1. Scope

It has been three years since the research reactor JRR-3 resumed operation, resulting in numerous research achievements and significant progress in the development and upgrading of equipment. For example, the cold neutron multiplex triple-axis-spectrometer HODACA, constructed under the U.S.-Japan cooperative program, completed its commissioning operation last year and is now available for user experiments starting this fiscal year. Additionally, there have been many advancements in experimental techniques, such as attempts to develop two-dimensional detectors for FONDER and GPTAS under collaboration with KAERI, KEK, and Univ Tokyo, development of a hot-pressed Ge monochromator at TAS-2 enabling high-energy neutron experiment, and the introduction of various SE instruments for JAEA equipment. Meanwhile, at ORNL, there are plans to construct the next-generation triple-axis spectrometer MANTA and relocate existing equipment during the Be reflector replacement scheduled for 2028. Moreover, in western Japan, a new experimental research reactor is being planned, led by JAEA, Kyoto University, and Fukui University. In light of these significant changes in the neutron research environment, sharing know-how on equipment development is beneficial for researchers in both Japan and the United States. Recent progress of science in wide fields owes to the improvement of neutron instruments. Therefore, this workshop aims to bring together researchers from the U.S.-Japan neutron community to discuss the present and future of neutron scattering instruments as well as science. The workshop consists of oral and poster sessions. Graduate students and postdocs are also very welcome. 

2. Dates and place

Dates: 2024/9/4 - 2024/9/5 

Place: JAEA Tokai Mirai Base

3. Registration

Please click the link below. 

https://forms.gle/eSraZwBsok72ouk98 

Deadline: 19th August

5. Poster Presentation

・Venue: Conference room on the 3rd floor of the JAEA Tokai Mirai Base. 

・Time: 17:30 ~ 19:30, September 4th

・Recommended poster size: A0 (841 mm * 1189 mm)

・You can begin setting up your poster from 14:00 on September 4th (Detailed information is here.).

・Please remove your poster by 13:40 on September 5th. Posters left up after the session begins will be collected and disposed. 

6. Map for convenience store near Hamon

You can buy breakfast at convenience store. Family Mart and 7-Eleven are good for buying breakfast. 10 minutes walk (700 m) to Family Mart and 12 minutes walk (900 m) to 7-Eleven from Hamon guest house. 

7. Proposers of workshop

Takatsugu Masuda (ISSP, University of Tokyo)

Taku J Sato (IMRAM, Tohoku University)

Koji Kaneko (JAEA)

Adam Aczel (ORNL)

Matthias Frontzek (ORNL)

8. Local committee members

Yukinobu Kawakita (J-PARC)

Kenji Nakajima (JAEA)

Koji Kaneko (JAEA)

Osamu Yamamuro (ISSP, University of Tokyo)

Takatsugu Masuda (ISSP, University of Tokyo)