Preliminary agenda of GERDA general meeting at Univ. La Bicocca, Milano (Version of Nov 8, 2006) Dates: ------ INTAS kick-off meeting: Monday, Nov. 13, 9:30 -13:00 GERDA general meeting Begin Monday, Nov. 13, 14:30 End Wednesday, Nov. 15, 17:00 CB meeting: Tuesday, 17:30 Locations: --------- - Department of Physics of the Milano-Bicocca University, Monday: building U1 (Environmental Sciences), room U1.02 (level -1) Tuesday/Wednesday: buiding U2 (Physics department), room U2.07 (level -2) -Information on how to reach the building U1/2 (and address) can be found at http://www.unimib.it/switch/switch2Meta.jsp?meta=110 unfortunately this site is in Italian. There is an english version at http://www.unimib.it/switch/switch2Meta.jsp?meta=111 but information on tram / bus is not updated and there is no site map - Link to Milano train map: http://urbanrail.net/eu/mil/milano.htm - Plenary sessions in U1 (Monday), U2 (Tuesday/Wednesday) - Collaboration board meeting Tuesday 17:30, building U2 (Physics dep.) room U2.3020 (level +2) - INTAS kick-off meeting in building U2 (physics dep.) room 3020 (level +2) Topical sessions: ----------------- Integration and schedule Science guest talk: ------------------- MARE: neutrino mass measurement with Re-187, Angelo Nuciotti (Univ/INFN Milano) Agenda: ------- Monday, Nov 13 9:30 INTAS kick-off meeting program: see separate agenda 13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH 14:30 Begin GERDA general meeting Welcome/organizational C. Cattadori 10' News & challenges S. Schoenert 10' Dimensions and bgkd of Cu-shield I. Barabanov 15+5' Status GERDA buiding, WT & infrast. M. Junker 20+5' 15:35 COFFEE 16:00 Status cryogenic vessel (TG4) K.T Knoepfle 20+5' Status infrastr. on top of tank (TG5) I.Abt 20+5' Status cryogenic infrastruct. (TG4) B. Schwingenheuer 20+5' Status muon veto system (TG7): L. Niedermeier 20+5' Discussion 20' 18:00 END OF SESSION Tuesday, Nov. 14 9:00 Phase I detectors and LArGe (TG1): -------------------------------- Refurbishment of ANG1, RG3 and plans S. Schoenert 15+5 Effective mass of enriched detectors I. Kirpichnikov 10+5 Status prototype work at LNGS M. Bernabe-Heider/ K. Gusev 20+5 Limits on Ar-36 0nuECEC O. Chkvorets 20+5 Update on LAr scintillation studies P. Peiffer/ A. Smolnikov/ S. Vasiliev 25+5 Status of LArGe at LNGS and plans S. Schoenert 15+5 11:10 COFFEE 11:40 TG 3 reports (FE electronics): ------------------------------ New results of CMOS ASIC at Hd U. Trunk 20+5 New results of CMOS ASIC at Mi S. Riboldi 20+5 Cold FE for prot. crystal ops. in LArGe C. Cattadori 15+5 13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH Topical session: Time schedule and integration ---------------------------------------------- Water tank 5+2 Cryotank 5+2 Cryogenic infrastracture 5+2 Gerda building & infrastruc. 5+2 Infrastructure on top of tank 5+2 Muon veto 5+2 Discussion 30 15:50 COFFE Phase I detectors 5+2 LArGe 5+2 Phase II detectors 5+2 FE 5+2 DAQ 5+2 Discussion 10 17:30 CB meeting 20:30 GERDA dinner Wednesday, Nov 15 9:00 Phase II detectors (TG 2): -------------------------- Crystal procuremnent A. Caldwell 25+5 Detector development X. Liu 25+5 76Ge+n --> 77Ge-> decay, P. Grabmayr 10+5 10:15 COFFEE 10:45 Material screening (TG 11): --------------------------- TG11 - overview W. Hampel 20+5' ICPMS measurem. on stainless steel V. Kornoukhov 10+5' A new Ge spectrom. for screening, W. Maneschg 15+5' A new cryogenic detector for Rn measurem. in gases, M. Wojcik/ G. Zuzel 10+5' Depleted germanium S. Belogurov 10+5 12:15 News from EB board news: Next Siegfried Paper[s] K. Kroeninger 12:30 Science guest talk: MARE - A. Nuciotti (INFN/Univ. Milano) 13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH 14:30 Monte Carlo studies (TG 10): --------------------------- Summary report J. Liu 25+5 Geant4 simulation of bgd from cryostat S. Kianovskiy 10+5. Backgrounds in non-segmented detectors A. Denisov 10+5 15:30 DAQ electronics (TG 6): ---------------------- Status C. Ur/ B.Schwingenheuer 20+5 15:45 COFFEE 16:15 CB meeting summary A. Caldwell 20+5 News from Speakers bureau: L. Bezrukov Summary: Schedule & Integration K.T. Knoepfle 17:00 END OF MEETING