RIBF User Group Town Meeting
March 12, 2021
Online(Zoom)• 1) Report on the RIBF User Group activity(Hinohara/Sakaguchi-san)• 2) Report from Nishina Center (Yoneda-san)• 3) Others (if any)Report onthe RIBF User Group activity
Nobuo Hinohara
for the RIBF Users Executive Committee

Current member list of UEC
outgoing members: Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
- K. Wimmer, CSIC, vice-chair- S. Sakaguchi, Kyushu- Y. Watanabe, KEK- W. Horiuchi, Hokkaido- T. Matsumoto, Kyushu• Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2023
- D. Suzuki, RIKEN, vice-chair- H. Crawford, LBNL
- S. Nishimura, RIKEN- N. Hinohara, Tsukuba, chair- N. Shimizu, CNS• Supplementary members Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
- S. Paschalis, York- K. Miki, Tohoku

UEC Activities• Regular town meeting at the JPS meetings→ Sep 2020, held during RIBF Users Meeting (online)→ Mar 2021 (online JPS meeting)• Report from the MT committee (monthly)• Amendment of Charter• Election• Member list update(plan)• UG Weppage update

Amendment to RIBF UEC Charter
Current RIBF UEC Charter:
https://ribfuser.riken.jp/RIBF_UG/charter.html
previous Charter:
https://ribfuser.riken.jp/RIBF_UG/charter_v1.html• Charter amended on Jan 25, 2021
• Updated provisions on:• the membership of UEC, Supplementary members• Chair, Vice-chair, Observer• Voting rights and eligibility for candidacy• Election procedure• Define provisions on:• Vacancy, resignations of UEC members/officers• Amendment to Charter

Result of election• Period of vote: Feb. 25 – Mar. 10• Number of votes: 84/735 (114(?): 2 years ago)

• Elected members (Apr 2021 – Mar 2025)– Experiment• Yuichi Ichikawa (Kyushu)• Juzo Zenihiro (Kyoto)• Anna Corsi (CEA Saclay)– Theory• Kazuyuki Sekizawa (Niigata)• Takashi Abe (RIKEN)Member list update
Number of vote

UG members

2021

84735

2017

129655

2015103590

2013

94

498

2012

85

550

2011

97505

2010

106496

We plan to delete non-active members/duplicated members

Please update your registration• https://ribfuser.riken.jp/RIBF_UG/registration.html– Affiliation– Department– Position/Grade– Email– Experiment/Theory– Supervisor (for students)• Please ask your students to do soRIBF Status ReportKen-ichiro YONEDA
User Liaison GroupRIKEN Nishina Center
RIBF User Group Towm Meeting
Web Meeting, 12 March, 2021

• COVID-19• RIBF operation in 2nd half FY2020• MT plan in 1st half FY2021• NP-PAC meetings

COVID-19 … current status• In Japan/In Tokyo area
– Still in “state of emergency”– 1st: April – June 2020
– 2nd: January – March? 2021

• “stay-home” is requested• 1st foreign visitor for SRC-BigRIPS experiment … in March• Foreign visitors to Japan < 2000 persons/day?

• In RIKEN– Keep “Level-1” regulation (Since 14 September)• Research activities OK but with best care
• Accelerator use … < 20 participants/experiment• Guideline and checklist for visitors
https://ribf.riken.jp/COV/COVID.php

OctoberJanuary

238U

NovemberFebruary
HiCARI

December

March

70Zn

HiCARITotal beam time for BigRIPS experiments
3.11 Earthquake160

3 months
operationRRC RF
upgrade140

COVID-19120
100
80
60
40
20Total (Data run + MS + Tuning)
PAC-approved experiments

02007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

April238U

HiCARIR3 BRIKEN JulyMay

Light IonsJune

September

NP-PAC

21st NP-PAC meeting
held on December 14 (Mon) – 16 (Wed), 2020
On-line meeting, 9pm-2am JST
Presentation movies collected before the meeting
Only Q&A in the meeting

The next NP-PAC meeting
To be held in December 2021
Call for Proposals… issued in July?

User Group Webpage Update

S. Sakaguchi
Kyushu University
March 12, 2021

Outline
1. Menu list has been modified. + new charter was uploaded.
2. Conference information page has been updated.

Google Calendar hasbeen embedded to theUG webpage.

1. Menu list modified

1. Menu list modifiedpppUnnecessary pages à removed
Design of banners à modified for better visibility
Charter à updated

2. Conference info page

ppp

Original webpage
Probably maintained by
RIKEN
Not updated since 2019

2. Conference info page

ppp

Original webpage
Probably maintained by
RIKEN
Not updated since 2019

à Plan to continue this effort.

2. Conference info pagen

Backgroundp

There are only a few pages that summarize the meeting information
on nuclear physics.
nnn

http://www.nupecc.org/index.php?display=events
https://www.conference-service.com/conferences/nuclear-physics.html

Problems
They do not cover local meetings in Japan related to RIBF.
p The information on past meetings cannot be accessed.
pnMotivation
Webpage covering international and local meetings would beuseful.
p Meeting information could be accumulated and used as an archivein future.
p2. Google Calendar embedded
nGoogle Calendar of meetings on nuclear physics
pMeeting information will be accumulated on the Google
Spreadsheet by UEC members.

Spreadsheet

This sheet could work as an archive.

2. Google Calendar embedded
nGoogle Calendar of meetings on nuclear physics
Meeting information will be accumulated on the Google
Spreadsheet by UEC members.
p The sheet will be synchronized to Google Calendar.
pSpreadsheet

Sync.

This sheet could work as an archive.

GoogleCalendar

2. Google Calendar embedded
nGoogle Calendar of meetings on nuclear physics
Meeting information will be accumulated on the Google
Spreadsheet by UEC members.
p The sheet will be synchronized to Google Calendar.
p Google Calendar is embedded in the UG webpage.
pSpreadsheet

This sheet could work as an archive.

UG webpage

2. Google Calendar embedded

Please google with“ribf uec” to findthe UG webpage.
Please bookmark
if you like.

Meetings in foreign countries

Meetings in JapanIf you click each event, …

Visit conference page
Copy event to your calendar

Notices
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The calendar may include incorrect information due to thepostponement, cancellation, change of the site, etc. Pleasecheck the original websites of the meetings for reliable
information.
This website is mainained by UEC. If you find incorrect
information or if there is information you wish to post,please contact us via email:Important! --- The calendar system is in a trial operation.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Important! --- If you have any requests on the contents ofUG webpage, please let us know.