ARA Collaboration Meeting

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.
Participants
  • Albrecht Karle
  • Andrew Laundrie
  • Aongus ร“ Murchadha
  • Brian Clark
  • Carl Pfendner
  • Chin-Hao Chen
  • Jim Haugen
  • John Kelley
  • Kael Hanson
  • Kara Hoffman
  • Keiichi Mase
  • Keith Bechtol
  • Kevin Kirchhoff
  • Marybeth Beydler
  • Michael DuVernois
  • Ming Song
  • Ming-Yuan Lu
  • Patrick Allison
  • Romain Gaior
  • Ryan Nichol
  • Stephanie Wissel
  • Thomas Meures
    • Project Status Supernova conference room

      Supernova conference room

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

      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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      • 12
        Taiwan status report
        Speaker: Pisin Chen
        Slides
    • Operations Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

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      • 13
        Operations
        Speaker: Aongus ร“ Murchadha (Universitรฉ 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

    • 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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      • 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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      • 36
        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
    • Schedule & Deliverables Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)

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      • 52
        Schedule & deliverables
      • 53
        To do list
    • Budget & Proposals Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

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      • 54
        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