CSU US-Auger Meeting Agenda (updated on 2/26/03)

 

 

Thursday, Febuary 27

 

7:00pm              Whoever is around will get together at Holiday Inn Lobby for dinner

 

 

Friday, Febuary 28

 

9:00am-12:30pm [Software/analysis on Southern Auger] Chair: Katsushi Arisaka

Room 203, Lory Student Center

 

Coffee/tea/juice available at 8:30am 

 

John Harton                  10min               Welcome to CSU

                                                            Introduction of potential collaborators

Katsushi Arisaka            10min               Overview of US software/analysis activities

Arun Tripathi                10min               SD calibration etc. at UCLA pdf, ppt

Miguel Mostafa            10min               Activities at New Mexico ps

Aaron Chou                 10min               Computing the Time-Dependent SD Aperture ppt

Alexei Dorofeev            10min               Horizontal Shower reconstruction at Michigan Tech pdf

 

10:30-11:00am            Break

 

Pablo Bauleo                10min               Hybrid trigger eff., Carmen-Miranda, LDF etc.  ppt

TokoYamamoto          10min               Carmen and Miranda study on fluctuations  ppt

Maximo Ave                10min               Event Reconstruction for the Auger Surface Detector

John Matthews            10min               Composition below 1019eV  pdf

John Swain                   10min               Status of DPA and activities at Northeastern pdf

PI's for other places   5min x 5            Software/analysis at his Institute

 

12:30-2:00pm             Lunch

 

2:00-3:00pm [Discussion on Software/analysis]   

Room 203, Lory Student Center

           

All                                - How to form coherent US "Physics" analysis effort

 

3:00-3:30pm             Coffee break, we walk to Physics Department Conference Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30-6:00pm [Workshop of Software/analysis]

HEP conference room – upstairs room AR 206

 

Postdoc/Students etc.   - Formation of “Physics” analysis team

                                    - Plan for the rest of year

 

3:30-6:00pm [Hardware/construction on Southern Auger]              Chair: Paul Mantsch

Physics Department Conference Room

 

Jim Cronin                    10min               Opening remarks: Towards completion of Southern Auger

Paul Mantsch                30min               Status of Southern Auger construction and budget  ppt

                                                            Required budget to complete the Southern Auger

                                                            News from NSF/DOE

 Each PI                       3min x 10            Hardware activities/responsibilities

                                                            Budget/manpower, necessary helps

 

4:30-5:00pm            Break

 

 All                               Discussion

                                    - Onsite Manpower (help for PMT/SDE testing...)

                                    - Budget request for Southern Auger

                                    - How to approach NSF/DOE

                                    - Discussion with Hans (when he arrives around 5pm)

 

 7:00pm              Whoever is around will get together at Holiday Inn Lobby for dinner

                        Maps and suggestions for dinner available.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 1st 

 

9:00am-12:30pm [Science at Northern Auger]              Chair: Paul Sommers

Room D102 Physics

 

Coffee/tea/juice available at 8:30am in the Physics Conference Room

 

Hans Bluemer               10min               Opening Remarks

Jim Cronin                    15min               All sky map of matters (<100Mpc), composition study

Angela Olinto               25min               Theoretical Motivation for Northern Auger  ppt   Video

Paul Sommers              25min               Scientific case for full sky coverage  ps

 

10:30-11:00am            Break

 

Katsushi Arisaka            20min            Scientific case for Northern Auger, FAQ pdf, doc and talk pdf, ppt

Corbin Covault            10min              

Jim Beatty                    10min

All                                - Discussion of scientific case for Northern Auger

 

Lunch provided by the CSU Physics Department

at Woody's Woodfired Pizza and Salad - just off campus at 518 W Laurel

 

2:00pm-6:00pm [Politics/Discussion on Northern Auger]  Chair: John Harton

Room D102 Physics

 

Hans Bluemer               10min               Views from Auger International collaboration

Paul Mantsch                30min               Brief report of Friday discussion on Southern Auger

                                                            Revised budget for Northern auger  ppt

                                                            Views from NSF/DOE

Fred Bernthal               10min               Views from URA

Lawrence Wiencke             10min               Status of HiRes

Katsushi Arisaka             10min               Status of Japanese TA and EUSO  pdf

All                                20min               Discussion to develop our consensus.

 

3:30-4:00pm            Coffee break

 

Mark Chen                   5min                 Possible Canadian participation to Auger

Jim Linnemann            5min                 Possible participation of Michigan State Univ.  ppt

Brian Fick                    10min               Status of Millard County site  ppt

John Harton                  10min               Alternative site in Colorado  ppt

John Matthews             10min               Alternative site in New Mexico pdf

?                                  5min                 Alternative site in ….

 

All                                - Free discussion on Northern Auger proposal

 

Collaboration Dinner at Austin’s American Grill,

2815 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, phone 267-6532

Drinks until 9:00PM, sit down to eat around 9:00PM.

Maps available.

(There are two Austin’s restaurants in Fort Collins – be sure to go to Austin’s south!)

 

 

Sunday, March 2nd

 

8:00am-noon [Discussion for future]

Room D102 Physics

 

Coffee/tea/juice available at 7:45am in the Physics Conference Room

 

Arun Tripathi                10min               Summary of Software/Analysis coordination

Paul Mantsch                10min               Action items for completion of South

Paul Sommers              10min               Summary of Scientific case of North

John Harton                  10min               Summary of Northern Auger discussion

Link to Katsushi Arisaki’s Action Item list ppt, pdf

 

10:00-10:30pm            Break

 

All        - Discussion on Action Items, such as

                        - How to report to April collaboration meeting

                        - Strategy to contact DOE/NSF (for $2.5M, and for North)

                        - Preparation of LOI (or proposal)

                                    - Table of contents and contributors.

                                    - Editor(s)

                                    - Deadline

                        - How to get support from larger community

                                    - Theorists, astronomer...

                                    - Gamma ray, neutrino, GW community

                        - Schedule of the next US meeting

 

Noon               Meeting adjourns