Theia workshop

from Thursday, April 12, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Saturday, April 14, 2018 (1:00 PM)
University of California, Davis

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Apr 12, 2018
Apr 13, 2018
Apr 14, 2018
AM
9:00 AM
Opening Session - Robert Svoboda (UC Davis) (until 9:10 AM)
9:10 AM
Path to THEIA (until 10:30 AM)
9:10 AM Theia Overview - Josh Klein, Penn  
9:50 AM ANNIE Science Overview: Matt Wetstein, Iowa State  
10:10 AM WATCHMAN Science Overview: Adam Bernstein, LLNL  
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 AM
Path to THEIA (until 12:10 PM)
10:50 AM Sanford Underground Research Facility – Status report on the LBNF Project: David Vardiman, SURF  
11:20 AM Discussion: Opportunity for THEIA at LBNF: Robert Svoboda, UC Davis  
11:40 AM Discussion of the path to Theia: Michi Wurm, Univ. of Mainz  
9:00 AM
Common R&D (until 10:30 AM)
9:00 AM Techniques and Issues in Gd Water Doping: Vincent Fischer, UC Davis  
9:20 AM WbLS Development, Production, and Purification: Minfang Yeh, BNL  
10:00 AM Te-loading in SNO+: Szymon Manecki, Queens University  
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 AM
Common R&D (until 12:20 PM)
10:50 AM Latest Results From Chess: Javi Caravaca, UC Berkeley  
11:20 AM LAPPD characterization: Matt Wetstein, Iowa State  
11:50 AM LAPPD Production: Evan Angelico, Univ. of Chicago  
9:00 AM
Discussions (until 10:30 AM)
9:00 AM International Perspectives: Canada, Finland, Germany, UK, USA  
9:45 AM Discussion of Common R&D and Proposals  
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 AM
Discussions (until 12:30 PM)
PM
12:10 PM --- Lunch Break ---
1:20 PM
Common R&D (until 3:00 PM)
1:20 PM Overview of WATCHMAN R&D Relevant to THEIA: Matthew Malek, Sheffield  
1:45 PM Advanced Instrumentation Testbed: Sean Paling, Boulby Underground Lab  
2:05 PM Overview of ANNIE R&D Relevant for THEIA: Jonathan Eisch, Iowa State  
2:30 PM Archimedes and Honey Bees: Design considerations for large monolithic detectors: Steve Dye, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa  
2:45 PM Discussion  
3:00 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:20 PM
Common R&D (until 5:35 PM)
3:20 PM Super-Kamiokande Gd doping: Mark Vagins, UC Irvine/IPMU  
3:40 PM Directionality in Liquid Scintillator: Bjoern Worsak, Hamburg  
4:00 PM High Energy Event Reconstruction: Leon Pickard, UC Davis  
4:20 PM Low-energy directional reconstruction: Johann, U Mainz  
4:40 PM ANNIE Reconstuction using LAPPDs: Jingbo Wang, UC Davis  
5:00 PM PMT production rates, glass, and strength: Robert Svoboda, UC Davis  
12:20 PM --- Lunch Break ---
1:30 PM
Theia White Paper Discussions (until 3:00 PM)
1:30 PM NLDBD white paper results - Valentina, Lindley  
1:50 PM NLDBD with machine learning: Andrey Elagin  
2:05 PM NLDBD results discussion  
2:25 PM Long baseline white paper results - Mike Wilking  
2:45 PM Long baseline results discussion  
3:00 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:20 PM
Theia White Paper Discussions (until 5:10 PM)
3:20 PM Solar neutrino white paper results - Richie Bonventre  
3:40 PM Solar neutrino results discussion  
4:05 PM Anti-neutrino white paper results: Steve Dye, UH Manoa  
4:25 PM Anti-neutrino results discussion  
4:50 PM Other physics topics - discussion