FLUKA Collaboration Meeting

G.Battistoni

Jul 10th 2010

today’s meeting (formal presentations)

Giuseppe: Introduction

Alfredo: Work for the next FLUKA release

Vasilis: Advanced FLUKA course

Geometry editor for FLUKA

Max Sioli: C.R. application developments

Francesco B.:SIT

Mary Chin: From ENDF to P ENDF for FLUKA

Hannes: DPMJET and LHC data

Larry: News from Houston

IP and agreements

Agreement and license to Siemenssuccessfully accomplished

To be discussed:

• Achievement of goals for 2010

• Plans for 2011

• Papers

• Conferences

5

The FLUKA international CollaborationM.Brugger, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, S. Roesler, G. Smirnov, C. Theis, S. Trovati, Hei. Vinke, Hel. Vincke, V.Vlachoudis CERN

A. Fassò, J. Vollaire SLAC, USA

J. Ranft Univ. of Siegen, Germany

G. Battistoni, F. Broggi, M. Campanella, E. Gadioli, A. Mairani, S. Muraro, P.R. Sala INFN & Univ. Milano, Italy

L. Sarchiapone INFN Legnaro, Italy

M. Carboni, C. D’Ambrosio, A. Ferrari, V. Patera, M. Pelliccioni, R. Villari INFN Frascati, Italy

M.C. Morone INFN & Univ. Roma II, Italy

A. Margiotta, M. Sioli INFN & Univ. Bologna, Italy

K. Parodi, F. Sommerer HIT, Heidelberg, Germany

A. Empl, L. Pinsky Univ. of Houston, USA

?, NASA-Houston, USA

S. Rollet ARC Seibersdorf Research, Austria

M. Lantz Sweden

TO BE WELL DEFINED FOR 2011

Main goals for 2010

• Code development• Tools development• Main events:

– Beginner Course (Venezuela)– Workshop+Advanced Course (Portugal)

• INFN part: new proposal after FLUKA2• Fundamental conferences• Collaboration papers

Short course at CNAO (Pavia)

• 3 full days• 7 students• Teachers: G.B, A. Mairani, S. Muraro

ResponsabilitiesCode development

Test of new releases

Software Tools

Documentation (manuals, examples, etc.)

FLUKA Courses

Help Desk

Common paper production

Development, maintenance of Distribute

Development and Maintenance of web services

Compilers and porting on different platforms

Management

Battistoni CR Physics

Broggi

Brugger

Campanella

Carboni

Cerutti

Empl

Fassò

Ferrari Alf

Ferrari Annagood w ill

Gadioli

Garzelli

Lantz interest interest interest

Lee

Mairani

Margiotta CR Physics

Morone

Muraro CR Physics

Parodi

Patera TPS

ResponsabilitiesPelliccioni Radioprotection

Pinsky

Ranft dpmjet

Reddell

Roesler

Rollet interest interest CR, RP, microdos.

Sala

Sarchiapone

Sioli CR Physics

Smirnov

Sommerer

Theis

Trovati

Villari

Vincke Helm.

Vincke Heinz

Vlachoudis

Vollaire low NRJ photon~19 >19 ~9 >14 ~20 13 >12 >10 6 10 6

So far in 2010

Succ. downloads: 249

requests to be evaluated: 157

Users cancellations: 3

Source requests: 12

User updates: 3

Totoal no. of questions/answers in fluka-discuss: 425

Situation of 2010 conferences

Worshop at CERN on Life Science applications: We succeeded in having reports containing FLUKA

MCNEG: (Katia)

Talk at Satif (Paola)

The Monte Carlo code FLUKA in Ion Therapy: Status &

Outlook

G. Battistoni

on behalf of the FLUKA collaboration

PHYSICS FOR HEALTH IN EUROPE WORKSHOP

(Towards a European roadmap for using physics tools in the developmentof diagnostics techniques and new cancer therapies)

2-4 February 2010

MonteCarlo benchmarking: validation and progress

• T.T.Boehlen, M.Brugger, F.Cerutti, A.Fassò, A.Ferrari, M.V. Garzelli, E.Lebbos, A.Mairani, S. Roesler, P.R.Sala,

M.Santana-Leitner, G.Smirnov, V.Vlachoudis

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

INFN, Milan, ItalySLAC

Granada U. and INFN

SATIF10, CERN

Activation and neutronics studies for the CERN n_TOF facility with the FLUKA Monte Carlo code LEBBOS, Elias

Shielding aspects of the new nELBE photo-neutron source FERRARI, Anna

Shielding and activation calculations for a 3-10 PW ELI high intensity laser facility FERRARI, Anna

Activation studies for a beta-beam Decay Ring (DR): residual dose rates during maintenance and airborne activity. Ms. TROVATI, Stefania

Radiation Protection Aspects of the SPES facility at LNL SARCHIAPONE, Lucia

Other FLUKA related talks at Satif

Papers

We are not yet producing collaboration papers

Andrea Mairani et al.:“The FLUKA Monte Carlo code coupled with the local effect model for biological calculations in carbon ion therapy”

Accepted in PMB!!!

Recent issues

Status of FLUKA_VMC problema) FLUKA_VMC has been limited to Aliceb) After a painful delay, a technical meeting has been dedicated to examine

bugs in FLUKA_VMC

HARP papera) A CERN preprint appeared: benchmark of FLUKA and GEANT4 to HARP

datab) Moreover a technical error was done!c) Requirements to the users in License ignoredd) Art. 8 of agreement ignorede) CERN ignored our complaints