SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

Dnia 1 kwietnia (piątek) o godzinie 10:15, w sali B2.38 odbędzie się

seminarium, na którym zostanie wygłoszony referat pt.:

„Development of nuclear reactors – 4th generation reactors, SMRs and others. Nuclear options for the Polish energy transformation”

Referuje: Prof. Wacław Gudowski

Abstract:

Almost 21 years have passed since Gen IV – Generation IV International Forum (GIF) has been founded in 2001 as a co-operative international endeavour which was set up to carry out the research and development needed to establish the feasibility and performance capabilities of the next, advanced generation of nuclear energy systems.

The program, organizational structure and main achievements and weaknesses of GIF will be presented in the first part of the seminar. Then other modern reactor types not officially belonging to the Gen IV will be presented and briefly assessed. The focus of the presentation will then shift to the description and assessment of the high temperature gas cooled reactor – HTGR/HTR and its nuclear fuel – TRISO.

The various options for solving the problem of USED rather than SPENT nuclear fuel will be briefly described and assessed, including ADS technology, i.e. accelerator-driven subcritical systems.

Finally, possible options for nuclear energy for heat and electricity generation in the Polish energysystem transformation program will be presented. Is there any BEST OPTION?
A Q & A session will follow the seminar.

Serdecznie zapraszamy

dr hab. Katarzyna Grzelak
prof. dr hab. Jan Królikowski
prof. dr hab. Aleksander Filip Żarnecki

SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

Dnia 25 marca (piątek) o godzinie 10:15, w sali B2.38 odbędzie się

seminarium, na którym zostanie wygłoszony referat pt.:

„From anti-neutrinos to anti-electrons: PET research at the University of Texas at Austin”

Referuje: Prof. Karol Lang (University of Texas at Austin)

Abstract:

Research in fundamental experimental particle physics requires new experiments and novel detectors. Knowledge and experience gained in these endeavors can generate spinoffs that benefit fields outside of particle physics. In this talk, we will describe our work on building a time-of-flight positron-emission-tomography (PET) scanner for proton therapy at MD Anderson in Houston and some other related ideas towards improving and expanding the use of PET detectors.

Karol Lang mini-bio:
Karol Lang is an experimental particle physicist and Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated with MSc from Warsaw University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester participating in an experiment that searched for neutrino oscillations. As a postdoc, Lang worked at SLAC (Stanford) measuring the spin content of the nucleon and on an electron beam dump search for low-mass axions. He then worked at Stanford on a search for KL–>mu-e decays at BNL and a search for the H dibaryon. Lang joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin shortly before the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) was cancelled in 1993. He is now involved in long baseline neutrino oscillations experiments and searches for neutrinoless double beta decay.

Serdecznie zapraszamy

dr hab. Katarzyna Grzelak
prof. dr hab. Jan Królikowski
prof. dr hab. Aleksander Filip Żarnecki

SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

Dnia 18 marca (piątek) o godzinie 10:15, w sali B2.38 odbędzie się

seminarium, na którym zostanie wygłoszony referat pt.:

„Cross section measurement of the charged current muon antineutrino single π- production at T2K”

Referuje: mgr Grzegorz Zarnecki (National Centre for Nuclear Research)

Abstract:

T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan. Cross section measurements of (anti)neutrino interactions in sub-GeV to few GeV energy range allow to constrain the systematic uncertainties in the oscillation analysis. Single charged pion production is a elevant interaction mode at this energy scale.

In this seminar I will present the cross section measurement of single π- production in muon antineutrino CC interaction on hydrocarbon. The cross section is reported as double-differential in muon kinematical variables i.e. momentum and cosine of the muon emission polar angle.

Serdecznie zapraszamy

dr hab. Katarzyna Grzelak
prof. dr hab. Jan Królikowski
prof. dr hab. Aleksander Filip Żarnecki

SEMINARIUM FIZYKI WIELKICH ENERGII

Dnia 11 marca (piątek) o godzinie 10:15, w sali B2.38 odbędzie się

seminarium, na którym zostanie wygłoszony referat pt.:

„Status of LSND/MiniBooNE, Reactor and Gallium Anomalies and Sterile Neutrino Searches”

Referuje: Dr hab. Katarzyna Grzelak

Abstract:

Three different anomalies at accelerator, reactor and radio-chemical neutrino experiments have brought attention to the searches for sterile neutrinos in the last decade.
Numerous experiments have been launched to check whether sterile neutrino oscillations can be responsible for the experimental findings. During the seminar the status of experimental searches for sterile neutrino oscillations and new results from MicroBooNE, PROSPECT and BEST will be
presented.

Serdecznie zapraszamy

dr hab. Katarzyna Grzelak
prof. dr hab. Jan Królikowski
prof. dr hab. Aleksander Filip Żarnecki