Monte-Carlo Workshop Programme



Training to McStas, VITESS, NISP and RESTRAX



Monday 2nd October


9.00 – 9.15

Welcome to the training sessions

Session 1

9.15 – 9.55

9.55 -10.35



Tutorial to McStas (P. Willendrup)

Tutorial to VITESS (K. Lieutenant)


10.35 – 11.00

Coffee Break

Session 2

11.00 – 11.40

11.40 – 12.20



Tutorial to NISP (Ph. Seeger)

Tutorial to RESTRAX (J. Saroun)


12.20 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 3

14.00 – 15.35



Training in groups for each package 1

15.35 – 16.00

Coffee Break

Session 4

16.00 – 18.00



Training in groups for each package 2



Int. Workshop on Applications of Advanced MC Simulations

3 – 4 October


Tuesday 3rd October


9.00 – 9.15

Welcome (K. Clausen)

Session 1

(Chairman K.Lefmann)

Introduction/News to Neutron Scattering MC-programs

9.15 – 9.45

VITESS (K.Lieutenant + A.Ioffe)

9.45 – 10.05

McStas (P.Willendrup)

10.05 - 10.25

NISP (Ph. Seeger)

10.25 -10.45

RESTRAX (J.Saroun)

10.45 – 11.10

Coffee Break

Session 2

(Chairman: A.Ferrari)

Introduction/Applications to other MC

programs I

11.10 – 11.30

Introduction to MCNPX (F.Gallmeier)

11.30 – 11.50

Applications of MCNPX at PSI (M.Wohlmuther)

11.50 – 12.10

Introduction to Geant4 (A.Howard)

12.10 – 12.30

UCN simulations using Geant4 (M.Kuzniak)

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 3

(Chairman F.Gallmeier)

Introduction/Applications to other

MC programs II

14.00 – 14.30

Introduction and Application of FLUKA

(A.Ferrari)

14.30 -14.55

Monte Carlo MCNPX Applications in Neutron Transmission

(E.Dyrnjaja)

14.55 – 15.15

Simulations of ILL reactor using MCNP and Tripoli (E.Farhi et al.)

15.15 – 15.35

Optimization Methods for Monte Carlo (S.Ansell)

15.35 – 16.00

Coffee Break

Session 4

(Chairman M.Wohlmuther)

Source/Moderator Simulations


16.00 – 16.25

Simulations and Measurements of Neutron Spectral Intensities and Emission Time Distributions for the IPNS Cryogenic Methane Moderators (B.J.Micklich)

16.25 – 16.50

Neutron beam-line and shielding design for the neutron scattering instrument at JSNS J-PARC project (H.Iwase)

16.50 – 17.15

The Effect of MC simulation on the TS2 Design (S.Ansell)

17.15 – 17.40

Simulations to SINQ-Megapie (L.Zanini)

17.40 – 18.05

Simulations to SNS (F.Gallmeier)




Wednesday 4thOctober


Session 5

(Chairman S. Ansell)

Applications of Monte Carlo Techniques


9.00 – 9.20

Harnessing the intelligent algorithms of life

(P. M. Bentley)

9.20 – 9.40

Investigation of the correlation technique at pulsed sources using Monte Carlo simulations

(S. Rosenkranz et al.)

9.40 - 10.00

Corrections Methods for Neutron Imaging on the Basis of Monte-Carlo Simulation Results

(E. Lehmann et al.)

10.00 -10.20

The Role of Neutron Scattering Simulations in Identifying Optimum Strategies to Convert Research Reactors to Low-Enriched Fuel

(A. Glaser)

10.20 – 10.40

Coffee Break

Session 6

(Chairman Ph.Seeger)

Virtual experiments and Grid applications

10.40 – 11.05

The role of virtual experiments for tomorrows neutron scattering science

(K. Lefmann et al.)

11.05 – 11.30

Virtual experiments: sample environment

(E. Farhi)

11.30 – 11.55

Neutron Instrument Simulations on the Teragrid

(J.Cobb et al.)

11.55 – 12.20

Grid ready Monte Carlo Simulation of a dispersive sample on the SEQUOIA spectrometer at the SNS

(G.E. Granroth et al.)

12.20 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 7

(Chairman E. Farhi)

Instrument Simulations and Intercomparison

14.00 -14.20

Simulations for the new EIGER spectrometer at PSI

(H.Ronnow)

14.20 – 14.40

Simulations for the new TOPAS spectrometer

(J.Voigt)

14.40 – 15.00

Comparable MC simulations of a powder diffractometer for the IFE research institute in Norway

(K.Lieutenant)

15.00 – 15.20

FOCUS Intercomparison using VITESS/ McStas/Restrax

(U.Filges et al.)

15.20 – 15.40

Coffee Break

Session 8

(Chairman G.Zsigmond)

Special simulations for neutron scattering

15.40 – 16.00

Results of the ESS-Rencurel workshop

(E.Farhi et al.)

16.00 – 16.20

Simulations for the AMOR reflectometer

(Ph.Seeger)

16.20 – 16.40

Simulations for the HYSPEC polarization option

(U.Filges et al.)

16.40 – 17.00

IDEAS, a modular MC software used on the example of a focusing guide for the single crystal diffractometer at SNS

(Ch. Hoffmann et al.)

17.00 -17.20

Monte Carlo simulations for the development of polarised neutron instrumentation

(G. Zsigmond)