 2009, as a satellite conference to the ICM 2009 in Karlsruhe (Germany). This second workshop follows the tradition of PNSXM 2003 in Venice (Italy) in bringing together the application and method development of these two special, complementary probes to magnetism and promoting their common use. The large and very international audience, with 110 participants from 17 countries spanning 5 continents, demonstrated the vitality of magnetism research with polarized probes. After Germany, the largest delegations came from France, the United Kingdom, and Japan, with a tie for the fifth place between Russia and Australia. The other participants came from Brazil, Ecuador, India, Taiwan, the USA, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland.