6th Geant4 Space Users' Workshop

Tuesday 19th May 2009 

Special Session: Geant4 applications  space project phases

SessionChairman – Sergio Esteve 

Time 

Title 

Speaker 

Duration 

10:00 

13:00 

INTA visit 

3:00 

13:00 

14:30 

Lunch 

1:30 

14:30 

15:00 

Space Environments and Effects: Issues for Future ESA Programmes and Missions  

E. Daly - ESA 

0:30 

15:00 

17:00 

Geant4 in real space projects 

INTA - ESA 

2:00 

Wednesday 20th May 2009 

Morning Session 1: General Overview 1 

SessionChairman – Sergio Esteve (INTA) 

Time 

Title 

Speaker 

Duration 

9:00 

10:00 

Workshop Registration 

1:00 

10:00 

10:15 

Address 

Mr. Sergio Esteve – INTA  

0:15 

10:15 

10:40 

Geant4 in ESA 

Dr. Petteri Nieminen / Dr. Giovanni Santin – ESA 

0:25 

10:40 

11:00 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Morning Session 2: General Overview 2 

SessionChairman – Sergio Esteve (INTA) 

11:00 

11:25 

Geant4 in JAXA 

Dr. Masanobu Ozaki – JAXA 

0:25 

11:25 

11:50 

Geant4 in NASA

Dr. Insoo Jun - JPL  

0:25 

11:50 

12:15 

Geant4 at LIP 

Dr. Ana Keating- LIP 

0:25 

12:15 

12:40 

Space Environment Information System (SPENVIS) 

Dr. Michel Kruglanski - BIRA 

0:25 

12:40 

14:10 

Lunch 

1:30 

Afternoon Session 1: Space Missions and radiation detector response 1  

SessionChairman – Petteri Nieminen (ESA) 

14:10 

14:30 

Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) and Geant4 

Dr. Insoo Jun – JPL 

0:20 

14:30 

14:50 

Data Calibration of the radiation monitor on board Akebono satellite 

Dr. Keiko Asai - Tokyo Institute of Technology Presenter Dr. Tatsumi Koi 

0:20 

14:50 

15:10 

A method to localize gamma-ray bursts using POLAR 

Ms. Estela Suarez-Garcia - Geneve University 

0:20 

15:10 

15:30 

Validation of fluorescence transitions probabilities 

0:20 

15:30 

15:50 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Afternoon Session 2: Space Missions and radiation detector response 2  

SessionChairman – Sergio Ibarmia (INTA) 

15:50 

16:10 

Background estimation in MXGS apparatus on ISS 

Ms. Francesca Renzi - MAPRAD 

0:20 

16:10 

16:30 

Virtual modelling and simulation of the HI-SCALE instrument aboard the Ulysses spacecraft 

Mr. Jorge Bruno Morgado – LIP 

0:20 

16:30 

16:50 

Background Optimization of the Simbol-X Focal Plane Detectors 

Mr. Steffen Hauf  – TU Darmstadt

0:20 

16:50 

17:10 

Instrumental background simulations for the NuSTAR telescope with MGGPOD and Geant4 

Dr. Andreas Zoglauer - University of California at Berkeley 

0:20 

17:10 

17:30 

Geant4 simulations of gamma ray detectors in the MeV range based on Cd(Zn)Te 

Mr. Jose M. Álvarez Pastor – ICE-CSIC 

0:20 

17:30 

17:50 

Turning Geant4 into a generic X-ray tracer 

Dr. Giuseppe Vacanti – COSINE 

0:20 

Thursday 21st May 2009 

Morning Session 1: Geant4 and shielding analysis  

SessionChairman – Giovanni Santin (ESA) 

Time 

Title 

Speaker 

Duration 

9:30 

9:50 

Dose Mapping for the SIXS Sensor Unit Electronic Components of the BepiColombo Mission – using SSAT  

Dr. Francisco García – Helsinki Univ. 

0:20 

9:50 

10:10 

Forward MonteCarlo comparison with adjoint and ray tracing techniques for OPTOS spacecraft geometry 

Mr. Sergio Ibarmia – INTA 

0:20 

10:10 

10:30 

Comparison and Validation of  Shielding Analysis Tools for Space Applications

Dr. Fan Lei - QINETIQ 

0:20 

10:30 

10:50 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Morning Session 2: Electronics and Dosimetry  

SessionChairman – Ana Keating (LIP) 

10:50 

11:10 

Simulations to prepare a biochip irradiation experiment on ISS 

Dr. Aurélie Le Postollec – LAB/CENBG 

0:20 

11:10 

11:30 

Fundamentals Aspects of Radiation Event Generation for Simulation of Space Electronics 

Dr. Bob Weller - Vanderbilt Univ. 

0:20 

11:30 

11:50 

Applications of MRED for Prediction of Single Event Effects 

Dr. Robert Reed - Vanderbilt Univ. 

0:20 

11:50 

12:35 

OPEN DISCUSSION 

0:45 

12:35 

14:05 

Lunch 

1:30 

Afternoon Session 1:  Space Exploration

SessionChairman – Insoo Jun (NASA/JPL) 

14:05 

14:25 

MarsREM and JOREM: Planetary environment model development 

Dr. Pete Truscott – QINETIQ 

0:20 

14:25 

14:45 

Calculation of the exposure factor of cosmic rays using MAGNETOCOSMICs  

Dr. Juan Cabrera – Center for Space Radiations 

0:20 

14:45 

15:05 

Mr. Oscar Larsson - KTH 

0:20 

15:05 

15:25 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Afternoon Session 2: Geant4 tools and interfaces  

SessionChairman – Robert Reed (Vanderbilt Univ.) 

15:25 

15:45 

SPENVIS Interface to Geant-based tools 

Dr. Neophytos Messios- BIRA 

0:20 

15:45 

16:05 

0:20 

16:05 

16:25 

Advance Modular Geant4 Design Using Plug-in's 

Dr. Pedro Arce -CIEMAT 

0:20 

16:25 

16:45 

More CAD Interfaces 

Mr. Thomas Jordan – EMP Consultants 

0:20 

16:45 

17:05 

FASTRAD and Geant4 related activities at TRAD 

Mr. Pierre Pourrouquet – TRAD 

0:20 

21:00 

GALA DINNER 

Friday 22nd May 2009 

Morning Session 1: Geant4 Toolkit  

SessionChairman – John Apostolakis (CERN) 

Time 

Title 

Speaker 

Duration 

9:45 

10:05 

Latest Technical Developments 

Dr. Makoto Asai - SLAC 

0:20 

10:05 

10:25 

Recent Developments in Geant4 Hadronic Physics 

Dr. Dennis Wright – SLAC 

0:20 

10:25 

10:45 

Recent Developments in the QMD and low energy neutron models 

Dr. Tatsumi Koi – SLAC 

0:20 

10:45 

11:05 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Morning Session 2: Geant4 Updates  

SessionChairman – Pedro Arce (CIEMAT) 

11:05 

11:25 

New Geant4 nuclear-nuclear interaction physics using DPMJET-II.5 interface 

Dr. Pete Truscott – QINETIQ 

0:20 

11:25 

11:45 

Development of the QGSC physics list and improvement of the CHIPS model for hadronic reactions 

Prof. Mikhail Kosov – CERN 

0:20 

11:45 

12:05 

Dr. Daniel Cano Ott - CIEMAT 

0:20 

12:05 

12:25 

Recent developments of heavy-ion stopping in Geant4 and the impact on ion ranges 

Mr. Anton Lechner - CERN 

0:20 

12:25 

13:55 

Lunch 

1:30 

Afternoon Session 1: Geant4 Collaboration 

SessionChairman – Dennis Wright (SLAC) 

13:55 

14:20 

Implementation of the Reverse Monte carlo method in Geant4 and GRAS 

Dr. Laurent Desorgher –  Bern Univ.

0:25 

14:20 

14:50 

0:30 

14:50 

15:15 

The Geant4-DNA project 

Dr. Alfonso Mantero – CENBG/IN2P3/CNRS 

0:25 

15:15 

15:35 

Coffee Break 

0:20 

Afternoon Session 2: Geant4 Collaboration and Technical Forum 

SessionChairman – Makoto Asai (SLAC) 

15:35 

15:50 

Geant4 Collaboration status, issues and perspectives 

Dr. John Apostolakis - G4 Collaboration 

0:15 

15:50 

16:35 

Technical Forum 

All 

0:45 

16:35 

16:45 

Closing Remarks 

Dr. Petteri Nieminen – ESA 

0:10