Name: Beam-based Probes of Condensed Matter Physics, Chemistry and Related Fields in Canada
Start: 2021-06-03T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-06-04T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Zoom

Monday, May 31, 2021
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
8:00 a.m. Novel capabilities with μSR
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Contributions

8:00 a.m. Welcome - Jens Dilling (TRIUMF)

8:15 a.m. High pressure research using muons at PSI - Rustem Khasanov (Paul Scherrer Institute)

8:45 a.m. High pressure and high transverse field applications of μSR to quantum materials - Jeff Sonier (Simon Fraser University)

9:15 a.m. Reinventing muon decay channels: Impacts on μSR research in extreme environments - Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

9:45 a.m. Discussion
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. Neutron scattering (with an accelerator-based source)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Contributions

10:30 a.m. Neutron scattering for quantum materials at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor and with our foreign partners - Bruce Gaulin (McMaster University)

11:00 a.m. Neutrons for today and tomorrow - Next generation accelerator based neutron sources - Thomas Gutberlet (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

11:30 a.m. A CANS for Canada: A future neutron source for Canada - Drew Marquardt (University of Windsor)

12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Polarized radioactive isotopes
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Contributions

1:00 p.m. Polarized beams for nuclear structure studies - Mustafa Rajabali (Tennessee Tech University)

1:30 p.m. Polarised Radioactive Isotope Science (POLARIS) at TRIUMF - Sarah Dunsiger (TRIUMF)

2:00 p.m. βNMR applications to biology and medicine - Monika Stachura (TRIUMF)

2:30 p.m. Discussion
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Muonic X-ray analysis and μ-SR
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Contributions

3:30 p.m. Probing beneath the surface without a scratch – elemental analysis using muonic X-rays and gammas - Adrian Hillier (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

4:00 p.m. Negative muon non-destructive element analysis at J-PARC MUSE - Yasuhiro Miyake (KEK/J-PARC)

4:30 p.m. Internal magnetic field studied with negative muon spin rotation and relaxation - Jun Sugiyama (CROSS Neutron Science and Technology Center)

5:00 p.m. Discussion
Friday, June 4, 2021
8:00 a.m. Positron annihilation spectroscopy
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Contributions

8:00 a.m. Positron annihilation: probing the atomic and electronic structures of condensed matter - Filip Tuomisto (University of Helsinki)

8:30 a.m. Materials characterization by positron annihilation spectroscopy – A Canadian perspective - Peter Mascher (McMaster University)

9:00 a.m. Positron production and positron beam experiments at NEPOMUC - Christoph Hugenschmidt (Technical University Munich)

9:30 a.m. Discussion
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. THz spectroscopy in Canada
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Contributions

10:30 a.m. Opportunities for high-field terahertz research in quantum materials - Steve Dodge (Simon Fraser University)

11:00 a.m. Next generation THz instrumentation for material science - David Cooke (McGill University)

11:30 a.m. Prospects for THz/Infrared photon source powered by TRIUMF e-linac - Verzilov Victor (TRIUMF)

12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Synchrotron light sources
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Contributions

1:00 p.m. Resonant soft x-ray reflection and diffraction studies of quantum materials - Robert Green (University of Saskatchewan)

1:30 p.m. Modern applications of X-ray microscopy - Adam Leontowich (Canadian Light Source Inc.)

2:00 p.m. The Canadian Light Source: current research activities and plans for the future - Gianluigi Botton (Canadian Light Source Inc.)

2:30 p.m. Discussion
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. μSR ideas and concepts
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Contributions

3:30 p.m. Muon dreams revisited - Jess H. Brewer (UBC & TRIUMF)

4:00 p.m. Reaction kinetics in supercritical water as probed with muonium - Paul Percival (Simon Fraser University)

4:30 p.m. Development of non-destructive elemental analysis method using muons and extension of the method to isotopic analysis - Kazuhiko Ninomiya (Osaka University)

5:00 p.m. Discussion