CALET - Modeling and Simulation

17 May 2011, 08:00 → 18 May 2011, 18:30 Europe/Zurich

PISA-INFN

agenda Agenda_Pisa_v3.3_PM.docx

document List of participants

Tuesday 17 May

08:30 → 09:00 Objectives for IMS group

Speaker: Kenji Yoshida

Slides Objectives_IMS_Yoshida.pdf Objectives_IMS_Yoshida.pptx

09:00 → 09:10 CALET IMS group's goals for this workshop: Initial definition from our perspective

Speakers: Alexander Moiseev (Goddard Space Flight Center), John Krizmanic

Slides CALETinputKrizmanic&Moiseev.pdf CALETinputKrizmanic&Moiseev.pptx

09:10 → 10:10 Introduction to EPICS

Speaker: Katsuaki Kasahara (Waseda University)

Slides PISA2011MayKasahara.pdf

10:10 → 11:00 Introduction to the current status of CALET

- Design: What is frozen, what can (or will) be changed/modified. (S.Torii) - Opened design issues (e.g. charge detector) (S.Torii) - Status and schedule of the CALET production/tests (S.Torii) - Performance simulations completed by today (Y.Akaike)

Speakers: Shoji Torii (Waseda University (JP)), Y. Akaike

Slides

• akaike.pdf
• akaike.pptx
• S&M-Tim-inPisabyTorii.pdf
• S&M-Tim-inPisabyTorii.pptx

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:30 Status of CALET simulation model

- Items listed in Modeling Information request (All) - CALET data structure (raw – calibrated – science variables). What is the format (tuples?) and analysis tool (root? IDL?) (S.Torii) - Discussion of inputs for the MC: background model, electron flux model with spectral features corresponding to different theoretical predictions (K.Yoshida)

Speakers: K. Yoshida, Shoji Torii (Waseda University (JP))

Slides Modeling_Yoshida.pdf Modeling_Yoshida.pptx

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:00 Status of CALET simulation model (Cont.)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee break and discussions

15:30 → 16:20 Geant4 : beam, geometry, physical processes, data output, performance with electrons and protons

Speakers: Elena Vannuccini (INFN-Firenze), Nicola Mori (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides CALET-Pisa-May2011-1-mori.pdf

16:20 → 17:00 Fluka : beam, geometry, physical processes, data output, performance (current status based on common benchmarks with G4 simulation)

Speaker: Paolo Maestro (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides maestro_170511.pdf maestro_170511.pptx

17:00 → 17:30 Nuclei simulation with Fluka: B vs. C in CHD, backscattering study

Speaker: Simone Bonechi (INFN)

Slides Meeting_11_05_17_bonechi.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 Proposal of a common scheme to handle MC data output and benchmark tests

Speakers: Elena Vannuccini (INFN-Firenze), Nicola Mori (INFN), Paolo Maestro (Sezione di Pisa (IT)), Paolo Papini (INFN sezione di Firenze)

Slides maestro_170511-2.pdf

18:00 → 18:30 Capability of CALET for measuring the elemental abundances of ultra-heavy nuclei

Speaker: Brian Rauch (WSU in Saint-Louis)

Slides CALET_UH_prediction.pdf CALET_UH_prediction.pptx

Wednesday 18 May

09:00 → 11:00 CALET-EPICS tutorial

Speakers: Katsuaki Kasahara (Waseda University), Y. Akaike

document calet20110518.tar.gz

Slides howtoEPICS.pdf howtoEPICS.pptx

11:00 → 12:30 Exemplary experience with EPICS

Individual training

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:30 Hands on experience with EPICS (cont'd)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 18:30 Discussion and wrap up

- Model updating, code management system, status of the version maturity, current working version, beta-versions, how to cooperate efficiently on this? - Data format, data levels (coordinate with DPAP group). Who will do what? - Detailed activity plan (near and long terms) - Action items

Slides wrap_up.pptx