FIESTA 2017
FIssion ExperimentS and Theoretical Advances Sep.17–22,2017
SantaFe,NewMexico,USA
http://t2.lanl.gov/fiesta2017
First Announcement March 29, 2017
This is the First Announcement of the International school andworkshop on “FIssionExperimentSandTheoreticalAdvances–FIESTA2017”,Sep.17-22,2017.TheeventwilltakeplaceinbeautifulSantaFe,NewMexico,USA.FIESTA2017 followsour firsteventorganizedback in2014 inSantaFe,NM.Theyear2018willmarkthe80thanniversaryofthediscoveryofnuclearfissionbyOttoHahnandFritzStrassmann,whosecorrecttheoreticalinterpretationcameonlyafewweekslaterby Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Robert Frisch. This discovery opened up theatomicera,whichalteredthecourseofhumanhistory.Almosteightyyearslater,researchinnuclearfissionisstillcentraltoourunderstandingofnuclearforces,andaperfectexampleofaquantummany-bodyproblem.Whilethequalitative understanding of fission was achieved very quickly after its discovery, an
accurate and quantitative modeling of this process remains elusive, while numerousapplications, e.g. the nuclear fuel cycle, nonproliferation, stockpile stewardship, etc.,relyonaccurateanddetailedfissiondata.FIESTA2017combinesaschool,includingpracticalexercisesandavisittoexperimentalfacilities at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) dedicated to fissionresearch,andaworkshopintendedtodiveintocurrentresearchactivitiesinthetopicscoveredbytheschool.ItwillagaintakeplaceattheEldoradoHotel(http://www.eldoradohotel.com)inSantaFe,NM,onSep.17-22,2017.Thistime,theeventwillbeorganizedasfollows:
• SchoolLecturesinthemorning(3h)• PracticeSessions(2h)intheafternoon• Workshop(~2h)intheafternoon/evening
TheSep.17-22weekwillunfoldasfollows:
• Day1:FissionCrossSectionso Dr.WalidYounes(LLNL),Dr.PaulLisowski(LANL)
• Day2:FissionYieldso Dr.NicolasSchunck(LLNL),Dr.FannyFarget(CNRS)
• Day3:VisittoLANSCEexperimentalfacilityo fissionTPC,SPIDER,DANCE+NEUANCE,Chi-Nu
• Day4:PromptFissionNeutronsandGammaRayso Dr.OlivierSerot(CEA),Dr.Franz-JosefHambsch(JRC)
• Day5:Applicationso Dr.Jean-ChristopheSublet(IAEA),Dr.AvneetSood(LANL)
Eachday(exceptday3),twoschoollectureswillbedeliveredinthemorning,followedby a practice session using Jupyter notebooks (http://jupyter.org) that will be madeavailable to the students ahead of the school. Elementary notions of the Pythonprogramming language would be useful but are not necessary. A poster session andworkshopeventwillconcludeeachday.Thedailyworkshopwillcoverthethemethathasbeenpresentedeachmorning.Day3willbededicatedtoavisitoftheLosAlamosNeutronScienceCenter (LANSCE)experimentalfacilitiesdedicatedtonuclearfissionresearch.Thisvisitwillincludeatourof:
• theChi-Nudetectorarraysdedicatedtotheaccuratemeasureofpromptfissionneutronspectra;
• the fission Time Projection Chamber (fissionTPC) used to accurately measureneutron-inducedfissioncrosssectionsandfissionfragmentangulardistributions;
• theSPIDER spectrometerdevelopedtoperform2E-2vmeasurementsof fissionfragmentyieldsinmassandkineticenergy;
• andfinally,theDANCE+NEUANCEsetupusedrecentlytomeasurepromptfissionneutronsandgammaraysincoincidence.
Both the school and workshop will have limited seating, so we encourage anyoneinterestedinapplyingtoregisterearly. Ifyouareinterestedinreceivingfurthernoticeregardingthisevent,[email protected]:“subscribe”.
Venue&AccommodationTheFIESTAschoolandworkshopwilltakeplaceintheEldoradoHotel,afewstepsawayfromtheHistoricPlazainSantaFe.
EldoradoHotel
www.eldoradohotel.com309WSanFranciscoStSantaFe,NM87501,USA(80)955-4455A block of rooms has been reserved for the school and workshop participants.Instructions on how to reserve a room will be posted on our website, once theregistrationtotheeventisopen.RoomswillbeavailableatthespecialU.S.governmentrateof100.00USD(+taxesandfees).
RegistrationRegistration for the schoolandworkshopwillbedoneonline through theConferencewebsiteathttp://t2.lanl.gov/fiesta2017/,andwillbeopeninthecomingmonths.Support for School Participants: the registration fee for students will be waived. Inaddition, all participants can request support for accommodation, domestic economytravel,andperdiem.Upon registration, schoolparticipantswillbeasked toprovideabriefStatementofinterestintheschooltopics.
AbstractSubmissionAbstractsfortheworkshopwillberequestedonlineatthetimeofregistration.
Proceedings,LectureNotes&NotebooksLecturenoteswillbeprovidedtoallparticipantsbeforethestartoftheschool.AllpracticalsessionswillbeconductedusingJupyterPythonnotebooks(http://jupyter.org/),whichwillbeprovidedtoallschoolparticipantsinduetime.Workshoppresentationswill bemadepublicly accessibleonourweb site.Wedonotplantopublishanyworkshopproceedingsatthistime.
ScientificAdvisoryCommittee
§ NavinAlahari,GANIL,France§ AndreiAndreyev,YorkUniversity,UK§ EricBauge,CEA/DAM,France§ OlivierBouland,CEA/Cadarache,France§ RobertoCapote,InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency,Austria§ MarkB.Chadwick,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USA§ SatoshiChiba,TokyoInstituteofTechnology,Japan§ JolieCizewski,RutgersUniversity,USA§ YaronDanon,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,NY,USA§ MichaelE.Dunn,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory,USA§ Franz-JosefHambsch,JRC,Belgium,Europe§ JosephH.Hamilton,VanderbiltUniversity,USA§ ToshihikoKawano,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USA§ LuizLeal,IRSN,France§ RobertC.Little,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USA§ WitekNazarewicz,MichiganStateUniversity,USA§ KatsuhisaNishio,JapanAtomicEnergyAgency,Japan§ StephanPomp,UppsalaUniversity,Sweden§ SaraA.Pozzi,UniversityofMichigan,USA§ AnilK.Prinja,UniversityofNewMexico,USA§ NicholasSchunck,LawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory,USA§ AlejandroSonzogni,BrookhavenNationalLaboratory,USA§ JulienTaieb,CEA/DAM,France§ HenryWeller,TriangleUniversitiesNuclearLaboratory,USA
LocalOrganizingCommittee(LANL,USA)
§ PatrickTalou§ FredrikTovesson§ MorganC.White§ DanaL.Duke§ BrettManning§ DeniseNeudecker§ GenchoRusev§ IonelStetcu
KeyDates
FirstAnnouncement March29,2017SecondAnnouncement April28,2017
AbstractSubmission&Pre-Registration May26,2017ReviewDecisionsenttotheAuthors June9,2017
SchoolRegistrationDeadlineWorkshopRegistrationDeadline
June23,2017July28,2017
WorkshopHotelRoomReservationsDue August2017School&Workshop Sep.17-22,2017
ContactsIfyouhaveanyquestionsregardingtheschoolor/andworkshop,pleasecontactusat:[email protected]:http://t2.lanl.gov/fiesta2017
SponsorsLosAlamosNationalLaboratoryTheoreticalDivision;PhysicsDivision;ScienceCampaign;AdvancedSimulationsandComputations;ChemistryDivision;NuclearRadiochemistry
