International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
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SATELITE MEETINGNuclear Spallation Reactions (SM/SR) Spallation reactions are nuclear reactions playing an important role in a wide domain of applications ranging from neutron sources for condensed matter and material studies, transmutation of nuclear waste and rare isotope production to astrophysics, simulation of detector set-ups in nuclear and particle physics experiments, and radiation protection near accelerators or in space. The simulation tools developed for these domains use nuclear model codes to compute the production yields and characteristics of all the particles and nuclei generated in these reactions. The codes are generally Monte-Carlo implementations of Intra-Nuclear Cascade or Quantum Molecular Dynamics models followed by de-excitation (principally evaporation/fission) models. This Satellite Meeting will help experts and competent practitioners to better understand the physical basis, approximations, strengths and weaknesses of the currently used spallation models and codes. In addition, presentations of relevant basic experimental data with emphasis on accuracies, detector efficiencies, filters and thresholds will be planned. The IAEA and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) have recently organised an expert meeting on model codes for spallation reactions. The experts have discussed in depth the physics bases and ingredients of the different models in order to understand their strengths and weaknesses. Since it is of great importance to validate on selected experimental data the abilities of the various codes to predict reliably the different quantities relevant for applications, it has been agreed to organise an international benchmark of the different models developed by different groups worldwide. Therefore, a second important objective of the meeting will be to discuss the results of the recently launched Benchmark Exercise on Spallation Models. Details on this initiative are posted on the website http://www-nds.iaea.org/spallations. During the Satellite Meeting, a first assessment of the results obtained from the benchmark initiative will be discussed. The main topics to be addressed at the Satellite Meeting are:
Complementary, the main objective of the Satellite Meeting is to promote exchange of information among IAEA Member States representatives and delegates, and to discuss new trends in neutron spallation reactions for applications in the relevant fields. It is also aimed at enhancing research collaboration between Member States and promoting education on topics related to the AccAp-09 Conference, emphasising the potential of nuclear based technologies. The Organizing Committee of the Satellite Meeting is composed of:
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