Enabling accelerators for materials physics

The particle accelerator and materials research communities have long enjoyed a synergistic relationship, dating back at least to the first studies of materials using synchrotron radiation produced at particle accelerators. At present a new generation of advanced synchrotrons and x-ray free electron lasers are emerging. These advances are coincident with a push in materials research to understand phenomena at unprecedented length and time scales, including a focus on the mesoscale properties of materials. This presentation will not only reprise recent progress but also speculate about future opportunities.