1st ISIS PSI Muon Groups Meetings

Europe/Zurich
WBGB/019, WBBC/101/103/111 (PSI)

WBGB/019, WBBC/101/103/111

PSI

PSI overview

ISIS overview

analysis software mainly used:

  • wimda delphi
  • mantid (large project), not well matched to what we are doing at ISIS; stopped support for muons in 2020
  • musrfit
  • some software developed by groups, but aren't used by the community
  • the future: number of types and complexity experiments likely to increase
  • provide a library core software? We do not need a software which can do everything.
  • data format: common format probably not needed (depends on DAQ systems); they have to be properly documented.
  • musrfit
    • musrfit forum to share better information; just started
    • plotting: online tool available, but for offline there are different tools - there is no need to provide something like that
    • validation tools: validation scheme saved on zenodo
    • major overhaul during long shutdown to ROOT 7
    • establish a broader developer base
  • flexibility to plug in additional libraries is important
  • modularity is essential a lot for new developments (vx-uSR, for example), musrfit has this
  • vx-uSR: online define a region to generate histograms in musrRoot; offline one can do everything one wants to. 
  • access to analysis software. Cloud? There is a STFC server/web site ada where one can do analysis; 
  • we have only 4 facilities, how can we get things easier to use across facilities?
  • the future is likely to be web applications
  • use of ai tools: where will it go, how to use?
  • open source is essential to keep code alive

 

AiiDAlab, DFT, MSCP (muon spectroscopy computanional project)

  • quantum espresso, login through PSI account; everything goes through the web interface, workflow is saved
  • maintained by PSI center for scientific computing
  • skeptic about DFT use for the general user, it may take one week to get a result and calculation for various structures may not converge; needs an expert to check
  • MSCP now moved to AiiDAlab: using CASTEP & quantum espresso, pymuon, Muspinsim
  • "we are developing the same tools too many times are different places"; how can we improve that? Leandro in exchange with PSI people.

 

mu- (online: Sayani, Chendur)

  • EVA
    • SRIM/TRIM included
    • G4beamline being included for stopping profiles
    • MuDirac data base
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  • nuclear gamma ray analysis from PSI very interenting for both sides
  • PSI MuDirac/MOCCA data base.
  • EVA & MuDirac/MOCCA data bases are more or less same
  • need a meeting with Phil, Mike, Leandro et al
  • what's about higher transitions between n=10 to n=20; EVA considers n=10, in MuDirac/MOCCA up to n=20
  • using the same data analysis at both ISIS and PSI would be very beneficial

 

mu- setups

  • liquid nitrogen systems to share
  • ISIS: 128 channel digitiser from CAEN; standalone 5560SEB, https://caen.it/subfamilies/14-bit-125-ms-s/
  • New ISIS instrument MuX
  • PSI: tracking of incoming muons, going towards tomography
  • tracking at a pulsed source would be also very interesting, but GEM probably do not work... tracking with Si.pixel detectors could work

 

Beam modelling

  • musrSim will be available, if G4Beamline is not continued
  • experimental beam optimization

 

e-learning

  • PSI e-learning for musrFit, muon spectroscopy school
  • Online learning at ISIS, e-learning.pan-training.eu, lmsweb.stfc.ac.uk;
  • costs, who are maintaining things?
  • MIXE training at muon spectroscopy school, would be good to have something similar for both facilities
  • links to PSI e-learning could be put the ISIS e-learning

 

expanding the community

  • joint PhDs?
  • do we have the capacity to grow?
  • increase the visibility, APS meetings, European conferences
  • something like online seminar, but every 6 months 1/2 day or 1 day
  • early career prizes
  • help ISMS to develop a strategy, like LENS, thesis prize, engage youg people to join
  • News article about our meeting
  • engage early career people

 

 

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    • 08:30 10:00
      WBGB/019: Morning I WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      • 08:30
        Welcome & SmuS Overview 15m
        Speaker: Thomas Prokscha (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 08:45
        ISIS Overview 15m
        Speaker: Adrian Hillier (ISIS)
      • 09:00
        musrfit/Wimda, data format 1h
        • musrfit forum
        • common developments
        Speakers: Andreas Suter (PSI), Johnny Wilkinson (ISIS)
    • 10:00 10:30
      Coffee Break 30m WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

    • 10:30 12:00
      WBGB/019: Morning II WBGB/019

      WBGB/019

      • 10:30
        Aiidalab, DFT 30m
        • Advanced analysis, event-by-event data
        Speakers: Jonas Krieger (PSI), Leandro Liborio (ISIS)
      • 11:00
        Facility Tour 1h
        • Tour WEHA/SmuS facility, 2-3 groups?
        • 2-3 PSI guides
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch at Culinaare 1h EPIA

      EPIA

    • 13:00 15:00
      WBBC/101: Afternoon I.1 WBBC/101

      WBBC/101

      https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/376060931974046?p=pCuP7n1X390JpZrbdC Meeting ID: 376 060 931 974 046 Passcode: mb96Zj6r
      • 13:00
        mu- Analysis 1h 20m
        • EVA
        • muonic x-ray data set based on MuDirac, Cascade, MOCCA
        • Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/376060931974046?p=pCuP7n1X390JpZrbdC
        Speakers: Adrian Hillier (ISIS), Leandro Liborio (ISIS), Xiao Zhao (PSI)
      • 14:20
        mu- Detectors, GEM-TPC 40m
        • Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/376060931974046?p=pCuP7n1X390JpZrbdC
        Speakers: ISIS (ISIS), Xiao Zhao (PSI)
    • 13:00 15:00
      WBBC/111: Afternoon I.2 WBBC/111

      WBBC/111

      • 13:00
        Instrument Developments 40m
        • Event-by-event data taking
        • digitizers (SuperMuSR, RFSoC systems)
        • TDC chips
        Speakers: Jonas Krieger (PSI), Peter Baker (ISIS)
      • 13:40
        Sample environment, high pressure 40m
        Speakers: Alex Louat (ISIS), Hubertus Luetkens (PSI), Rhea Stewart (ISIS), Rustem Khasanov (PSI)
      • 14:20
        muSR detector systems 40m
        • plastic scintillators, SiPM
        • vx-muSR, Si-pixel detectors
        Speakers: ISIS (ISIS), Maxime Lamotte (PSI), Zaher Salman (PSI)
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee Break 30m WBBC/111

      WBBC/111

    • 15:30 17:30
      WBBC/111: Afternoon II WBBC/111

      WBBC/111

    • 17:30 20:00
      Apéro & BBQ in OASE 2h 30m Restaurant OASE

      Restaurant OASE