WATCHMAN Collaboration Meeting 2019

Jan 9, 2019, 9:00 AM → Jan 13, 2019, 6:00 PM Pacific/Honolulu

Hawaiʻi Imin International Conference Center-Pacific Room (East-West Center)

John Learned (University of Hawaii)

The 2019 WATCHMAN Collaboration Meeting will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii at the East-West Center on the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa campus.

Wed, January 9

9:00 AM → 12:00 PM Tank WG

Tank Working Group

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

Walk to campus cafeterias. Closest is Paradise Palms, about 3 minutes away.

1:00 PM → 5:00 PM Future R & D WG

Future Research & Development Working Group

1:00 PM → 5:00 PM Tank WG

Tank Working Group

Thu, January 10

8:00 AM → 9:30 AM DAQ WG: System Status Reports

DAQ Working Group

8:00 AM CAEN

8:30 AM ANNIE/KOTO

9:00 AM TARGET

8:00 AM → 4:00 PM PMT WG

PMT Working Group

Convener: Robert Svoboda (UC Davis)

PMT WG Premeeting.pdf

8:00 AM Results from 2018 Testing

Speaker: Gary Smith (University of Edinburgh)

Gary_Smith_Results_from_PMT_Testing.pptx

Results from PMT Testing (PDF)

8:45 AM Review of PMT LA vrs SA Sensitivity and Requirements

9:30 AM Coffee Break

9:50 AM PMT Cost and Schedule, LA vrs SA

10:20 AM PMT Mechanical Testing Program

11:00 AM Lunch

12:00 PM Acrylic Covers

Do we need them? What are the effects?

1:00 PM Other costs: DAQ/HV/Mounting/Assembly

2:00 PM Break

2:20 PM Walk through testing and installation steps (with updated info)

Need to produce preliminary plan for CDR

8:00 AM → 5:00 PM Tank and Site WG

Tank and Site Working Group, combined.

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Coffee Break

10:00 AM → 4:00 PM DAQ WG: Preparation for CDR and PDR

DAQ Working Group

10:00 AM Purpose of CDR/PDR

10:15 AM CDR: known system risks, challenges

10:45 AM PDR: Common and specific performance milestones & schedule; re-evaluate requirements

12:00 PM Lunch Break

1:00 PM PDR: Test procedures, performance criteria

1:30 PM PDR: System bandwidths (define assumed compression factors)

1:45 PM PDR: Cost estimation (define DAQ HW boundary)

2:00 PM Interfaces of DAQ with other systems

2:30 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM Interfaces (jointly with HV, REBAM, Site...)

4:00 PM → 7:00 PM Simulation / Analysis / Software Group Tutorial

7:00 PM → 9:00 PM UK only meeting

UK only meeting

Fri, January 11

8:00 AM → 12:00 PM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Registration and Coffee

8:30 AM Project and Meeting Overview

Speaker: Adam Bernsten

9:00 AM Project Management Overview - Subsystem Leads and CDR process

Speaker: Rob Hills

9:25 AM Reference Detector Design

Speaker: Chris Mauger

Mauger_WATCHMAN_January2019.pptx

9:50 AM Boulby Site Update

Speaker: Sean Paling (Boulby Underground Science Facility)

10:10 AM AWE Status Update

Speaker: Jon Burns (AWE plc)

10:30 AM Break

10:50 AM U.S. Academic Status

Speaker: Mark Vagins

11:10 AM U.K. Academic Status

Speaker: Matthew Malek

11:30 AM Discussion

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

Catered Lunch at EWC

1:00 PM → 5:30 PM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

1:00 PM Analysis overview and sensitivity goals

Speaker: Dr Marc Bergevin (LLNL)

1:30 PM Blind analysis for on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Jeremy Gribble

1:50 PM Unblind analysis for on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Teal Pershing

2:10 PM Initial study of extrapolation to large detectors/long standoff

Speaker: Dr Viacheslav Li (LLNL)

2:30 PM Effect of systematics on on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Ms Elisabeth Kneale (University of Sheffield)

2:50 PM Nudar @ WATCHMAN

Speaker: John Learned (University of Hawaii)

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Nonproliferation Treaties Overview and context (remote presentation)

Speaker: Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

4:00 PM Cleanliness Program

Speaker: Stephen Dye (Hawaii Pacific Univesity)

Cleanliness_Program_Hawaii.pdf

4:30 PM Discussion

Full Collaboration

6:00 PM → 9:00 PM Catered Team Dinner

Catered Team Dinner

Sat, January 12

8:00 AM → 11:45 AM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Coffee

8:30 AM CDR Overview

Speaker: Rob Hills (LLNL)

9:15 AM Test Program

Speaker: Mr Tony Papatyi (PNNL)

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM Calibration Program Overview

Speakers: Chris Mauger, Dr Steve Dazeley (LLNL)

10:10 AM Light Injection System

remote

Speaker: Carl Metelko

10:20 AM 2-ton detector at Sheffield for calibration

Speaker: Dr Matthew Malek (University of Sheffield)

10:30 AM AmBe/DT source studies

Speaker: Dr Morgan Askins (U. Berkeley)

10:45 AM Systematic Uncertainties in Background

Speaker: Liz Kneale

11:00 AM Site

Speaker: Jon Burns

11:30 AM Collaboration Photograph

11:45 AM → 1:15 PM Lunch

Walk to Hale Aloha Cafe or go off campus for lunch.

1:15 PM → 5:55 PM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

1:15 PM Tank

Speaker: Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)

1:45 PM PMTs

Speaker: Robert Svoboda (UC Davis)

PMT WG Update.pptx

WLS_Plates.pdf

2:15 PM DAQ

Speaker: Doug Cowen (Penn State)

2:45 PM REBAM

Speakers: Chris Mauger, Nuno Barros (University of Pennsylvania )

nbarros_rebam_v3.pdf

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM HV

Speaker: Chris Grant (Boston University)

4:00 PM Water System

Speaker: Mark Vagins

4:30 PM Simulations Overview

Speaker: Marc Bergevin

4:45 PM Muon veto study

Speaker: Tomi Akindele (LLNL)

5:00 PM SuperK benchmarking, WATCHMAN reconstruction and performance optimization

Speaker: Dr Michael Smy

5:20 PM PMT tilt study

Speaker: Mr Teal Pershing (UC Davis)

6:00 PM → 8:00 PM Team Dinner

John L. House Team Dinner

Sun, January 13

8:00 AM → 12:30 PM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Coffee

8:30 AM Future R & D

Speakers: Chris Grant (Boston University), Dr Matthew Malek (University of Sheffield )

9:00 AM Discussion

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM Publications Board

Speaker: Prof. Gabriel Orebi Gann (UC Berkeley / LBNL)

10:30 AM Conceptual Design Paper

Speakers: Prof. Mark Vagins (UC Irvine), Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)

10:40 AM Speakers Board

Speaker: Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

11:00 AM Main Meeting Summary and Next Steps

Speaker: Dr Adam Bernsten (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory )

11:25 AM Discussion and Main Meeting Closeout

Full Collaboration

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

Walk to Hale Aloha Cafe or go off campus.

1:30 PM → 6:00 PM Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

1:30 PM Institutional Board Meeting

Jon Burns lead

Speaker: Jon Burns

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Subsystem Lead Meeting

Rob Hills lead

Speaker: Rob Hills