Preliminary agenda of GERDA general meeting at LNGS (Version of June 27, 2006) Dates of meeting: ----------------- Begin Monday, June 26, 9:45 (tbc) End Wednesday, June 28, 13:30 (tbc) Location: --------- - Plenary sessions in Pontecorvo seminar room (next to the bar) - Collaboration board meeting in Rossi seminar room (oval office) - TG10 / TG11 / TG1 WG meeting in Pontecorvo seminar room / Luciano's office Topical sessions: ----------------- Integration and schedule Science guest talk: ------------------- WARP: liquid argon dark matter search Please note that the meeting will start at 10:00 in order to allow our Russian colleagues to pass in the administration for the FAI funds. Agenda: ------- Monday, June 26 Chair: S. Schoenert 9:45 Welcome/organization issues - M. Junker 5' Short update on LNGS situation - A. Scaramelli 10' 10:15 TG 4 reports (Cryogenic vessel & cryo infrastr.) ------------------------------------------------ Cryogenic vessel: reasons for new baseline and status - K.T. Knoepfle Cryogenic infrastructures - B. Schwingenheuer 25'+5' TG 6 reports (Water tank): -------------------------- Status water tank - S. Bettini/C. Cattadori 10'+5' 11:00 COFFEE Chair: C. Cattadori 11:15 TG 5 reports (Infrastr. on top of tank): ---------------------------------------- Status of infrastr. on top of tank - Bela Majorovits 25'+5' TG 7 reports (Muon veto system): ------------------------------- Status muon veto - L. Niedermeier 15'+5' TG 8 reports (Super-structure & other infrastr.): ------------------------------------------------- GERDA Superstructure and System Integration - M. Castagna 15'+5' Water System - M. Balata 15'+5' 13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH Chair: L. Bezrukov 14:30 TG 1 reports (Phase I detectors): --------------------------------- Summation peak analysis - O. Chkvorets 10+5' Dismounting ANG1 and RG3 - M. Bernabe-Heider 10'+5' Operation of prototype detector at LNGS - K. Gusev 10+5' Active volume determination (I)- I. Kirpichnikov 10+5' Active volume determination (II) - M. Chierchenko 10+5' Light yield and pulse shape of liquid argon scintillation - P. Peiffer/A. Smolnikov 15'+5' Detector transformation: next steps - S. Schoenert 10'+5' 16:00 TG 3 reports (FE electronics): -> shifted to Wednesday ------------------------------ Status cables - N.N. 10'+5' status ASIC CMOS Milano - S. Riboldi 15+5' 16:30 - 17:00 COFFEE 17:00 CB meeting (Sala Rossi) 17:00 Working group meeting of TG 10 / TG11 (Pontecorvo/Luciano's office) Tuesday, June 27 Chair: M. Junker 9:00 TG 2 reports (Phase II detectors) --------------------------------- Results from the 18-fold n-type segmented prototype - K. Kroeninger 25+5' Status Report - new detectors - A. Caldwell 10+5' Neutron Activation Studies - M. Hult 10+5' 10:00 TG 11 reports (Material screening): ---------------------------------- Status and plans of screening activities - H. Simgen 10+5' ICPMS measurements at LNGS - S. Nisi 10+5' 10:30 TG 10 reports (Monte Carlo studies): ----------------------------------------- status and plans of MC studies - L. Pandola/C.Tomei 25+5' 11:00 - 11:15 COFFEE Chair: S. Bettini 11:15 TG 6 reports (DAQ) ------------------ Status DAQ system (Padova) - C. Ur 20'+5' 11:40 EB: Presentation of papers under preparation: ----------------------------------------- - Monte Carlo evaluation of the muon induced background in the GERDA double beta decay experiment - L. Pandola 15' Discussion 10' - Background suppression in neutrinoless double beta decay experiments using segmented detectors - a Monte Carlo study for the GERDA setup - K. Kroeninger 15' Discussion 10' 12:30 Science guest talk: WARP - N. Ferrari (LNGS) 13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH Chair: K. T. Knoepfle 14:30 Topical session: schedule & integration; Integration ---------------------------------------------------- Each presentation: 10' including discussion! TG01 Modification and test of existing Ge diodes (S. Schoenert) TG03 Diode readout and signal processing (C. Cattadori) TG09 DAQ Electronics & software (B. Schwingenheuer) TG08 Infrastructure & logistics for Gerda (M. Junker) TG06 Water vessel (A. Bettini) TG07 Scintillator and water Cherenkov muon veto (V. Egorov / A. Smolnikov / P. Grabmayr) TG04 Cryogenic vessel (K.T. Knoepfle) TG05 Infrastructure on top of vessel (B. Majorovits) TG02 Design and production of new Ge diodes (A. Caldwell) Discussion 30' 16:30 - 17:00 COFFEE Chair: A. Smolnikov 17:00 Sensitivity of GERDA - A. Caldwell 30' Dicsussion 30' 20:00 GERDA Dinner in Hotel Cristallo Wednesday, June 28 Chair: P. Grabmayr 9:30 CB meeting summary - A. Caldwell 15' 9:45 News from Majorana - H. Miley 45' 10:30 TG 3 reports (FE electronics): ----------------------------- status TG 3 - C. Cattadori 20+5' 11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE Chair: TG10/11 leaders 11:30 Common TG10/11 meeting 12:30 news from speaker's bureau - L. Bezrukov 13:00 Close out subsequently: meeting of TG leaders