The 1st J-PARC International Symposium IPS08 International Symposium on Pulsed Neutron and Muon Sciences March 5-7, 2008 / Mito, Japan

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Symposium Program

Symposium Program

Program Program [PDF/117KB]

Day 1 (Mar 5) Wednesday

8:00-9:20 Registration
9:20-12:30 Opening & Facility Report
Welcome Address
FR-1 Yujiro Ikeda J-PARC J-PARC Status Update
FR-2 I Anderson SNS The Spallation Neutron Source - New Opportunities
FR-3 ADTaylor ISIS ISIS Facility - Past Achievements and Future Prospects
Coffee Break
FR-4 Rob Robinson OPAL Progress with OPAL, the new Australian Research Reactor
FR-5 Werner Wagner PSI PSI Status - Operation and Utilization of the Proton Accelerator Facility
FR-6 Christian Vettier ESS Progress in the construction of the European Spallation Source in Scandinavia
14:00-17:45 The 1st International Symposium 'Sciences at J-PARC' (Joint Session with Hadron and Neutrino Physics)

The organizing committee will provide participants with coach to move to Mito Plaza Hotel for the joint session.

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Day 2 (Mar 6) Thursday

8:30-11:30 Facility Report
FR-8 Jie Wei CSNS China Spallation Neutron Source - R&D Efforts and Future Perspectives
Plenary Lectures
PL-1 M Hayashi Ibaraki Prefecture Industrial use of neutron and two instruments of Ibaraki prefecture
PL-2 Peter Timmins Large Scale Structures Group, ILL Structural Biology and Neutrons - The Shape of Things to Come
Coffee Break
PL-3 J. Akimitsu Aoyama Gakuen Univ. The p-and d-electron superconductors
PL-4 Feri Mezei Los Alamos National Laboratory Pulsed Spallation Sources: the Next Challenges and Perspectives
13:00-15:00 MS1
Innovative sources and instruments (Muon target, neutron source, device, detector, poralizaton, facility (inc. radiation safty), optics ,etc.,)
MS1-1 Masatoshi Futakawa J-PARC Development of the Hg target in the J-PARC neutron source
MS1-2 Yasuhiro Miyake J-PARC JPARC Muon Source, MUSE
MS1-3 Elvezio Morenzoni PSI Depth Dependent µSR on Nanometer Scale
MS1-4 Thomas McManamy SNS SNS Target Systems Initial Operating Experience
MS1-5 Burkhard Schillinger Technical University of Munich, FRM-II Various neutron imaging methods at the FRM II reactor source - and potential features at a spallation source installation
13:00-15:00 MS2
Advanced science in materials (strongly correlated electron systems, functional ceramics, magnetism, superconductivity, ferroelectrics, etc.)
MS2-1 Yoji Koike Tohoku Univ. µSR study on superconductivity and magnetism in high-Tc superconducting oxides
MS2-2 Hiroyuki Nojiri Tohoku Univ. Neutron Diffraction in Ultra-Strong High Magnetic Fields -A Powerful Tool for Spin Science
MS2-3 Brendan Kennedy Univ. of Sydney Parametric Studies of Structural Phase Transitions in Perovskites.
MS2-4 Hannu Mutka Institut Laue Langevin Probing Coupling Between 'Rattling' and Extended Lattice Modes Using Time-of-Flight Neutron Scattering Combined With Ab-initio Calculations
13:00-15:00 MS3
Hydrogen and water (life science, softmatter, Polymer, etc.)
MS3-1 Joerg Neuefeind Oak Ridge National Laboratory Isotope effect on the HH partial structure factor of liquid water
MS3-2 Nobuo Niimura Ibaraki Univ. Neutron Protein Crystallography: Beyond the Folding Structure
MS3-3 Motoyasu Adachi JAEA Effective Perdeuteration of ADP Ribose Pyrophosphatase (ADPRase)
for Neutron Crystallography
MS3-4 Thomas F. Koetzle Argonne National
Laboratory
Single-Crystal Neutron Diffraction Studies of Hydrogen Bonded Systems: Two Recent Examples from IPNS
MS3-5 John White Australian National University Controlling Protein Structure at the Air - Water Interface
15:00-16:30 Poster Session
(Poster Session AFOdd presentation number)
16:30-18:30 MS1
Innovative sources and instruments (Muon target, neutron source, device, detector, poralizaton, facility (inc. radiation safty), optics ,etc.,)
MS1-6 Kenji Nakajima J-PARC Inelastic Neutron Instrument Suites in MLF, J-PARC
MS1-7 Takashi Kamiyama J-PARC Elastic Neutron Instrument Suites in J-PARC/MLF
MS1-8 Stephen Bennington ISIS Instruments on the ISIS Second Target Station
MS1-9 Kenneth W. Herwig SNS The Inelastic Instrument Suite At The Oak Ridge National Laboratoryfs Spallation Neutron Source
MS1-10 Jason Hodges SNS POWGEN3: A New Neutron Powder Diffractometer Suitable for Ab-Initio Crystal Structure Determination
16:30-18:30 MS2
Advanced science in materials (strongly correlated electron systems, functional ceramics, magnetism, superconductivity, ferroelectrics, etc.)
MS2-5 Je-Geun Park SungKyunKwan Univ. Neutron Scattering Studies of Multiferroic Compounds
MS2-6 Yukio Noda Tohoku Univ. Role of Neutron Diffraction Technique on the Study of Ferroelectric Phase Transition and the Future Plan Using Pulse Neutron
MS2-7 Shin-ichi Shamoto JAEA Total Scattering of Disordered Crystalline Functional Materials
MS2-8 Takatsugu Masuda Yokohama City Univ. Simulation of Time of Flight Experiment in Cu2Fe2Ge4O13
16:30-18:30 MS3
Hydrogen and water (life science, softmatter, polymer, etc.)
MS3-6 Tsuneyoshi Nakayama Hokkaido Univ. Liquid Water and Network Glasses at THz Frequencies and Below
MS3-7 Ralf Biehl IFF, FZ-Juelich Interdomain motions in yeast alcohol dehydrogenase
MS3-8 Toshio Yamaguchi Fukuoka University Structure and Dynamics of Supercooled Confined Water
MS3-9 Jeffery Penfold ISIS Surface Adsorption from complex mixtures: the impact of neutron reflectivity
MS3-10 Koichiro Shimomura KEK Hydrogen in Semiconductors

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Day 3 (Mar 7) Friday

8:30-11:30 MS1
Innovative sources and instruments (Muon target, neutron source, device, detector, poralizaton, facility (inc. radiation safty), optics ,etc.,)
MS1-11 Kazuhiko Soyama J-PARC Development of Neutron Optical Devices and Detectors in J-PARC
MS1-12 Karl Zeitelhack Technische Universitat Munchen, FRM II Detector and Electronics Development at FRMII Research Facility
MS1-13 Hal Lee Oak Ridge National Laboratory Development of Polarized 3He based Neutron Spin Filter Techniques - In-situ polarizer/analyzer, wide-angle analyzer, and filling station
MS1-14 Ken Andersen ILL Neutron Polarisers
Coffee Break
MS1-15 Junichi Suzuki J-PARC Development of series sextupole magnets for pulsed neutron focusing
MS1-16 Lowell Crow SNS Neutron Detector Systems for the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
MS1-17 Pavel Bakule RIKEN, Japan Prospects for Ultra Low Energy Muon Beam at J-PARC
MS1-18 Michael Monkenbusch IFF FZ Juelich Design of a Larmor Rotation Spectrometer at a Pulsed Source: The SNS-NSE spectrometer
8:30-11:30 MS4
Energy, environment and safety (materials science, functional materials, nano science, batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen storage materials, etc.)
MS4-1 Yumiko Nakamura AIST Distribution of Hydrogen in Metal Hydrides Studied by In situ Powder Neutron Diffraction
MS4-2 WIF David ISIS Opportunities for Hydrogen Energy Research at Next Generation Neutron Sources
MS4-3 Helmut Fritzsche Canadian Neutron Beam Centre Structural Changes In Thin MgAl Films During Hydrogen Absorption and Desorption
Coffee Break
MS4-4 Ryoji Kanno Tokyo Institute of Technology Structure - property relationships in lithium battery electrodes; Structure analysis using neutron scattering for high battery performances
MS4-5 Evvy Kartini BATAN The Prospect of Neutron Scattering to Study Ionic Conductor Materials
13:00-15:00 MS1
Innovative sources and instruments (Muon target, neutron source, device, detector, poralizaton, facility (inc. radiation safty), optics ,etc.,)
MS1-19 Knud Thomsen Paul Scherrer Institut Advanced on-Target Beam Monitoring for Spallation Sources
MS1-20 Shin-ichiro Meigo JAEA Beam Commissioning for Neutron and Muon Facility at J-PARC
MS1-21 Dai Tomono RIKEN Development of new mu-e decay counters in a new multi-channel muSR spectrometer for an intense pulsed muon beam
MS1-22 Bruno Guerard Institut Laue-Langevin Neutron gas detectors for spallation sources
MS1-23 Richard Ibberson ISIS Design and Performance of the New Supermirror Guide on HRPD at ISIS
MS1-24 Wataru Utsumi JAEA Neutron Powder Diffraction under High Pressure at J-PARC
MS1-25 Soh Suzuki KEK New Pipelined Data Acquisition System for the muSR Experiment at J-PARC
MS1-26 Masahiro Hino Kyoto Univ. Simulation on MIEZE spectroscopy for pulsed neutron source
13:00-15:00 MS4
Energy, environment and safety (materials science, functional materials, nano science,)
MS4-6 Jun Sugiyama Toyota Central Research and Development Labs. Inc. Microscopic Magnetic Nature of Layered Cobalt Dioxides, AxCoO2 Investigated by Muon-spin Rotation and Relaxation
MS4-7 Xun-Li Wang SNS Emerging opportunities in engineering diffraction studies
MS4-8 Yo Tomota Ibaraki Univ. In Situ TOF Neutron Diffraction during Phase Transformation in Engineering Steels
MS4-9 R. Mukhopadhyay Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Molecular Motions and Affect Due to Confinement
MS4-10 Michael K. Kubo International Christian Univ. Bulk Elemental Analysis Method with Muonic X-ray
13:00-15:00 MS5
Basic science and nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, etc.
MS5-1 Masayuki Igashira Tokyo Institute of Technology Nuclear Data Study at J-PARC BL04
MS5-2 H.M.Shimizu J-PARC/KEK A Beamline for Neutron Optics and Fundamental Physics at J-PARC
MS5-3 F.Maekawa J-PARC/JAEA NOBORU: J-PARC BL10 for Facility Diagnostics and Its Possible
Extension to Innovative Instruments
MS5-4 Katsuhiko Ishida RIKEN Muon Catalyzed Fusion with High Intensity Pulsed Muon Beams
15:00-16:30 Poster Session
(Poster Session BFEven presentation number)
16:30-18:00 Panel Discussion
18:00-18:30 Closing Ceremony

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Day 4 (Mar 8) Saturday

8:30-11:30 J-PARC tour
(8:30 Depart from 'HOTEL TERRACE the GARDEN MITO')
12:40 Return to Mito Station
13:00-16:00 Short trip to the down town of MITO
(Kairaken Park, Tokugawa Museum)

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Site Tour

A tour to the J-PARC site in tokai-mura is scheduled in the morning of March 8, 2008. Transportation by coach will be provided for participants from symposium place to the J-PARC site including return to Mito Station. We would like to welcome everyone who is interested in the J-PARC facility.

Additional Site Tour(Afternoon of March 8, 2008)
After the J-PARC site tour, we are planning to take a short trip to the down town MITO.We will visit the Kairakuen Park and the Tokugawa Museum.
We are scheduleing the site tour course as following.

Tour Course

  1. Visiting J-PARC facility
  2. Mito Station
  3. Lunch time
  4. Kairakuen Park (Plum festival)
  5. Tokugawa Museum
  6. Mito Station

* The time schedule will be announced soon!

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Reception and symposium banquet

Joint reception of IPS08 and NP08 will be held in the evening of the opening day of March 5, 2008 at Mito Plaza Hotel.
IPS08 symposium banquet with charge of 8,000 yen will also be held in the evening of March 6, 2008 at HOTEL TERRACE THE GARDEN MITO.

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Program of The 1st International Symposium "Sciences at J-PARC"
Plenary session and Reception

Date March 5, 2008 (Wed) 14:00-20:30
Place Mito Plaza Hotel, Mito city
Organizer J-PARC Center, Science Council of Japan and The Physical Society of Japan
Auspice Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan,
Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan,
The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
[Plenary session]
14:00-17:45 (2F Ball room)
1. Opening (Nagamiya J-PARC center Director) 14:00-14:02
2. Speech (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan 14:02-14:10
3. Summary of J-PARC (Nagamiya J-PARC Center Director) 14:10-14:35
1st Section Chairperson: Andrew Taylor (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Director)
4. Materials and Life Science in J-PARC
I. hProspects for soft matter research and life science with neutron and muonh
Dieter Richter (Juelich Research Center)
14:35-15:15
II. gProspects for material science with neutron and muonh
Yoshinori Tokura (Professor, University of Tokyo)
15:15-15:55
(Break) 15:55-16:25
2nd Section Chairperson: Jean-Michel Poutissou (Triumf Deputy Director)
5. Nuclear and Particle Physics at J-PARC
I. "Neutrino and Elemental Particles" (Tentative)
Yoji Totsuka (Former KEK Director)
16:25-17:05
II. "Science of Quark and Hadrons" (Tentative)
Robert L. Jaffe (MIT Theoretical Physics Center)
17:05-17:45
[IPS08 & NP08 Joint Reception] (2F Ball room)
18:00-20:00
Chairperson: Yasuhiko Fujii (JAEA Quantum beam Science Directorate)

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