ANT11

10 Oct 2011, 08:00 → 12 Oct 2011, 18:20 US/Eastern

Charles Lane (Drexel University), Jelena Maricic (Drexel University)

Advances in Neutrino Technology

Monday, 10 October

08:00 → 08:35 Introduction

Conveners: Prof. Charles Lane (Drexel University), Dr Jelena Maricic (Drexel University)

08:00 Workshop registration

registration

08:30 Welcome

Speakers: Prof. Charles Lane (Drexel University), Dr Jelena Maricic (Drexel University)

Slides ANT11_WELCOME.pdf

08:35 → 09:35 Session 1: Current Prospects

Prospects of current and near-term neutrino experiments in light of T2K and MINOS results

08:35 Prospects of current and near-term neutrino experiments in light of T2K and MINOS results

Speaker: Dr Yoshinari Hayato (Kamioka, ICRR, Univ. of Tokyo)

Slides T2K_MINOS.pdf

09:10 Status of NOvA

Speaker: Luke Corwin (Indiana University)

Slides CorwinANT2011NOvA.pdf

09:35 → 11:45 Session 2A: Future experiments

Status of LBNE/HyperK/LENA

09:35 Overview of LBNE

Speaker: James Stewart (BNL)

Slides LBNE-ANT11-JAS-v1.pptx

10:10 Overview of HyperKamiokande

Speaker: Masato Shiozawa (ICRR-University of Tokyo)

Slides 111010-Shiozawa-Hyper-K-v1.0.pdf

10:45 coffee break

11:10 Overview of LENA

Speaker: Juergen Winter (Technischen Universität München)

Slides lenaoverview_ant11_6.pdf

11:45 → 14:20 Session 2B: Challenges and Advances

Summary of technological challenges/advances for reactor/geo/solar neutrinos and neutrino anomaly

11:45 Mini Time Cube and reactor neutrino anomaly

Speaker: John Learned (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

12:30 Lunch (brought in)

13:30 Positronium signature in liquid and plastic scintillator

Speaker: Davide Franco (APC Univ. Paris 7)

Slides Franco_ops2.pdf

13:55 Neutron detection and identification using ZnS:Ag/6LiF in segmented neutrino detectors

Speaker: David Reyna (Sandia National Laboratory)

Slides Reyna_SegmentedDetector.pdf

14:20 → 17:30 Session 3: Photon Detectors I

Photon Detectors I

14:20 PMT development at ETL

Speaker: Ron McAlpine (Electron Tube Enterprises)

Slides ETL_talk.pdf

14:45 PMT development at Hamamatsu

Speaker: Yuji Yoshizawa (Hamamatsu Corporation)

15:10 PMT response

Speaker: Stan Seibert (University of Pennsylvania)

Slides Seibert_PMT_ANT_2011.pdf

15:35 PMT-LENA

Speaker: Juergen Winter (Technischen Universität München)

Slides lenapmt_ant11_6.pdf

15:55 coffee break

16:15 PMT pressure tests

Speaker: Milind Diwan (BNL)

Slides diwan-pmt.key diwan-pmt.pdf

16:50 WLS plates for LBNE

Speaker: William Johnston (Colorado State Univ.)

Slides ANT2011final.pdf

17:10 Winston cones for LBNE

Speaker: Stefano Perasso (Drexel University)

Slides Winston_cones_for_LBNE.pdf

Tuesday, 11 October

08:55 → 10:30 Session 4: Photon Detectors II

Photon Detectors: II

08:55 LAPPDs: MCPs and overview

Speaker: Prof. Henry Frisch (Enrico Fermi Institute and Argonne National Lab)

Slides Ant11_v16Frisch.pdf

09:20 LAPPDs: photocathode research

Speaker: Klaus Attenkofer (Univ of Chicago)

Slides pc_development_AK_ver1.pdf pc_development_AK_ver1.ppt

09:45 LAPPDs: picosecond readout

Speaker: Eric Oberla (University of Chicago)

Slides 2011_10_ANTelectronics.pdf

10:10 Discussion on photodetectors

Speakers: Mayly Sanchez (Iowa State University), Paul Mantsch (FNAL), Dr Zelimir Djurcic (ANL)

Slides photodetectors-discussion.pdf

10:30 → 10:50 coffee break

10:50 → 16:10 Session 5: Materials

Materials and water/scintillator systems

10:50 Gd overview

Speaker: Mark Vagins (UC Irvine, Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe)

Slides Vagins_GadANT11.pdf

11:20 Water quality: Gd

Speaker: Andre Renshaw (UC Irvine)

Slides ANT_2011_Talk.pdf ANT_2011_Talk.ppt

11:45 MC studies on photo coverage with Gd

Speaker: John Felde (UC Davis)

Slides GdStudy_ANT11_DREXEL.pdf

12:10 Lunch (brought in)

13:10 Water detector at LLNL

Speaker: Steven Dazeley (LLNL)

Slides ANT2011_dazeley.pdf

13:40 Overview of scintillation systems

Speaker: Daniel Bick (DESY)

Slides ant11_bick.pdf

14:10 Water-based liquid scintillator for large physics experiments

Speaker: Dr Minfang Yeh (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides Water_based_Liquid_Scintillator_for_large_scale_physics_ANT_2011_Yeh.pdf

14:35 Scintillator (SNO+ Nd loaded, LENS with In, Gd loading)

Speaker: Liang Ming Hu (Virginia Tech)

Slides Scintillator_Hu_101111.pdf

15:00 LS veto for large arrays of macro bolometers

Speaker: Paolo Gorla (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata)

Slides gorla-ant11.pdf

15:25 Material compatibility testing

Speaker: Sunej Hans (BNL)

Slides Material_compatibilty_testing_ANT11.pdf

16:10 → 17:25 Session 6: Vetos/Liners

Vetos/Liners/Containers

16:10 Liner for LBNE Water Cherenkov detector

Speaker: Farshid Feyzi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Slides LBNE-WCD-Liner-rev5.pdf

16:35 SNO experience

Speaker: Doug Hallman (Laurentian University)

Slides SNOExperience11-10-11.pdf

17:00 KamLAND experience

Speaker: Masayuki Koga (Tohoku University)

Slides koga-ANT11.pdf

Wednesday, 12 October

08:30 → 10:30 Sesson 7: Site Studies

Site Studies

08:30 Physics arguments for detector locations

Speaker: Wladyslaw Henryk Trzaska (Jyvaskyla University)

Slides Trzaska_Physics_arguments_for_detector_locations.pptx

09:00 Geotechnical studies for LENA at Pyhasalmi

Speaker: Guido Nuijten (Rockplan)

Slides 20111012_Nuijten-Pyhäsalmi_ANT11.pdf

09:30 US Geotechnical studies for LBNE at Homestake

Speaker: David Vardiman (Sanford Lab)

Slides ANT11_Vardiman_4850L_Geotechnical_lnvestigations_and_Excavation_Design_10072011.pptx

10:00 Site studies for Hyper-K

Speaker: Hiroshi Kurokawa (Mitsui Company)

Slides HyperK_presentation_(MMS)_111012rev3-1.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 coffee break

11:00 → 14:00 Session 8: Software and Analysis

Software and Analysis

11:00 Polfit tool for SK

Speaker: Kimihiro Okumura (ICRR-University of Tokyo)

Slides POLfit.pdf

11:30 Reconstruction using timing for water detectors

Speaker: Matt Wetstein (University of Chicago/ANL)

pictures animatedelectron.gif animatedpizero.gif

Slides ANT11Wetstein.pdf

12:00 lunch (brought in)

13:00 CHROMA (ray tracing + reconstruction)

Speaker: Stan Seibert (University of Pennsylvania)

more information http://chroma.bitbucket.org

Slides Seibert_Chroma_ANT_2011.pdf

Video sno_flythrough.mp4

13:25 LNBE WC detector reconstruction and LCs

Speaker: Xin Qian (Caltech)

Slides ANT11_XinQian_Caltech.pdf

14:00 → 18:20 Round table discussion

discussion and recap

14:00 Discussion: Neutron yield in atmospheric neutrino interactions: do we need to mount an experiment to measure it?

Convener: Svoboda (UC Davis)

Speaker: Zelimir Djurcic (ANL)

Slides zelimir_on_new__experiment.pdf

15:00 coffee break

15:20 OPERA discussion (Convener: John J. Learned)

Speaker: Mayly Sanchez (Iowa State Uniiversity)

16:20 Recap and future steps (Convener: Milind Diwan)