Radio Detector Meeting

Mar 15, 2010, 9:00 AM → Mar 17, 2010, 6:00 PM US/Central

Supernova (222 W. Washington Ave Suite 500)

Printable amendable agenda Meeting_agenda_v2-4.doc

Mon, March 15

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Meeting Goals

• Review current status and lesson learned
• Review Scope of Work and set a time line and milestones
• Specs Requirements list (must have, nice to have)
• Define responsibilities

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Proposal Review

Kara will cover science and the detector, Adi will cover resources and awards

slides ARA_MRI_scope_ak.ppt.ppt

slides Peles_ARA_slides.ppt

10:00 AM → 12:00 PM Review of Radio Instrumentation

Status and lessons learned.

10:00 AM ANITA

Speaker: Peter Gorham

Slides Gorham-ANITA-Madison.pdf

10:25 AM RICE

Speaker: David Besson (University of Kansas)

Slides 100314-wisconsin_2.Besson.pdf

10:50 AM AURA / in-ice NARC

Speaker: Dr Hagar Landsman (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Slides Lesson_Learned_AURA.ARA.pdf

11:15 AM Surface

Speakers: Klaus Helbing (BU Wuppertal), Sebastian Böser (Universität Bonn)

Slides AirShowerRadio_forARAmeeting.pdf

11:40 AM Transmitters

Speaker: Prof. Kara Hoffman (University of Maryland)

Slides ACU-2010.pdf pulser_hoffman.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM → 4:00 PM Hardware Review

1:00 PM ARA testbed plan

Speakers: Mr Chih-Ching Chen (National Taiwan University), Peter Gorham

Slides ARA-testbed_gorham.pdf Progress_Report_before_Madison_20100315.ppt

1:30 PM Antennas req and development

Speakers: Andrew Laundrie (UW), David Besson (University of Kansas)

Slides 100314-wisconsin_2.Besson.pdf Laundrie_radio_talk.pdf

2:30 PM RF electronic, digitization and triggering, trigger rates, rough data structure

Speaker: Prof. Gary Varner (University of Hawaii)

Slides ARA_Madison_feb10.varner.ppt

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM DAQ Review

4:00 PM DAQ and timing calibration

Speakers: Dr Kael Hanson (University of Wisconsin), Shigeru Yoshida

Slides Madison_Radio_Meeting_March_2010.daq.hanson.ppt

Tue, March 16

8:30 AM → 10:00 AM PI meeting

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Drilling

• Determine hole specs - depth and diameter needed
• Review drill options

slides ARA_Drilling_100316_03.ppt

11:00 AM → 1:00 PM Infrastructure

11:00 AM Power, communication and cables

Speakers: Bob Morse (IceCube 222), David Besson (University of Kansas), Ken Ratzlaff

Slides ARA_PowerSystems.Ken_Ratzlaff.pdf Radio-MSN_031510.Bob_Morse.ppt

12:00 PM Surface detector activities

Speakers: Klaus Helbing (BU Wuppertal), Sebastian Böser (Universität Bonn)

Slides 20100310RadioWorkshopMadisonSmall.Sebastian_Boser.pdf

12:30 PM Synchronization

Speaker: Shigeru Yoshida

Slides SyncBrainstorming.Shigeru_Yoshida.ppt

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Calibration sources

1:30 PM Calibration Sources

Speakers: Bob Morse (IceCube 222), Prof. Kara Hoffman (University of Maryland)

Slides ACU-2010.pdf ARA_Radio_Beacon.morse.ppt

3:00 PM → 4:30 PM Simulation status

3:00 PM Simulation Status

Speakers: Dr Dave Seckel (University of Delaware), Dr MELIN HUANG (Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University), Pisin Chen

Slides ara_sim_discussion.Dave_Seckel.ppt ARA_talk_2010_0316.sim.Melin_Huang.pdf

4:30 PM → 6:00 PM Summary

Detailed time line, milestones and responsibilities for coming year

Wed, March 17

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Review responsibilities, requirements, timeline, scope of work

10:30 AM → 11:30 AM Collaboration organizational matters

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Coming season pole planning

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 5:00 PM NARC/AURA data review and workshop

1:30 PM Introduction

Speaker: Hagar Landsman

Slides analysis_hagar_landsman.ppt

1:40 PM SATRA Review

Speaker: Perry Sandstrom

Slides SATRA_Overview.ppt

1:55 PM Satra monitoring

Speaker: Eric Kulcyk

Slides SATRA_Rate_Observ.ppt

2:05 PM More Satra results

Speaker: Hagar Landsman

Slides satra_status_hagar_landsman.ppt

2:20 PM AURA status

Speaker: Hagar / Dave

Slides AURA_ongoing.ppt

2:30 PM AURA L2 Data Processing

Speaker: Chris Weaver

Slides AURA_L2.Chris_Weaver.pdf

2:45 PM Attenuation

Speaker: Carsten Rott

Slides AURA_attenuation.pdf

text http://wiki.icecube.wisc.edu/index.php/Aura_atten_progress

3:00 PM The path to a Neutrino Limit

Speaker: Dave Besson

3:15 PM Progress on Ray Tracing and event reconstruction

Speaker: Chris Weaver

Slides data_analysis_idea.Chris_Weaver.pdf

3:30 PM WF analysis

Speaker: Mike Richman

Slides 2010-03-17_madison_ang-dists.Mike_Richman.pdf

3:40 PM Plans: Detector and analysis

Speaker: Hagar/Dave