Name: Theia workshop
Start: 2018-04-12T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2018-04-14T13:00:00-07:00
Location: University of California, Davis

Theia workshop

from Thursday, 12 April 2018 (09:00) to Saturday, 14 April 2018 (13:00)

Monday, 9 April 2018
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Thursday, 12 April 2018

09:00 Welcome, Goals of Workshop
Welcome, Goals of Workshop
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 Overviews
Overviews
09:10 - 10:30
Contributions

09:10 Theia Overview - Josh Klein, Penn

09:50 ANNIE Science Overview: Matt Wetstein, Iowa State

10:10 WATCHMAN Science Overview: Adam Bernstein, LLNL
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Excavation and Location
Excavation and Location
10:50 - 12:10
Contributions

10:50 Sanford Underground Research Facility – Status report on the LBNF Project: David Vardiman, SURF

11:20 Discussion: Opportunity for THEIA at LBNF: Robert Svoboda, UC Davis

11:40 Discussion of the path to Theia: Michi Wurm, Univ. of Mainz
12:10 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 - 13:20
13:20 Overview and Discussion
Overview and Discussion
13:20 - 15:00
Contributions

13:20 Overview of WATCHMAN R&D Relevant to THEIA: Matthew Malek, Sheffield

13:45 Advanced Instrumentation Testbed: Sean Paling, Boulby Underground Lab

14:05 Overview of ANNIE R&D Relevant for THEIA: Jonathan Eisch, Iowa State

14:30 Archimedes and Honey Bees: Design considerations for large monolithic detectors: Steve Dye, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa

14:45 Discussion
15:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 Targets and Photosensors
Targets and Photosensors
15:20 - 17:35
Contributions

15:20 Super-Kamiokande Gd doping: Mark Vagins, UC Irvine/IPMU

15:40 Directionality in Liquid Scintillator: Bjoern Worsak, Hamburg

16:00 High Energy Event Reconstruction: Leon Pickard, UC Davis

16:20 Low-energy directional reconstruction: Johann, U Mainz

16:40 ANNIE Reconstuction using LAPPDs: Jingbo Wang, UC Davis

17:00 PMT production rates, glass, and strength: Robert Svoboda, UC Davis
Friday, 13 April 2018
09:00 Scintillator and Water Targets
Scintillator and Water Targets
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Techniques and Issues in Gd Water Doping: Vincent Fischer, UC Davis

09:20 WbLS Development, Production, and Purification: Minfang Yeh, BNL

10:00 Te-loading in SNO+: Szymon Manecki, Queens University
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Photosensors
Photosensors
10:50 - 12:20
Contributions

10:50 Latest Results From Chess: Javi Caravaca, UC Berkeley

11:20 LAPPD characterization: Matt Wetstein, Iowa State

11:50 LAPPD Production: Evan Angelico, Univ. of Chicago
12:20 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:20 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 NLDBD white paper results - Valentina, Lindley

13:50 NLDBD with machine learning: Andrey Elagin

14:05 NLDBD results discussion

14:25 Long baseline white paper results - Mike Wilking

14:45 Long baseline results discussion
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:20
15:20
15:20 - 17:10
Contributions

15:20 Solar neutrino white paper results - Richie Bonventre

15:40 Solar neutrino results discussion

16:05 Anti-neutrino white paper results: Steve Dye, UH Manoa

16:25 Anti-neutrino results discussion

16:50 Other physics topics - discussion
Saturday, 14 April 2018
09:00 International Perspectives and Proposals
International Perspectives and Proposals
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 International Perspectives: Canada, Finland, Germany, UK, USA

09:45 Discussion of Common R&D and Proposals
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50

10:50 Theia Organization and Proposals
Theia Organization and Proposals
10:50 - 12:30