GERDA general meeting at LNGS 1 March 09:00 to 3 March 2010 13:00 Agenda - version of February 22, 2010 Topical sessions / focus of meeting: ------------------------------------ Getting ready for deployment of 1st detector string, data taking and analysis. Training of cryogenic safety shifters / of clean room users: ------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday afternoon at 14:30. Location to be announced Location: ---------- LNGS - Sala Majorana Meeting info: ------------- http://gerda.lngs.infn.it/meeting032010/indexmeeting032010.php Science guest talk: ------------------ Public GERDA talk to LNGS by Karl Tasso Knoepfle Majorana guest: ---------------- John Wilkerson Collaboration board meeting: --------------------------- Monday, March 1, 17:00, Sala Rossi GERDA & friends house warming party: ------------------------------------ Maneggio St. Just - Paganica, 18:00 Agenda: ------- Monday, March 1 -- location: Sala Majorana (tbc) =============== CHAIR: L. Bezrukov 9:00 Introductory remarks - M. Junker/S. Schoenert GERDA readiness: ---------------- [max 2 slides and 5'+5' if not indicated otherwise; focus on open issues (if any) required for start data taking with single-/three string configuration] TG04 Cryostat and cryogenic infrastructure B. Schwingenheuer TG06 Water tank and water plants C. Cattadori TG07 Muon veto M. Knapp TG08 Infrastructure & logistics M. Junker TG05 Clean room and c-lock system B. Majorovits 15'+5' 10:30-11:00 COFFEE CHAIR: K.T. Knoepfle GERDA readiness (ctd): --------------------- [max 2 slides and 5'+5' if not indicated otherwise; focus on open issues (if any) required for start data taking with single-/three string configuration] 11:00 TG01 Modification and test of existing diodes S. Schönert TG03 Front end electronics C. Cattadori TG12 Calibration F. Froborg TG09 DAQ Electronics & online software B. Schwingenheuer TG10 Simulation and background studies L. Pandola TG11 Material screening H. Simgen [time buffer] 13:30-14:30 LUNCH CHAIR: C. Cattadori 14:30 Results of op-amp FE & proposal S. Riboldi 15'+5' 14:50 results from n-capt. meas. on 76Ge G. Meierhofer 15'+5' 15:10 News from Majorana J. Wilkerson 30'+5' 15:45 Proposal for off-line data management P. Grabmayr 30' Discussion 16:30 -17:00 COFFEE 17:00-18:30 Collaboration board Tuesday, March 2 ================ CHAIR: S. Schoenert 9:00 Welcome - Lucia Votano (LNGS director) Getting ready for GERDA data and analysis ----------------------------------------- (all presentations 15'+5, if not indicated otherwise) Phase-I Ge-DAQ (& how it interfaces with muon DAQ) C. Ur Muon-DAQ (& how it interfaces with phase-I Ge-DAQ) F. Ritter Slow control (and how it interfaces with DAQ etc.) R. Brugnera MGDO tool & data storage at LNGS L. Pandola 25'+5' 10:30-11:00 COFFEE CHAIR: B. Schwingenheuer Getting ready for GERDA data and analysis (ctd) ---------------------------------------------- 11:00 Analysis of calib. runs and how it enters MGDO L. Baudis 15'+5 11:20 Summary/to do list for data management P.Grabmayr 10'+5' 11:35 Schedule and plans for commissioning run K.T. Knoepfle 15'+15' CHAIR: R. Brugnera TG 10 session: -------------- 12:05 MC status & plans/summary of MaGe workshop L. Pandola 15'+5' 12:25 Pulse-shape discr. with simulated BEGe data M. Agostini 15'+5' 12:45 [time buffer] 13:30-14:30 LUNCH CHAIR: A. Caldwell 14:30 TG11 overview H. Simgen 15'+5' 14:50 New results of the behaviour of Rn daugthers in cryoliquids and on surfaces G. Zuzel 15'+5' 15:30 -16:00 COFFEE CHAIR: M. Junker 16:00 LNGS public talk: "What's about GERDA?" K.T. Knoepfle 45' 18:00 GERDA house warming party at the Maneggio St. Just Wednesday, Sep 30 CHAIR: B. Majorovits 9:00 Phase II detectors ------------------ Introduction, summary of PPM and IKZ activities A. Caldwell 15'+5' Xtal growth, detec. prod.for p-type S. Schoenert 15'+5' BeGe operational experience & plan for acceptance test D. Budjas 15'+5 Proposal for the activation of a BEGe detector for Ge-68 & Co-60 production C. Cattadori 15'+5' 10:30-11:00 COFFEE CHAIR: A. Smolnikov LArGe: Past, present and possible future activities S. Schoenert 10'+5' Commissioning of LArGe gas/liquid M. Heisel 15'+5' Si PM readout of LAr update J. Janicsko 15'+5' Phase space factors and NME P. Grabmayr 15'+5' Meas. of neutrons from Th-228 source E. Bellotti 15'+5' News from EB P. Grabmayr 5' News from Speaker's bureau L. Bezrukov 5' Summary CB A. Caldwell 15' 13:30 End of general meeting 13:30-14:30 LUNCH 14:30 Training session: ----------------- Sala Majorana: 1) crygenic shifter training - introduction: B. Schwingenheuer 2) clean room user training - introduction: H. Seitz subsequently in Hall A: 1) cryogenic safety shifter training - onsite B. Schwingenheuer 2) clean room user training - onsite: H. Seitz