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08:00
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--- Registration ---
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09:00
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Plenary Session 1
(until 11:00)
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09:00
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Welcome to the 12th GEANT4 Workshop at Hebden Bridge
-
John Allison
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09:10
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Issues for the Workshop
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
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09:30
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New developments in Geant4 hadronic physics
-
Dennis Herbert Wright
(Stanford University)
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09:45
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Event biasing in Geant4
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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10:00
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Geant4 in medical physics
-
Joseph Perl
(Unknown)
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10:30
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Geant4 validation with test beam data from LHC calorimetry
-
Pavol Strizenec
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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Plenary Session 2 - Users Session
(until 13:00)
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11:30
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CALICE report
- Dr
Nigel K. Watson
(Univercity of Birmingham)
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12:00
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GEANT4 and the Underground Physics Community
-
Luciano Pandola
(Unknown)
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12:30
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User Presentation - Space Physics
- Dr
Giovanni Santin
(ESA)
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09:00
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Geometry Challenges
(until 09:45)
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09:00
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Faster Navigation for Regular Voxel Geometries
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Pedro ARCE
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09:25
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Trade-offs and speed-ups - discussion
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Panel
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09:45
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Tools using GEANT4
(until 10:30)
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09:45
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Space : Common challenges, issues arising from integration G4
-
Fan Lei
(Unknown)
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10:05
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Discussion on commonalities & needs of engineering-type applications based on Geant4
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Panel
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10:30
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Enabling experienced users to aid other users
(until 11:00)
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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CPU Performance
(until 13:00)
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11:30
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New Benchmarks for HEP Geant4 CPU performance
-
Tatiana Nikitina
(CERN)
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11:45
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Atlas experience with Geant4 performance
-
Andrea Di Simone
(European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))
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12:05
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Performance and Numerical Stability
- Dr
Daniel Elvira
(FNAL)
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12:25
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Recommendations for improving application performance
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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12:40
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Discussion on CPU Performance
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09:00
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Saturday Plenary 1 - News from Geant4
(until 11:00)
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09:00
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Electromagnetic physics
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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09:30
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Hadronic Physics
-
Dennis Herbert Wright
(Stanford University)
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10:10
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Physics Lists : Use Cases and guidelines
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
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10:45
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Error Propagation in Geant4 9.0
- Mr
Pedro Arce
(CIEMAT)
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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Technical Forum (Plenary)
(until 13:00)
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11:30
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Technical Forum
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09:15
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Excursion am
(until 13:00)
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09:15
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Bus leaves Moyles at 09:15
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09:45
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Arrive Oxenhope
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10:15
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Take train
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10:30
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Journey on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
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11:00
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Visit railway museums
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12:00
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Ride with Thomas the Tank Engine
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09:00
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Geant4 Collaboration Meeting - Plenary 1 Monday
(until 11:00)
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09:00
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Key issues from Review 2007
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
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09:45
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Discussion of issues
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10:30
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Geant4 Workshop/Collaboration Meeting Goals
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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Hadronic Physics: Validation and Development
(until 13:00)
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11:30
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Report from the Precompound Workshop
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
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11:45
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Implementation of CHIPS in Geant4
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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12:15
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Neutron Benchmarks, including TARC
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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12:35
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Collaboration-wide Hadronics Discussion (Validation, Shower Shapes, Physics Lists, etc.)
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09:00
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EM Physics
(until 10:00)
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09:00
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Status of EM Standard
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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09:20
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Fluctuations of energy loss
-
Laszlo Urban
(Unknown)
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09:30
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Multiple Scattering
-
Laszlo Urban
(Unknown)
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09:45
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Fano Cavity
-
Michel Maire
(LAPP)
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10:00
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Kernel
(until 11:00)
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10:00
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Extension of Geant4 particles: hyper-nuclei / anti-nuclei
-
Hisaya Kurashige
(Kobe University)
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10:20
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Geometry and Field: new features and developments
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Tatiana Nikitina
(Universite de Franche-Comte)
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10:40
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Status of development for Biasing and Scoring
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Makoto Asai
(SLAC) Dr
Jane Tinslay
(SLAC)
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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Visualisation and Interfaces
(until 12:15)
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11:30
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Overall Vis Status Summary
-
Joseph Perl
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11:40
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Qt
-
Joseph Perl
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11:45
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Smooth Trajectories, Event Keeping, Picking in OGLX
-
John Allison
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12:00
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Improvements in Intercoms, Interfaces, Geant4Py examples, and Web Application
-
Koichi Murakami
(High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))
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09:00
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Geometrical Safety and EM physics processes
(until 10:00)
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09:00
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How to use the Geometrical Safety
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
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09:20
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How Geometrical Safety is used by EM processes
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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09:40
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What happens in reality
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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09:00
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System Integration Testing: status, tools and migration
(until 10:00)
(Second Room)
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10:00
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CPU Benchmarks
(until 11:00)
(Second Room)
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10:00
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Status of Benchmarks in System Testing
-
Ian McLaren
(CERN)
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10:15
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Benchmarks for Propagation in Field
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Tatiana Nikitina
(Universite de Franche-Comte)
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10:30
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System Benchmarks
- Dr
Alberto Ribon
(CERN)
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10:45
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Policy for Benchmarks - Discussion
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10:00
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Electromagnetic topics
(until 11:00)
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10:00
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Single Coulomb scattering process
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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10:20
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Diffuse elastic scattering model for charged particles
-
Vladimir Grichine
(P.N. Lebedev Institute of Physics (FIAN))
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10:40
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CHIPS approximation of proton-nuclear Coulomb scattering
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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11:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:30
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Reports from Parallel Sessions - 1
(until 13:00)
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11:30
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Summary from EM parallel Sessions
- Dr
Andreas Schaelicke
(DESY Zeuthen)
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11:40
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Summary from Interfaces session
- Prof.
Hajime YOSHIDA
(NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION)
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11:45
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Summary of GATE/Medical parallel sessions
-
Joseph Perl
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11:55
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Summary from Configuration session
-
Ben MORGAN
(University of Warwick, UK)
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12:00
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Summary from Hadronic Physics Sessions
-
Dennis Herbert Wright
(Stanford University) Dr
Dennis Wright
(SLAC)
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12:10
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Summary from 2nd Hadronic Physics Session
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
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12:15
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Summary from Aero/Space Applications
-
Fan Lei
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12:20
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Summary from Hadronic Physics Session on Cross Sections and Long Standing Issues
- Mr
Aatos Heikkinen
(Helsinki Institute of Physics)
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12:25
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Summary from System Testing parallel session
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Parallel Session 1 (a) - Low Background Experiments
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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Muon-Induced Neutrons Measured with ZEPLIN-II Veto
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Alexandre LINDOTE
(LIP-Coimbra, Portugal)
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14:20
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EDELWEISS-II Muon-Veto Simulations with GEANT4
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Markus HORN
(Institut fรผr Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany)
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14:40
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Muon Propagation in Rock with GEANT4, FLUKA and MUSIC
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Francisco IGUAZ
(Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
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15:00
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Muon-Induced Neutron Simulations with GEANT4
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Stephan SCHOLL
(University of Tuebingen, Germany)
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14:00
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Parallel Session 2 (a) - Medical / Gate Applications
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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Validation of dose deposited for 125l brachytherapy sources (low-energy photons)
-
Lydia Maigne
(LPC, Clermont Ferrand, France)
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14:20
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Deployment of GATE/G4 simulations on a grid architecture
-
Lydia Maigne
(LPC, Clermont Ferrand, France)
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14:40
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Simulating CT imaging with GATE
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Franca Cassol Brunner
(CPPM Marseille, France)
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15:00
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Overview of VRTs in GATE and Geant4
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15:20
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Discussion
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Parallel Session 1 (b) - Low Background Experiments
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Low-Energy Neutron Propagation in GEANT4 and MCNPX
-
Matthew ROBINSON
(University of Sheffield, UK)
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16:20
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New Geant4 Models for Muon Nuclear Interactions
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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16:40
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MaGe: a MC Framework for Gerda and Majorana Experiments
-
Luciano PANDOLA
(INFN, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy)
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17:00
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Simulation of the COBRA Double-Beta Decay Experiment
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Ben MORGAN
(University of Warwick, UK)
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17:20
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Discussion & Summary
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16:00
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Parallel Session 2 (b) - Medical / Gate Applications
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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The Italian activity of the LNS-INFN Group
-
Pablo Cirrone
(Unknown) Dr
Francesco Romano
(Laboratori Nazionali del Sud - INFN / Catania University)
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16:30
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Geant4 simulation of HIBMC facility using DICOM
-
Tomohiro Yamashita
(Kobe University, Japan)
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16:50
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GAMOS status and plans
- Mr
Pedro Arce
(Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
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17:10
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Recent developments in Geant4 related activities at CENBG
-
Sรฉbastien Incerti
(CENBG, IN2P3 - CNRS- Bordeaux 1 University)
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17:30
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Discussion & Summary (incl Geant4/GATE meeting summary (TBC))
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Parallel Session 1 - Low-Energy & Optical
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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New Model for Simulation of Light Reflection in GEANT4
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Claudio SILVA
(LIP-Coimbra, Portugal)
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14:20
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Simulation of Low-Energy Nuclear Recoils Using GEANT4
-
Ricardo PINHO
(LIP-Coimbra, Portugal)
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14:40
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BESIII Detector Simulation with Geant4
- Dr
Huaimin Liu
(IHEP, Beijing)
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15:00
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Discussion
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14:00
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Parallel Session 2- Aero/Space Applications
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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FASTRAD
-
Pierre Pourrouquet
(TRAD)
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14:30
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MARSREM
- Dr
Pete Truscott
(Qinetiq)
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Physics Validation and Shower Shapes
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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LHC Shower Update
- Dr
Alberto Ribon
(CERN)
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16:20
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New CHIPS Implementations of High Energy Diffraction and Coherent Charge Exchange
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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16:40
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New CMS Measurements of Transverse and Longitudinal Shower Shapes
-
Sunanda Banerjee
(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR))
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17:00
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Geant4 Hadronic Validation efforts at FNAL
-
Sunanda Banerjee
(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR))
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17:20
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Validation Tests
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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17:40
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Comparison of G4 Processes with p (40 MeV) + A Data
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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16:00
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Tutorials
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Introduction - kernel structure, user classes
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16:30
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Material description
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16:45
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Geometry - solid, logical volume, physical volume
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17:30
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Primary particle
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17:45
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EM field
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19:00
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--- Workshop Dinner ---
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Optional Excursion
(until 19:00)
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14:00
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Tutorial
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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Overview of Processes and Physics List
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14:15
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EM physics
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15:00
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Hadronic physics - 1
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Tutorial
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Hadronic physics - 2
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16:30
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Scoring, stacking
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17:00
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GUI / VIS overview
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17:20
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Examples and documents
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17:40
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Introduction to Geant4 applications
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19:00
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--- PUB ---
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13:00
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--- Lunch at the Old White Lion, Haworth ---
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14:00
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Excursion pm
(until 17:00)
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14:00
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Or Shop in Haworth for souvenirs
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14:00
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Or Travel back to Oxenhope by train
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14:00
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Or Walk back to Hebden Bridge over the moors
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14:00
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Visit Bronte Parsonage Museum
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16:00
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--- Bus Picks up at Haworth ---
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16:30
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--- Bus picks up at Oxenhope ---
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17:00
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--- Back in Hebden Bridge ---
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Hadronic 1 - Cross Sections and Long Standing Issues
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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CHIPS Cross Sections for Nuclear-Nuclear Interactions
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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14:20
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CMS Multiplicity Problem
- Dr
Dennis Wright
(SLAC)
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14:35
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Bertini Cascade Problems and Fixes
- Dr
Dennis Wright
(SLAC)
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14:50
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Implementation of Isotopic Cross Sections
- Dr
Dennis Wright
(SLAC)
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15:00
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LEP Problems
-
Fred Jones
(TRIUMF Tri-University Meson Facilit (TRIUMF))
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14:00
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Parallel Navigation - Working session
(until 15:30)
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Hadronic 2 - Precompound and Evaporation Models
-Dr
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
(until 17:30)
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16:00
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G4PreCompound Improvements
- Prof.
Jose Manuel Quesada
(University of Seville)
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16:20
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Simulation of Precompound/Evaporation in CHIPS Interfaces
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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16:40
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Precompound/De-excitation Interfaces
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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17:00
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Discussion and Planning
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16:00
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Interfaces : Working Session
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Geant4 Web Application - its design and use
- Prof.
Hajime YOSHIDA
(Naruto University of Education)
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16:20
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Python Interface, Geant4 Education and Geant4 on Web
- Dr
Koichi MURAKAMI
(KEK)
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16:40
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Documentation on the Web
- Prof.
Katsuya AMAKO
(KEK)
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17:30
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Hadronic WG meeting (for WG members)
(until 18:15)
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12:30
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Computing Performance - Discussion
(until 13:00)
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Biasing
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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Geometrical Biasing Progress report
-
Alexander Howard
(Unknown)
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14:20
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Progress report on Scoring
-
Makoto Asai
(SLAC)
Tsukasa ASO
(TNCMT)
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14:30
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New design of physics list for event biasing
- Dr
Jane Tinslay
(SLAC)
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15:00
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Discussion
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14:00
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Electromagnetic topics
(until 15:30)
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14:00
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EM Polarisation library - status, progress, plans
- Dr
Andreas Schaelicke
(DESY Zeuthen)
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14:30
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Comparison of Geant4 results to EGSnrc and measured data in large field electron dose distributions
-
Joseph Perl
(Unknown)
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14:50
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Carbon ion depth dose profile in HIBMC facility
-
Toshiyuki Toshito
(KEK)
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15:10
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Geant4 energy loss of proton, electron and magnetic monopole
- Mr
Mykhailo Vladymyrov
(Moscow Lebedev inst)
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Hadronic 3 - New Hadronic Models
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Liege Cascade/ABLA Progress Report
- Mr
Aatos Heikkinen
(Helsinki Institute of Physics)
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16:20
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CHIPS R&D for Hadronic Applications
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
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16:40
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Heavy Ion Progress Report
- Dr
Tatsumi Koi
(SLAC)
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17:00
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Diffuse Optical Model for Hadron-Nucleus Elastic Scattering
-
Vladimir Grichine
(P.N. Lebedev Institute of Physics (FIAN))
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17:20
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RPG Model
- Dr
Dennis Wright
(SLAC)
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17:30
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Discussion
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16:00
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Tracking to zero energy in an electric field
(until 17:00)
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17:00
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Configuration Management
(until 18:00)
(Second Room)
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17:00
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Binary Install and Configuration Tools
- Dr
Ben Morgan
(University of Warwick)
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17:20
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Discussion
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Reports from Parallel Sessions - 2
(until 14:30)
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14:00
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Summary from Biasing and Scoring parallel session
-
Makoto Asai
(SLAC)
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14:10
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Summary from CPU Benchmarks parallel session
- Dr
Gabriele Cosmo
(CERN)
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14:20
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Summary from New Hadronic Models parallel session
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
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14:25
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Summary from Geometrical Safety parallel session
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
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14:30
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The next Geant4 release(s)
(until 15:00)
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15:00
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Workshop Closeout
(until 15:30)
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15:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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16:00
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Steering Board meeting
(until 17:00)
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