International Conference on FFAGs

21 Sep 2009, 08:00 → 25 Sep 2009, 18:00 US/Central

One West, atrium, Wilson Hall

Alessandro Ruggiero (BNL), Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Monday, 21 September

08:00 → 09:30 Opening remarks + Introduction to FFAGs

08:00 Registration

09:00 Welcome

Speaker: Dr Young-Kee Kim (Deputy Director, Fermilab)

09:15 Workshop charge

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Slides CJohnstone1-090921.pptx

09:30 → 18:30 International Nonscaling FFAG Design, Construction and Dynamics

09:30 Introduction to FFAGs and International Initiatives

Speaker: Prof. Michael Craddock (UBC & TRIUMF)

Slides MCraddock1-090921.pdf

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Overview of EMMA

Speaker: Dr Susan Smith (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides SSmith1-090921.ppt

11:00 EMMA Project Status

Speaker: Dr Neil Bliss (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides NBliss1-090921.pdf

11:30 EMMA Commissioning Plans

Speaker: Dr Susan Smith (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides SSmith2-090921.ppt

12:00 FFAG Muon Accelerators for IDS-NF

Speaker: Dr Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides JSBerg-090921.pdf

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Overview and Status of PAMELA

Speaker: Dr Takeichiro Yokoi (JAI,Oxford University)

Slides FFAG09_PamelaStatus.ppt

14:00 Advances in FFAG Optics

Speaker: Dr Shinji Machida (ASTeC STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides SMachida1-090921.pdf

14:30 Crossing Resonances in a Non-scaling FFAG

Speaker: Dr Dejan Trbojevic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides DTrvojevic1-090921.pptx

15:00 PAMELA Lattice Design and Dynamics

Speaker: Ms Suzanne Sheehy (University of Oxford, John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science)

Slides SSheehy1-090921.ppt

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 CW (isochronous) Proton Nonscaling FFAGs with Stable Tune

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Slides CJohnstone2-090921.pptx

16:40 Injection/Extraction Studies in Muon FFAGs

Speaker: Dr David Kelliher (ASTeC)

Slides DKelliher1-090921.ppt

17:10 Additional Talks and Discussion

Tuesday, 22 September

09:00 → 14:00 International Scaling FFAG Projects, Applications and FFAG Simulation

09:00 Advancement of Scaling FFAG Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Yoshiharu Mori (Kyoto University)

Slides YMori1-090921.pdf

09:45 PRISM R&D

Speaker: Dr Akira Sato (Osaka University)

Slides ASato1-090921.pdf

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 New Initiatives for PRISM

Speaker: Prof. Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College and STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides JPasternak1-090921.ppt

10:50 PRISM with Straight Sections

Speaker: Mr jean-baptiste lagrange (kyoto university)

Slides JBLagrange1-090921.pdf

11:10 "Invisible" Straight Sections in Scaling FFAGs

Speaker: Dr Phil Meads (none)

Slides PMeads1-090921.ppt

11:30 RACCAM and first magnetic measurements on prototype magnet

Speaker: Dr Francois Meot (CEA&IN2P3)

Slides FMeot1-090921.pdf FMeot1-090921.ppt

11:50 FFAG Tracking Studies using CYCLOPS

Speaker: Prof. Michael Craddock (UBC & TRIUMF)

Slides CYCLOPS_talk.pdf

12:10 FFAG simulations with ZGOUBI

Speaker: Dr francois meot (CEA&IN2P3)

Slides FMeot2-090921.pdf

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 FFAG Simulations in COSY

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Slides FFAG09_COSY_Simulation_examples_1.pptx Johnstone_FFAG_COSY.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 RF Systems: Fixed and Variable Frequency

14:00 EMMA RF

Speaker: Dr Carl Beard (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides CBeard1-090921.pptx

14:20 EMMA RF Upgrade

Speaker: Dr Chihiro Ohmori (KEK)

Slides COhmori1-090921.pdf COhmori1-090921.ppt

14:40 PAMELA RF: Design and Simulation Results

Speaker: Dr Takeichiro Yokoi (JAI,Oxford University)

Slides FFAG09_PamelaRF.ppt

15:10 Tunable RF cavities

Speaker: Dr Milorad Popovic (FNAL)

Slides MPopovic1-090921.ppt

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:00 The Future of Charm - Extreme Beam Fermi Lecture

17:00 → 18:30 Reception

17:40 → 19:20 Scaling FFAG Studies --continued

17:40 Injection Layout of Pamela

Speaker: Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College/RAF STFC)

Slides JPasternak2-090921.ppt

18:00 Muon Acceleration with Scaling FFAG

Speaker: Mr Thomas Planche (student)

Slides TPlanche1-090921.pdf

18:20 Stationary Bucket Acceleration

Speaker: Ms Emi Yamakawa (Kyoto university)

Slides EYamakawa1-090921.pdf

18:40 Study of Integer Resonance Crossing

Speaker: Tomonori Uesugi (Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI))

Slides TUesugi1-090921.pdf

19:00 Tracking Studies in EMMA with Dynamical Map

Speaker: Mr yoel giboudot (cockcroft institute/Brunel University)

Slides YGiboudot1-090921.pdf

Wednesday, 23 September

09:00 → 12:00 Hadron Therapy and Medical accelerators Session

09:00 History and future of hadron cancer therapy: a clinical perspective

Speaker: Dr Richard Levy (ABC Foundation)

Slides RLevy1-090921.pdf

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Clinical Specifications for Accelerators

Speakers: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab), Prof. George Coutrakon (NIU)

Slides GCoutrakon1-090921.pptx

11:00 Fundamental Residual Issues in Proton Therapy Applications

Speakers: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab), Prof. Paul DeLuca (Provost, U. of Wisconsin)

Slides PDeLuca1-090921.ppt

11:30 State-of-the-Art Shielding Design and Simulation for 100-400 MeV Ion Beams

Speaker: Dr Nikolai Mokhov (Fermilab)

Slides NMokhov1-090921.pdf NMokhov1-090921.ppt

12:03 → 13:03 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:30 Gantry design and Beam Scanning Techniques

13:30 Potential Non-Gantry Solutions for Isocentric Patient Irradiation with Heavier Ions

Speaker: Dr Richard Levy (ABC Foundation)

Slides RLevy2-090921.pdf

14:00 Isocentric gantries for proton/carbon therapy based on FFAGs

Speaker: Dr Dejan Trbojevic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides DTrbojevic2-090921.pptx

14:30 Laser-controlled Proton Beam for Scanning

Speaker: David Johnson (Fermilab)

Slides DJohnson1-090921.ppt

15:00 Medical Requirements for PAMELA

Speaker: Dr Takeichiro Yokoi (JAI,Oxford University)

Slides FFAG09_PamelaMedicalRequire_final.ppt

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 A low-dose, accurate medical imaging method for proton therapy: proton computed tomography

Speaker: Prof. Bela Erdelyi (Northern Illinois University)

Slides BErdelyi1-090921.pdf BErdelyi1-090921.ppt

16:30 Hadron Therapy FFAG Designs: Proton, Carbon, ...

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Slides CJohnstone4-090921.pptx

19:00 → 21:00 Banquet

Thursday, 24 September

09:00 → 17:30 ADSR and proton drivers

09:00 Intro to ADSR

Speaker: Dr Rajendran Raja (Fermilab)

Slides RRaja1-090921.pdf

09:30 High Intensity SRF Proton Accelerator at Fermilab: Project X

Speaker: Dr Shekhar Mishra (Fermilab)

Slides SMishra1-090921.ppt

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 U.K. ADSR studies

Speaker: Prof. Roger Barlow (Manchester University and the Cockcroft INstitute)

Slides RBarlow1-090921.ppt

11:15 ADSR study in Japan and the first experiment with FFAG Accelerator at KURRI

Speaker: Prof. Yoshiharu Mori (Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute)

Slides YMori2-090921.pdf

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Accelerator Technologies for Homeland Security

Speaker: Prof. William Bertozzi (Passport Systems)

Slides Accelerators_for_Homeland_security_v6.pptx

13:45 High Current FFAGs

Speaker: Mr Sam Tygier (Manchester University)

Slides samtygier-high_curent-ffag09-20090924-1.odp samtygier-high_curent-ffag09-20090924-1.pdf

14:15 A Kicker-less FFAG: an Approach to a High-intensity Proton FFAG

Speaker: Dr Takeichiro Yokoi (JAI,Oxford University)

Slides FFAG09_KickerlessFFAG_final.ppt

14:45 High-intensity Nonscaling CW FFAG

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)

Slides FFAG09_KickerlessFFAG_final.ppt

15:15 Contributed talks/Discussion

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Discussion Points for ADSR and high-current Applications

Speaker: Dr Chuck Ankenbrandt (Muons Inc., Fermilab, retired)

Friday, 25 September

09:00 → 12:30 Advanced Accelerator Simulation

09:00 New COSY tools for FFAGs and recent FFAG advanced simulations

Speaker: Prof. Kyoko Makino

09:30 Discussion Points for FFAG Simulations

Speaker: Dr Francois Ostiguy (Fermilab)

10:00 Coffe Break

10:30 Discussion: Advanced FFAG Simulation, Space Charge, Collective Effects

11:30 Workshop Closeout

Speaker: Dr Carol Johnstone (Fermilab)