High Energy Shielding Collaboration Kick Off Meeting

10 Dec 2012, 10:00 → 15 Dec 2012, 23:59 Europe/Stockholm

USA

Phil Bentley (ESS)

Monday, 10 December

10:00 → 11:00 Checkin: (except Richard & Uwe)

12:20 → 15:15 Flight to Washington DC

Tuesday, 11 December

10:00 → 16:00 Sightseeing: (Richard & Uwe travelling)

18:30 → 22:00 Dinner with Dan Neumann & David Mildner: Copper Canyon Grill by the lake, next to the hotel

Wednesday, 12 December

09:00 → 12:00 NIST

10:45 Detector Presentation

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

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch at Dogfish Head

13:00 → 17:00 NIST

19:00 → 22:00 Dinner with Rob Dimeo (Director)

Thursday, 13 December

10:00 → 14:00 Shopping

At the mall near the hotel & lake

14:00 → 15:00 Return to Airport

16:54 → 18:23 Flight to Knoxville

Friday, 14 December

08:30 → 17:30 SNS Morning

08:30 Introductions and Objectives

Speaker: Dr Ken Herwig (SNS)

08:45 What is in the beams at a spallation source and fast background experience from IPNS

Speaker: Jack Carpenter

Slides Neutron_Backgrounds.pptx

09:30 Tour of Experiment Hall (emphasis on CNCS and HYSPEC)

10:30 Coffee

10:45 Observations on CNCS and Discussion

Speaker: Georg Ehlers

Slides v4_CNCS_Observations.pptx

11:30 Observations on HYSPEC and Discussion

Speaker: Barry Winn

Slides HYSPEC_Prompt_Dec14_short.pptx

12:15 Lunch

13:00 SNS Facility Background Measurements

Speaker: Barry Winn

Slides LorenSpots_Dec14.pptx SNS_Neutron_Background_Measurements.ppt

13:30 PSI Experience and Discussion

Speaker: Uwe Filges

14:15 Break

14:30 ESS Concerns and Source Characteristics

Speakers: Nataliia Cherkashyna (ESS), Dr Phil Bentley (ESS)

Slides

• Cherkashyna.pptx
• PMB_ESS_Source_and_Concerns.pdf
• PMB_Introductions.pdf

15:00 High Energy Neutrons and Shielding (CERN experience)

Speakers: Kalliopi Kanaki (European Spallation Source), Richard Hall-Wilton (European Spallation Source ESS AB)

Slides 141212_Background_SNS_RJHW.pdf kanakiSNS_14Dec2012.pdf

15:30 Round Table Discussion

16:30 Next Steps – Collaborations/Measurements

Saturday, 15 December

10:00 → 11:00 Shopping in Tennessee

11:00 → 12:00 Return to Airport

14:37 → 16:10 Flight to Washington DC: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha, Uwe)

17:15 → 23:59 Flight to Europe: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha)