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

3 Jun 2021, 08:00 → 4 Jun 2021, 18:00 Canada/Pacific

Zoom

Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

Thursday, 3 June

08:00 → 10:00 Novel capabilities with μSR

Convener: Prof. Graeme Luke (McMaster University)

08:00 Welcome

Speaker: Prof. Jens Dilling (TRIUMF)

08:15 High pressure research using muons at PSI

Speaker: Dr Rustem Khasanov (Paul Scherrer Institute)

High pressure research using muons at PSI.pdf

08:45 High pressure and high transverse field applications of μSR to quantum materials

Speaker: Prof. Jeff Sonier (Simon Fraser University)

09:15 Reinventing muon decay channels: Impacts on μSR research in extreme environments

Speaker: Dr Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

ReinventingMuonDecayChannels.pdf

09:45 Discussion

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

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

Convener: Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)

10:30 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 Neutrons for today and tomorrow - Next generation accelerator based neutron sources

Speaker: Dr Thomas Gutberlet (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Gutberlet_HBS_TRIUMF-2021.pdf

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

Speaker: Dr Drew Marquardt (University of Windsor)

TRIUMF-CANS-seminar.pdf

12:00 Discussion

12:30 → 13:00 Coffee Break

13:00 → 15:00 Polarized radioactive isotopes

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

13:00 Polarized beams for nuclear structure studies

Speaker: Prof. Mustafa Rajabali (Tennessee Tech University)

13:30 Polarised Radioactive Isotope Science (POLARIS) at TRIUMF

Speaker: Dr Sarah Dunsiger (TRIUMF)

14:00 βNMR applications to biology and medicine

Speaker: Dr Monika Stachura (TRIUMF)

Stachura CMMS workshop 2021.pdf

14:30 Discussion

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 17:30 Muonic X-ray analysis and μ-SR

Convener: Dr Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

15:30 Probing beneath the surface without a scratch – elemental analysis using muonic X-rays and gammas

Speaker: Dr Adrian Hillier (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

16:00 Negative muon non-destructive element analysis at J-PARC MUSE

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

16:30 Internal magnetic field studied with negative muon spin rotation and relaxation

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

17:00 Discussion

Friday, 4 June

08:00 → 10:00 Positron annihilation spectroscopy

Convener: Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

08:00 Positron annihilation: probing the atomic and electronic structures of condensed matter

Speaker: Prof. Filip Tuomisto (University of Helsinki)

TRIUMF_positrons_tuomisto.pdf

08:30 Materials characterization by positron annihilation spectroscopy – A Canadian perspective

Speaker: Prof. Peter Mascher (McMaster University)

Mascher-Peter-TRIUMF 2021.pdf

09:00 Positron production and positron beam experiments at NEPOMUC

Speaker: Prof. Christoph Hugenschmidt (Technical University Munich)

09:30 Discussion

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:30 THz spectroscopy in Canada

Convener: Dr Jens Lassen (TRIUMF)

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

Speaker: Prof. Steve Dodge (Simon Fraser University)

11:00 Next generation THz instrumentation for material science

Speaker: Prof. David Cooke (McGill University)

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

Speaker: Dr Verzilov Victor (TRIUMF)

Prospects_THz_Source.pdf

12:00 Discussion

12:30 → 13:00 Coffee Break

13:00 → 15:00 Synchrotron light sources

Convener: Kenji Kojima (TRUIMF)

13:00 Resonant soft x-ray reflection and diffraction studies of quantum materials

Speaker: Prof. Robert Green (University of Saskatchewan)

13:30 Modern applications of X-ray microscopy

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

14:00 The Canadian Light Source: current research activities and plans for the future

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

14:30 Discussion

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 17:30 μSR ideas and concepts

Convener: Dr Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

15:30 Muon dreams revisited

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

MuonDreams_2021-BL1A.pdf

16:00 Reaction kinetics in supercritical water as probed with muonium

Speaker: Prof. Paul Percival (Simon Fraser University)

Mu in SCW 2021.pdf

16:30 Development of non-destructive elemental analysis method using muons and extension of the method to isotopic analysis

Speaker: Prof. Kazuhiko Ninomiya (Osaka University)

17:00 Discussion