Low-energy Neutron Mini-Workshop

Name: Low-energy Neutron Mini-Workshop
Start: 2011-03-21T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2011-03-23T15:45:00+01:00
Location: CIEMAT

21 Mar 2011, 09:00 → 23 Mar 2011, 15:45 Europe/Zurich

CIEMAT

Description

Practical issues

To join the meeting remotely we are using the CERN audioconference system.

You can join either by

calling +41227676000 and giving the access codes 0191658 (Participant) when asked,
by using the web (preferred) via the URL https://audioconf.cern.ch/call/0191658

Note: The leader URL is https://audioconf.cern.ch/call/0181685

Audioconference details:

Start Date: 3/21/2011 10:00 AM, Europe/Zurich

End Date: 3/23/2011 10:00 AM, Europe/Zurich

Duration: 9:00

Recurrence: Every day from 3/21/2011 to 3/23/2011

Monday 21 March
- Welcome and practical issues
  
  Conveners: Daniel Cano Ott (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT)), Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)
  - 1
    
    Practical issues
    
    Speaker: Daniel Cano Ott (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
- Evaluated nuclear (neutron) data
  
  Convener: Daniel Cano Ott (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
  - 2
    
    What are evaluated nuclear (neutron) data?
    
    Speaker: Daniel Cano Ott (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    How are the nuclear data formatted? A brief description of ENDF format
    
    Slides
- Nuclear Data needs (I): particle and nuclear physics
  
  Convener: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
  - 4
    
    Needs from High Energy Collider experiments
    
    Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 5
    
    Needs from Nuclear physics experiments
- 12:00
  
  Coffee break
- Nuclear Data needs (II)
  
  Underground Physics - Medical Physics
  
  Conveners: Daniel Cano Ott (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT)), Mr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)
  - 6
    
    Some issues from medical applications
    
    Speakers: Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno), Pedro Arce (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
  - 7
    
    Needs of underground HEP experiments
    
    Speaker: Dr Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNGS)
  - 8
    
    Discussion
- 13:20
  
  Lunch break
- Recent developments made for GEANT4 G4NeutronHP and Validation process of the standard G4NDL libraries distributed with GEANT4: methodology used
  
  Convener: Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)
  
  slides
- Evaluated neutron data libraries for GEANT4
  
  Convener: E. Mendoza
  
  slides
- Validation of the new neutron data libraries (I)
  
  Convener: E. Mendoza
  
  slides
- Summary of the day
  
  Convener: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
- 21:00
  
  Joint dinner
Tuesday 22 March
- The low energy neutron project of LLNL/SLAC
  
  Convener: Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)
  
  slides
- Necessary improvements of G4NeutronHP for the new libraries. Resolved and open questions.
  
  Convener: E. Mendoza
- 11:00
  
  Coffee break
- Low energy model improvements
  
  Convener: Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)
  
  slides
- Identification of problems/bugs/updated and planning of the future actions
  
  Convener: All
  
  slides
- Summary of necessary improvements
  
  Convener: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
- 12:55
  
  Lunch break
- Event generators and evaluated Protons
  - 9
    
    Event generators for specific processes
    
    Speaker: Mr Alexandro Algedo
    
    Slides
  - 10
    
    The G4ProtonHP project
    
    Speaker: Pedro Arce (Cent.de Investigac.Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT))
  - 11
    
    Current status of the G4ProtonHP
    
    Speaker: Mr Emilio Mendoza Cembranos
    
    Slides
- 15:40
  
  Coffee break
- Review of the day topics: code improvements and future projects
  
  Convener: All
Wednesday 23 March
- Informal discussions
- The GEANT4 Spain initiative
  
  Convener: Mr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)
- Definition of the possible validation scenarios
  - In house validation
  - Creation of a group of advanced users
  - Participation to Internation benchmarks
  Convener: All
- Planning of the future actions and distribution of tasks:
  - Code development and integration
  - Code maintenance
  - Neutron library maintenance
  - User support (beginners/advanced)
  - Code/data validation
  - Integration in GEANT4
  - Dissemination
  Convener: All
- Planning of the future actions and distribution of tasks (II)
  
  Convener: All
- Summary of the meeting and definition of guidelines
  
  Conveners: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN), Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC)
- 14:00
  
  Lunch and end of the meeting