4th International Workshop on Mechanisms of Vacuum Arcs (MeVArc 2013)

from Monday, 4 November 2013 (08:00) to Thursday, 7 November 2013 (22:00)
Hotel Les Aiglons

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Nov 2013
5 Nov 2013
6 Nov 2013
7 Nov 2013
AM
09:30
Pre-workshop - Introduction to rf acceleration (until 12:30) ()
09:30 Introduction to the concepts of rf acceleration - Walter Wuensch (CERN)   ()
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10:30 Coffee and discussion   ()
11:30 Fields and features of accelerating structures - Walter Wuensch (CERN)   ()
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09:00
Experimental 1 - rf systems - Matthew Hopkins (Sandia National Laboratories) (until 12:30) ()
09:00 High-gradient test results from CERN XBox-1 - Ben Woolley (Lancaster University (GB))   ()
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09:30 Studies of breakdowns at high-gradients in TBTS/CTF3 - Alexey Dubrovskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))   ()
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10:00 Laser triggered RF breakdown experiment - Jiaru Shi (Tsinghua University)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 Recent High Gradient Experiments at SLAC - Dr Valery Dolgashev (SLAC)   ()
11:30 Research and Achievements on X-band accelerator structures at LNF - Bruno Spataro (INFN - LNF)   ()
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12:00 Multi-Harmonic Cavities with Suppression of Surface Pulsed Heating and Field Emission - Jiang Yong (Yale University)   ()
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09:00
Experimental 2 - dc systems and high-voltage technology -Dr Yinon Ashkenazy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)) (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Latest results from CERN DC Spark System I - Nicholas Shipman (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
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09:30 Impact of dry ice cleaning on the enhanced field emission from flat Cu samples - Stefan Lagotzky (University of Wuppertal)   ()
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10:00 Impact of electro-chemical cleaning on the dielectric strength in sealed vacuum interrupters - Hans Schellekens (Schneider Electric)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Theory and Simulation 2 - Plasma -Dr Yinon Ashkenazy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)) (until 12:30) ()
11:00 Paschen Concepts in Non-Uniform Gas - Matthew Hopkins (Sandia National Laboratories)   ()
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11:30 Molecular Dynamics Simulations > of Ion Irradiation of a Surface under an Electric Field - Stefan Anton Parviainen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP))   ()
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12:00 Ignition of explosive electron emission pulses - ectons as initiation of vacuum discharge stages - the breakdown, the spark, and the arc - Mikhail Tsventoukh   ()
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09:00
Theory and Simulation 2 - Plasma - Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki) (until 12:30) ()
09:00 Modeling approaches to vacuum arc plasmas - Michael Keidar (George Washington University)   ()
09:30 Particle-in-cell simulation of vacuum arc ignition and development - Kyrre Ness Sjobaek (University of Oslo (NO))   ()
10:00 1D PIC/DSMC computer modeling of near-cathode plasma layers and expansion of cathode plasma flare of vacuum arc cathode spot - Dmitry Shmelev (Institute of Electrophysics RAS)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 PIC simulation of vacuum arc - Mrunal Parekh   ()
11:30 Computational Efficiency for Kinetic Simulation of Vacuum Arcs - Matthew Hopkins (Sandia National Laboratories)   ()
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PM
12:30 --- Lunch and discussion ---
14:30
Pre-workshop - Introduction to rf acceleration 2 (until 16:30) ()
14:30 Operation of rf structures at high-powers and gradients - Walter Wuensch (CERN)   ()
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15:30 Coffee and discussion   ()
19:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30
Lunch (until 14:30) ()
14:30
Theory and Simulation 1 - Materials and Surfaces - Sergio Calatroni (CERN) (until 18:00) ()
14:30 Linking intermittent plasticity and RF breakdown - Dr Yinon Ashkenazy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL))   ()
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15:00 Computer simulation of Cu surface behavior under high external electic field before and after plasma impact - Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki)   ()
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15:30 Electro-mechanical and thermal simulations of surface under electric field - Dr Vahur Zadin (University of Tartu)   ()
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16:00 --- Coffee ---
16:30 Manufacturing of void-filled cathodes for breakdown experiments - Anders Jaakko Korsback (University of Helsinki (FI))   ()
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16:50 MD simulations of Fe precipitates in Cu - Simon Vigonski   ()
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20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:30
Lunch (until 14:30) ()
14:30
Poster session (until 18:00) ()
14:30 Catastrophic Breakdown in Nonlinear Optical Crystals under Continuous-wave Laser Irradiation - Susumu Kato (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)   ()
14:30 Determination of dislocations density in Cu-OFE for CLIC project by using EBSD - Ana Teresa Perez Fontenla (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia UNED)   ()
Poster
14:30 Dielectric testing of vacuum circuit breakers for high-voltage applications above distribution voltage level - Benjamin Baum (TU Darmstadt)   ()
Poster
14:30 Instrumentation developments in DC spark setups at CLIC - Anders Jaakko Korsback (University of Helsinki (FI)) Tomoko Muranaka (CERN) Nicholas Shipman (University of Manchester (GB)) Iaroslava Profatilova (Nat. Acad. Sci., Inst. Appl. Phys. (UA))   ()
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14:30 MD simulations of Fe precipitates in Cu - Simon Vigonski (University of Tartu)   ()
Poster
14:30 Simulation of Breakdown in Cu-Cr Metal Vapor   ()
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14:30 Spectroscopic analysis of DC breakdowns - Iaroslava Profatilova (Nat. Acad. Sci., Inst. Appl. Phys. (UA))   ()
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14:30 Surface flashover of high purity alumina during a pulsed electric field - Dr Mike Barnes (CERN) Hugo Alistair Day (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
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14:30 The Object Kinetic Monte Carlo method - Ville Jansson (University of Helsiniki) Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki)   ()
Poster
14:30 Voltage holding prediction in multi electrode – multi voltage systems insulated in vacuum - Nicola Pilan (Consorzio RFX)   ()
Poster
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16:00 --- Coffee ---
19:30 --- Banquet ---
12:30
Lunch (until 13:30) ()
13:30
Free time for exploring Chamonix or discussion (until 17:00) ()
18:00
Bus to CERN (until 19:30) ()