DAMSA Background Simulation and Analysis Workshop

Saturday, 4 April 2026 - 10:00
UTA (CPB303)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Apr 2026
AM
10:00 --- Coffee and Doughnut ---
10:30 Welcome and Workshop goals - Masoom Singh (Texas A&M University)  
10:40 What is DAMSA and what are the important backgrounds? - Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))  
11:10 Why DAMSA? Filling the Dark Matter Detection Gap - Samriddha Chakraborty (University of Texas at Arlington)   (CPB303)
11:40 DAMSA Detector Design & Simulation Overview - Pranaya Shakya (UTA)  
PM
12:10 --- Lunch ---
13:10 DAMSA Background Physics & Signal Discrimination - Madhav Khanal (UTA)  
13:40 GEANT4 Simulation: Live Demonstration - Saurav Kafle (UTA)  
14:10 Energy Distribution Analysis - Brian Gomez Hernandez (UTA)  
14:40 --- Break ---
15:00 Angular Distributions and Discussion on Analysis Methodology - Prithak Bhattarai (University of Texas at Arlington)  
15:30 Geometry Optimization and Discussion on Analysis Methodology - Turja Roy (UTA)  
16:00
Data Analysis Pipeline: GEANT4 to ROOT Histograms - Turja Roy (UTA) (until 17:00)
17:00 Next Steps, Timeline, and Closure - Masoom Singh (Texas A&M University)