15–17 May 2017
LNGS/GSSI
Europe/Rome timezone

Program


Agenda meeting 
15-17 May 2017 at LNGS



meeting room = 'Majorana'
in the administration building 

Monday 15 May: 
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Introduction,  chair: Henry Wong
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9:00  welcome
9:10  news from MJD                                     Jason Detwiler
9:30  news from GERDA                               Anna Zsigmond
9:50  CDEX/CDEX-II                                     Qian Yue


10:10 – 11:10 
*  parallel session: meeting of working groups

11.10 – 11.40 coffee break

11:40   welcome by LNGS director              Stefano Ragazzi (tbc)

11:45 – 13:30  WBS presentations, chair:  Keith Rielage 
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       1.02: host labs

11:45  overview                                              Iris Abt
12:00  Ge77m neutron background             Christoph Wiesinger
12:15  Neutron induced bkg in Majorana    Ralph Massarczyk

       1.03: material screening and assay

12:30  overview                                              Yuri Efremenko

       1.04: copper electro-forming

12:45  overview                                             Cabot-Ann Christofferson

       1.05: enriched Ge production

13:00  overview                                               Chang-Hong Yu
13:15  time buffer



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lunch 13:30-14:30
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14:30 – 16:00   continuation WBS presentations, chair: Vasily Kornoukhov
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    1.05: continuation

14:30 current Ge production                      Bernhard Schwingenheuer

14:45  chemical purification plant               Oleg Selivanenko    
    
   1.07: front-end, cables, connectors

15:00  overview                                                             Alan Poon
15:20  R&D on Majorana cables/connectors            Matthew Bush
15:35  CMOS CSA ASIC for HPGe detectors          Zhi Deng
15:50  ASIC plans at LBNL                                         Paul Barton


16:30    transfer to GSSI in L'Aquila
17:00    welcome and introduction to GSSI by Eugenio Coccia
17:15    LEGEND project by Steve Elliott
18:00    aperitif
19:00    end



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Tuesday 16 May 
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8:45 – 11.00 continuation WBS presentations, chair: Ivan Stekl
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    1.06: detectors

 8:45   Overview                                                      Stefan Schönert 
 9:00   Overview of HPGe Detector R&D           David Radford
 9:15   Crystal pulling at IKZ                                  Frank Kiessling
 9:30   Ge68 activation                                          Steve Elliot
 9:40   Reducing Rn daughters on surfaces       Grzegorz Zuzel
 9:55   PSD measurements inverted-coax         Yoann Kermaidic
10:10   PPC (OPPI) in LAr                                     Konstantin Gusev / Joszef Janicsko
10:25   Surface alpha scan of PPC det.              Susanne Mertens / Julieta Gruszko




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10:40 – 11:10  coffee break
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11:10 – 13:30     continuation WBS presentations, chair: Hao Ma

     1.08: detector units (strings) 

11:10 overview                                                           Matthew Busch/Konstantin Gusev
11:25 GERDA design                                                Konstantin Gusev 
11:40 PEN material                                                   Bela Majorovits
11:55 new ideas                                                         Matthew Busch

     1.09: cryostat (+ 1.10: water tank) 

12:10 overview                                                           Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri 
12:25 GERDA cryostat experience                         Karl Tasso Knöpfle
12:40 modifications for LEGEND-200                    Bernhard Schwingenheuer 
12:55 LEGEND-1000 baseline design(s)               John Wilkerson
13:10 Neutron bkg without water tank                   Iris Ab
13:20 alternatives: LNe                                            Matthew Green (TBC)





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13:30 - 14:30 lunch
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Science guest talk, chair: Stefan Schönert
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14:30 0vBB: Motivations, Expectations, Uncertainties by Francesco Vissani (GSSI)


15:10 continuation WBS talks 'cryostat'
15:10 alternatives: DUNE cryostat design                 Matthew Busch




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15:30 – 16:00  coffee break
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16:00 ISC activity report                                            David Waters
16:15 Introduction to bylaws                                     David Radford
17:15 Logo competition                                             Stefan Schönert


18:00-19:30   Institutional board meeting

20:00         Social Dinner in Camarda, restaurant Elodia





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Wednesday, 17 May
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 9:00 - 11:00   continuation task group,  chair:  Kai Zuber
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        1.11:  active shield

  9:00  overview                                                            Joszef Janicsko
  9:15  LAr purification & light yield                             Grzegorz Zuzel
  9:30  Xe doping                                                          Stefan Schönert

        1.12: calibration system 

  9:45 overview                                                            Ralph Massarczyk 

       1.13: DAQ and slow control 
 
  10:00 overview                                                         Ricardo Brugnera 
  10:25 Mechanics of sticky events 
        and trace compression                                        Håkan Johansson

        1.14:  simulation and analysis

  10:35  overview                                                         Jason Detwiler, Matteo Agostini, M. Green
  10:50 Bayesian fitting of waveform                          Ben Shanks / John Wilkerson




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11:05 – 11:30 coffee break
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11:30 – 13:30    collaboration organization, chair: Robert Varner
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11:30   report on IB meeting                                        David Waters
11:45   cost for LEGEND-200                                     Bernhard Schwingenheuer
11:55   collaboration communication                           Jason Detwiler
12:10   conferences opportunities                               Steve  Elliott
12:20   publication plan white paper                            Bernhard Schwingenheuer
12:30   time buffer





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13:30 - 14:30 lunch
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14:30 - 17:30    Underground visit