Academia-Industry Matching Event <br> Special Workshop on Neutron Detection with MPGDs</br>

14 Oct 2013, 10:00 → 15 Oct 2013, 19:05 Europe/Zurich

The Globe (CERN)

Agenda of the workshop

Monday, 14 October

10:00 → 12:00 Welcome and Exhibitor Setup

12:00 → 13:30 Welcome Lunch

13:30 → 13:40 Welcome Address

Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maksym Titov (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

13:40 → 15:00 Opening Session

13:40 State of the art and current trends in Neutron Detection

Main focus on Neutron Detection with Gaseous Detectors

Speaker: Bruno Guerard (ILL)

Slides

• guerard_CERN_worksop.pdf
• guerard_CERN_worksop.ppt
• guerard_CERN_worksop.ppt

14:20 State of the Art of MPGDs Detection Techniques

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides dallatorre_RD51_n-workshop_14-15102013.pdf dallatorre_RD51_n-workshop_14-15102013.pptx

15:00 → 16:00 Topical Session

15:00 Industrial Production of MPGDs

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides MPGD-neutron.pdf MPGD-neutron.pptx

15:30 A gas scintillation proportional counter for thermal neutron scattering measurements

Speaker: davide raspino (STFC)

Slides Davide_Neutron_MPGD_WorkshopCERN.pdf Davide_Neutron_MPGD_WorkshopCERN.pptx

15:45 ANTS – a simulation and experimental data processing package for Anger camera-type detectors

Speaker: Andrey Morozov (LIP-Coimbra)

Slides Morozov-ANTS.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 18:30 Topical Session

16:30 Design of Novel Coatings for Neutron Detection

Speaker: Carina Höglund (E)

Slides 2013-10-14_Carina.pdf 2013-10-14_Carina.pptx

16:45 He-free side-on GEM detector for thermal neutron counting

Speaker: Dr Gerardo Claps (INFN - LNF)

Slides He-free_side-on_GEM_detector.pdf He-free_side-on_GEM_detector.ppt

17:00 Development of GEM-based neutron beam monitors

Speaker: Dr Gabriele Croci (IFP-CNR & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

Slides G.Croci_-_MPGDNeutrons_V4.pdf G.Croci_-_MPGDNeutrons_V4.pptx

17:15 Upgrade of the POLDI diffractometer with a ZnS(Ag)/6LiF scintillation detector read out with WLS fibers coupled to SiPMs

Speakers: Dr Jean-Baptiste Mosset (PSI), Dr Malte Hildebrandt (PSI)

Slides Mosset_Workshop_on_Neutron_Detection_with_MPGDs.pdf

17:30 Study of Resistive Micromegas in a Neutron Radiation Field

Speaker: Stefanos Leontsinis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Slides sleontsi_14_10_13.pdf

17:45 The Industrial perspective on current trends in Neutron Detection

Speaker: Robert McKeag (Centronic)

Slides 2013-10-14_RD51_-Centronic-McKeag_(v2).pdf Centronic_abstract_-_Current_trends_in_neutron_detection.pdf

18:00 Development of Plasma Panel Based Neutron Micropattern Detectors

Speaker: Yan Benhammou et.al (Isensors (Israel))

Slides TAU_13.10.14_CERN-Neutron-Talk_RD51_v2.1.pdf TAU_13.10.14_CERN-Neutron-Talk_RD51_v2.1.pptx

18:15 Development of a glass GEM and a micro structure coated by B-10

Speakers: Hiroyuki Takahashi (Univ. Tokyo), Takeshi Fujiwara (The University of Tokyo), Yuki Mitsuya (The University of Tokyo)

19:00 → 21:00 Finger Dinner

Tuesday, 15 October

09:00 → 10:30 Application Session

09:00 Detectors for the European Spallation Source

Speaker: Richard Hall-Wilton (ESS - European Spallation Source (SE))

Slides 131015_HEPTECH_RD51_ESS_RJHW.pdf

09:30 In-beam test of a 10B MultiGrid detector on the IN6 ToF spectrometer at ILL

Speaker: Mathieu Ferraton (ILL)

Slides Présentation_CERN_13_10_15.pdf Présentation_CERN_13_10_15.pptx

09:45 Presentation on NTOF - TBC

Speaker: Dr Carlos Guerrero (Universidad de Sevilla/CERN)

Slides CGuerrero_RD51_October2013.pdf CGuerrero_RD51_October2013.pptx

10:00 Micromegas detectors for neutron time-of-flight measurements

Speakers: Eric Berthoumieux (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Francesca Belloni (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Thomas Papaevangelou (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Slides RD51-EB.pdf

10:15 Development of large-area THGEM Imaging Detectors

Speakers: Horst-Michael Prasser (ETHz), Marco Cortesi (Weizmann Institute of Science), Robert Adams (ETHz), Robert Zboray (Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI))

Slides Adams_MPGD2013.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Application Session

11:00 High resolution Multi-Blade detector for neutron reflectometry

Large Area Neutron Detectors based on thin film converters (CRISP FP7 Project)

Speaker: Francesco Piscitelli (I)

Slides RD51_Piscitelli.pdf

11:15 An overview of Italian neutron beam test facilities

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

11:30 Relevance of He3 detectors for the industry

Speaker: Markus Berheide (Schlumberger)

Slides Nuclear_Well_Logging_-_He-3_Replacement_-_CERN_Workshop_20131015.pdf

11:45 Tests of a Micromegas TPC detector for imaging by fast neutrons

Speaker: Dr Paul Colas (CEA Saclay)

Slides TPCneutrons.pdf TPCneutrons.pptx

12:00 CHIPIR: a chip irradiation beamline at the ISIS spallation neutron source

Speaker: Prof. Gorini Giuseppe (University of Milano Bicocca & INFN)

Slides CHIPIR-CERN151013.pdf CHIPIR-CERN151013.pptx

12:15 Electronics for neutron detection: latest developments, collaborations and R&D activities

Speaker: Alessandro Iovene (CAEN)

12:30 The synthesis of GEMs and solid state converters

Speaker: Mr Markus Köhli (CASCADE)

Slides Cascade.pdf

12:45 Advanced Pixel-Cell Detector Offers a Good Performance Solution at an Economical Cost for Next Generation of Pulse Neutron Sources

Speaker: Mr Daniel Kopp (Ordela)

Slides ORDELA_Pixel-Cell_Neutron_Detector_Development_2013.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Finger Lunch

14:00 → 14:30 Round Table Discussion

Conveners: Bruno Guerard (ILL), Fabrizio Murtas (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT)), Richard Hall-Wilton (ESS - European Spallation Source (SE))