WATCHMAN Meeting

20 May 2018, 08:20 → 22 May 2018, 19:00 US/Pacific

Physics 416 (UC Davis)

Adam Bernstein (LLNL), Leon Pickard, Robert Svoboda, Vincent Fischer (University of California at Davis)

Collaboration Meeting at UC Davis

Sunday, 20 May

Registration: Coffee and Registration

Coffee and Registration

Project and Collaboration Status: Introduction and Overview

1 Welcome

Speaker: Robert Svoboda

2 Meeting Goals and Project Status

Speaker: Adam Bernstein (LLNL)

3 Project Schedule Overview

Speaker: Chris Mauger

4 Collaboration Status

Speaker: Mark Vagins

11:20 Coffee Break

Project and Collaboration Status: UK Collaboration

5 UK Governance Structure

Speakers: Jonathan Burns (A), Matthew Malek (I), Sean Paling

Sensitivity Studies: PMT and Tank Size

MVA_AndReactorTrackingUpdate_05202018.pdf

6 PMT and Tank Size Studies

Speaker: Marc Bergevin

WatchmanPMT_TANK_05_20_2018.pdf

12:35 Lunch

Panera Lunch Boxes

Sensitivity Studies: Dwell Time

MVA_AndReactorTrackingUpdate_05202018.pdf

7 Dwell Time

Speaker: Teal Pershing

MVA_KalmanFilter_05222018.pdf

Working Group Reports: Site and Tank

Future R&D WG.pdf

8 Site Working Group

Speaker: Jonathan Burns (A)

Boulby_WATCHMAN_Collab18.pdf

Boulby_WATCHMAN_Collab18.pptx

9 Tank Working Group

Speakers: Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield), Steve Dye, Trevor Gamble, jan boissevain

WATCHMAN-AITMay2018-Davis.pdf

15:25 Coffee Break

Working Group Reports: PMTs and Water

Future R&D WG.pdf

10 PMT Working Group

Speaker: Robert Svoboda

Malek-AIT-PMT-20180520.pdf

PMT WG Status.pdf

11 Water System

Speaker: Mark Vagins

Gad_Watch180520.pdf

Gad_Watch180520.ppt

17:15 Institutional Board Meeting

Monday, 21 May

Working Group Reports: Calibrations and Cleanliness

Future R&D WG.pdf

12 Water Working Group

Speaker: Mark Vagins

13 Calibrations

Speaker: Steven Dazeley (LLNL)

CalibrationInsertionSystemJelena.pdf

14 Cleanliness

Speaker: Steve Dye

cleanliness_Davis.pdf

10:30 Coffee

Working Group Reports: DAQ

Future R&D WG.pdf

15 DAQ

Speaker: Douglas Cowen (Pennsylvania State University)

WATCHMAN DAQ Other WG Info Needed v1.1.pdf

WATCHMAN DAQ Requirements v3.3.pdf

WATCHMAN DAQ WG Report v2.pdf

Working Group Reports: Future R&D Working Group

Convener: Robert Svoboda

Future R&D WG.pdf

12:00 Lunch

Lunch Trucks

Interface Issues: DAQ, Calibration, PMTs

Interface Issues: Site, Tank, Water, Cleanliness

16 SIte Interfaces

Speaker: Jonathan Burns (A)

17 Tank Interfaces

Speaker: Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)

18 Water Interfaces

19 Cleanliness

Interface Issues: Plenary Discussion on Cleanliness Requirements

Project and Collaboration Status: US PI Meeting

Convener: Robert Svoboda

19:00 Banquet

Rio City Cafe

Tuesday, 22 May

Working Group Reports: Simulations

Future R&D WG.pdf

20 Simulations

Speaker: Marc Bergevin

bonsai_watchman6.pdf

PMT Testing

21 PMT Installation Plan

Speaker: Robert Svoboda

Draft PMT Deployment Plan.docx

Draft PMT Deployment Plan.pdf

22 Testing the initial 125

Speaker: Robert Svoboda

Final 125 PMT Test Plan .docx

Final 125 PMT Test Plan .pdf

Tutorial: RAT-PAC

Convener: Marc Bergevin

23 Tutorial Information

Speaker: Marc Bergevin

Engineering Summit

24 Organization of the Engineering Effort

Speaker: Rob Hills

11:45 Lunch

Lunch Trucks

Engineering Summit

Futureproofing AIT

25 WbLS Compatibility and Studies

Speaker: Minfang Yeh (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

26 Acrylic Vessel

27 Advanced Photosensors

Project and Collaboration Status: Summary Session

Convener: Adam Bernstein (LLNL)