Compact muon sources

Jan 12, 2015, 1:20 PM → Jan 13, 2015, 4:10 PM Europe/Zurich

Buckley Lecture Theatre (University of Huddersfield)

Workshop on future compact muon sources, jointly organised with the NMI3 project.

Mon, January 12

1:20 PM → 1:30 PM Introduction

Speaker: Steve Cottrell

Slides 02-Cottrell.pptx

1:30 PM → 1:55 PM Future muon sources: Meeting overview

Speaker: Robert Cywinski (U)

Slides Future_Muon_Sources_2015.pptx

1:55 PM → 3:45 PM Session 1: Muon production and accelerator technologies

1:55 PM Simulations of muon production targets

Speaker: Dr Adriana Bungau (The University of Manchester)

Slides Muon_Workshop_2015.pdf

2:20 PM HiMB: Towards a new high intensity muon beam

Speaker: Peter-Raymond Kettle (Paul Scherrer Institut PSI)

Slides FMSW2015-Kettle.pdf FMSW2015-Kettle.pptx

2:45 PM Muon beamlines and Target Technologies at J-PARC

Speaker: Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)

Slides FutureMuonSources_20150112.pptx

3:10 PM Future application of FFAG’s for muon production

Speaker: Yoshi Mori

Slides talk_FFAG14_mod.pdf

3:35 PM Discussion

3:45 PM → 4:05 PM Coffee

4:05 PM → 6:10 PM Session 2: Specialised beams

4:05 PM Comparison between laser and conventional muon sources

Speaker: Stephanie Ford

Slides lasers-accelerators_(1).pdf

4:30 PM MuCool: Towards a much improved phase space slow positive muon beam

Speaker: Andreas Knecht (Paul Scherrer Institut)

Slides Andreas_Knecht_-_muCool.pdf

4:55 PM An overview of the Muon International Cooling Experiment (MICE)

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides MICE_Overview.pptx

5:20 PM Muon collider technology

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College London)

Slides 2015-01-12-Huddersfield-Long.pptx

5:45 PM Muon production using a high power cyclotron

Speaker: Luciano Calabretta

Slides Cyclotrons_for_Muon_Factories.ppt

7:00 PM → 9:30 PM Reception and dinner

Tue, January 13

9:00 AM → 10:50 AM Session 3: Condensed matter μSR / New Techniques

9:00 AM Muons for condensed matter research

Speaker: Tom Lancaster

Slides lancaster_huddersfield.pptx

9:25 AM Muon spectroscopy of photo-excited states

Speaker: Alan Drew

Slides MuonSourcesTalk_Drew.pdf

9:50 AM Low energy muons at PSI

Speaker: Thomas Prokscha

Slides LowEnergyMuonsAtPSI.pdf

10:15 AM Low energy muons using laser ionisation

Speaker: Katsuhiko Ishida (R)

Slides Ishida-slow-muon-Huddesfield_20150113.pdf

10:40 AM Discussion

10:50 AM → 11:10 AM Coffee

11:10 AM → 12:30 PM Session 4: Update and outlook from the Facilities

11:10 AM PSI

Speaker: Elvezio Morenzoni

Slides Huddersfield-Morenzoni-FacilityPresentation-2015-nn.pptx

11:25 AM ISIS

Speaker: Adrian Hillier

Slides ISIS_Update.pptx

11:40 AM RIKEN

Speaker: Philip King

Slides FutureMuonSources_PhilipKing.pptx

11:55 AM J-PARC

Speaker: Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)

Slides FutureMuonSources_kawamura.pptx

12:10 PM Discussion

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:20 PM Session 5: Novel applications of muons

1:30 PM Muon tomography - monitoring CO2 goestorage sites 24/7

Speakers: Jon Gluyas, Lee Thompson (University of Sheffield)

Slides FutureMuonSourcesJan2015jg.pptx

1:55 PM Probing muon error effects using facility beams

Speaker: Adrian Hillier

Slides Chips_huddersfield2.pdf

2:20 PM Researching and commercialising muon tomography for security screening

Speaker: Michael Sossong

Slides DSIC_Sossong_Muon_Sources_Workshop_Reduced.pptx

2:45 PM Progress towards muon catalysed fusion

Speaker: Katsuhiko Ishida (R)

Slides Ishida-muCF-Huddersfield_20150113.pdf

3:10 PM Discussion

3:20 PM → 3:40 PM Coffee

3:40 PM → 4:10 PM Summary and discussion

Speaker: Rob Edgecock (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

Slides muon-workshop.pptx