===== Agenda for Nov 7, 2012 ===== ==== March 4 meeting at SLAC ==== * Announcement - finish a draft announcement today - will need immediate feedback by email. === 8:30-9:00 Introduction to our plans and working groups === === 9-12: Simulation === - Advances in Geant4 (Dennis Wright) - Advances in FLUKA (SLAC Mario/Ludavico?) - Fluka v Geant comparisons - Tony, Anthony, Allison update on muon production of neutrons (incl. any Borexino results) - Melinda update on FLUKA v Geant in NMM context - Angie Homestake comparison (Raul's FLUKA vs Geant4) - Discussion Topics (please help fill these out) * Muon generation and inclusion in FLUKA and Geant4 (e.g. MUSUN v Geant4) * Muon-Nuclear vs. other processes neutron energy contribution - Invited Geant and FLUKA physics Talks rolled into one Summary Talk (Matthew S?) * Posted longer talks if they already exist - Status of the Depth Task Force Simulations (LAr, LXe, Ge) === 1-3: Radiogenic Challenge === - Universal Database:Status and plans for LRT2013 (Jodi or Loach ) - Status of alpha n measurements (DongMing revise this title) - Discussion and Planning for additional data - Notre Dame, TUNL, ?? DongMing please advise. We can then invite some people too. - Planning for how to combine (or not) Materials database, Geant4, alpha-n etc. - talking about radiogenic measurements/stockpiling of materials === 3:30-5:30 Experimental Handles on Neutron Bkgd === - NMM (Melinda or Ray) - SD neutron detector (Chao) - Muon system and time stamps (Anthony) - Plans for upgrades and new instruments at Soudan(several people? ideas?) - Other sites and other experiments? HALO [[http://www.snolab.ca/halo/faq.html|site]] === 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 === ==== LRT at Gran Sasso - April 10-12 (Jodi) ==== * Status (letter) * What should we do to prepare?? ==== 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