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15th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, 4 October 2010 (08:00) to Friday, 8 October 2010 (18:00)
ESA/ESTEC (Tf building, ground floor)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Oct 2010
5 Oct 2010
6 Oct 2010
7 Oct 2010
8 Oct 2010
AM
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Plenary Session I : Goals and Reports from user domains -Dr Petteri Nieminen (ESA) (until 10:40) ()
09:00 Welcome address   ()
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09:05 The ESA Cosmic Vision programme - Dr Christian Erd (ESA)   ()
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09:15 Workshop Goals - Makoto Asai   ()
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09:45 Reports from users domains - HEP - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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10:00 Reports from user domains - Space - Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)   ()
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10:15 Reports from user domains - Medical - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
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10:40 --- Break ---
11:10
Plenary Session II : Documentation / Examples / Monitoring / Testing - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 Report from Performance Monitoring Team - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))   ()
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11:40 Documentation, status and issues - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)   ()
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12:00 Improving examples - Makoto Asai (SLAC)   ()
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12:20 How to Contribute to System Testing and Extract Results - Gunter Folger (CERN)   ()
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12:40 Introduction of parallel sessions - Andreas Schaelicke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))   ()
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09:00
Plenary Session IV : Technical Challenges -Dr Takashi Sasaki (KEK) (until 10:40) ()
09:00 Architecture review report - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)   ()
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09:30 Status of SVN evaluation - Gunter Folger (CERN)   ()
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09:55 Perspective on Geant4 parallelization - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))   ()
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10:20 Discussion   ()
10:40 --- Break ---
11:10
Plenary Session V : Hadron and ion physics validation and development -Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 Overview of validation at "low" energies (below 4 GeV) - Anton Ivantchenko (Novosibirsk State University) Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)   ()
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11:22 Overview of validation at transition and high energies (above 5 GeV) - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab)   ()
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11:34 Overview of ion-ion validation - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR))   ()
11:46 Validation infrastructure: improvements and status - Julia Yarba (Unknown)   ()
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11:54 Discussion on validation   ()
12:09 Recent data/MC comparisons - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab)   ()
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12:19 Recent improvements of Bertini model - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown) Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)   ()
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12:34 The pre-compound and evaporation models: status and recent improvements - Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)   ()
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09:00
Plenary Session VI : New physics model development and physics list - Michel Maire (LAPP) (until 11:20) ()
09:00 Physics Lists from a pedestrian - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
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09:20 Multiple scattering and Em builders - vladimir ivanchenko (cern)   ()
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10:10 Overview of physics_lists module - Gunter Folger (cern)   ()
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10:55 improvement of FTF model - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (cern)   ()
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11:20 --- Break ---
11:30
Plenary Session VII : Evolution of key interfaces - Peter Gumplinger (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich/ETH (ETH)) (until 12:50) ()
11:30 Presentation of Reverse MC - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)   ()
11:50 A Proposal for an Introduction of a Simple Variable Density Approach - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko   ()
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12:10 GetVelocity() - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University)   ()
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12:30 Architecture Review: Feedback - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)   ()
Document
09:00
Plenary Session VIII : Status/progress reports of developments (1) - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)) (until 10:40) ()
09:00 Kernel : latest updates and plans - Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University)   ()
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09:25 Geometry: recent and on-going developments - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)   ()
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09:50 Generic Processes & Material : latest updates and plans - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
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10:15 Scoring : latest updates and plans - Tsukasa Aso (TNCT)   ()
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10:40 --- Break ---
11:10
Plenary Session IX : Status/progress reports of developments (2) -Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 CMake configuration management system in Geant4 - Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick, STFC)   ()
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11:40 Recent & planned developments in Visualization - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
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12:10 UI & Interfaces: latest updates - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))   ()
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12:35 Advanced examples: updates & plans - Dr Francesco Romano (INFN/LNS) Francesco Romano (Unknown)   ()
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09:00
Plenary Session X : Summary reports from the parallel sessions - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) (until 10:40) ()
09:00 P1-A New EM models and interfaces - Dr Andreas Schaelicke (DESY Zeuthen)   ()
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09:10 P1-B Discuss recent changes in Vis - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
09:20 P2-A EM validation results - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown)   ()
09:30 P2-B Migration to svn and to cmake - Gunter Folger (CERN)   ()
09:40 P3-A Cross section re-design (Hadron-1) - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR))   ()
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09:50 P3-B Technical aspects of proposed multi-threading approach - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)   ()
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10:00 P4-A Review of existing biasing options - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
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10:10 P4-B Qt at other Vis work remaining for December release - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
10:20 P5-A Validation suite (Hadron-2) - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab)   ()
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10:30 P5-B Performance improvements - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))   ()
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10:40 --- Break ---
11:10
Plenary Session XI : Collaboration Matters and Future Developments -Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) (until 13:00) ()
11:10 P6-A Transition region/shower shape (Hadron-3) - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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11:20 P6-B Development planning and review of open issues (1) (Geometry) - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)   ()
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11:30 P7-A New models and requirements (Hadron-4) - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)   ()
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11:40 P7-B Development planning and review of open issues (2) (Geometry) - Makoto Asai (SLAC)   ()
11:50 Geant4 9.4 release - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)   ()
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12:05 Report from the Publication Board - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)   ()
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12:25 Credibility - Bugzilla, HyperNews, Requirement tracking - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
12:40 Perspective and workshop closeout - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
PM
12:50 --- Lunch break ---
14:10
Plenary Session III : EM Physics Validation and Development - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 Photon Models Validation & New Penelope08 Models - Dr Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNGS)   ()
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14:35 PIXE & Atomic Deexcitation - Alfonso Mantero (Unknown) Alfonso Mantero   ()
15:00 Geant4-DNA Status & Update - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) Mathieu Karamitros (Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan (CENBG)) Mathieu Karamitros   ()
15:25 EM Standard + Interfaces Updates - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)   ()
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15:50 --- Break ---
16:20
Parallel 1-A : New EM models and interfaces -Dr Schaelicke Andreas (DESY, Zeuthen) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Validation of scattering models at high energies (by phone) - Orjan Dale (University of Bergen)   ()
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16:40 Simulation of Energy Deposition in Gases - Mary Tsagri   ()
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16:50 Fluctuation model upgrade - Michel Maire (LAPP)   ()
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17:10 An first attempt to lower the delta rays production down to 50 eV - Jean-Etienne Sauvestre (CEA, France)   ()
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17:30 Problems and requirements of space users - Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)   ()
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16:20
Parallel 1-B : Discuss Recent Changes in Vis - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Highlights of Current Beta and What's Left for December Release - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
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16:30 Qt: Current status, remaining work to move from Beta to Full Release - Mr Laurent GARNIER (LAL-IN2P3-CNRS)   ()
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17:00 gMocren and other new Volume Visualization Developments - Joseph Perl (Unknown)   ()
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17:20 How and why we updated the Vis usage in almost all of the Examples - John Allison (University of Manchester)   ()
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17:50 Discussion   ()
18:00 --- Reception drink ---
12:50 --- Lunch break ---
14:10
Parallel 2-A : New EM validation results - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 Validation of electron, proton and alpha ranges - Dr C. Zacharatou   ()
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14:30 Electron Energy Backscatter: Systematic comparison of Geant4 9.3 simulation against experimental data - Dr A. Lechner Dr A. Schaelicke   ()
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14:50 Multiple scattering model validation at low energy in water for Dose point kernels and pencil beam kernels (comparisons with EGSnrc and MCNP4C) - Mr Y. Perrot   ()
15:10 Validations of the standard EM physics for Radiotherapy applications (comparisons with measurements and EGSnrc) - Mr Y. Perrot   ()
15:30 Fano cavity results - M. Maire   ()
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14:10
Parallel 2-B : Migration to svn and to cmake - Gunter Folger (CERN) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 Migration from cvs to svn - Przemyslaw Adam Paprocki (Warsaw University of Technology)   ()
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14:45 Working with Geant4 svn repository - tutorial - Przemyslaw Adam Paprocki (Warsaw University of Technology)   ()
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15:00 Migration to cmake - Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)   ()
15:50 --- Break ---
16:20
Parallel 3-A : Cross section re-design (Hadron-1) - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR)) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Current Status of Hadron-hadron Cross Section Theory   ()
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16:50 Hadron-Nucleus and Nucleus-Nucleus Cross Sections   ()
17:25 Technical Details of Implementation and Unification of Geant4 Hadronic Cross Sections   ()
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16:20
Parallel 3-B : Technical aspects of proposed multi-threading approach -Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 G4 MT prototype - how could code be integrated? - Xin Dong (Northeastern University)   ()
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17:00 Other Parallelism Options   ()
17:15 Discussion   ()
19:00
Steering Board working dinner - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 21:00) ()
12:50 --- Lunch break ---
14:10
Parallel 4-A : Review of existing biasing options -Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 Introduction - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)   ()
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14:20 Review of biasing options in other packages - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)   ()
14:30 Biasing options in the hadronics : Leading Particle, (Total) Cross Section, Radioactive Decay - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)   ()
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14:40 Reverse MC - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)   ()
14:50 Biasing option in GPS - Fan Lei (Unknown)   ()
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15:00 Geometrical biasing + Weight window technique - Alexander Howard (Unknown)   ()
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15:10 Scoring & biasing + Wrapper process - Makoto Asai (SLAC)   ()
15:20 Implemented confidence level estimators - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)   ()
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15:30 Discussion   ()
14:10
Parallel 4-B : Qt at other Vis work remaining for December release - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 15:50) ()
15:50 --- Break ---
16:20
Parallel 5-A : Validation suite (Hadron-2) -Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Validation Status Report - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)   ()
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16:35 Latest Validation Results at Intermediate Energies - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab)   ()
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16:50 Discussion of Hadronic Validation - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab)   ()
Minutes
17:10 Status Report on the Validation Framework - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab)   ()
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17:25 Summary of the EM Validation - Dr Andreas Schaelicke (DESY, Zeuthen)   ()
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17:40 Joint Validation Discussion with EM Group - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab)   ()
Minutes
16:20
Parallel 5-B : Geant4 Computing Performance - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Introduction - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))   ()
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16:30 The FAST profiler and its application to G4 - Marc Paterno (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))   ()
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16:50 Perfmon (HP) and PTU (Intel) use on simple G4 applications - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)   ()
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17:10 CMS Performance Survey Efforts - Dr Peter Elmer (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)   ()
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17:20 Discussion on strategy/plan for 2011 - all   ()
18:30
Banquet (until 22:00) (Tf building, ground floor)
12:50 --- Lunch break ---
14:10
Parallel 6-A : Transition region/shower shape (Hadron-3) - Andrea Dotti (CERN) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 Transition Region: Recent Results and Progress - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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14:25 Extending FTF to Lower Energies - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR))   ()
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14:40 Extending Bertini to Higher Energies - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown)   ()
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14:55 Shower Moments: A Compact Representation of Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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15:05 Selected Results from LHC and CALICE Calorimeters on Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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15:20 Discussion: Validating a Transition Region and Model Aspects Affecting Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
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14:10
Parallel 6-B : Development planning and review of open issues (1) (Geometry) -Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) (until 15:50) ()
14:10 A Geant4 Magnetic Field Manager - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)   ()
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14:30 Voxelised geometries intersected with a volume - Mr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)   ()
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14:50 Layered mass geometries - Dr Shrin Enger (University Laval, Quebec)   ()
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15:00 A new shape: G4TorusStack - Peter Gumplinger (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich/ETH (ETH))   ()
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15:20 Discussion on open issues and future developments   ()
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15:50 --- Break ---
16:20
Parallel 7-A : New models and requirements (Hadron-4) -Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) (until 18:20) ()
16:20 The SAID Database, Cross Sections and Geant4 Models - Dr Frederick Jones (TRIUMF)   ()
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16:35 Future Development of INCL/ABLA - Dr Pekka Kaitaniemi (Saclay/Helsinki)   ()
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16:50 QMD and Low Energy Neutron Development - Dr Tatsumi Koi   ()
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16:55 Pi->n,gamma experiments? - Alexander Howard (Unknown)   ()
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17:00 Discussion: Medium Term Model Development   ()
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17:18 De-excitation following radioactive decay - Dr Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNGS)   ()
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17:21 Radio Active Decay - Michel Maire (LAPP)   ()
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17:23 Discussion: Hadronic Physics Not Covered by Current Models   ()
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17:41 Discussion: Integration of Precompound/De-excitation with Other Models   ()
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17:45 G4Fragment & G4VPreCompoundModel - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)   ()
17:50 G4ExcitationHandler - Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)   ()
17:55 Using PreCompound with Bertini - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown)   ()
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16:20
Parallel 7-B : Development planning and review of open issues (2) (Geometry) - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 17:10) ()
17:10
Improving examples - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 18:00) (Tf building, ground floor)
14:00
Steering Board meeting - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 15:40) ()
16:00
Oversight Board + Steering Board joint meeting -Dr Amber Boehnlein (FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY) Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 18:00) ()
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