27 June 2016 to 1 July 2016
Santa Fe, NM, USA
US/Central timezone

Scientific Program

Day Time Title Speaker
Monday 9 to 9:30 Welcome Paris and deBoer
  9:30 to 10:30 Reflections on the History of R-Matrix Theory and its Application to Light Nuclear Reactions Hale
  10:30 to 11 Break  
  11 to 12 Introduction to R-matrix Theory Thompson
  12:30 to 2 Lunch  
  2 to 3 Introduction to R-matrix Theory (cont.) Thompson
  3 to 3:30 Break  
  3:30 to 4 SAMMY: An R-matrix Bayesian Nuclear Data Evaluation Code Arbanas
  4:00 to 4:30 R-matrix Methods & Applications with EDA Paris
  4:30 to 6 AZURE2: Tutorial deBoer
       
Tuesday 9 to 9:30 Study of states in 38Ca that are important for the 34Ar(a,p)37K reaction rate through 37K+p elastic scattering Lauer
  9:30 to 10 Analysis of 13C excited states above the a-threshold by R-matrix analysis of alpha+9Be elastic and inelastic scattering data Dell'Aquila
  10 to 10:45 Discussion/break: Analysis of scattering reactions in R-matrix  
  10:45 to 11:15 Commissioning the SONIK (Scattering of Nuclei in Inverse Kinematics) scattering chamber Connolly
  11:15 to 11:45 Study of O-14 through resonant alpha scattering Ahn
  11:45 to 12:30 Discussion: Analysis of scattering reactions in R-matrix (cont.)  
  12:30 to 2 Lunch  
  2 to 2:30 R-matrix theory in the analysis of fission cross-sections Lynn
  2:30 to 3 Analysis of experimental data and uncertainty evaluation Kopecky
  3 to 3:30 Break  
  3:30 to 4:15 Discussion/break: neutron induced fission on heavy nuclei  
  4:15 to 4:45 Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Strieder
  4:45 to 5:15 R-matrix analysis and indirect measurement of 19Ne states relevant to novae explosions Riley
  5:15 to 5:45 New data on 14N(p,gamma)15O at 0.4 - 1.4 MeV for improved R-Matrix fits Wagner
  5:45 to 6:30 Disscussion: R-matrix in Nuclear Astrophysics  
Wednesday 8:30 to 9 R-matrix for beta-decay and three-body decays Fynbo
  9 to 9:30 R-matrix analysis of the 3H(t,2n) neutron spectrum produced by inertial confinement fusion experiments Sayre
  9:30 to 10 Neutron-Induced Breakup Reactions Using 100-ps Pulses from Direct-Drive D-T Implosions on OMEGA Forrest
  10 to 10:45 Disscussion/break: Three body break up in light systems  
  10:45 to 11:15 Estimating experimental covariances... and the uncertainties within Neudecker
  11:15 to 11:45 Consideration of model defects associated with R-matrix based evaluations Leeb
  11:45 to 12:30 Discussion: Covariances in R-matrix  
  12:30 to 2 Lunch  
  2 to 2:30 Reich-Moore R-matrix parameters for n+16O (*) Pigni
  2:30 to 3 Overview of 12C(alpha,gamma)16O Brune
  3 to 3:30 Can R-Matrix Results be More Accurate Than the Data Itself?; The case of 12C(a,g) Gai
  3:30 to 4 Error analysis in extrapolations Gialenella
  4 to 4:45 Discussion: 12C(a,g)  
Thursday 8:30 to 9 R-matrix approach based on hybrid representation Srdinko
  9 to 9:30 R matrix for Trojan Horse method as indirect technique in nuclear astrophysics. Mukhamedzhanov
  9:30 to 10 Resonance and virtual states from a calculable R-matrix approach Dohet-Eraly
  10 to 10:45 Discussion/break: Theory advances in R-matrix  
  10:45 to 11:15 Linking ab initio models, phenomenology, and data Nollett
  11:15 to 11:45 R-matrix theory and ab initio calculations of light-nucleus reactions Quaglioni
  11:45 to 12:30 Discussion: Ab Initio and phenomenology  
  12:30 to 2 Lunch  
  2 to 2:30 Experimental application of the generalized R-matrix approach (19F(p,a) and 13C(a,n)) LaCognata
  2:30 to 3 Systematic R-matrix analysis of 13C(a,n)16O Reaction And 13C(a,a ) Scattering At Astrophysical Energies Chakraborty
  3 to 3:30 Determining the 16O(n,a) reaction cross section via a forward-propagating analysis Lee
  3:30 to 4:15 Discussion/break: 13C(a,n)  
  4:15 to 4:45    
  4:45 to 5:15 Spin parity determination of unbound states in 26Mg from neutron spectroscopy Massimi
  5:15 to 5:45 Calculated Resonance Properties from the New Resolved Resonance Region Evaluations of Copper Sobes
  5:45 to 6:30 Discussion: neutron induced reactions  
Friday 8:30 to 9 Cluster structures and what we can learn from resonant scattering Freer
  9 to 9:30 Constraining R-Matrix Fits with the Shell Model Massey
  9:30 to 10 Evaluation of the differential cross-sections for Ion Beam Analysis Gurbich
  10 to 10:45 Discussion/break: potential models and R-matrix  
  10:45 to 11:15 An R-matrix code AMUR for the cross-section evaluation and preliminary approaches to open issues in the analysis Kunieda
  11:15 to 12:00 Discussion: R-matrix codes