Workshop on Opportunities with a Neutron Target Facility
August 19 - 20, 2019
Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Historic Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contact
- LANSCE User Office
- (505) 667-6797
LANSCE is a NNSA User Facility dedicated to national security science and a leading program of fundamental research.
Neutron-induced reactions play a key role in understanding such diverse scientific fields as nuclear astrophysics, stockpile stewardship, reactor performance, and nuclear forensics. For many of these endeavors, reactions on short-lived nuclei offer key insights into the physical environment. Neutron reactions on short-lived nuclei have presented particular challenges, however, as both beam and target are unstable.
In a revolutionary development, a first concept has been proposed for performing neutron induced reactions using thermalized neutrons from a spallation target with short-lived charged particles in a storage ring. One possible driver for the spallation target and an ISOL-based rare isotope beam factory is the proton accelerator at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center.
In this two-day workshop, we will discuss technical concepts for the spallation source, the ISOL source, and the storage ring as well as potential applications for stockpile stewardship, nuclear forensics, and basic science. Finally, we will open the discussion to possible applications of post-accelerated ISOL beams prior to ring injection.
Workshop Registration
In a revolutionary development, a first concept has been proposed for performing neutron induced reactions using thermalized neutrons from a spallation target with short-lived charged particles in a storage ring. One possible driver for the spallation target and an ISOL-based rare isotope beam factory is the proton accelerator at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center.
In this two-day workshop, we will discuss technical concepts for the spallation source, the ISOL source, and the storage ring as well as potential applications for stockpile stewardship, nuclear forensics, and basic science. Finally, we will open the discussion to possible applications of post-accelerated ISOL beams prior to ring injection.
Chairs, Aaron Couture (LANL) and Shea Mosby (LANL)
Workshop Registration
If you are interested in joining the workshop virtually, please use the registration link and indicate that you will participate remotely.
Hotel Reservation - Eldorado Hotel, Santa Fe
Please use the following workshop booking information for online reservation or calling 1-800-955-4455.
The room reservation deadline is Friday, July 26.
Group Booking Link
Group Name: Opportunities- Neutron Target Facility
Group Code: 190815OPP
Agenda
Day 1 - Monday, August 19th, 2019 |
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| 8:30–8:15am | Dr. Aaron Couture & Dr. Shea Mosby – Los Alamos National Laboratory Welcome |
| Session 1: Technical Capabilities for a Neutron Target | |
| Neutron Production and Retention | |
| ISOL Rare Isotope Production | |
| Rare isotope acceleration | |
| 10:00–10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 1-20 MeV/u Storage Ring and Detection | |
| Ring storage < 1 MeV/u | |
| Reaction Detection | |
| 12:00–2:00pm | Lunch & Followon Discussions (no host) |
| Session 2: Opportunities for Defense Programs | |
| Stockpile Stewardship | |
| Radiochemistry | |
| 3:30–4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| Technical Nuclear Forensics | |
Day 2 - Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 |
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| Session 3: Opportunities in Applications and Basic Science |
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| Nuclear Energy | |
| Nonproliferation | |
| 10:00–10:30am | Coffee Break |
| Nuclear Astrophysics | |
| 12:00–2:00pm | Lunch & Followon Discussions (no host) |
| Session 4: Secondary Opportunities with ISOL beams | |
| Transfer Reactions | |
| 3:30–4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| Nuclear Structure and Spectroscopy | |
