Name: 1st Workshop on Mixed Ion Beam Delivery
Start: 2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-10T14:00:00+02:00
Location: TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

1st Workshop on Mixed Ion Beam Delivery

from Thursday, 8 October 2026 (00:00) to Saturday, 10 October 2026 (14:00)

Monday, 5 October 2026
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Thursday, 8 October 2026

08:30 Registration, Welcome coffee
Registration, Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
09:00 Simulation tools for mixed-species beam dynamics in synchrotrons
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
Contributions

09:00 Welcome address

09:10 Overview of ongoing mixed-beam simulation activities at GSI - Andrii Pastushenko (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)

09:20 Overview of ongoing mixed-beam simulation activities at TU Wien and MedAustron - Katrin Holzfeind (Technische Universität Wien)

09:30 Xsuite tutorial - Giovanni Iadarola (CERN)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
11:00 Simulation tools for mixed-species beam dynamics in synchrotrons
11:00 - 12:00
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
Contributions

11:00 Simulating the acceleration of mixed beams with unequal A/Q - Andrii Pastushenko (GSI)

11:20 Q&A and discussion on synergies and needs - Giovanni Iadarola (CERN)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30

12:45 Registration, welcome coffee
Registration, welcome coffee
12:45 - 13:30
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
13:30 Mixed-species beams in synchrotrons: applications and ongoing activities
13:30 - 15:20
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
Contributions

13:30 Welcome address and introduction - Elisabeth Renner (Technische Universität Wien)

13:45 Mixed ion beams for range probing: medical motivation - Marco Giuseppe Pullia (CNAO)

14:05 Review of three years of mixed ion beam delivery with synchrotrons - Elisabeth Renner (Technische Universität Wien)

14:30 NIMMS: compatibility with mixed-beam delivery - Heli Huttunen (CERN)

14:50 HEARTS++ project - Edgar Cristopher Cortes Garcia (CERN)

15:05 Mixed-beam opportunities in plasma physics - Martin Schanz (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)
15:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 Mixed-beam generation
15:50 - 17:30
Room: Vortragsraum Bibliothek
Contributions

15:50 Mixed-beam generation in ion sources - Luigi Celona (INFN) Michael Galonska (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)

16:15 LINACs in medical synchrotron facilities: considerations for mixed He-C beam transport - Bernhard Schlitt (GSI Helmholtzzentrum for Heavy Ion Research)

16:40 Sequential Synchrotron Injection Schemes for Mixed Ion Beam Generation - Matthias Kausel (MedAustron)

17:05 Beyond the box: exotic mixed-beam generation ideas - David Ondreka (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)

17:10 Discussion
19:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Friday, 9 October 2026

08:00 Morning coffee
Morning coffee
08:00 - 08:30
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum
08:30 Mixed-species beam dynamics in synchrotrons
08:30 - 09:40
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum
Contributions

08:30 Recap and overview

08:40 Slow extraction of mixed ion beams - Andrii Pastushenko (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)

09:05 Acceleration of mixed beams with unequal A/Q - David Ondreka

09:30 Summary from the simulation tools session - Katrin Holzfeind (Technische Universität Wien)
09:40 Coffee break and Posters
Coffee break and Posters
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum
10:40 Mixed-beam diagnostics and imaging systems
10:40 - 12:00
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum
Contributions

10:40 Measuring mixed-beam properties in the accelerator complex - Elisabeth Renner (Technische Universität Wien)

11:05 Diagnostics to characterize the extracted mixed beam - Felix Ulrich-Pur (Marietta-Blau Institut, TU Wien)

11:30 Mixed-beam range probing systems - Lennart Volz (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:15

13:15 Round table and panel discussion

13:15 - 14:45
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum

14:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum

15:15 Round table and panel discussion

15:15 - 16:30
Room: Arnold Schmidt Raum
Saturday, 10 October 2026

08:30 MedAustron facility visit

08:30 - 14:00