Compact muon sources

from Monday 12 January 2015 (13:20) to Tuesday 13 January 2015 (16:10)
University of Huddersfield (Buckley Lecture Theatre)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
12 Jan 2015
13 Jan 2015
AM
09:00
Session 3: Condensed matter μSR / New Techniques (until 10:50)
09:00 Muons for condensed matter research - Tom Lancaster  
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09:25 Muon spectroscopy of photo-excited states - Alan Drew  
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09:50 Low energy muons at PSI - Thomas Prokscha  
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10:15 Low energy muons using laser ionisation - Katsuhiko Ishida (R)  
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10:40 Discussion  
10:50 --- Coffee ---
11:10
Session 4: Update and outlook from the Facilities (until 12:30)
11:10 PSI - Elvezio Morenzoni  
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11:25 ISIS - Adrian Hillier  
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11:40 RIKEN - Philip King  
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11:55 J-PARC - Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)  
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12:10 Discussion  
PM
13:20 Introduction - Steve Cottrell  
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13:30 Future muon sources: Meeting overview - Robert Cywinski (U)  
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13:55
Session 1: Muon production and accelerator technologies (until 15:45)
13:55 Simulations of muon production targets - Dr Adriana Bungau (The University of Manchester)  
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14:20 HiMB: Towards a new high intensity muon beam - Peter-Raymond Kettle (Paul Scherrer Institut PSI)  
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14:45 Muon beamlines and Target Technologies at J-PARC - Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)  
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15:10 Future application of FFAG’s for muon production - Yoshi Mori  
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15:35 Discussion  
15:45 --- Coffee ---
16:05
Session 2: Specialised beams (until 18:10)
16:05 Comparison between laser and conventional muon sources - Stephanie Ford  
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16:30 MuCool: Towards a much improved phase space slow positive muon beam - Andreas Knecht (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
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16:55 An overview of the Muon International Cooling Experiment (MICE) - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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17:20 Muon collider technology - Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College London)  
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17:45 Muon production using a high power cyclotron - Luciano Calabretta  
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19:00 --- Reception and dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Session 5: Novel applications of muons (until 15:20)
13:30 Muon tomography - monitoring CO2 goestorage sites 24/7 - Lee Thompson (University of Sheffield) Jon Gluyas  
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13:55 Probing muon error effects using facility beams - Adrian Hillier  
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14:20 Researching and commercialising muon tomography for security screening - Michael Sossong  
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14:45 Progress towards muon catalysed fusion - Katsuhiko Ishida (R)  
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15:10 Discussion  
15:20 --- Coffee ---
15:40 Summary and discussion - Rob Edgecock (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))  
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