13th Geant4 Space Users Workshop
from
Wednesday 28 November 2018 (08:00)
to
Friday 30 November 2018 (18:00)
Monday 26 November 2018
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Wednesday 28 November 2018
09:00
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
09:30 - 10:45
Contributions
09:30
Welcome and overview of Johnson Space Center
-
Ana Firan
(
NASA/JSC
)
09:55
ESA Status Report
-
Marco Vuolo
(
ESA
)
10:20
JAXA Status report
-
Masanobu Ozaki
(
JAXA
)
10:45
break
break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 12:30
Contributions
11:15
Remote sensing of hydrogen near the lunar surface via its effect on cosmic-ray secondary particles
-
Mark Looper
(
The Aerospace Corporation
)
11:40
Alternatives to a forward Monte Carlo simulation: adjoint and improved sector-shielding techniques in Geant4
-
Mark Looper
(
The Aerospace Corporation
)
12:05
Using Geant4 to interpret data from MAVEN's Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) detector.
-
Patrick Dunn
(
University of California, Berkeley
)
12:30
lunch break
lunch break
12:30 - 13:45
13:45
13:45 - 15:00
Contributions
13:45
The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons Experiment on MSL: Geant4 Modeling Results
-
Audrey Martin
(
The University of Tennessee
)
14:10
Test mass charging in the gravitational wave observatory, LISA: confronting simulations with observations
-
Peter Wass
(
University of Florida
)
14:35
Using Geant4 in Space Elevator Research
-
Dennis Wright
(
SLAC
)
15:00
break
break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 17:00
Contributions
15:30
Terrestrial Neutron-Induced Single Event Burnout Cross-Sections and FIT Rates for High-Voltage SiC Power MOSFETs
-
Robert Reed
(
ISDE/Vanderbilt University
)
Robert Reed
(
Vanderbilt University
)
15:55
Simulating Active Magnetic Shielding for Space Radiation Dose Reduction
-
Kristine Ferrone
Thursday 29 November 2018
09:30
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions
09:30
Geant4 kernel updates
-
Makoto ASAI
(
SLAC
)
09:55
Geant4 EM physics updates
-
Dennis Wright
(
SLAC
)
10:20
Geant4 hadronic physics updates
-
Dennis Wright
(
SLAC
)
10:45
Open discussion
11:00
break
break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:45
Contributions
11:30
GRAS implementation of the Geant4 Reverse Monte Carlo status report
-
Marco Vuolo
(
ESA
)
11:55
SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors for space applications
-
Wade Duvall
(
Naval Research Laboratory
)
12:20
Geant4 applications in space missions like HXMT and active galactic nucleus
-
Xiaobo Li
(
Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS
)
12:45
lunch break
lunch break
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:15
Contributions
14:00
Simulating the Space Environment for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Space Particle Sensor Signal Chains
-
Chad Lindstrom
14:25
Simulation of Secondary Cosmic Rays at Earth Atmosphere
-
Thomas Brall
(
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS), Neuherberg, Germany
)
14:50
NASA Shields-1: A Radiation Shielding Experiment developed with Radiation Modeling
-
Laurence Thomsen
(
NASA LaRC
)
15:15
break
break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45
15:45 - 17:00
Contributions
15:45
Using GEANT4-dna-chemistry to Estimate DNA Damage from Radiation: Summary and Challenges
-
Alexander Henderson
(
University of Southern Mississippi
)
16:10
A hybrid method calculating linear energy transfer for intensity modulated proton therapy
-
Xiaoning Ding
(
Mayo Clinic Arizona
)
18:00
18:00 - 20:00
Friday 30 November 2018
09:30
09:30 - 10:45
Contributions
09:30
The MPEXS series, a CUDA code based on Geant4
-
Shogo Okada
(
KEK
)
Takashi Sasaki
(
KEK
)
09:55
Monte-Carlo transport of low-energy electrons
-
Robert Reed
(
ISDE/Vanderbilt University
)
Robert Reed
(
Vanderbilt University
)
10:20
Translation of Penelope 2018 to C++ and its interface to Geant4
-
Makoto ASAI
(
SLAC
)
10:45
break
break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 12:30
Contributions
11:15
Uses of GEANT4 within the Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG)
-
Ryan Rios
11:40
Hitomi-related Geant4 activities
-
Masanobu Ozaki
(
JAXA
)
Valentina Fioretti
(
INAF/IASF Bologna
)
12:20
Workshop closing
-
Makoto ASAI
(
SLAC
)
12:30
12:30 - 17:00