Haleakalā Neutron Monitor Workshop and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

from Sunday 5 January 2025 (15:00) to Thursday 9 January 2025 (17:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
5 Jan 2025
6 Jan 2025
7 Jan 2025
8 Jan 2025
9 Jan 2025
AM
08:30
Registration (until 09:00)
09:00
Welcome (until 09:40)
09:00 Welcome - Veronica Bindi (UH Manoa)  
09:10 NSF talk - Roman Makarevich  
09:20 Opening talk - Roald Sagdeev (UMD)  
09:40
Simpson Network and Facilities (until 10:30)
09:40 HLEA and THIMON NM deployment - Veronica Bindi (UH Manoa)  
10:10 HLEA and Thimon NM deployment - Nikolay Nikonov (UH Manoa)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:45
Simpson Network and Facilities (until 11:20)
10:45 New HLEA and THIMON facility on Maui - James Ryan (UNH)  
11:20
NM Design / Hardware / Electronics (until 12:20)
11:20 University of Delaware and the Formation of Spaceship Earth - Paul Evenson (UDEL)  
11:50 Overview of UNH neutron monitors - Andrew Kuhlman (UNH)  
12:10 Development of CMU Master Board for Chang Van Mobile Neutron Detector - Thirasak Panyaphirawat (CMU)  
09:00
NM Design / Hardware / Electronics (until 09:20)
09:00 Overview of Univ. Oulu neutron monitors (OULU, DOMC, DOMB) and IGLED database - Ilya Usoskin (OULU)  
09:20
Montecarlo simulations (until 09:40)
09:20 OTSO - a new open-source magnetospheric particle trajectory and cutoff rigidity tool - Nicholas Larsen (OULU)  
09:40
Physics / Space Weather, Data Analysis, and Results (until 10:30)
09:40 Neutron Monitor yield functions: applications and perspectives - Alexander Mishev (OULU)  
09:55 Calibrating NM on Ground with AMS in Space - Cristina Consolandi (UH Manoa)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:45
Physics / Space Weather, Data Analysis, and Results (until 12:05)
10:45 Investigation of Neutron Monitor Response to Cosmic Ray Air Showers. - Chloe Heifner (UDEL)  
11:15 Unusually long scattering mean-free path of suprathermal ions in the turbulent interplanetary magnetic field - Joe Giacalone (University of Arizona)  
11:35 Transport of GV Rigidity Solar Energetic Particles in Turbulent and Non-turbulent Interplanetary Magnetic Field and SEP profiles at 1 AU - Ashraf Moradi (University of Arizona)  
07:00 --- Meeting at Honolulu Airport (HNL) ---
07:30 --- Flights to Maui Kahului Airport (OGG) ---
09:15 --- Meeting at Kahului Airport, picking up the bus ---
09:45 --- Bus travel from Maui Airport to the summit of Haleakala ---
11:15 --- HLEA and THIMON ribbon cutting ceremony / DKIST tour ---
09:00
Splinter meetings (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:45
Splinter meetings (until 12:15)
PM
17:00
Welcome Pau Hana Reception and Poster Session (until 20:00)
12:20 --- Lunch ---
13:30
NM Design / Hardware / Electronics (until 14:20)
13:30 Mexico City Cosmic Ray Observatory - Jania Newton-Bosch (UNAM)  
13:50 System overview and design justifications for the United Kingdom’s new neutron monitor, the NM-2023 - Michael Aspinall  
14:20
Physics / Space Weather, Data Analysis, and Results (until 15:05)
14:20 Space Weather Monitoring with the Neutron Monitor Network - Pierre-Simon Mangeard  
14:50 The Neutron Monitor of Mexico City as a tool for Space Weather Analysis - Franando Monterde-Andrade (UNAM)  
15:05 --- Coffee ---
15:20
Physics / Space Weather, Data Analysis, and Results (until 17:00)
15:20 Investigating Cosmic Ray Variation with Semi-Leaded Neutron Monitors and Polar Surveys - Waraporn Nuntiyakul (CMU)  
15:45 CMU-ESE Research Activities on Space Weather and Cosmic Rays and its impact - Siramas Komonjinda (CMU)  
16:00 Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Responses to Space Weather - Suwicha Wannawichian (CMU)  
16:15 Low-Latitude Neutron Monitor Science: Solar Neutrons and Galactic Cosmic Rays at High Cutoff Rigidity - David Ruffolo (U Mahidol)  
16:40 Real-time NM leader fractions - Alejandro Sáiz (U Mahidol)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Montecarlo simulations (until 14:15)
13:30 Monte-Carlo simulations of Neutron Monitor - Pierre-Simon Mangeard (UDEL)  
14:00 Monte Carlo Simulations of Neutron Monitors: Fixed Stations and Portable Monitors from CMU Research - Achara Seripienlert (CMU)  
14:15
Montecarlo simulations (until 14:45)
14:15 Monte Carlo design optimization for the United Kingdom’s new neutron monitor, the NM-2023 - Michael Aspinall (U Lancaster)  
14:45
Operations and Housekeeping (until 15:05)
14:45 Data processing of the Bartol Neutron Monitors - Pierre-Simon Mangeard (UDEL)  
15:05 --- Coffee ---
15:20
Computing Infrastructure and Data Transfer (until 15:50)
15:20 Influence of Solar Emissions on the Cosmic Ray Observatory at Sierra Negra, Puebla, México - Stephanie de la Torre (UNAM)  
15:50
OPEN DISCUSSION (until 16:30)
12:45 --- Bus travel from the summit ---
13:30 --- Early dinner at Kula Bistro ---
14:30 --- Bus travel to Maui Airport ---
15:00 --- Flights to Honolulu (HNL) ---