Dear Colleagues, we would like to announce a workshop on a next generation gamma-ray spectrometer optimized for in-beam experiments with fast beams at the RIBF. The workshop will be held at the RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan on February 4-5, 2011. The envisaged array is a Scintillator-based High-resOlution Gamma-ray spectrometer for Unstable Nuclei (SHOGUN) based on the novel scintillator LaBr3:Ce. The array would feature a high full-energy peak efficiency (> 30% at 1 MeV), a good time resolution (sub-ns) and an in-beam energy resolution that is well matched to the intrinsic energy resolution of LaBr3:Ce (~3% FWHM at 1 MeV). More detailed performance characteristics can be found in the SHOGUN construction proposal which was accepted by the RIBF NP-PAC last year: http://ribf.riken.jp/~scheit/shogun-docs/shogun-proposal-2009.pdf Subjects to be discussed during the workshop include: * the latest developments in gamma-ray detection technology (including alternatives to LaBr3:Ce for the SHOGUN array), * the physics cases with their particular requirements, including applications of the array outside RIKEN, * ancillary detectors, * structure of a formal SHOGUN collaboration to be formed Details on the workshop including registration information will be announced shortly. We are looking forward to your participation in this workshop. With best regards, H. Scheit
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