Workshop on Accelerator based Neutron Production ABNP 2014

14 Apr 2014, 09:00 → 15 Apr 2014, 17:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Villi (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro)

Marco Cavenago (LNL)

The workshop "ABNP2014" will be held from 14^th to 15^th April 2014, at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro ITALY. The Conference programme will begin on Monday, April 14^th at 9.00 and will close on Tuesday, April 15^th in the afternoon.
The Workshop is organized in the framework of the Accelerator Application Network Activitiy (WorkPackage 4 of Eucard2 project), to foster knowledge of the applications capability of accelerators.

Scientific  Committee M. Cavenago (Chair), INFN Legnaro, Italy R. Edgecock, Huddersfield University, UK A. Lombardi, CERN, Switzerland H. Owen, Manchester University, UK

Organizing Committee  M. Cavenago (Chair), INFN Legnaro, Italy J. Esposito, INFN Legnaro, Italy E. Fagotti, INFN Legnaro, Italy T. Kulevoy, ITEP Moscow, Russia A. Pisent, INFN Legnaro, Italy

Sponsored by:

Accelerator Application Network Activity (WorkPackage 4) EuCARD-2 is an Integrating Activity Project for coordinated Research and Development on Particle Accelerators, co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Capacities Programme.

 

1st Circular ABNP2014_First_Circular.pdf

2nd Circular ABNP2014_Second_Circular.pdf

3rd Circular ABNP2014_Third_Circular.pdf

ABNP 2014 Timetable Timetable10.pdf

Book of Abstracts Book_of_Abstracts_FINAL_1-1.pdf

Monday, 14 April

09:30 → 10:00 The SPES project at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro

Speaker: Gianfranco Prete (LNL)

Slides Prete_ABNP2014.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 BINP accelerator based neutron source

Speaker: Dr Sergey Taskaev (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)

Slides Taskaev_ABNP2014.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Accelerator Based Epithermal Neutron Source for BNCT using Thin Layered Solid Lithium Target

Speaker: Mr Ryo Fujii (Cancer Intelligence Care Systems, Inc.)

Slides Fujii_ABNP2014.pdf

11:00 → 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 → 11:50 High-Power Proton Irradiation and Neutron Production with a Free Surface Liquid-Lithium Target

Speaker: Mr Shlomi Halfon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Soreq NRC)

Slides Halfon_ABNP14.pdf

11:50 → 12:10 ANEM: a rotating composite neutron production target for Single Event Effects Studies at the 70 MeV Cyclotron of LNL-INFN

Speaker: Luca Silvestrin (PD)

Slides 2014-04-04_ABNP_Silvestrin_Published.pdf

12:10 → 12:40 Neutron generators at JST “NIIEFA” for nuclear physics, detectors and neutron therapy

Speaker: Dmitry Solnyshkov (JSC "NIIEFA")

12:40 → 13:00 Recent measurements using monoenergetic and thermal neutrons at the National Physical Laboratory

Speaker: Dr Catalin Matei (National Physical Laboratory)

Slides Hawkes_ABNP2014.pdf

13:00 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 15:30 Brief visit to Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro and SPES

15:30 → 16:00 Construction Status of BNCT Facility Using an 8-MeV HIgh Power Proton Linac in Ibaraki, Japan

Speaker: Dr HITOSHI KOBAYASHI (KEK, HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION)

Slides ABNP2014Kobayashi140508.pdf

16:00 → 16:20 Measurement of neutron yield by 62 MeV proton beam on thick berillium target

Speaker: Mikhail Osipenko (GE)

Slides Osipenko_ABNP2014.pdf

16:20 → 16:40 Coffee break

16:40 → 16:50 Welcome of LNL Director

Speaker: giovanni fiorentini (infn)

16:50 → 17:20 Cyclotron Test site for high power proton beams

Speaker: Luciano Calabretta (LNS)

Slides Calabretta_ABNP2014_1.pdf Calabretta_ABNP2014_2.pdf

17:20 → 17:40 Reliable Injectors for High Power Accelerators

Speaker: Santo Gammino (LNS)

Slides Gammino_ABNP2014.pdf

17:40 → 18:00 Hyperion Accelerator Technology for BNCT

Speaker: Dr Noah Smick (GT Advanced Technologies)

Slides Smick_ABNP14.pdf

18:00 → 18:20 Neutron spectrometry from thermal to GeV with single-moderator instruments

Speaker: Roberto Bedogni (LNF)

Slides BEDOGNI_Talk_ABNP_2014.pdf

Tuesday, 15 April

09:00 → 09:30 High intensity accelerators for neutron production

Speaker: Andrea Pisent (LNL)

Slides Pisent_ABNP2014.pdf

09:30 → 10:00 The European Spallation Source Accelerator

Speaker: Dr John Weisend II (ESS)

Slides Weissend_ABNP2014.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 Targets for RIB Production

Speaker: Dr Daniel Stracener (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Slides stracener_-_ABNP2014_archive.pdf

10:30 → 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 → 11:30 Thin Beryllium target for Be(d,n)-driven BNCT

Speaker: Prof. Andres J. Kreiner (CNEA & UNSAM)

Slides Kreiner_ABNP2014.pdf

11:30 → 12:00 Recent developments of the CERN-ISOLDE neutron spallation source

Speaker: Thierry Stora (CERN-ISOLDE)

Slides Stora_ABNP2014.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 All: Discussion: Promising applications and technologies for neutron production targets; report guidelines (conveners: M. Cavenago, R. Edgecock)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:20 The Line for Fast Neutron Irradiation of Electronic Components for the European Spallation Source

Speaker: Dr Alberto Milocco (Universita' di milano-Bicocca)

Slides MiloccoABNP14.pdf

14:20 → 14:40 Perspectives on Accelerator Neutron Production for BNCT

Speaker: Prof. Stuart Green (University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust)

Slides Green_ABNP2014.pdf

14:40 → 15:10 B. Phoenix, The development of a BNCT facility at Birmingham University using a solid lithium target

Speaker: Mr Phoenix Ben (The University of Birmingham)

Slides Phoenix_ABNP2014.pdf

15:10 → 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 → 16:00 Imaging-guided BNCT applications: from physics to biology and medicine

Speaker: Dr Laura Evangelista (Oncological Institute of Veneto IOV - IRCCS)

Slides Laura_Evangelista_ABNP2014.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 The high power target for LENOS Project at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro of INFN

Speaker: Pierfrancesco Mastinu (LNL)

Slides Mastinu_ABNP2014.pdf

16:30 → 17:20 All: Discussion: workshop conclusion; guidelines for documentation of results (conveners: M. Cavenago, R. Edgecock)

Minutes Cavenago_abnp2014discussion.pdf

17:20 → 17:30 Closing Remarks