Name: ITRF/LhARA Collaboration Meeting #5 and ITRF 18 month review
Start: 2024-04-25T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-04-26T18:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

ITRF/LhARA Collaboration Meeting #5 and ITRF 18 month review

from Thursday, 25 April 2024 (09:00) to Friday, 26 April 2024 (18:30)

Monday, 22 April 2024
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Thursday, 25 April 2024

10:00

10:00 - 10:30
10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Welcome and introduction - Ken Long (Oxford Uni.)

10:40 ITRF timetable and milestones - Hywel Owen (STFC)

10:50 Overview of project planning for BP1 - Andy Goulden (STFC) Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Phase 1 design - William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

11:20 FFA and Magnet Design - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC)

11:35 FETS & LhARA FFA magnet design progress - Ta-Jen Kuo (JAI/Imperial)

11:50 Engineering issues - Clive Hill (STFC)

12:10 Discussion of design and engineering - Clive Hill (STFC) Hywel Owen (STFC)
12:30

12:30 - 13:45
13:45
13:45 - 15:00
Contributions

13:45 Overview of existing dosimetry techniques - Milaan Patel (Liverpool)

14:00 DCF experiment overview - Narender Kumar (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

14:15 Consultation Meetings update - Ruth McLauchlan (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Imperial College London)

14:30 Endstation designs and updates - Tony Price (University of Birmingham)

14:45 Beyond state-of-the-art instrumentation for the end stations - Richard Amos (UCL)
15:00

15:00 - 15:30

15:30

15:30 - 16:30
16:30 ITRF 18 month deliverable discussion leading to agreement
ITRF 18 month deliverable discussion leading to agreement
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions

16:30 M6:Preliminary design of LhARA MA RF cavity, FFA magnet, diagnostic system, control & feedback systems complete.

16:40 M7: Preliminary design study of LhARA Building concept design, bulk shielding assessment, mechanical systems integration support concepts, vacuum concepts, power consumption & cooling rquirements complete.

16:50 M3/9:Validate LhARA plasma simulations with existing Swansea experimental set-up (LhARA M3.1). Progress report of LhARA large diameter plasma experiments and simulations (LhARA M3.2)

17:00 M10: Geant4 simulations of beam energy deposition profile (LhARA M4.1)

17:10 M11: 18 Month design Review
17:30

17:30 - 18:30

20:00

20:00 - 22:00
Friday, 26 April 2024
09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Overview of WP2 and Progress Report - Ross Gray

09:45 Update on Simulations - Titus-Stefan Dascalu (Imperial College London)

10:00 Update on SCAPA Development and Experiments - Robbie Wilson (Strathclyde)

10:15 Update on Ion Diagnostic Calibrations - Matthew Alderton (Strathclyde)

10:25 Discussion
10:30

10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Overview of ITRF/LhARA - Ken Long (Oxford Uni.)

11:20 Current/future radiobiology research interests - Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)

11:50 Importance of ITRF/LhARA for radiation therapy - Amato Giacca (Stanford/OIRO)

12:20 PoPLAR at SCAPA - Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham) Josie McGarrigle (Imperial College London)

12:40 Collaborative discussion/opportunities
13:00

13:00 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 14:25

14:25

14:25 - 15:15

15:15

15:15 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:35
Contributions

15:30 Introduction and explanation of the session - Jeffrey Bamber (Institute of Cancer Research)

15:35 LMU experiment, aims, phantom design overview and expected outcomes - Ken Long (Oxford Uni.)

15:50 Status of BDSIM, Geant4 and k-Wave simulation and summary of findings, development of SmartPhantom - Maria Maxouti

16:10 Status of Zemax simulation with liquid scintillator and summary of findings - Peter Hobson

16:25 Acoustic data acquisition and processing, and summing up - Jeffrey Bamber (Institute of Cancer Research)
16:35
16:35 - 17:00
Contributions

16:35 Outreach, engagement, and advocacy - Patricia Price (Imperial)

16:45 Closing remarks - Amato Giacca (Oxford/Standord)