Name: INTDS2016: The 28th World Conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society
Start: 2016-11-13T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2016-11-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch

Monday, 7 November 2016
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Friday, 11 November 2016
Saturday, 12 November 2016
Sunday, 13 November 2016

09:00

09:00 - 17:00

18:00

18:00 - 21:00

Monday, 14 November 2016
09:00
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Opening Address - Rudzani Nemutudi (iThemba LABS)

09:30 Plenary 1: Separation and chemical processing of stable and radioactive isotopes - Dorothea Schumann (Paul Scherrer Institute)
09:30
09:30 - 13:30
Contributions

09:30 Planning of a new Target Laboratory for GSI & FAIR - Bettina Lommel (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH)

10:00 Production and characterization of 7Be targets - Emilio Andrea Maugeri (Paul Scherrer Institut)

11:00 NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF MAKING THIN TARGET FOIL OF HIGH DENSITY MATERIAL VIA ROLLING METHOD - S.K. Chamoli (Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India)

11:30 Targets' control systems for S3 - Christelle STODEL (GANIL)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 Preparation of Os and W targets by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) for nuclear astrophysics experiments - Andreea Mitu (Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering)

14:30 Mixed Californium Electrodeposition Target Update - Rose Boll (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:00 Study of the Lifetime for Charge Stripper Foils in the 3-GeV RCS of J-PARC - Yoshio Yamazaki (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC))
15:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 Fabrication and characterization of thin isotopic 144,154 Sm targets sandwiched between carbon layers - Ruchi Mahajan (Department of Physics, Panjab University Chandigarh)
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Plenary 2: Scientific opportunities at SARAF with the LiLiT neutron source - Ido Silverman (Soreq)

09:30 Making low vapour pressure targets: organometallic and metallocenes as the precursors. - ntombizonke kheswa (iThemba LABS)

10:00 New Evaporator Station for the Center for Accelerator Target Science - John Greene (Argonne National Laboratory)
10:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Ca-48 targets – home and abroad! - John Greene (Argonne National Laboratory)

11:30 Improvements of the target lifetime in the RHIC Polarimeter* - Dannie Steski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

12:00 Fabrication of thin sandwiched 142,150Nd targets - Priya Sharma (Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India)

12:30 Production of 9Be targets for nuclear physics experiments - Daniel José Marín-Lámbarri (iThemba LABS/ University of the Western Cape) ntombizonke kheswa (iThemba LABS)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 Target development of oxidizing materials - Abhilash Sthuthikkatt Reghu (Inter-University Accelerator Centre) Debulal Kabiraj (Inter-University Accelerator Centre)

14:30 Actinide targets for fundamental research in nuclear chemistry and -physics - Klaus Eberhardt (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz Germany)
16:00

16:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Plenary 3: UCx target preparations and characterizations - Alberto Andrighetto (INFN - Laboratori di Legnaro)

09:30 Thin and thick targets for radioactive ion beam production at SPIRAL1 facility - Pascal JARDIN (CNRS/IN2P3/GANIL)

10:00 Radioactive lanthanides – from isotope production to nuclear physics experiments - Stephan Heinitz (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 ACTAR TPC: An active target and time projection chamber for nuclear physics - Alex Laffoley (GANIL)

11:30 A 20Ne Gas Target for the Active-Target Detector Development at iThemba LABS - Johann Wiggert Brummer (Stellenbosch University / iThemba LABS)
12:00

12:00 - 18:00
Thursday, 17 November 2016
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Encapsulation methods for solid radionuclide production targets at a medium-energy cyclotron facility - Deon Steyn (iThemba LABS)

09:00 Single-jet gas cooling of in-beam foils or specimens: Prediction of the convective heat-transfer coefficient - Deon Steyn (iThemba LABS)

09:30 Investigation of natTi(p,x) Reaction and Measurement of Excitation Functions up to 45 MeV - Muhammad Shahid (National Institute of Safety And Security, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Islamabad)

10:00 Targets for studies of the medical radioisotopes production with α and p/d beams - Anna Stolarz (Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw)
10:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Recycling 100Mo for direct production of 99mTc on medical cyclotrons - Stefan Zeisler (TRIUMF)

11:30 Design of a thin internal 12C target for antiproton interactions inside the HESR ring at FAIR - Hannan Younis (Comsats Institute of Information Technology Islamabad)

12:00 First experience with carbon stripping foils for the 160 MeV H− Injection into the CERN PSB - Wim Weterings (CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research)

12:30 Development of rotating graphite carbon disk stripper - Hiroo Hasebe (RIKEN)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Preparation of multi-layer graphene sheets and their applications for particle accelerators - Atsushi Tatami (Kaneka Corporation)

14:30 Investigation of charge stripping scheme for uranium ions at 1-20 MeV/nucleon - Hironori Kuboki (KEK J-PARC)
15:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions

16:00 Germanium Thin Film Nano- and Micro-texturing Using Femtosecond Laser - Lebogang Kotsedi (1 UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences-Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria-South Africa. 2 Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure road, Somerset West 7129, PO Box 722, Somerset West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.)
19:00

19:00 - 23:00
Friday, 18 November 2016
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Investigation of 208PbS-Target on C-Backing - Birgit Kindler (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH)

09:00 Morphological and compositional study of 238U thin film targets for nuclear experiments - Goedele Sibbens (European Commission - Joint Research Center - Directorate G)

09:30 Fabrication and characterization of carbon-backed thin 208Pb targets - Meenu Thakur (Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014, India)
10:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Neutron tunneling in nanostructured systems: isotopical effect - Aphiwe Matiwane (iThemba LABS)

11:30 Non-Contact Measurement of Thin Free-Standing Layer Targets with Chromatic Point Confocal Metrology - Gabriel Schaumann (Technical University Darmstadt)
12:00

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 17:00

INTDS Board Meeting
INTDS Board Meeting
14:00 - 17:00