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In-Person PHITS Advanced Tutorial at Facility for Rare Isotope BeamsPROGRAMYou can download a copy of the agenda here |
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| Monday, 16th September, 2024 | ||
| Time | Agenda | Tutor |
| 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Registration | Rm. 1221 A/B |
| 9:00 am to 9:30 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 9:30 am to 10:00 am | PHITS Installation and Checkup | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 10:00 am to 10:15 am | Coffee break | |
| 10:15 am to 11:00 am | Overview of Recent PHITS Updates | Dr. Takuya Furuta |
| 11:00 am to 12:30 pm | Review Exercise- 1 | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch at Shaw Hall *At Participants Own Expense |
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| 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Review Exercise- 2 | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Post-Course Q & A | |
| 4:15 pm to 6:15 pm |
Poster Session and Meet & Greet (Light snacks will be served) |
Outside rm. 1300 LAB |
| 6:15 pm | Adjourn | |
| Tuesday, 17th September, 2024 | ||
| Time | Agenda | Tutor |
| 8:00 am to 9:30 am | Advanced Source Definition 1: Definition of source energy spectra, use of RI source data library, and definition of multiple sources | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 9:30 am to 9:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 9:45 am to 11:15 am |
Advanced Source Definition 2: Particle data dump from tallies and definition of sources based on particle data dump files |
Dr. Takuya Furuta |
| 11:15 am to 12:30 pm | Variance Reduction - Basic: Variance reduction using importance biasing for deep penetration and forced collision in thin targets | Dr. Tatsuhiko Ogawa |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch at Shaw Hall *At Participants Own Expense |
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| 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Variance Reduction - Advanced: Variance reduction weight window method supported by automated weight window generator | Dr. Tatsuhiko Ogawa |
| 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Supplementary functions: Transform, Magnetic field, Multiplier, Counter, Electric field, Timer | Dr. Tatsuhiko Ogawa |
| 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm | Post-Course Q & A | |
| 5:15 pm | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 | ||
| Time | Agenda | Tutor |
| 8:00 am to 9:30 am | DCHAIN: Decay and buildup calculation of radioactive inventory over irradiation and cooling periods | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 9:30 am to 9:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 9:45 am to 11:15 am | Lattice, Universe and Voxel Geometry: Application of universe to define nested geometry and its further application to make repetitive geometry using lattice function | Dr. Takuya Furuta |
| 11:15 am to 12:30 pm | Nuclei and Ion Reactions: Parameter configuration for reaction physics models and nuclear data called by nuclear reaction simulation | Dr. Tatsuhiko Ogawa |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch at Shaw Hall *At Participants Own Expense |
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| 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Open Session 1: Reserved for unfinished lectures. If the tutorial remains on schedule, participants can work on their own inputs with assistance from tutors | |
| 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Post-Course Q & A | |
| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm |
Group Dinner at Pizza House *Dinner Paid by FRIB *Drinks At Participants Own Expense |
4790 S Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823 |
| Thursday, 19th September, 2024 | ||
| Time | Agenda | Tutor |
| 8:00 am to 9:30 am | Shielding Exercise: Practical shielding exercise of maze shielding, deep-penetration and remnant dose prediction | Dr. Tatsuhiko Ogawa |
| 9:30 am to 9:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 9:45 am to 11:15 am | Semiconductor Simulation: Practical exercise for semiconductor single event effect simulation for macroscopic and microscopic system | Dr. Takuya Furuta |
| 11:15 am to 12:30 pm | Detector Simulation: Practical exercise on how to simulate detector performance, consider detector energy resolution, and simulate coincidence detectors | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch at Shaw Hall *At Participants Own Expense |
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| 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | FRIB Tour and Group Photos | |
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| 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm | Open Session 2: Reserved for unfinished lectures. If the tutorial remains on schedule, participants can work on their own inputs with assistance from tutors | |
| 4:45 to 5:45 pm | Post-Course Q & A | |
| 5:45 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm |
Special Planetarium Show Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds |
755 Science Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| Friday, 20th September, 2024 | ||
| Time | Agenda | Tutor |
| 8:30 am to 9:30 am | Automated Run Using Script Files: Application of script or batch files and external file import for iterative calculation | Dr. Yuho Hirata |
| 9:30 am to 9:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 9:45 am to 11:15 am | PHITS High Performance Computing: Large-scale calculation deployment with help of memory-shared (OpenMP) and memory-distributed (MPI) parallelism | Dr. Takuya Furuta |
| 11:15 am to 12:30 pm | Open Session 3: Reserved for unfinished lectures. If the tutorial remains on schedule, participants can work on their own inputs with assistance from tutors | |
| 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch at Crossroads Food Court *At Participants Own Expense |
427 N Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Spartan Shop and *At Participants Own Expense |
49 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824 and 474 S Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Post-Course Q & A | |
| 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Closing Session | |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |
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