=== Friday Aloft Hotel, Conference facilities === 8:30 Welcome {{:meeting4:welcome2.pdf|pdf slides}} (Prisca Cushman) == Updates from the Main Simulation Packages == * 8:45 {{:meeting4:geant4_9.5_updates.pdf|Current Status and Plans for GEANT4}} (PDF) (Michael Kelsey, SLAC) * 9:15 {{:meeting4:fluka2.aarm.pdf|Current Status and Plans for FLUKA}} (PDF) (Tony Empl) == Status Reports from the AARM Working Groups == * 9:45 {{:meeting4:anv_aarm_nov11_geantfluka.pdf|Comparing Geant4 and FLUKA}} (PDF) (Anthony Villano) * 10:15 {{:meeting4:cooley_database.pdf|Universal Materials Database}} (PDF) (Jodi Cooley) Break (10:35) * 10:50 {{:meeting4:cosmoCompare.pdf |Tools for comparing Cosmogenic Simulations}} (PDF) (Angie Reisetter) * {{:meeting4:new_old_geant.pdf|newvold}} comparisons for Vitaly * 11:15 {{:meeting4:ModularBG_GeoForHomestakeSims.pdf |Modular backgrounds and geometry for Homestake Sims}} (PDF) (Chao Zhang) == Talks from Participants == * 11:40 {{:meeting4:aarm_workshop_nov2011_kazkaz.pdf|LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low Background Sims}} (PDF) (Kareem Kazkaz) * 12:05 {{:meeting4:szydagis_aarm_nest.pdf|NEST: A Comprehensive Model for Scintillation and Ionization Yields in Noble Elements}} (PDF) (Matthew Szydagis) {{:meeting4:szydagis_aarm_nest_v2.pdf|V2}} LUNCH (12:30 – 1:40) walk to neighborhood restaurants * 1:45 {{:meeting4:DepthShielding_AHime_AARM_Nov2011.pdf|Shielding Rare Event Detectors}} (PDF) (Andrew Hime) * 2:10 {{:meeting4:aarm-vk-nov2011-final.pdf|Muon-induced neutron measurements at Modane}} (PDF) (Vitaly Kudryavtsev) * 2:35 {{:meeting4:Barker_AARM_11Nov2011.pdf|Detector Response to Low Energy n-recoils}} (PDF) (D’Ann Barker) * 3:00 {{:meeting4:AguayoPNNLAARMNov2011.pdf|Simulations for Tracking Cosmogenic Activation in Germanium and Copper}} (PDF) (Estanislao Aguayo) * 3:25 {{:meeting4:tripathi_naa_minnesota.pdf|NAA for radioassay}} (PDF) (Mani Tripathi) Break (3:50 - 4:10) == Working Group Meetings (breakout sessions 4:30 - 6:30) == * Cosmogenics (group leader: Vitaly Kudryavtsev) Muon-induced processes, underground benchmarking, etc * Radiogenics (group leader: Jodi Cooley) Material screening, simulating radioactive decay, alpha-n, SF * Framework (group leader: Mike Kelsey) Modular Sim structures, Validating, Collaboration models Q: Can we have ONE for everyone? Can the GEANT collaboration help? DINNER (7:30) Spoon River === Saturday Room 435, Tate Lab (Physics Bldg) Free Shuttle from ALOFT === * 9:00-10:00 Reports from the Working Groups – Action Items * [[http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~kelsey/talks/AARM_Nov11/aarm_frameworks.pdf|Frameworks]] (PDF) (Michael Kelsey) * {{:meeting4:aarm-cosmogenics-nov2011-1.pdf|Report from the working group: Cosmogenics}} (PDF) (Vitaly Kudryavtsev) * {{:meeting4:cooley-radiogenics_sum2.pdf| Radiogenics}} (PDF) (Jodi Cooley) == Experimental Neutron Background Benchmarking == * 10:00 {{:meeting4:aarmtalk_sweany_v3.pdf |Simulation Results from the Neutron Multiplicity Meter}} (PDF) (Melinda Sweany) * 10:25 {{:meeting4:ls_neudetperformance_chao.pdf |Large Liquid Scintillator Detector for neutrons}} (PDF) (Chao Zhang) Break (10:45 – 11:00) * 11:00 {{:meeting4:aarm2011_mei.pdf |Update on SURF screening plans}} (PDF) (DongMing Mei) * 11:20 {{:meeting4:faarm_collaboration_meeting_11-11-11_rev03.pdf |A Common Gen-3 Low Background Facility: FAARM}} (Lee Petersen) * 11:40 Discussion: Plans for upgrading US screening capability LUNCH – walk to neighborhood restaurants == Optional Afternoon Meetings == * 1:30-2:30 in two breakout rooms * Depth Working Group Meeting ([[https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/lowrad/dm_task_force|DM Task Force]] Wiki) * Materials Database improvements and collaboration building * 2:30-4:00 Plans for Improving near term screening in the US, incl following topics: * GeMPI devices in the US (Kara Keeter, Prisca Cushman) * Electroforming at Soudan (Eric Hoppe) * Coordination with FAARM * New Proposals for Material Assay