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Welcome to the 24th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2016) October 30 –November 4, 2016 Renaissance Worthington Hotel Fort Worth, Texas, USA Contact Details Holly Decker Carley Parriott Conference Coordinator Conference Coordinator University of North Texas Sandia National Laboratories 1155 Union Circle, #311427 PO Box 5800, MS1056 Denton, TX 76203 Albuquerque, NM 87185 P: 940-565-3256 P: 505-284-3752 [email protected] [email protected] www.caari.com CAARI 2016 COMMITTEES Local Organizing Committee Gary A. Glass Co-Chair University of North Texas F. Del McDaniel Co-Chair University of North Texas Yongqiang Wang Co-Chair Los Alamos National Laboratory Barney L. Doyle Co-Chair Sandia National Laboratories Arlyn Antolak Co-Chair Sandia National Laboratories Carley Parriott Conference Coordinator Sandia National Laboratories Holly Decker Conference Coordinator University of North Texas Cristina Castillo Conference Assistant University of North Texas Michael Harcrow Conference Assistant University of North Texas Zdenek Nejedly Webmaster AnzSolutions Topic Editors William Barletta USA Mayir Mamtimin USA Mark Bradley USA Daniel Marble USA Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri USA Jani Reijonen USA Robert Garnett USA Mark Roberts USA Richard Greco USA Thomas Schenkel USA Geoffrey Grime United Kingdom Lin Shao USA Anna Hayes-Sterbenz USA Valeriia Starovoitova USA Peter Hosemann USA Gyorgy Vizkelethy USA Gregory Lapicki USA Yanwen Zhang USA Richard Levy USA Session Chairs Osman Anderoglu USA Andrew Lee USA Ani Aprahamian USA Hye Young Lee USA Eda Aydogan USA Yuan Liu USA Melanie Bailey USA Anita Mahajan USA Dan Bardayan USA Daniel Marble USA Roger Barlow United Kingdom Gregg McKinney USA Eva Birnbaum USA Saskia Mioduszewski USA Salime Boucher USA Javier Miranda Mexico Mark Bradley USA Claudia Montanari Argentina Daniel Bufford USA Namdoo Moon USA Marc Caffee USA Steve Pain USA Di Chen USA Mark Palmer USA Tianyi Chen USA Anand Pathak India Kelly Chipps USA Arun Persaud USA Marshall Cleland USA Lloyd Price USA Uner Colak Turkey Jani Reijonen USA Eric Colby USA Tilo Reinert USA George Coutrakon USA Feng Ren China Miguel Crespillo USA Mark Roberts USA Daniel Dale USA Guaciara dos Santos USA Max Doebeli Switzerland Niek Schreuder USA Osman El Atwani USA Reinhold Schuch Germany Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri USA Reinhard Schulte USA Lyudmila Goncharova Canada Jefferson Shinpaugh USA Joseph Graham USA Ziga Smit Slovenia Geoffrey Grime United Kingdom Sami Tantawi USA Mark Harvey USA Roger Webb United Kingdom Anna Hayes-Sterbenz USA Steve Wender USA Tadashi Kamada Japan Harry Whitlow USA Michael King USA Shane Wood USA David Koltick USA Haizhou Xue USA Scott LaBrake USA Shengqiang Zhou Germany Willem Langeveld USA Welcome to CAARI-2016 The organizers would like to welcome you to the 24th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry. This conference is being hosted by the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, TX, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in Albuquerque, NM and Livermore, CA, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, NM. CAARI 2016 is also being supported by several other U.S. National Laboratories, industries and agencies most identified with accelerator technology. The Conference Co-chairs and the Topic Editors worked with the Session Chairs to develop the sessions and speakers. This is the 24th International conference in the biennial series that began in 1968 as a Conference on the Use of Small Accelerators for Teaching and Research by Jerry Duggan, while he was a staff member at Oak Ridge Associated Universities. When Jerry moved to Denton, TX and joined the University of North Texas (UNT), he continued the Conference series in 1974, holding the meeting on the UNT campus. At this time, Jerry invited Lon Morgan to join him as a co-organizer. Lon Morgan brought in the industrial components of CAARI and it became known as the International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI). CAARI was held in Denton for 30 years. In 2004, Jerry Duggan asked Floyd “Del” McDaniel and Barney Doyle to be co-organizers of the CAARI Conference Series. In 2004, Barney and Del moved the conference to Fort Worth, Texas, where it was held biennially from 2004-2012. In 2012 Yongqiang Wang and Gary Glass were invited to become co-organizers and the conference was held in San Antonio, TX. For the 2016 Conference, Arlyn Antolak has joined as a co-organizer and the conference has returned to the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. The CAARI Conference series is unique in that it brings together researchers from all over the world who use particle accelerators in their research and industrial applications. Each year the Topic Areas are reviewed and updated to reflect current research interests. In addition to this brief Program Book with abstract titles and presenting authors, the program with complete abstracts may be found at www.CAARI.com. We hope that you enjoy the conference and find it intellectually stimulating. In the schedule, we have provided several opportunities to renew friendships and talk science at this meeting: the Welcome Reception Sunday evening, the socials during each poster session Monday and Tuesday, the Conference banquet on Wednesday evening, the 2 O’Clock Band Concert on Thursday evening, and the Closing Ceremony on Friday at noon. If there is anything we can do to make your conference experience and stay in Fort Worth, Texas, more enjoyable, just ask Gary, Del, Yong, Barney, Arlyn, Holly, or Carley. We are very happy you have joined us in Fort Worth and hope you have a memorable time! Financial Support Financial support from sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers is an essential element of a successful conference. This support enables us to provide support for conference events, students, and other attendees. We are very grateful to the sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers listed below for their support of CAARI 2016. Research and University Sponsors Los Alamos National laboratory Sandia National Laboratories University of North Texas Industrial Sponsors High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. IonPlus OCEM Power Electronics Exhibitors Agilent Technologies National Electrostatics Corp. Buckley Systems Ltd OCEM Power Electronics Communication Power Corporation RadiaBeam Systems Dean Technology ScandiNova Systems Grant Associates Starfire Industries HeatWave Labs, Inc. XIA LLC High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. Advertisers Trek, Inc. For Security LINACS & Inspection RadiaBeam Systems offers a suite of linac systems that are ideal for a wide range of applications in security and inspection. Linac-based inspection systems produce high-fluxes of X-rays that penetrate even the densest of materials. Our linacs’ cutting edge performance enables high resolution and contrast sensitivity. Alternating, dual energy pulses allow for displaying different materials in different colors, which is an important feature for identifying objects of interest in cargo (i.e. radiological/nuclear threats or contraband). Linac-based inspection systems address various threats, ranging from the detection of controlled materials, customs inspections, and isotope replacements. CARGO & VEHICLE INSPECTION High-energy accelerators, such as our dual energy S6/9-100/75-X, can be configured into powerful inspection systems that can inspect upwards of one hundred cargo containers or vehicles per hour, making it ideal for key border crossings and special-entry sites. RAIL CARGO INSPECTION The inspection of rail cars is important for securing borders while maintaining dedicated trade thoroughfares. 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