Agenda of the GERDA general meeting at MPIK Heidelberg (Version of Feb. 15, 2006) Dates of meeting: ----------------- Begin Monday, Feb. 20, 9:30 End Wednesday, Feb. 22, 12:30 Locations: -------- Plenary sessions: Main lecture hall in the library building Working group meeting TG1 (Sunday, 14:30): Gentner laboratory, seminar room 2nd floor TG10 (Monday, 16:00): Gentner laboratory, seminar room 2nd floor Collaboration board meeting (Monday. 16:00): Video conference room next to the library library Computing/ Email: ---------------- No wireless LAN available. Terminals and ethernet cables for laptop connections (DHCP) in Video conference room next to the library. Topical sessions: ----------------- Integration of experimental infrastructures & time schedule. Science guest talk: ------------------- Guido Drexlin, FZ-/Univ. Karlsruhe: "The KATRIN experiment - direct v-mass measurement with sub-eV sensitivity" Agenda: ------- Monday, Chair: I. Abt 9:30 Welcome/organizational issues/goals (S. Schoenert) 10' 9:40 TG 3 reports (Front-end electronics) ----------------------------------- Overview/status of FE electronics (C. Cattadori) 15'+5' Status of CMOS FE electronics (F. Zocca) 15'+5' 10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE Chair: P. Grabmeier 10:40 TG 11 reports (Material screening) ---------------------------------- Overview: Recents TG11 results (H. Simgen) 10'+3' Latest results on N2 purity (H. Simgen) 10'+3' Rn-222 daughters on the copper surface (M. Wojcik/G. Zuzel) 10'+3' Brief description of current and future TG11 measurements at Baksan (A. Smolnikov) 10'+3' MS measurements in Russia - U, Th and the isotopic composition of different Ge samples (V. Kornoukhov) 10'+3' 11:45 TG 1 reports (Phase I detectors) ------------------------------- Transportation and restoration of IGEX detectors Part 1 (A. Vasenko) 10'+3' Part 2 (O. Chkvorets) 10'+3' Update on HdM detectors (K. Gusev) 10'+3' Prototype tests and next steps (S. Schoenert) 15'+5' 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH Chair: B. Schwingenheuer 14:00 TG 2 reports (Phase II detectors) --------------------------------- Update on Phase II developments (K. Kroeninger) 15'+5' Experiment 3 (V. Kornoukov) 15'+5' Depleted Detectors (S. Belogurov) 15'+5' 15:00 TG 7 reports (Muon veto system) ------------------------------- Status of muon veto systems (L. Niedermeier) 25'+5' 16-19 Working group meeting of TG 10 (Gentner Lab.) 16-18 CB meeting (Video conference room) Chair: S. Schoenert Tuesday, 9:00 TG 10 reports: -------------- Co-60 background in Phase I (A. Denisov) 5'+3' External gammas for LAr and LN (I. Barabanov)15'+3 Isotope production in LAr and LN (L. Pandola) 15'+3 Background compilation and summary (I. Abt) 20'+10' Topical session: integration of infrastructures & schedule: *********************************************************** 10:15 Intro/overwiew of infrastr. and their integration (K.T. Knoeple) 10' 10:25 - 10:45 COFFEE Chair: L. Bezroukov 10:45 TG 4 reports (Cryogenic vessel & cryo infrastr.) ------------------------------------------------ Status cryogenic vessel and infrastr. (K.T. Knoepfle/B. Schwingenheuer) 25'+10' Status 3rd wall (K.T. Knoepfle) 10'+10' 11:40 TG 6 reports (Water tank) -------------------------- Status of Water tank (C. Cattadori) 15'+5' 12:00 TG 5 reports (Infrastr. on top of tank): --------------------------------------- Status of infrastructr. on top of tank (B. Majorovits) 20'+5' 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH Chair: J. Jochum 14:00 Topical session (continued) TG 8 reports (Super-structure & other infrastr.): ------------------------------------------------- Status of Gerda infrastructures (M. Junker) 25'+5' Status of LNGS infrastructures (M. Castagna) 15'+5' 14:50 Sequence of construction (K.T. Knoepfle) 5'+10' 15:05 Time allocated for discussion with / presentation by LNGS technical director 15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE 16:00 GUEST TALK: The KATRIN experiment - direct v-mass measurement with sub-eV sensitivity (G. Drexlin, FZK/UKA) 17:00 Meeting of TG leaders: schedule review (Video conference room) 18:30 Dinner at MPIK Wednesday 9:30 Summary of schedule review (S. Schoenert) 15'+5' 9:50 CB meeting summary (A. Caldwell) 30' 10:20 - 10:50 COFFEE 10:50 General issues: Editorial board (I. Abt) 5' Speakers bureau (L. Bezroukov) 5' Close out (K.T. Knoepfle/S. Schoenert) 15' 11:15 Time allocated for 'one to one' discussions 12:30 End