ARA Collaboration Meeting

Name: ARA Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2015-07-22T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-07-24T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

22 Jul 2015, 08:00 → 24 Jul 2015, 14:00 US/Central

Supernova conference room (222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703)

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703

Description

The ARA Collaboration Meeting will be in Madison, WI from July 22 to July 24. The meeting will be hosted at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) office located on the 5th floor of 222 W. Washington Ave. Fees will be collected Wednesday from attendees not from Madison. We will take cash or credit or debit cards. US$90 if you plan to attend the dinner on Monday night - US$45 if you will not be able to attend.

Support

duvernois@icecube.wisc.edu

Participants

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Wednesday 22 July
- Project Status Supernova conference room
  
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  meeting will be at 222 W. Washington Ave, 5th floor. Lunch will be provided
  - 1
    
    NSF & Overall Status
    
    Speaker: Albrecht Karle (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 2
    
    Japanese project status
    
    Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
  - 3
    
    Taiwan status (will be over lunch via phone)
    
    Speaker: Pisin Chen
  - 4
    
    General discussion
- Paper Status: testbed, GRB, ara2/3, ICRC, Others Supernova at 222, Rm. 5117, 53703
  
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  - 5
    
    TestBed Analysis
  - 6
    
    GRB Analysis
    
    Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    ARA2-3
    
    Speaker: Thomas Meures (o=ulb,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    ICRC papers/talks
  - 9
    
    Other upcoming conferences
- Other Analysis: Surface Antennas and ARA2+ Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)
  
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  - 10
    
    Surface antennas
    
    Speaker: Mr David Besson (KU)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    ARA2+ analysis
    
    Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
- Working lunch - food will be provided: Taiwan Status Report and Discussion on future papers / proposals Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)
  
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    Taiwan status report
    
    Speaker: Pisin Chen
    
    Slides
- Operations Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 13
    
    Operations
    
    Speaker: Aongus Ó Murchadha (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Reconstruction framework
    
    Speaker: Christian Bora
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Discussion of future plans, especially s/w
    
    Speaker: Dr Ryan Nichol (UCL)
    
    Slides
- Calibration Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 16
    
    Calibration overview
    
    Speaker: Prof. Kara Hoffman (o=umd,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    
    Antenna calibrations
    
    Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    Optical system calibration
    
    Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    
    Discussion and future plans
    
    Slides
- ARA-sim Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 20
    
    ARA Sim
    
    Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    ARA Sim QC
    
    Speaker: Mr Brian Clark (The Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 22
    
    Air shower sensitivity in ice
    
    Speaker: Ryan Caulfield
    
    Slides
  - 23
    
    Discussion and future plans
- Ice Studies Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 24
    
    Splines
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    Radiosplines
    
    Speaker: Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    Deep pulser
    
    Speaker: Bob Morse (IceCube 222)
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    Discussions
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 10 N Livingston Street (Sujeo)
  
  10 N Livingston Street
  
  Sujeo
  
  Sujeo
  http://www.sujeomadison.com/
  10 N Livingston Street
Thursday 23 July
- Existing stations Supernova conference room
  
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  - 28
    
    ARA1 repair
    
    Speaker: Michael DuVernois (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    Improvements & discussion
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    We'll move something from the afternoon h/w session
- ARA4 - ARA7 Status and Plans Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 31
    
    Hardware status & related items
    
    Speaker: Dr Patrick Allison (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    Discussion & near term plans
- 2015 & 2016 On-Ice Plans Supernova conference room
  
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  - 33
    
    Support landscape
    
    Speaker: Jim Haugen (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 34
    
    What are we going to deploy?
    
    Slides
  - 35
    
    Make schedule & deliberables
- Working lunch - food will be provided: Discussion on Pole Plans Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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    Discussion of Pole Plans
- New Technologies: Ideas, Digitizers, Antennas Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 37
    
    DRS4, call in from Israel
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    ARAcalTA
    
    Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    Interferometry (delay to Friday)
    
    Speaker: Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 40
    
    Timing array
    
    Speaker: Mr Perry Sandstrom (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    Bipolar triggering
    
    Speaker: Kevin Kirchhoff
    
    Slides
- Trigger & reconstruction Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 42
    
    Reconstruction
    
    Speaker: Andrew Shultz (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Triggering
    
    Speaker: Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 44
    
    Discussion
- ARA Drill Program Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 45
    
    ARA hot water drill
    
    Speaker: Terry Benson (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    
    Slides
  - 46
    
    Smaller drill options (RAM etc.)
  - 47
    
    Discussion
- Collaboration planning Supernova conference room
  
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  - 48
    
    Hello from Abby/Chicago
    
    Speaker: Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
  - 49
    
    Hello from Stephanie/Cal State
    
    Speaker: Dr Stephanie Wissel (California Polytechnic State University)
    
    Slides
  - 50
    
    Collaboration procedures etc.
  - 51
    
    Next collaboration meeting
Friday 24 July
- Schedule & Deliverables Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)
  
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    Schedule & deliverables
  - 53
    
    To do list
- Budget & Proposals Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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    New proposals/sources of funding
  - 55
    
    Money needs & availability
  - 56
    
    R&D contributions/efforts
- Any Remaining Business Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)
  
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  - 57
    
    What add-ons do we want?
  - 58
    
    Design/trade studies
  - 59
    
    Last call for discussions

ARA Collaboration Meeting

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

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Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117, 53703

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222, Rm. 5117, 53703

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Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

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222, Rm. 5117

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

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222, Rm. 5117

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222, Rm. 5117

Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117

Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117, 53703

Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117

Supernova conference room

222, Rm. 5117