NSSC UTK – Scintillator Summer School
CANCELLED FOR SUMMER 2020 DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS
June 11 – 13, 2020 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
A two-and-a-half-day summer school on scintillators will commence following the conclusion of the University Program Review at ~2:00 pm on June 11 and continuing until ~5:00 pm on June 13. The school will be held at the University of Tennessee and will cover synthesis, characterization, theory, detector design, and applications. Speakers will include experts from academia, national labs, and industry. There is no fee for the school. The school will be appropriate for grad students, post-docs, and advanced undergrads. Enrollment may be limited. Continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and box lunches will be provided on June 12 and 13.
REGISTER FOR SUMMER PROGRAM HERE.
Registration does not guarantee acceptance to program, you will be contact with more information on attending.
Tentative agenda – subject to change
Thursday, June 11
- Overview of scintillator applications
- Emerging technology for nuclear security
- Scintillators vs. semiconductors for nuclear security
Friday, June 12
- Discovery of inorganic scintillator materials
- The role of crystallography in scintillator research
- Theoretical guide to new scintillator development
- Basic scintillation mechanisms in inorganic compounds
- Nonproportionality: Current understanding & challenges
- Characterization of scintillator properties
- Detector design principles and signal processing
Saturday, June 13
- Scintillator applications for nuclear security
- Crystal growth of bulk scintillators
- Scale-up of scintillator crystal synthesis
- Synthesis of polycrystalline ceramic scintillators
- Liquid and plastic scintillators: applications and mechanisms
- Photomultipliers and other photodetectors
- Silicon photomultipliers: theory and application
Possible tours:
- Scintillation Materials Research Center
- Joint Institute for Advanced Materials