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| meeting7:breakouttopics [2014/03/18 11:51] – [Simulation] villaa | meeting7:breakouttopics [2014/03/22 07:06] (current) – [Radiogenics - One East (Natural Radioactivity in Shielding Materials and Detectors)] cooley | ||
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| This page is intended to help organize the breakout sessions. | This page is intended to help organize the breakout sessions. | ||
| - | There are two main breakout sessions and a third session intended for integration: | + | There are two breakout sessions |
| - Mar 20 (Thu) 3:30-6:00 pm → //Identify topics and tasks// | - Mar 20 (Thu) 3:30-6:00 pm → //Identify topics and tasks// | ||
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| - Mar 22 (Sat) 10:30 am - 12:00 pm → // | - Mar 22 (Sat) 10:30 am - 12:00 pm → // | ||
| - | ===== Overall Outline ===== | ||
| - | // Prisca Cushman // | ||
| - | ==== Purpose of AARM: Coordination of Background Identification and Reduction ==== | ||
| - | __Natural Radioactivity in Shielding Materials and Detectors__ | ||
| - | * Simulation | ||
| - | * Codes and frameworks | ||
| - | * General Physics models and processes | ||
| - | * Advances in specific detector physics (e.g. noble liquids, or photon physics) | ||
| - | * Nuclear cross sections and new experiments to improve nuclear data | ||
| - | * Databases (e.g. alpha-n etc) | ||
| - | * Assay | ||
| - | * Assay techniques and advances | ||
| - | * Facilities and access | ||
| - | * Materials database (incl. identification of vendors) | ||
| - | * Background Reduction | ||
| - | * Radon abatement | ||
| - | * Cleaning and Handling | ||
| - | * Purification Techniques (cryogens, water, scintillator, | ||
| - | __Cosmogenic Effects__ | ||
| - | * Muon distributions | ||
| - | * Parameterization and physics | ||
| - | * Site-specific distributions, | ||
| - | * Cosmic Ray physics: bundles and modulation effects | ||
| - | * Muon-induced neutrons | ||
| - | * Simulation | ||
| - | * neutron yield and physics models (FLUKA v GEANT4) | ||
| - | * multiplicity, | ||
| - | * Benchmarking | ||
| - | * Experiments that allow comparison | ||
| - | * Simulation of those experiments | ||
| - | * Cosmogenic Activation | ||
| - | * Nuclear physics and experimental confirmation | ||
| - | * Material storage underground | ||
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| - | __Organization and Shared Resources__ | ||
| - | * Shared User Facilities for screening | ||
| - | * Populating and regulating the Materials Database | ||
| - | * Simulation tools | ||
| - | * Creating a community for shared resources and information - future of AARM | ||
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| - | Each coordinator should attempt to divide the time allotted for the first two sessions among their working group' | ||
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| - | ===== Simulation ===== | + | ===== Simulation |
| // | // | ||
| - | __Simulation Methods II__ (//Thu 3:30 - 5:00 pm//) | + | __Specialized Detector Physics Simulation__ |
| How can specialized models be incorporated into simulation packages systematically, | How can specialized models be incorporated into simulation packages systematically, | ||
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| * microscopic data for vetting specialized detector physics | * microscopic data for vetting specialized detector physics | ||
| - | __Neutron Benchmarking Crossover__ | + | __Cross-Collaboration with Neutron Benchmarking__ |
| Identify the data which exists and where they can constrain the understanding of backgrounds. | Identify the data which exists and where they can constrain the understanding of backgrounds. | ||
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| * Cavern measurements (prompt n's w/ energy) | * Cavern measurements (prompt n's w/ energy) | ||
| - | __Simulation | + | __Simulation |
| Review of the existing packages for simulation and what processes exist and what the models are to add processes. | Review of the existing packages for simulation and what processes exist and what the models are to add processes. | ||
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| - specific models used by all these processes -- and for different versions of the packages | - specific models used by all these processes -- and for different versions of the packages | ||
| - | __Radiogenics Crossover__ | + | __Cross-collaboration with Radiogenics__ |
| * cross sections data for microscopic (e.g. (alpha,n)) events | * cross sections data for microscopic (e.g. (alpha,n)) events | ||
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| - | ===== Radiogenics (Natural Radioactivity in Shielding Materials and Detectors) ===== | + | ===== Radiogenics |
| // | // | ||
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| + | // | ||
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| + | // | ||
| __Assays__ //Thu 3:30 - 4:30 pm// | __Assays__ //Thu 3:30 - 4:30 pm// | ||
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| * Should we create a database of spectra calculated by SOURCES4? | * Should we create a database of spectra calculated by SOURCES4? | ||
| * Demo of mySQL database for this purpose. | * Demo of mySQL database for this purpose. | ||
| + | * Should/Can we facilitate sharing of code used by counting facilities (.i.e. HPGe counters, etc) | ||
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| * Cross sections data for microscopic (e.g. (alpha,n)) events | * Cross sections data for microscopic (e.g. (alpha,n)) events | ||
| * Specific small scale cross section data (e.g. (alpha,n)) | * Specific small scale cross section data (e.g. (alpha,n)) | ||
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| + | * Neutron capture in materials | ||
| + | * Implement physics model into GEANT4 | ||
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| - | ===== Benchmarking ===== | + | ===== Benchmarking |
| // | // | ||
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| * LVD, Borexino and other large-volume detectors | * LVD, Borexino and other large-volume detectors | ||
| - | __Cross-collaboration__ | + | __Cross-collaboration with Simulation__ |
| - | * with Simulation working group | + | |
| __Data - Part II__ — //Fri 4-4:30 pm// | __Data - Part II__ — //Fri 4-4:30 pm// | ||
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| * Also, neutron-veto design & prototyping | * Also, neutron-veto design & prototyping | ||
| * **Funding for underground benchmarking in general** | * **Funding for underground benchmarking in general** | ||
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| + | ====== Purpose of AARM ====== | ||
| + | ===== Coordination of Background Identification and Reduction ===== | ||
| + | // Prisca Cushman (3/18/2014) // | ||
| + | ==== Note that this outline is not organized with respect to the breakout session titles. Instead, it is organized by type of background and by AARM integration jobs.==== | ||
| + | __Natural Radioactivity in Shielding Materials and Detectors__ | ||
| + | * Simulation | ||
| + | * Codes and frameworks | ||
| + | * General Physics models and processes | ||
| + | * Advances in specific detector physics (e.g. noble liquids, or photon physics) | ||
| + | * Nuclear cross sections and new experiments to improve nuclear data | ||
| + | * Databases (e.g. alpha-n etc) | ||
| + | * Assay | ||
| + | * Assay techniques and advances | ||
| + | * Facilities and access | ||
| + | * Materials database (incl. identification of vendors) | ||
| + | * Background Reduction | ||
| + | * Radon abatement | ||
| + | * Cleaning and Handling | ||
| + | * Purification Techniques (cryogens, water, scintillator, | ||
| + | __Cosmogenic Effects__ | ||
| + | * Muon distributions | ||
| + | * Parameterization and physics | ||
| + | * Site-specific distributions, | ||
| + | * Cosmic Ray physics: bundles and modulation effects | ||
| + | * Muon-induced neutrons | ||
| + | * Simulation | ||
| + | * neutron yield and physics models (FLUKA v GEANT4) | ||
| + | * multiplicity, | ||
| + | * Benchmarking | ||
| + | * Experiments that allow comparison | ||
| + | * Simulation of those experiments | ||
| + | * Cosmogenic Activation | ||
| + | * Nuclear physics and experimental confirmation | ||
| + | * Material storage underground | ||
| + | |||
| + | __Organization and Shared Resources__ | ||
| + | * Shared User Facilities for screening | ||
| + | * Populating and regulating the Materials Database | ||
| + | * Simulation tools | ||
| + | * Creating a community for shared resources and information - future of AARM | ||