nTOF Meeting
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela 27th-29th May 2015
General Information
VENUE
The meeting will take place at the conference room of the CiTIUS in the Campus Sur of the Universidade de Santiago. You can find it in this map.
CiTIUS (Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información)
Rúa de Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez
15782, Santiago de Compostela
Phone: +34 881813510
Fax: +34 881813534
Web: http://citius.usc.es
- Lunch will be held at the Restaurant of the University Residence "Fonseca" (find it in this map). The price of the meal, including coffee, is 6.40 Euros.
Those arriving Wednesday morning before 13:00 have the option of going for lunch at Fonseca. We will be at the meeting building, CiTIUS, from 12:30 to 13:00 to collect their luggage (if any) and guide the way to the restaurant.
The restaurant is 10 minutes walking distance from the meeting place:
- A dinner is planned for Thursday 28th at the restaurant "Garum" (Praciña das Penas, 1. find it here). Those willing to attend are requested to sign the doodle poll here. The restaurant is some 20 minutes from the Campus; a possible path from the restaurant "Fonseca", crossing the "Alameda" park and the Cathedral's square is shown in this map:
LODGING
Participants are requested to arrange their lodging. The following hotels have nearby locations and affordable prices:
- Gran Hotel:
Avda. Maestro Mateo s/n. 15706, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 534 222.
Web: www.hotelghsantiago.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Herradura:
Avda. Xoan Carlos I 1. 15701, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 552 340.
Web: www.hotelherradura.es. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel San Lourenzo:
San Lorenzo 2. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 580 133.
Web: http://www.hsanlorenzo.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Hortas:
Calle Huertas 30. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 881259018.
Web: http://www.hotelhortas.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hostal Alfonso:
Rúa do Pombal 40. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 585 685.
Web: http://www.hostalalfonso.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel San Clemente:
Calle de San Clemente 28. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 569 350.
Web: http://www.pousadasdecompostela.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hostal Alameda:
Rúa San Clemente 32. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 588 100.
Web: http://www.hostalalamedasantiago.com.
- Hotel Hesperia Peregrino:
Avda. Rosalía de Castro s/n. 15706, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 916 00 8146 / +34 981 521 850.
Web: http://www.nh-hoteles.es. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel B-Nor:
Avda. Rosalía de Castro 104. 15706, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 596 911.
Web: http://www.hotelbnor.com.
- Hostal Fornos:
Rúa do Hórreo 7. 15702, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 585 130.
Web: http://www.fornossantiago.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Compostela:
Rúa do Hórreo 1. 15701, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 585 700.
Web: http://www.hotelcompostela.es. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Windsor:
Rúa República de El Salvador 16. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 592 939.
Web: http://www.hotelwindsor.es. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel La Paz:
Rúa da República de El Salvador 23. 15701, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 592 022.
Web: www.residencialapazsantiago.com.E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Universal:
Plaza de Galicia 2. 15702, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 585 800.
Web: http://www.hoteluniversalsantiago.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Airas Nunes:
Rúa do Vilar 17. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 569 350.
Web: http://www.pousadasdecompostela.com. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel Altair:
Rúa Loureiros 12. 15704, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 554 712.
Web: http://www.altairhotel.net. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hotel 25 de Julio:
Avda. Rodrigo De Padrón 4. 15705, Santiago de Compostela. Phone: +34 981 582 295.
Web: http://www.25dejulio.com.
ARRIVAL
Following this link you can find detailed instructions for your arrival to Santiago by bus, car, or train. If you are travelling by plane, we suggest to take a taxi from the airport to the city. The price is a fixed fare of 21.00 EUR.
Airport taxi: +34 981 591 575
Radiotaxi: +34 981 569 292
WEATHER
You can check the local weather forecast in MeteoGalicia.
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
More information:
- Turism
- El Camino de Santiago (Route of St. James)
The meeting will start Wednesday, May 27th, at 14:30, and will finish Friday, May 29th at 12:30.
Updated agenda for the nTOF Collaboration Meeting (May 27th-28th):
(Please, check the following link for last minute changes: http://indico.cern.ch/e/n_TOF-Collab-Mtg-2015-05-27-28)
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
14:30 - 14:40 Adoption of the Agenda
Speaker: Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
14:40 - 16:00 Measurements Phase II
14:40 241Am(n,g) 20'
Speaker: Emilio Mendoza Cembranos (Centro de Investigaciones Energ. Medioambientales y Tecn. - (ES))
15:00 238U(n,g) 20'
Speakers: Tobias James Wright (University of Manchester (GB)), Federica Mingrone (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
15:20 234U(n,f) PPAC 20'
Speaker: Esther Leal Cidoncha (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
15:40 236U(n,g) C6D6 20'
Speaker: Mario Mastromarco (Universita e INFN (IT))
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 - 17:40 Measurements Phase III
16:20 70,73Ge 20'
Speaker: Claudia Lederer (University of Edinburgh (GB))
16:40 171Tm 20'
Speaker: Jorge Lerendegui Marco (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
17:00 240Pu 20'
Speaker: Athanasios Stamatopoulos (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))
17:20 Test (n,p) for Cl35 and N14 LoI 20'
Speaker: Marta Sabate Gilarte (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
17:45 Background & Feasibility: 3He detectors 20'
Speaker: Ariel Esteban Tarifeno Saldivia (Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (ES))
Thursday, 28 May 2015
09:00 - 12:35 Commissioning EAR1+2
09:00 Introduction 20'
Speaker: Frank Gunsing (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
09:20 Flux with PTB in EAR1 10'
Speaker: Tobias James Wright (University of Manchester (GB))
09:30 Flux status in EAR1+2: SiMon + MGAS 15'
Speaker: Massimo Barbagallo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
09:45 Evaluated Flux + Discussion 20'
Speaker: Nicola Colonna (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
10:05 Profile: XY-MGAS 20'
Speaker: Maria Diakaki (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
10:25 Resolution in EAR2 15'
Speaker: Carlos Guerrero Sánchez (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
10:40 Discussion 30'
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 Background & Feasibility: g-flash studies with scintillators 20'
Speaker: Maria Robles Manzano (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
11:50 Background & Feasibility: EAR2 g-flash with Diamonds 15'
Speaker: Christina Weiss (CERN)
12:05 Background & Feasibility: La/Ce/Br3 detectors in EAR2 20'
Speaker: Emilio Mendoza Cembranos (Centro de Investigaciones Energ. Medioambientales y Tecn. - (ES)
12:25 Background & Feasibility: Test of Si strip detectors / telescope 20'
Speaker: Jozef Jan Andrzejewski (University of Lodz (PL))
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:45 n_TOF General
14:30 DAQ Status 25'
Speaker: Daniela Macina (CERN)
14:55 Raw Data Analysis 25'
Speaker: Vasilis Vlachoudis (CERN)
15:20 Status of the Facility 25'
Speaker: Oliver Aberle (CERN)
15:45 - 16:15 Discussion: Measurement Plan 2015-2016
Speaker: Frank Gunsing (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
16:15 - 16:35 Coffee Break
16:35 - 17:35 Detectors
16:35 PPAC Status 15'
Speaker: Laurent Tassan-Got (CNRS)
16:50 L6D6 Status 15'
Speaker: Federica Mingrone (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
17:05 STEFF Status 15'
Speaker: Alastair Gavin Smith (U)
17:20 Upgrade SiMon1+2 15'
Speaker: Massimo Barbagallo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
17:35 - 18:35 Simulations
17:35 GEANT4 Flux and Resolution 20'
Speaker: Sergio Lo Meo (Ente Nuove tec. Energia & Ambiante (IT))
17:55 GEANT4 Simulations of Target 20'
Speaker: Miguel Antonio Cortes Giraldo (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla)
18:15 GEANT4 C6D6 geometry implementation 20'
Speaker: Jorge Lerendegui Marco (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
18:35 S33(n,a) at EAR1.Fission campaign 2012 20'
Speaker: Javier Praena (Universidad de Sevilla)
Updated agenda for the nTOF Collaboration Board (May 29th):
(Please, check the following link for last minute changes: http://indico.cern.ch/e/n_TOF-Collaboration-Board-2015-05-29)
Friday, 29 May 2015
08:30 - 08:35 Adoption of the Agenda
Speaker: Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
08:35 - 08:45 Approval of Minutes from the last meeting
Speaker: Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
08:45 - 09:50 INTC Proposals
08:45 33S 10'
Speaker: Javier Praena (Universidad de Sevilla)
08:55 Cl,N 10'
Speaker: Marta Sabate Gilarte (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
09:05 7Be final proposal 15'
Speaker: Massimo Barbagallo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
09:20 Measurement of the neutron capture cross section for 157Gd and 155Gd relevant to Nuclear Technology 15'
Speaker: Sergio Lo Meo (Ente Nuove tec. Energia & Ambiante (IT))
09:35 Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of Gd even isotopes relevant to Nuclear Astrophysics 15'
Speaker: Cristian Massimi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
09:50 - 10:20 Discussion on Proposals
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 - 12:20 General
10:40 Big Collimator for EAR2 20'
Speaker: Christina Weiss (CERN)
11:00 Decisions on measurement plan 2015-2016 20'
Speaker: Frank Gunsing (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
11:20 Adoption of List of Authors 2014 + 2015 10'
Speaker: Frank Gunsing (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
11:30 Newcomers 20'
Speaker: Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
11:50 Status of Shitfs 10'
Speaker: Daniela Macina (CERN)
12:00 Status of Finance 10'
Speaker: Nicola Colonna (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
12:10 Status of Publications 10'
Speaker: Franz Karl Kaeppeler (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
12:20 - 12:30 Conclusions and Future Meetings
Speaker: Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
List of Participants
A tentative list:
Oliver Aberle (CERN)
Jozef Jan Andrzejewski (University of Lodz (PL))
Laurent Audouin (CNRS/IN2P3, IPN Orsay (FR))
Massimo Barbagallo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
Eric Berthoumieux (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay (FR))
Damir Bosnar (University of Zagreb (CR))
M. Caamaño (U. de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
Franciso Calvino (U. Politecnica de Madrid (ES))
Daniel Cano (CIEMAT (ES))
Enrique Casarejos (U. de Vigo (ES))
Yonghao Chen (CNRS/IN2P3, IPN Orsay (FR))
Enrico Chiaveri (CERN)
Nicola Colonna (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
Miguel Cortes-Giraldo (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Luigi Cosentino (INFN-LNS, Catania (IT))
Maria Diakaki (CEA/IRFU, Centre d'etude de Saclay (FR))
Cesar Domingo (IFIC, CSIC-U. de Valencia (ES))
Rugard Dressler (Paul Scherrer Institut (SW))
Emmeric Dupont (CEA/IRFU, Centre d'etude de Saclay (FR))
I. Duran (U. de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
B. Fernández Domínguez (U. de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
Isabel Gonçalves (U. de Lisboa (PO))
Enrique Gonzalez (CIEMAT (ES))
Carlos Guerrero (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Frank Gunsing (CEA/IRFU, Centre d'etude de Saclay (FR))
Esther Leal Cidoncha (U. de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
Claudia Lederer (University of Edinburgh (UK))
Jorge Lerendegui Marco (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Sergio Lo Meo (Ente Nuove tec. Energia & Ambiante (IT))
Roberto Losito (CERN)
Daniela Macina (CERN)
Cristian Massimi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
Mario Mastromarco (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
Emilio Mendoza (CIEMAT (ES))
Federica Mingrone (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
Simone Montesano (CERN)
Carlos Paradela (EC-JRC, IRMM Geel (BE))
Andreas Pavlik (U. of Vienna (AU))
Ignacio Porras (CERN)
Javier Praena (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Jose Manuel Quesada (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Thomas Rauscher (U. of Hertfordshire (UK))
Marisol Robles Manzano (U. de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
Federico Rocchi (Ente Nuove tec. Energia & Ambiante (IT))
Marta Sabate Gilarte (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Peter Schillebeeckx (EC-JRC, IRMM Geel (BE))
Dorothea Schumann (Paul Scherrer Institut (SW))
Gavin Smith (U. of Manchester (UK))
Athanasios Stamatopoulos (National Technical U. of Athens (GR))
Giuseppe Tagliente (INFN Bari (IT))
Jose L. Tain (IFIC, CSIC-U. de Valencia (ES))
Ariel Tarifeno Saldivia (Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (ES))
Laurent Tassan-Got (CNRS/IN2P3, IPN Orsay (FR))
Andrea Tsinganis (CERN)
Vincenzo Variale (INFN Bari (IT))
Vasilis Vlachoudis (CERN)
Rosa Vlastou (National Technical U. of Athens (GR))
Christina Weiss (CERN)
Tobias J. Wright (University of Manchester (UK))
Petar Zugec (University of Zagreb (CR))
Contact / Organising Committee
For any practical issue about the meeting, please contact the local organisation:
Ignacio Durán |
Phone: +34 881 813 628 |
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |