Compact muon sources

from Monday, January 12, 2015 (1:20 PM) to Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (4:10 PM)
University of Huddersfield (Buckley Lecture Theatre)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jan 12, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
AM
9:00 AM
Session 3: Condensed matter μSR / New Techniques (until 10:50 AM)
9:00 AM Muons for condensed matter research - Tom Lancaster  
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9:25 AM Muon spectroscopy of photo-excited states - Alan Drew  
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9:50 AM Low energy muons at PSI - Thomas Prokscha  
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10:15 AM Low energy muons using laser ionisation - Katsuhiko Ishida (R)  
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10:40 AM Discussion  
10:50 AM --- Coffee ---
11:10 AM
Session 4: Update and outlook from the Facilities (until 12:30 PM)
11:10 AM PSI - Elvezio Morenzoni  
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11:25 AM ISIS - Adrian Hillier  
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11:40 AM RIKEN - Philip King  
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11:55 AM J-PARC - Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)  
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12:10 PM Discussion  
PM
1:20 PM Introduction - Steve Cottrell  
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1:30 PM Future muon sources: Meeting overview - Robert Cywinski (U)  
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1:55 PM
Session 1: Muon production and accelerator technologies (until 3:45 PM)
1:55 PM Simulations of muon production targets - Dr Adriana Bungau (The University of Manchester)  
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2:20 PM HiMB: Towards a new high intensity muon beam - Peter-Raymond Kettle (Paul Scherrer Institut PSI)  
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2:45 PM Muon beamlines and Target Technologies at J-PARC - Naritoshi Kawamura (KEK)  
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3:10 PM Future application of FFAG’s for muon production - Yoshi Mori  
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3:35 PM Discussion  
3:45 PM --- Coffee ---
4:05 PM
Session 2: Specialised beams (until 6:10 PM)
4:05 PM Comparison between laser and conventional muon sources - Stephanie Ford  
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4:30 PM MuCool: Towards a much improved phase space slow positive muon beam - Andreas Knecht (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
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4:55 PM An overview of the Muon International Cooling Experiment (MICE) - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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5:20 PM Muon collider technology - Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College London)  
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5:45 PM Muon production using a high power cyclotron - Luciano Calabretta  
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7:00 PM --- Reception and dinner ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
1:30 PM
Session 5: Novel applications of muons (until 3:20 PM)
1:30 PM Muon tomography - monitoring CO2 goestorage sites 24/7 - Lee Thompson (University of Sheffield) Jon Gluyas  
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1:55 PM Probing muon error effects using facility beams - Adrian Hillier  
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2:20 PM Researching and commercialising muon tomography for security screening - Michael Sossong  
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2:45 PM Progress towards muon catalysed fusion - Katsuhiko Ishida (R)  
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3:10 PM Discussion  
3:20 PM --- Coffee ---
3:40 PM Summary and discussion - Rob Edgecock (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))  
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