15th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques & Applications (SLOPOS-15)
important dates:
- Abstract submission deadline May 15, 2019
- Notification about abstract acceptance May 15, 2019
- Early bird registation fee deadline May 31, 2019
- SLOPOS-15 conference September 2-6, 2019
- Full paper submission deadline extended till
September 30, 2019
number of registered participants: 135
SLOPOS-15 time table
SLOPOS-15 program
| Monday | September 2, 2019 |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Registration, Cofee & breakfast |
| Opening | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 | Opening of SLOPOS-15 Ladislav Skrbek, Vice-dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Czech Rep. |
| 8:10 - 8:20 | Organization remarks |
| Session I | Positron surface science Chair: Andreas Wagner |
| 8:20 - 9:00 | Plenary lecture 1 Alex Weiss, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Novel Positron Annihilation Based Surface Spectroscopies |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Invited talk 1 Izumi Mochizuki, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK, Japan Recent studies of Surface Structure Analysis with Total-Reflection High-Energy Positron Diffraction (TRHEPD) at Slow-Positron Facility, KEK |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Invited talk 2 Ken Wada, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan A low-energy positron diffraction (LEPD) experiment station for a linac-based slow-positron beam |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Invited talk 2 Kenji Ito, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Na-22 based low-energy AMOC measurements for chemical analysis of the free-volume holes in hydrocarbon-silica hybrid thin films |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Cofee break |
| Session II | Ps physics and Ps beams Chair: Yasuyuki Nagashima |
| 11:00 - 11:40 | Plenary lecture 2 David Cassidy, University College London, UK Recent experimental progress in positronium-laser physics |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | Invited talk 4 Sebastiano Mariazzi, University of Trento, Italy Techniques for production and detection of a 23S positronium beam |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Talk 1 Ross Sheldon, University College London, UK A Multi-ring Electrostatic Guide for Rydberg Positronium |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Talk 2 Lokesh Gurung, University College London, UK Precision microwave spectroscopy of the n=2 positronium fine structure |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | Conference photo |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch, restaurant Profesni dum ( base floor, conference venue) |
| Session III | Ps physics and Ps beams Chair: Radek Zaleski |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Talk 3 Akira Ishida, The University of Tokyo, Japan Recent progress towards positronium Bose-Einstein condensation |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Talk 4 Nikodem Krawczyk, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Studies of quantum entanglement in positronium decay with the J-PET detector |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Talk 5 Juhi Raj, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Search for T-violation in Positronium decay using the J-PET detector |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Talk 6 Aleksander Gajos, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Studies of ortho-positronium decays into three photons with the J-PET detector |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Talk 7 Jyoti Chhokar, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Charge symmetry test in decays of positronium atoms using the J-PET detector |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Talk 8 Sushil Sharma, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland TOT method for the disentanglement of photons in Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Cofee break |
| Session IV | Ps in solids & liquids Chair: Kenji Ito |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Invited talk 5 Roberto Sennen Brusa, University of Trento, Italy Open volumes structure and molecular transport in polymer and biopolymer nanocomposites |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Invited talk 6 Ruggero Caravita , AEgIS collaboration, CERN, Switzerland Long-lived Positronium for pulsed antihydrogen production |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | Talk 9 Tetsuya Hirade , Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan ortho-Positronium annihilation in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids |
| 17:50 - 18:10 | Talk 10 Bozena Zgardzinska , Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland INTI plot - a new standard for the presentation of PALS results |
| 18:30 - 22:00 | Welcome reception & excursion to rotunda |
| Tuesday | September 3, 2019 |
| Session V | Positron traps & scattering Chair: Alex Weiss |
| 8:00 - 8:40 | Plenary lecture 3 Clifford Surko, University of California San Diego, USA New Physics with Positron Traps and Trap-Based Beams |
| 8:40 - 9:10 | Invited talk 7 Akira Uedono, University of Tsukuba, Japan Annealing behaviours of open spaces in thin Al2O3 films deposited on semiconductors studied using monoenergetic positron beams |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Talk 11 Luca Chiari, Chiba University, Japan A novel high-brightness and energy-tunable positronium beam and future applications |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Talk 12 Gleb Gribakin, Queen's University Belfast, UK Positron binding, scattering, and annihilation on atoms and molecules |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Talk 13 Francesco Guatieri, Forschungs-Neutronenquelle, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Garching, Germany Simulating positron to positronium conversion in nanostructured materials |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Talk 14 Samuel Niang, CEA, University Paris-Saclay, France Accumulation of positrons from a linac based source |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Cofee break |
| Session VI | Antimatter & high energy physics Chair: Roberto Sennen Brusa |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Invited talk 8 Laszlo Liszkay, CEA, IRFU, University Paris-Saclay, France The new positron beam line of the GBAR experiment at CERN |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Invited talk 9 Rafael Ferragut, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Antimatter wave interferometry. First observation |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Talk 15 Bongho Kim, The Research institute of Basic Science, Seoul National University, Korea Development of a PbWO4 detector for single-shot positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy at the GBAR experiment |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Talk 16 Jing Jiang, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China The Generation of Ultra-relativistic Positron by Gas-Solid Target Based on Ultra-intense Laser |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Talk 16 Yanyun Ma, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China Generation of quasi-monoenergetic high energy positrons based on laser wakefield accelerated electrons |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch, restaurant Profesni dum ( base floor, conference venue) |
| Session VII | Positron physics & theory Chair: Akira Uedono |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Invited talk 10 Eve Stenson, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald & Garching, Germany Positron-induced luminiscence |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Invited talk 11 Jan Kuriplach, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic HfNbTaTiZr complex concentrated alloys, their microstructure and positron characteristics |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Talk 18 Masanori Tachikawa, Yokohama City University, Japan Ab initio study of the effect of molecular vibrations on the positron-binding to polyatomic molecules |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Talk 19 Shoji Ishibashi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Calculation of positron states and annihilation parameters in gamma and amorphous Al2O3 |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Talk 20 Cara Doherty, CSIRO Manufacturing, Australia Porous Metal-Organic Framework Glasses |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Cofee break |
| Session VIII | Development of positron beams & techniques Chair: Torsten Staab |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Invited talk 12 Koji Michishio, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Current status of the AIST slow positron facility |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Talk 21 Lukasz Kaplon, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Development of Fast Plastic Scintillators for Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Talk 22 Jerzy Dryzek, Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN institute, Krakow, Poland On the reconstruction of defect depth profiles obtained from the positron annihilation experiment and chemical etching |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Talk 23 Valerio Toso, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Sensitivity of nuclear emulsions to low-energy positrons |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Poster Session |
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Evening excursion to Prague's castle |
| Wednesday | September 4, 2019 |
| Session IX | Development of positron beams & techniques Chair: Reinhard Krause-Rehberg |
| 8:00 - 8:40 | Plenary lecture 4 Christoph Hugenschmidt, FRM II and Physics Department E21 Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany Determination of the Vacancy Formation Enthalpy Revisited by Temperature Dependent Doppler-Broadening Spectroscopy |
| 8:40 - 9:10 | Invited talk 13 Werner Egger, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, Germany The pulsed low energy positron system PLEPS: applications and new developments |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Talk 24 Matthias Dodenhoft, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center (MLZ), Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany Total Reflection High-Energy Positron Diffractometer at NEPOMUC |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Talk 25 Marcel Dickmann, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, Germany Upgrade of the NEPOMUC re-moderator |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Talk 26 Eric Hirschmann, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Digital positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy for high count rates |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Talk 27 Laurent Weber, Teledyne Signal Processing Devices, Sweden Optimized High-speed digitizers for slow positron applications |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Cofee break |
| Session X | Development of positron beams & techniques Chair: Christoph Hugenschmidt |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Invited talk 14 Maik Butterling, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Status of the Positron Sources at the Superconducting Electron LINAC ELBE |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Invited talk 15 Eric Voutier, CNRS/IN2P3/IPNO Universite Paris Sud & Paris Saclay, France Polarized positron beam developments |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Talk 28 Andreas Wagner, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Do we need a mono-energetic spin-polarized positron beam? |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Talk 29 Yingjie Wang, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Positron burst detecting array system based on SiPM and DRS4 |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Talk 29 Sharon May-Tal Beck, NRCN, Beer-Sheva, Israel The new operational Slow POsitron faciliTy in Israel: SPOT-IL |
| 13:30 - 18:30 | Excursion to Kutna Hora (st. Barbora Cathedral, Ossuary Sedlec, Cathedral
of Assumption of Our lady and st. John the Baptist) Lunch pack provided |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Dinner in restaurant Dacicky, Kutna hora |
| Thursday | September 5, 2019 |
| Session XI | Defects in oxides & semiconductors Chair: Jan Kuriplach |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Invited talk 16 Stephan Eijt, TU Delft, The Netherlands The role of vacancies and hydrogen in the photochromism of YOxHy thin films examined by in-situ Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy and muSR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Invited talk 17 David Keeble, University of Dundee, UK Variable energy positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy studies of perovskite oxide electronic materials |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Invited talk 18 Kelvin Lynn, Washington State University, USA Positron Annihilation studies of in Various doped beta-Ga2O3 Single Crystals with a Variable Energy Positron Beam |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Talk 32 Jonatan Slotte, Aalto University, Finland Compensating defects in epitaxial Ge and GexSn1-x |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Talk 33 Nikolay Arutyunov, IIPLT-Institute of Electronics Tashkent, Uzbekistan Positron annihilation in polyelectron system of strong spin-orbit field induced by bismuth impurity centers in natural silicon |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Cofee break |
| Session XII | Defects in thin films Chair: Stephan Eijt |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Invited talk 19 Maciej Oskar Liedke, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Electrical field-controlled ON-OFF ferromagnetism in metal oxide films |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Talk 34 Ahmed G. Attallah, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Different curing strategies to create closed pores in ultra-low-k thin films |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Talk 35 Jacques Botsoa, CNRS, CEMHTI Universite d'Orleans, France The origin of the p-type conductivity in thin films of copper chromium delafossites deposited by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor deposition investigated by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Talk 36 Petr Hruska, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Slow positron annihilation studies of black and reflective Al films prepared by magnetron sputtering |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Talk 37 Afrina Khanam, Aalto University, Finland Manifestation of Vacancy-As complexes in As doped GeSn epilayers |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch, restaurant Profesni dum ( base floor, conference venue) |
| Session XIII | Defects in metals Chair: Masanori Fujinami |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Invited talk 37 Mohamed Elsayed, Martin-Luther University Halle, Germany The influence of trace elements on formation of quenched-in vacancies in Al-alloys |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Talk 38 Laura Resch, Institute of Materials Physics, Graz University of Technology, Austria Artificial Aging of a Commercial Light Weight Alloy Studied by In-situ Positron Beam Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Talk 39 Alaaeldin Ibrahim, Martin-Luther University Halle, Germany Effect of trace elements and quenched-in vacancies on precipitation hardening in Al-1.7at%Cu alloy |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Talk 40 Pierre Desgardin, CNRS, University Orleans, France Vacancies-solutes interactions and their role in the formation of oxide nanoparticles in ODS steels |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Voting next SLOPOS |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Cofee break |
| Session XIV | Defects in various solids Chair: Ivan Prochazka |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Invited talk 21 Filip Tuomisto, Aalto University, Finland Doppler broadening experiments (and calculations) in beta-Ga2O3: vacancy defects, signal anisotropy, or both? |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Talk 41 Jagoda Urban-Klaehn, Idaho National Laboratory, USA Positron Parameters for Atypical Samples (Rocks & Powdered Catalysts) |
| 17:20 - 17:50 | Talk 42 Taras Kavetskyy, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ukraine Controlling the network properties of polymer matrixes for improvement of amperometric enzyme biosensors: Contribution of positron annihilation |
| 17:50 - 18:10 | Talk 43 Ewelina Kubicz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Studies of alive normal and cancer cell lines and tissues in vitro with Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy |
| 19:00 - 23:00 | Banquet at the Assembly hall of the Lesser Town Palace |
| Friday | September 6, 2019 |
| Session XV | Ps interaction with solids & ion implantation Chair: Vladimir Slugen |
| 8:00 - 8:40 | Plenary lecture 5 Yasuyuki Nagashima, Tokyo University of Science, Japan Progress in the study of energy tunable Ps beams employing Ps- photodetachment technique |
| 8:40 - 9:10 | Invited talk 22 Atsuo Kawasuso, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan Positronium Formation at Metal, Semiconductor and Graphene Surfaces |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | Invited talk 23 Marie-France Barthe, CEMHTI CNRS, Universite d'Orleans, France Damage induced by irradiation in W and Deuterium trapping in vacancy defects probed by slow positrons |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Invited talk 24 Catherine Corbel, CEA, France Effect of Defect Production on Photoluminescence & Positron Trapping in He ion Implanted Methylammonium Lead Tri-Iodide Perovskite Layers |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Talk 44 Xingzhong Cao, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China Effect of rhenium on microscopic defects induced by He-ions irradiation in tungsten-based alloys |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Cofee break |
| Session XVI | Radiation damage & Ion implantation Chair: Marie-France Barthe |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Talk 45 Vladimir Slugen, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology Positron annihilation studies of reactor pressure vessel steels treated by irradiation and hydrogen ion implantation |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Talk 46 Eryang Lu, Aalto University, Finland Effect of carbon on the evolution of early stage radiation defects in equi-atomic CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Talk 47 Peter Simpson, Western University, Canada In situ ion implanter to study vacancy-impurity interactions |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Talk 48 Krzysztof Siemek, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia Defect and ion distribution studies in ion-implanted silicon |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Talk 49 Anna Mackova, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences Ion beam modification of crystalline materials for optoelectronic application |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch, restaurant Profesni dum ( base floor, conference venue) |
| Closing | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Andreas Wagner, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Summary of SLOPOS-15 |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | Closing remarks |
| 15:00 - 20:00 | Excursion to laboratories in Rez (Tandetron, cyclotron) and in Troja (positron annihilation spectroscopy) |
