Beam-based Probes of Condensed Matter Physics, Chemistry and Related Fields in Canada

Jun 3, 2021, 8:00 AM → Jun 4, 2021, 6:00 PM Canada/Pacific

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Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

Thursday, June 3

8:00 AM → 10:00 AM Novel capabilities with μSR

Convener: Prof. Graeme Luke (McMaster University)

8:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Prof. Jens Dilling (TRIUMF)

8:15 AM High pressure research using muons at PSI

Speaker: Dr Rustem Khasanov (Paul Scherrer Institute)

High pressure research using muons at PSI.pdf

8:45 AM High pressure and high transverse field applications of μSR to quantum materials

Speaker: Prof. Jeff Sonier (Simon Fraser University)

9:15 AM Reinventing muon decay channels: Impacts on μSR research in extreme environments

Speaker: Dr Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

ReinventingMuonDecayChannels.pdf

9:45 AM Discussion

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:30 AM → 12:30 PM Neutron scattering (with an accelerator-based source)

Convener: Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)

10:30 AM Neutron scattering for quantum materials at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor and with our foreign partners

Speaker: Prof. Bruce Gaulin (McMaster University)

Neutrons_McMaster_TRIUMF_Gaulin_June03_2021_forpdf_v2.pdf

11:00 AM Neutrons for today and tomorrow - Next generation accelerator based neutron sources

Speaker: Dr Thomas Gutberlet (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Gutberlet_HBS_TRIUMF-2021.pdf

11:30 AM A CANS for Canada: A future neutron source for Canada

Speaker: Dr Drew Marquardt (University of Windsor)

TRIUMF-CANS-seminar.pdf

12:00 PM Discussion

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Coffee Break

1:00 PM → 3:00 PM Polarized radioactive isotopes

Convener: Prof. W. Andrew Macfarlane (University of British Columbia)

1:00 PM Polarized beams for nuclear structure studies

Speaker: Prof. Mustafa Rajabali (Tennessee Tech University)

1:30 PM Polarised Radioactive Isotope Science (POLARIS) at TRIUMF

Speaker: Dr Sarah Dunsiger (TRIUMF)

2:00 PM βNMR applications to biology and medicine

Speaker: Dr Monika Stachura (TRIUMF)

Stachura CMMS workshop 2021.pdf

2:30 PM Discussion

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee Break

3:30 PM → 5:30 PM Muonic X-ray analysis and μ-SR

Convener: Dr Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

3:30 PM Probing beneath the surface without a scratch – elemental analysis using muonic X-rays and gammas

Speaker: Dr Adrian Hillier (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

4:00 PM Negative muon non-destructive element analysis at J-PARC MUSE

Speaker: Prof. Yasuhiro Miyake (KEK/J-PARC)

4:30 PM Internal magnetic field studied with negative muon spin rotation and relaxation

Speaker: Dr Jun Sugiyama (CROSS Neutron Science and Technology Center)

5:00 PM Discussion

Friday, June 4

8:00 AM → 10:00 AM Positron annihilation spectroscopy

Convener: Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

8:00 AM Positron annihilation: probing the atomic and electronic structures of condensed matter

Speaker: Prof. Filip Tuomisto (University of Helsinki)

TRIUMF_positrons_tuomisto.pdf

8:30 AM Materials characterization by positron annihilation spectroscopy – A Canadian perspective

Speaker: Prof. Peter Mascher (McMaster University)

Mascher-Peter-TRIUMF 2021.pdf

9:00 AM Positron production and positron beam experiments at NEPOMUC

Speaker: Prof. Christoph Hugenschmidt (Technical University Munich)

9:30 AM Discussion

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:30 AM → 12:30 PM THz spectroscopy in Canada

Convener: Dr Jens Lassen (TRIUMF)

10:30 AM Opportunities for high-field terahertz research in quantum materials

Speaker: Prof. Steve Dodge (Simon Fraser University)

11:00 AM Next generation THz instrumentation for material science

Speaker: Prof. David Cooke (McGill University)

11:30 AM Prospects for THz/Infrared photon source powered by TRIUMF e-linac

Speaker: Dr Verzilov Victor (TRIUMF)

Prospects_THz_Source.pdf

12:00 PM Discussion

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Coffee Break

1:00 PM → 3:00 PM Synchrotron light sources

Convener: Kenji Kojima (TRUIMF)

1:00 PM Resonant soft x-ray reflection and diffraction studies of quantum materials

Speaker: Prof. Robert Green (University of Saskatchewan)

1:30 PM Modern applications of X-ray microscopy

Speaker: Dr Adam Leontowich (Canadian Light Source Inc.)

2:00 PM The Canadian Light Source: current research activities and plans for the future

Speaker: Prof. Gianluigi Botton (Canadian Light Source Inc.)

2:30 PM Discussion

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee Break

3:30 PM → 5:30 PM μSR ideas and concepts

Convener: Dr Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

3:30 PM Muon dreams revisited

Speaker: Prof. Jess H. Brewer (UBC & TRIUMF)

MuonDreams_2021-BL1A.pdf

4:00 PM Reaction kinetics in supercritical water as probed with muonium

Speaker: Prof. Paul Percival (Simon Fraser University)

Mu in SCW 2021.pdf

4:30 PM Development of non-destructive elemental analysis method using muons and extension of the method to isotopic analysis

Speaker: Prof. Kazuhiko Ninomiya (Osaka University)

5:00 PM Discussion