Name: IAEA Technical Meeting on (alpha,n) nuclear data evaluation and data needs
Start: 2021-11-08T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2021-11-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Virtual

IAEA Technical Meeting on (alpha,n) nuclear data evaluation and data needs

from Monday, 8 November 2021 (15:00) to Friday, 12 November 2021 (18:00)

Monday, 8 November 2021

15:00 Welcome-Introduction
Welcome-Introduction
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 Presentations
Presentations
15:20 - 16:35
Contributions

15:20 Low-energy cross section measurement of C13(a,n)O16 - Andreas Best (University of Naples Federico II / INFN)

15:45 (a,n) reactions in low-background neutrino experiments - Valentina Lozza (LIP Lisbon)

16:10 Impact of (a,n) reactions on direct search of Dark Matter - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT)
16:35 Break
Break
16:35 - 16:40
16:40 Presentations
Presentations
16:40 - 17:30
Contributions

16:40 Facilities, Measurements, and Experimental Verification of ($\alpha$,n) for Dark Matter - Anthony Villano (University of Colorado Denver)

17:05 (alpha, n) Cross Section Data Improvement Needs for Next Generation Low-Background Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments - Juergen Reichenbacher (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
15:00 Presentations
Presentations
15:00 - 16:15
Contributions

15:00 The MANY project: measurement of neutron yields and spectra from (α,n) reactions in Spain - A. Tarifeno-Saldivia (Institut de Tècniques Energètiques (INTE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain) Ariel Tarifeno-Saldivia

15:25 Constraining (a,n) cross sections with indirect measurements - Philip Adsley (Texas A&M University)

15:50 Recommendations from an ($a$,n) Nuclear Data Scoping Study - Catherine Romano (IB3 Global Solutions)
16:15 Break
Break
16:15 - 16:25
16:25 Presentations
Presentations
16:25 - 17:30
Contributions

16:25 (α,n) neutron yield calculations with NeuCBOT, the Neutron Calculator Based On TALYS - Shawn Westerdale (Princeton University)

16:50 TENDL-2021 library for (alpha,n) cross sections - Arjan KONING (IAEA)

17:15 ($\alpha$,n) cross section needs for fusion - Mark Gilbert (CCFE)
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
15:00 Presentations
Presentations
15:00 - 16:15
Contributions

15:00 A correction to the non-resonant process for elastic channels in R-matrix analysis - Satoshi Kunieda (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

15:25 Preliminary analysis of 9Be(alpha,n)12C integrated and angular experimental differential data at below 4MeV - Olivier Bouland (CEA Cadarache France)

15:50 (α,n) data for applications and detector simulation codes - Daniel Cano Ott (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, MedioAmbientales y Tecnológicas)
16:15 Break
Break
16:15 - 16:25
16:25 Presentations
Presentations
16:25 - 17:15
Contributions

16:25 Calculation of neutron production in (alpha,n) reactions with SOURCES4 - Vitaly Kudryavtsev (University of Sheffield)

16:50 HeBGB: the Ohio University Neutron Long Counter - Zach Meisel (Ohio University)
Thursday, 11 November 2021
14:00 Presentations
Presentations
14:00 - 15:15
Contributions

14:00 A new evaluation of 17O system (preliminary) - Zhenpeng Chen (Tsinghua University)

14:25 $^{16}$O(n,$\alpha_0$)$^{13}$C Cross Section Normalization based on a new Time-of-Flight measurement using a Frisch Grid Ionisation Chamber. - Sebastian Urlass (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

14:50 Measurement of the cross section for the 13C(α,n)16O reaction and determination of the cross section for the 16O(n,α)13C reaction - Pavel Prusachenko (Insitute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), Bondarenko sq. 1, Obninsk 249033, Russia)
15:15 Break
Break
15:15 - 15:25
15:25 Presentations
Presentations
15:25 - 16:40
Contributions

15:25 First LANSCE result on differential cross sections of the $^{16}$O(n,$\alpha$) reaction - Hye Young Lee (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

15:50 $(\alpha,n)$ measurements at University of Notre Dame and AZURE2 $R$-matrix analyses - Richard deBoer (University of Notre Dame)

16:15 R-matrix evaluations of (alpha,n) - Mark Paris (LANL/Theoretical Divison)
Friday, 12 November 2021

16:25 Break
Break
16:25 - 16:35