3rd International Workshop on Mechanisms of Vacuum Arcs (MeVArc 2012)

from Monday, 1 October 2012 (08:00) to Thursday, 4 October 2012 (15:00)
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
1 Oct 2012
2 Oct 2012
3 Oct 2012
4 Oct 2012
AM
08:00 Registration   ()
10:00 Welcome reception   ()
00:45 Welcome   ()
01:00 Perspective on the state-of-the-art for vacuum arcs and cathode processes - Andre Anders (LBNL)   ()
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02:30 A post-LHC next generation collider, CLIC, and the impact of breakdown on performance - Walter Wuensch (CERN)   ()
03:00 Multipactor phenomenon in dielectric-loaded accelerating structures: review of theory and code development - Oleksandr Sinitsyn (IREAP, University of Maryland)   ()
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05:30 Electromigration: A potential precursor to explain rf breakdown in accelerating structures. - Claire Antoine (CEA)   ()
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06:00 Arcing on solar array surface in space and laboratory. - Boris Vayner (Ohio Areospace Insitute)   ()
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07:00 Posters   ()
01:00 The path to full geometry 3D vacuum arc simulation - Jeremy Boerner (SNL)   ()
01:45 Sensitivity of vacuum arc simulations and challenges to reproducibility. - Paul Crozier (SNL)   ()
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02:30 Multipactor saturation in rectangular waveguides - Peter Stoltz (Tech-X corp.)   ()
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03:00 ArcPIC 2D: Simulating arc ignition - Kyrre Ness Sjoebaek (University of Oslo (NO)) Lotta Maria Mether (U)   ()
03:30 The influence of field emission on breakdown and Townsend discharges in microscale gaps. - Paul Rumbach (University of Notre Dame)   ()
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05:30 Revisiting Paschen: Breakdown voltage calculations using PIC-DSMC - Chris Moore (SNL)   ()
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06:00 Atomistic approach to the initiation of vacuum arcs near metal surfaces. Update from ISDEIV. - Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki)   ()
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07:15 Atomistic simulations of field evaporation in atom probe tomography. - Stefan Parviainen (University of Helsinki)   ()
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07:45 Thermal and electrical modeling of micro meter sized protrusions in high gradient accelerating structures. - Keser Aydin (University of Maryland)   ()
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08:15 Overview of the Z machine: From fusion to planetary science - Thomas Mattsson (SNL)   ()
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10:30 Workshop Dinner   ()
09:00 Recent high gradient experiments at SLAC. - Dr Valery Dolgashev (SLAC)   ()
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09:30 Interrogating vacuum arc physics with advanced diagnostic methods. - Ed Barnat (SNL)   ()
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10:30 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in situ field emission measurement in Uppsala Univ. - Tomoko Muranaka (CERN)   ()
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11:00 Search for field emission enhanced location on the electrode. - Yasuo Higashi (KEK)   ()
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11:30 Surface roughness and field emission measurements on diamond turned Cu samples. - Lagotzky Stefan (Berg. Universität Wuppertal)   ()
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PM
13:30 Advanced interpretation of wormlike features in CLIC accelerating cavities. - Markus Aicheler (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum)   ()
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14:00 Update of the current experimental work on breakdowns in the CLIC DC spark systems. - Nicholas Shipman (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
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14:30 Wrap-up   ()