KM3NeT general Meeting

20 Feb 2012, 09:00 → 23 Feb 2012, 19:00 Europe/Rome

Main Meeting Room (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS))

Emilio Migneco (LNS)

General meeting of the Km3NeT collaboration

agenda Agenda_WPD.doc Schedule_WPFL_parallel-v2.pdf

Monday, 20 February

10:00 → 13:00 Meeting of the SPB and SC (closed)

14:30 → 18:30 WPC

Governance; Legal; Financial engineering

14:30 → 18:30 WPE

Marine and environmental agencies and networks

14:30 → 18:30 WPF/L

Production preparation of telescope components; Resource plan for production of telescope components

agenda Schedule_WPFL_parallel-v2.pdf

14:30 Intro

Speaker: Els de Wolf (Nikhef)

Slides 1-Intro-WPFL.pptx

14:45 PMT measurements at ECAP

Speaker: Oleg Kalekin (ECAP Erlangen)

Slides Kalekin_PMT_tests_20.02.2012.ppt

15:10 PMT measurements at Nikhef

Speaker: Maria Tselengidou (Nikhef)

Slides KM3NeT_GM_NikhefResults.pdf

15:30 PMT specs for tendering and alternative for glass PMT lens

Speaker: Paul Kooijman (Nikhef)

Slides 4-PMT-lens.pptx

15:50 CoCo chip on PMT base

Speaker: Eric Heine (Nikhef)

Slides coco-catania.pptx

16:10 PPM-PMT unit: status and planning mini-DOM in Antares

Speaker: Vlad Popa (ISS)

Slides miniDOM.ppt

16:30 Coffee Break

16:50 PPM-DOM: planning DOM in Antares

Speaker: Eric Heine (Nikhef)

Slides ADOM-catania.pptx

17:10 PPM-DOM: acoustics

Speaker: Giorgio Riccobene (INFN LNS)

Slides Riccobene_km3net_WPFL_acoustics_final.pptx

17:30 PPM: Optical time calibration

Speaker: Umberto Emanuele (IFIC - CSIC)

Slides Catania_KM3NeT_Emanuele.ppt

17:50 PPM: Optical network

Speaker: Jan Willem Schmelling (Nikhef)

Slides KM3NeT_gen_meeting_Catania_optical_network_JW_schmelling.pptx

18:10 Timing of the optical network

Speaker: Hank Peek (Nikhef)

Slides WhiteRabbit.ppt

Tuesday, 21 February

09:30 → 13:00 --

09:30 → 13:00 WPD

Strategic issues and international networking

agenda Agenda_WPD.doc

09:30 Discussion of the agenda, possible re-arrangement?

Speaker: Petros Rapidis (NCSR Demokritos)

09:40 Progress report on simulation and reconstruction developments

Speaker: Apostolos Tsirigotis (HOU)

Slides Tsirigotis.pdf

10:00 Progress report on the detector optimization

Speaker: Antonis Leisos (HOU)

Slides KM3NeT_Catania_Leisos.pptx

10:20 Multi-PMT DOM directionality and the KM3NeT events

Speaker: Rezo Shanidze (ECAP Erlangen)

Slides Rezo.ppt

10:35 Status of the km3 Monte Carlo package

Speaker: James Clancy

Slides Clancy.ppt

10:50 Status Sirene

Speaker: Maarten de Jong (Nikhef)

Slides Sirene.pptx

11:05 Coffee Break

11:25 Results from the (gedanken) pseudo-experiments

Speaker: Maarten de Jong (Nikhef)

Slides Gedanken.pptx

11:40 Report on track reconstruction with Gaussian Sum Filter method

Speaker: Gianfranca De Rosa (INFN Napoli)

Slides KM3MeetingFeb2012-DeRosa.pdf

11:55 Progress report on observation strategies and estimation techniques

Speaker: Spyros Tsamarias (HOU)

12:15 Update on discovery potential for point-like sources

Speaker: Agata Trovato (INFN LNS)

Slides AgataTrovato1.pptx

12:35 Cosmogenic neutrino events in KM3NeT

Speakers: Dominik Stransky (ECAP Erlangen), Rezo Shanidze (ECAP Erlangen)

Slides CosmFluxCatania-2-stransky.pdf

09:30 → 13:00 WPH/M

Production preparation of deep-sea components; Resource plan for production of deep-sea components

09:30 Status and plan for MEUST Sea-floor network layout

Speaker: Jean-Jacques Destelle (IN2P3 - CPPM)

Slides MEUST_INFRA.pdf

10:00 KM3NeT: photonics for a star-like sea-floor network layout

Speaker: Dr Antonio D'Amico (LNS)

Slides KM3NeT-_photonics_for_a_star-like_sea-floor_network_layout.pdf

10:30 KM3NeT: power distribution and control for a star-like sea-floor network layout

Speaker: Rosanna Cocimano (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud)

Slides R.Cocimano_km3netGenmeet2012.pdf

11:30 The Earth-Sea Science Sea floor infrastructure.

Speaker: Monty Priede (University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences)

Slides Monty_Priede_E-S_Science_Infrastructure.ppt

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:10 WPF/L

Production preparation of telescope components; Resource plan for production of telescope components

agenda Schedule_WPFL_parallel-v2.pdf

14:30 Intro

Speaker: Els de Wolf

14:40 PPM: Status off-shore readout DOM

Speaker: Frederic Louis (CEA IRFU)

Slides Electronic_Km3Net_Catania.pptx

15:05 PPM: status on-shore DAQ

Speaker: Tasos Belias (NOA Nestor)

Slides PPM_Shore_Station_Report_Tasos.pptx

15:30 PPM and beyond: readout/DAQ planning

Speaker: Frederic Louis (CEA IRFU)

Slides After_KM3Net_catania.pptx

15:50 PPM-DU: mechanical structure

Speaker: Mario Musumeci (INFN LNS)

Slides mechanical_design_of_the_PPM-DU_of_KM3Net_21feb2012.pptx

16:15 Coffee Break

16:35 PPM-DU: rope and cable management; DOM support

Speaker: Edward Berbee (Nikhef)

Slides 21022012dmpeg2.pptx

17:00 PPM-Backbone: Status VEOC/BEOC development

Speaker: Gerjan Mul (Nikhef)

Slides VEOC_status_19-02-2012.pptx

17:25 PPM-DU: Sea qualification tests

Speaker: Sylvain Henry (CPPM)

Slides PPM_DU_Sea_Qualif_Tests.pptx

17:50 Assembly and integration

Speaker: Edward Berbee (Nikhef)

Slides 21022012tendering&assy.pptx

14:30 → 18:00 WPG

Auxiliary surface vessels

14:30 → 18:00 WPI/N

Data and control; User support and impact assessment

18:15 → 20:15 Transfer to the Test Site station at the port of Catania and visit of the Shore Station

Wednesday, 22 February

09:30 → 11:00 Plenary Session

Introductory session

09:30 Welcome addresses

10:15 Introduction

Speaker: Emilio Migneco (INFN)

Slides Introduction_2012-02-22_final_Migneco.pptx

11:00 → 11:30 Coffe Break

11:30 → 13:00 Plenary Session

Introductory session

11:30 Neutrino astronomy

Speaker: Francesco Vissani (INFN)

Slides LNS2012_vissani.pdf

12:30 EMSO

Speaker: Laura Beranzoli (INGV)

Slides EMSO_X_KM3Net_beranzoli.ppt

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:15 Plenary Session

Report from WP coordinators on WP activities

14:30 WPF/L report

Speakers: Els de Wolf, Eric Heine (Nikhef), Patrick Lamare (CPPM), Thierry Stolarczyk (CEA)

Slides WPFL-report.pptx

15:30 DOM development plan

Speaker: Eric Heine (Nikhef)

Slides DOM-developments.pptx

16:00 Discussion

16:15 → 16:45 Coffe Break

16:45 → 18:00 Plenary Session

Reports of WP Coordinators

16:45 WPH/M report

Speakers: Antonio Capone, Mario Musumeci (INFN)

Slides 2012_02_22_WPH_Capone.pptx

17:30 Discussion

20:00 → 22:30 Social Dinner

Thursday, 23 February

09:30 → 11:00 Plenary Session

Report from WP coordinators on WP activities

09:30 WPB report

Speakers: Claude Vallee (CPPM), Leo Resvanis, Mauro Taiuti (INFN)

10:00 WPC report

Speakers: Ion Siotis (NCSR Demokritos), Paschal Coyle (CPPM)

Slides WPC-status.pptx

10:30 WPD report

Speakers: Petros Rapidis (NCSR Demokritos), Thierry Stolarczyk (CEA)

Slides wpd.ppt

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Plenary Session

Report from WP coordinators on WP activities

11:30 WPE report

Speaker: Monty Priede

Slides Monty_Priede_WPE_Report.ppt

12:00 WPG report

Speaker: Leo Resvanis (NOA Nestor)

12:30 WPI/N report

Speaker: Uli Katz (ECAP Erlangen)

Slides PP-WPI+N-Report-Catania_1202.ppt

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 17:30 Closing Session

14:30 Future programs

Speaker: Emilio Migneco (INFN)

Slides Conclusion_2012-02-23_v1.pptx

15:15 Discussion on future programs

17:30 → 19:00 Meeting of the PCG (closed)