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May 18, 2012
 
May 2012 CALET Modeling and Simulation F2F Meeting
 
  1. Dates: May 23 – 25, 2012
 
  1. Location: Room W120a/b, Building 34, GSFC/NASA, US
 
  1. Participants:
US:
  • John F. Krizmanic, John W. Mitchell, Alexander Moiseev, Makoto Sasaki (GSFC/NASA)
  • W.Robert Binns, Brian Rauch (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Bethany Broekhoven, Douglas Granger (Louisiana State University)
  • Aaron Worley (University of Denver)
 
Italy:
  • Pier Simone Marrocchesi, Paolo Maestro, Simone Bonechi, Gabriele Bigongiari (University of Sienna)
  • Laura Marcelli, Francesco Palma (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
  • Nicola Mori, Oscar Adriani, Piero Spillantini (University of Florence)
 
Japan:
  • Shoji Torii, Tae Niita, Kazutaka Yamaoka (Waseda University)
  • Tetsuya Honda, Shiro Ueno (JAXA)
  • Kenji Yoshida (Shibaura Inst. of Technology)
  • Yosui Akaike (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
  • Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University)
  • Masaki Mori (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Atsumasa Yoshida (Aoyama Gakuin University)
 
 

 
Agenda  (assigned time includes discussions)
 
May 23, 2012 (10:00 – 16:45)
  • Opening Remarks (J. Mitchell, 15min)
  • Status of Epics, Fluka, and Geant4 simulations
    • Status of Epics/Cosmos evolution (Y. Akaike, 20min)
    • Epics9.08/Cosmos7.57 vs Epics9.13/Cosmos7.62x comparison (J. Krizmanic, 30min)
    • Status of Geant4 M.C. simulation (N. Mori, 10 min)
    • Status of Fluka M.C. simulation (P. Maestro, 15 min)
    • Comparison of Fluka/Epics/Geant4 simulations with common benchmark tests (F. Palma, 30min)
(Lunch break: 12:00 – 13:30)
  • Particle separation
    • e/p discrimination with Geant4 (N. Mori, 20 min)
    • e/p discrimination with Fluka (P. Maestro, 20 min)
    • Particle separation via multivariable analysis (A. Worley, 30min)
 (Coffee break: 14:40 – 15:00)
  • Charge measurements
    • Study based on Fluka simulation of the charge identification capability of CHD/IMC (S. Bonechi, 30min)
    • Status of Epics/Cosmos Heavy Nuclei Simulations (B. Rauch, 30min)
  • Scientific topics and conference presentation
    • A presentation at the “Scineghe” conference in Italy (N. Mori, 30min)
    • Gamma-ray observation with CALET (M. Mori, 15min)
 

 
May 24, 2012 (9:00 – 17:30)
  • CALET trigger mode
    • CALET trigger mode and observation plan (Y. Akaike, 30min)
    • CALET trigger simulations (A. Moiseev, 20min)
    • Variable definition for electronics response and trigger response modeling (J. Krizmanic, 30min)
(Coffee break: 10:20 – 10:35)
  • Supporting simulation tasks (K. Yoshida discussion leader)
    • Discussion of artificial segmentation in Epics (All, 30min)
    • Discussion of modeling/developing detector-dependent response functions (All, 40min)
    • Discussion of root-based unified data format (All, 30min)
(Lunch break: 12:15 – 13:30)
  • CERN-SPS Beam Test and comparison to simulations
    • Overview of CERN-SPS 2011 beam test (T. Tamura, 15min)
    • Summary of data analysis/comparison to simulations (Italian Group, 45min)
    • Summary of data analysis/comparison to simulations (T. Niita, 45min)
(Coffee break: 15:15 – 15:30)
  • Plan of CERN-SPS 2012 beam test (T. Tamura, 30min)
  • Discussion of CERN-SPS 2012 beam test (All, 90min)
 
  • No Host CALET Collaboration Dinner (18:30)
    • Siri's Chef's Secret Restaurant
      5810 Greenbelt Road
      Greenbelt, MD 20770

 
May 25, 2012 (9:00 – 15:15)
Conference phone will be activate for the presentations
Phone Number: 866-692-3158
Passcode: 8043204
  • Telemetry data
    • Telemetry data list (S. Torii, 60min)
    • Downlink (S. Ueno, 30min)
(Coffee break: 10:30 – 10:45)
  • CGBM related topics
    • CGBM instrumentation and observation (K. Yamaoka, 20min)
    • CGBM data handling and analysis plan (A. Yoshida, 70min)
 (Lunch break: 12:15 – 13:45)
  • Discussion of International Review Board (All, 30min)
  • Summary and Discussion (All, 60min)
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