Simulation and Experiment Meeting 21st May 2019

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14:00 Room 532, Blackett Lab.

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Agenda

• Gabor Lens update.
• SciWire update.
• SmartPhantom update.
• Round table.
• AOB

Notes

Present: Dan Elson, Ajit Kurup, Ruth Mclauchlan, Will Shields

• AK
  • SciWire planes constructed and inspected. Testing will begin soon.
  • SmartPhantom
    • Help with engineering from RAL.
    • STFC IAA proposal submitted.
  • Installing new version of BDSIM.
  • Simulations of latest LhARA lattice in GPT.
    • Allows for space charge.
    • Hopefully get comparable results to BDSIM (without space charge on).
• Will
  • Busy with IPAC papers.
  • IBA wanted to implement scorers in a 3D grid in BDSIM.
    • Implemented in next version, due out soon.
• Ruth
  • Mark Chan is leaving for Essen proton therapy centre.
  • Linac broken. (flash-rt).
  • Colleague has a pre-doctoral fellowship application. Could get the fellowship if places not filled.
• Dan
  • Few calls out from the CRUK centre, phd students and small projects (development fund).
  • Deadlines in a month.
  • Will add AK to cancer centre mailing list and Workplace (Facebook-like platform for cancer research at Imperial)