===== Agenda for Nov 28, 2012 ===== ==== Other Business ==== * Chao - questions about the LAr comparison... Is the task understood? Progress? (no depth meeting this week) * LRT2013 conference call next week. Who will join? * We need a plan for funding travel to LRT2013. ==== March 4 meeting at SLAC ==== * 2nd announcement needs to go soon with agenda. * Please enter info right here before NEXT WEEK if your name is next to it. === 8:30-9:00 Introduction to our plans and working groups === === 9-12: Simulation === - Advances and Future Plan in Geant4 (Dennis Wright) - Update on FLUKA in context of cosmogenic backgrounds (SLAC, Mario Santana) ---//Tony confirm with name of talk and person// - Fluka v Geant comparisons - Tony, Anthony, Allison update on muon production of neutrons ---(Anthony name suggestion: Detailed cosmogenic comparison of Fluka and Geant4 physics - Melinda update on FLUKA v Geant in NMM context ---//Melinda cannot commit to any talks & there's not likely to be anything to report on this topic// - Cosmogenic Backgrounds at Sanford Comparison: FLUKA vs Geant4 - Invited Geant and FLUKA physics Talks rolled into one Summary Talk ---//(Matthew has agreed)// * Posted longer talks if they already exist - Status of the Depth Task Force Simulations (LAr, LXe, Ge) ---//Who wants to give this? Prisca?// - Forum on Muon generation - Muons generated through GEANT4 (Chao) //name please - this should be SHORT 10 min// - Ideas on how to incorporate MUSUN into GEANT4 (Anthony) //Underground Muon Generation in Geant4 - again short.// - Discussion - Any other forums here? === 1-3: Radiogenic Challenge === - Universal Materials Database: Status and plans for LRT2013 (Jodi, 20 min) - Status of evaluation of (alpha,n) reaction - (alpha,n) cross sections on different materials, neutron energy spectrum, neutron yield, U and Th content in the rock and different materials - Status of Comparison of Cross Sections from EMPIRE and TALYS of Common Materials (Scorza, Palladino, Qiu - 15 min) - Discussion and Planning for additional data - Notre Dame, TUNL, Invitation emails are being sent - Planning for how to combine (or not) Materials database, Geant4, alpha-n etc. - talking about radiogenic measurements/stockpiling of materials - Comparison with other predictions === 3:30-5:30 Experimental Handles on Neutron Bkgd === - The Neutron Multiplicity Meter at Soudan ---//Yu Chen// (Syracuse grad student) - SD neutron detector ---// Chao name of talk// - Muon system and time stamps ---//Anthony Coincident Events in Soudan Large Cavern// - The WATCHMAN Project ---//Marc Bergevin// (UC Davis postdoc) * New Bernstein gd-loaded water detector ---//Anthony to meet with Bernstein at Boulby// - Other sites and other experiments? HALO [[http://www.snolab.ca/halo/faq.html|site]] ---//who will contact them?// === 6-7 AARM Planning meeting === - Recruiting people for the working groups - Plans for LRT2013 - How to organize around the Cosmic Frontier workshop * Liason jobs and info gathering? * Capabilities tie-in? * Screening Facility? === Group Dinner === ==== Updates from Working Groups ==== * Universal database = Jodi * Cosmogenic Group = Angie and Chao * Fluka v Geant = Anthony and Toni * Radiogenic data = DongMing * Neutron benchmarking = Ray and Anthony