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,pleasesendanemailtofission2017@lanl.govwiththesubjecttitle:“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:fission2017@lanl.gov.FIESTA2017Website:http://t2.lanl.gov/fiesta2017

SponsorsLosAlamosNationalLaboratoryTheoreticalDivision;PhysicsDivision;ScienceCampaign;AdvancedSimulationsandComputations;ChemistryDivision;NuclearRadiochemistry