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

Tank WG

Tank Working Group

12:00 PM Lunch

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

Future R & D WG

Future Research & Development Working Group

Tank WG

Tank Working Group

Thu, January 10

DAQ WG: System Status Reports

DAQ Working Group

1 CAEN

2 ANNIE/KOTO

3 TARGET

PMT WG

PMT Working Group

Convener: Robert Svoboda (UC Davis)

PMT WG Premeeting.pdf

4 Results from 2018 Testing

Speaker: Gary Smith (University of Edinburgh)

Gary_Smith_Results_from_PMT_Testing.pptx

Results from PMT Testing (PDF)

5 Review of PMT LA vrs SA Sensitivity and Requirements

9:30 AM Coffee Break

6 PMT Cost and Schedule, LA vrs SA

7 PMT Mechanical Testing Program

11:00 AM Lunch

8 Acrylic Covers

Do we need them? What are the effects?

9 Other costs: DAQ/HV/Mounting/Assembly

2:00 PM Break

10 Walk through testing and installation steps (with updated info)

Need to produce preliminary plan for CDR

Tank and Site WG

Tank and Site Working Group, combined.

9:30 AM Coffee Break

DAQ WG: Preparation for CDR and PDR

DAQ Working Group

11 Purpose of CDR/PDR

12 CDR: known system risks, challenges

13 PDR: Common and specific performance milestones & schedule; re-evaluate requirements

12:00 PM Lunch Break

14 PDR: Test procedures, performance criteria

15 PDR: System bandwidths (define assumed compression factors)

16 PDR: Cost estimation (define DAQ HW boundary)

17 Interfaces of DAQ with other systems

2:30 PM Coffee Break

18 Interfaces (jointly with HV, REBAM, Site...)

Simulation / Analysis / Software Group Tutorial

UK only meeting

UK only meeting

Fri, January 11

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Registration and Coffee

19 Project and Meeting Overview

Speaker: Adam Bernsten

20 Project Management Overview - Subsystem Leads and CDR process

Speaker: Rob Hills

21 Reference Detector Design

Speaker: Chris Mauger

Mauger_WATCHMAN_January2019.pptx

22 Boulby Site Update

Speaker: Sean Paling (Boulby Underground Science Facility)

23 AWE Status Update

Speaker: Jon Burns (AWE plc)

10:30 AM Break

24 U.S. Academic Status

Speaker: Mark Vagins

25 U.K. Academic Status

Speaker: Matthew Malek

26 Discussion

12:00 PM Lunch

Catered Lunch at EWC

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

27 Analysis overview and sensitivity goals

Speaker: Dr Marc Bergevin (LLNL)

28 Blind analysis for on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Jeremy Gribble

29 Unblind analysis for on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Teal Pershing

30 Initial study of extrapolation to large detectors/long standoff

Speaker: Dr Viacheslav Li (LLNL)

31 Effect of systematics on on/off cycle observation

Speaker: Ms Elisabeth Kneale (University of Sheffield)

32 Nudar @ WATCHMAN

Speaker: John Learned (University of Hawaii)

3:15 PM Break

33 Nonproliferation Treaties Overview and context (remote presentation)

Speaker: Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

34 Cleanliness Program

Speaker: Stephen Dye (Hawaii Pacific Univesity)

Cleanliness_Program_Hawaii.pdf

35 Discussion

Full Collaboration

Catered Team Dinner

Catered Team Dinner

Sat, January 12

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Coffee

36 CDR Overview

Speaker: Rob Hills (LLNL)

37 Test Program

Speaker: Mr Tony Papatyi (PNNL)

9:45 AM Break

38 Calibration Program Overview

Speakers: Chris Mauger, Dr Steve Dazeley (LLNL)

39 Light Injection System

remote

Speaker: Carl Metelko

40 2-ton detector at Sheffield for calibration

Speaker: Dr Matthew Malek (University of Sheffield)

41 AmBe/DT source studies

Speaker: Dr Morgan Askins (U. Berkeley)

42 Systematic Uncertainties in Background

Speaker: Liz Kneale

43 Site

Speaker: Jon Burns

44 Collaboration Photograph

11:45 AM Lunch

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

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

45 Tank

Speaker: Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)

46 PMTs

Speaker: Robert Svoboda (UC Davis)

PMT WG Update.pptx

WLS_Plates.pdf

47 DAQ

Speaker: Doug Cowen (Penn State)

48 REBAM

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

nbarros_rebam_v3.pdf

3:15 PM Break

49 HV

Speaker: Chris Grant (Boston University)

50 Water System

Speaker: Mark Vagins

51 Simulations Overview

Speaker: Marc Bergevin

52 Muon veto study

Speaker: Tomi Akindele (LLNL)

53 SuperK benchmarking, WATCHMAN reconstruction and performance optimization

Speaker: Dr Michael Smy

54 PMT tilt study

Speaker: Mr Teal Pershing (UC Davis)

Team Dinner

John L. House Team Dinner

Sun, January 13

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

8:00 AM Coffee

55 Future R & D

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

56 Discussion

10:00 AM Break

57 Publications Board

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

58 Conceptual Design Paper

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

59 Speakers Board

Speaker: Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

60 Main Meeting Summary and Next Steps

Speaker: Dr Adam Bernsten (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory )

61 Discussion and Main Meeting Closeout

Full Collaboration

12:30 PM Lunch

Walk to Hale Aloha Cafe or go off campus.

Full Collaboration Meeting

Friday Full Collaboration Meeting

62 Institutional Board Meeting

Jon Burns lead

Speaker: Jon Burns

3:00 PM Break

63 Subsystem Lead Meeting

Rob Hills lead

Speaker: Rob Hills