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

Checkin: (except Richard & Uwe)

Flight to Washington DC

Tuesday, 11 December

Sightseeing: (Richard & Uwe travelling)

Dinner with Dan Neumann & David Mildner: Copper Canyon Grill by the lake, next to the hotel

Wednesday, 12 December

NIST

1 Detector Presentation

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

Lunch at Dogfish Head

NIST

Dinner with Rob Dimeo (Director)

Thursday, 13 December

Shopping

At the mall near the hotel & lake

Return to Airport

Flight to Knoxville

Friday, 14 December

SNS Morning

2 Introductions and Objectives

Speaker: Dr Ken Herwig (SNS)

3 What is in the beams at a spallation source and fast background experience from IPNS

Speaker: Jack Carpenter

Slides Neutron_Backgrounds.pptx

4 Tour of Experiment Hall (emphasis on CNCS and HYSPEC)

10:30 Coffee

5 Observations on CNCS and Discussion

Speaker: Georg Ehlers

Slides v4_CNCS_Observations.pptx

6 Observations on HYSPEC and Discussion

Speaker: Barry Winn

Slides HYSPEC_Prompt_Dec14_short.pptx

12:15 Lunch

7 SNS Facility Background Measurements

Speaker: Barry Winn

Slides LorenSpots_Dec14.pptx SNS_Neutron_Background_Measurements.ppt

8 PSI Experience and Discussion

Speaker: Uwe Filges

14:15 Break

9 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

10 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

11 Round Table Discussion

12 Next Steps – Collaborations/Measurements

Saturday, 15 December

Shopping in Tennessee

Return to Airport

Flight to Washington DC: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha, Uwe)

Flight to Europe: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha)