Theia workshop

from Thursday, 12 April 2018 (09:00) to Saturday, 14 April 2018 (13:00)
University of California, Davis

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
12 Apr 2018
13 Apr 2018
14 Apr 2018
AM
09:00
Opening Session - Robert Svoboda (UC Davis) (until 09:10) ()
09:10
Path to THEIA (until 10:30) ()
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 ---
10:50
Path to THEIA (until 12:10) ()
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   ()
09:00
Common R&D (until 10:30) ()
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 ---
10:50
Common R&D (until 12:20) ()
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   ()
09:00
Discussions (until 10:30) ()
09:00 International Perspectives: Canada, Finland, Germany, UK, USA   ()
09:45 Discussion of Common R&D and Proposals   ()
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50
Discussions (until 12:30) ()
PM
12:10 --- Lunch Break ---
13:20
Common R&D (until 15:00) ()
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 ---
15:20
Common R&D (until 17:35) ()
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   ()
12:20 --- Lunch Break ---
13:30
Theia White Paper Discussions (until 15:00) ()
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 ---
15:20
Theia White Paper Discussions (until 17:10) ()
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   ()