===== AARM Workshop Agenda  ===== 
==== Curia II: ReadyTalk: Call 866-740-1260  with Access Code:1626019# ====
=== Benchmarking Breakout in Curia II with same access code ===
=== Radiogenics Breakout in One East with access code = 8249994# ===
=== Simulation Breakout in Comitium with access code = 9262422# ===

==== MARCH 19 (Wednesday) ====
  * **  Introduction and Status Reports**
    * 1:30 Welcome - //Prisca Cushman// {{:meeting7:welcome2014fermilab3.pdf|Welcome Slides}}
    * 1:50  Working Group Status and Breakout Topics.  Click [[breakouttopics|**HERE**]] for overall breakout information 
      * Simulation - //Anthony Villano // ({{:meeting7:aarm_mar14_breakout_anv.pptx|pptx}},{{:meeting7:aarm_mar14_breakout_anv.pdf|pdf}})
        * {{:meeting7:breakout_simulation.pdf|Simulation Breakout Topics}} 
      * Radiogenics - //Chao Zhang// ({{:meeting7:radiogenic_report_aarm_fermilab_mar19_2014_chao.pdf|pdf}})
        * {{:meeting7:breakout_radiogenics2.pdf|Radiogenic Breakout Topics}} 
      * Benchmarking - //Ray Bunker// ({{:meeting7:benchmarking_bunker.pptx|pptx}}, {{:meeting7:benchmarking_bunker.pdf|pdf}})
        * {{:meeting7:breakout_benchmarking.pdf|Benchmarking Breakout Topics}} 
    * 2:30 Community Assay Database - //James Loach// ({{:meeting7:aarm.pdf|pdf}})
    * 2:50 Discussion About Implementing Database, Legacy Data, New Data - //Jodi Cooley//   ({{:meeting7:140319_aarm_cooley.pdf|pdf}})
=== 3:00 Coffee Break ===
  * **  Reducing Backgrounds – Experience from Specific Experiments** 
    * 3:30 LZ screening program - //Karen Gibson// ({{:meeting7:aarm_lzscreening_20140319.pdf|pdf}})
    * 3:50 EXO screening program - //David Auty ({{:meeting7:aarm_david_auty.pdf|}})//
    * 4:10 The Majorana Demonstrator Assay Program and capabilities necessary to support a future 1-tonne scale germanium experiment - //Eric Hoppe// {{:meeting7:aarm-march-2014-summary-assay.pdf|pdf}}
    * 4:40 XENON 1T Screening Program - //Francesco Piastra// {{:meeting7:aarm_2014_v6.pdf|xenon1t_screening_program}}
    * 5:00 SuperCDMS screening program - //Jeter Hall// {{:meeting7:supercdms_materialsassay_19mar2014_fi.pdf|pdf}}
    * 5:20 Darkside Background Reduction - //John Orrell (Remote)// {{:meeting7:darkside_g2_materials_assay_sm.pdf|}}
    * 5:40 Backgrounds in PICO - //Eric Vazquez-Jauregui// {{:meeting7:eric_vazquez_jauregui_pico_aarm.pdf|}}
=== Dinner at local restaurants ===
==== MARCH 20 (Thursday) ====
  * ** Low Background Facilities and Techniques**
    * 8:30 {{:meeting7:tripathi_naa_aarm_2014.pdf|Recent Advances in NAA}} - //Mani Tripathi//
    * 8:50 {{:meeting7:aarm-ehm.pdf|An in-situ Assay of the DRIFT TPC using alpha spectroscopy}} - //Eric Miller//
    * 9:10 {{:meeting7:ian_lawson_aarm_2014.pdf|Low Background Counting Facilities at SNOLAB }}- //Ian Lawson//    
    * 9:30 {{:meeting7:cubedlbc.pdf|CUBED counting capacity and a well-shaped germanium counting station for PMT counting }}- //Dongming Mei//
    * 9:45 {{:meeting7:aarm-mar2014v2.pdf|LBL counting capacity and large area Si detector for measuring surface contamination}} - //Dongming Mei//
=== 10:00 Coffee Break===    
  * ** Facilities continued**  
    * 10:30 {{:meeting7:henningaarm2014.pdf|Kimballton Low Background facility}} - //Reyco Henning// 03.17: REMOTE 
    * 10:50 {{:meeting7:lbcf_bunker.pdf|Soudan Low-background Counting Facility}} - //Ray Bunker//
  * ** Neutron Detection and Benchmarking ** 
    * 11:10 {{:meeting7:aarm_mar14_lbcf_anv.pdf|Muon topology and coincident neutrons at the Soudan Veto-Shield}} - //Anthony Villano//
    * 11:30 {{:meeting7:neudet_aarm_fermilab_mar20_2014_chao.pdf | Measuring Fast Neutrons with the Liquid Scintillation Detector at the Soudan Mine}} - //Chao Zhang//
    * 11:50 {{:meeting7:032014-Langford-FaNS.pdf | Recent Results Using the FaNS Technique}} - //Thomas Langford//
    * 12:10 {{:AARM_Presentation_Gerling.pptx|Multiplicity and Recoil Spectrometer Measurements of the Fast Neutron Background at Depth}} {{:AARM_Presentation_Gerling.pdf|pdf}} - //Mark Gerling//
    * 12:30 {{:meeting7:lvd-muoninducedneutrons-aarm2014.pdf|Muon-induced Neutrons in the LVD Experiment}} - //Marco Selvi//
=== 1:00 Lunch===
** Facilities + Consortium Discussion as a Group**
  * 2:00 Brief slides - //Mani Tripathi//
  * 2:05 {{:meeting7:newideas.pdf|Brief slides for new ideas}} - //Dongming Mei//
  * 2:10 {{:meeting7:aarm_materials_assay_strategy_sm.pdf|Assay Requirements}} - //John Orrell (Remote)//
  * 2:20 Discussion
  * Document for discussion:  {{:meeting7:assay_strategy_v2.docx|Draft Consortium Strategy}}
=== 3:00 Coffee Break===
  * ** Working Group Breakout Session **
    * 3:30 - 6:00 Identify topics and tasks
    __Simulation__
    * [[measurements|Microscopic low-energy ER/NR measurements]]
    
=== Banquet at Chez Leon ===
==== MARCH 21 (Friday) ====
  * ** Simulation (Advances in Geant4 and FLUKA)**
    * 8:30 Geant4: {{:meeting7:gf_n_yield.pdf|Muon production of neutrons in multiple targets}}  - //Allison Kennedy//   
    * 8:50 FLUKA:  {{:meeting7:lindsayaarmcollmeeting.pdf|Muon induced isotopes in multiple targets}} - //Sarah Lindsay//
    * 9:10 {{:meeting7:rat_aarm_2014.pdf|Simulation of Noble Liquid Detectors Using RAT}} - //Tom Caldwell//
    * 9:30 {{:meeting7:20140321_szydagis_nest_aarm.pdf | Simulation of Noble Liquid Detectors using NEST}} - //Matthew Szydagis//
=== 10:00 Coffee Break===
  * ** Simulation Continued **
    * 10:30 {{:meeting7:depthgroup2014reisetter.pdf | Comparison of cosmogenic backgrounds at different depths }}- //Angie Reisetter//
    * 10:50 {{:meeting7:Neutron_libraries.pdf | New libraries for simulating neutron scattering in dark matter detector calibrations}} - //Alan Robinson//
    * 11:10 {{:meeting7:recent_geant4_developments.pdf|}} - //Julia Yarba//
    * 11:30 {{:meeting7:cosmogenics.borexino.fluka.pdf|}} - //Anton Empl//  
===12:00 Lunch===
  * ** Radiogenic Backgrounds, Nuclear Physics, Better Cross Sections**
    * 1:30 Comparisons between SOURCES and USD Website - //Silvia Scorza {{:meeting7:sources_vs_usd_aarm2014.pdf|pdf}}//
    * 1:50 {{:meeting7:aarm-pepin-radiogenic-backgrounds-in-cdms.pdf|Radiogenic Neutron Backgrounds in CDMS}} - //Mark Pepin//
    * 2:10 {{:meeting7:moriond_ew_mkos_sm.pdf|CoGeNT backgrounds}} - //John Orrell (Remote) (Talk by Mark S. Kos for Moriond EW 2014)//
    * 2:30 {{:meeting7:20140321_szydagis_lux_backgrounds.pdf | Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in LUX}} - //Matthew Szydagis//
=== 3:30 Wine and Cheese Break===
  * **Working Group Breakout Session **
    * 4:00 - 6:00 Prioritize identified topics and Plan Future work

__Radiogenics__

  * {{:meeting7:stelson_and_mcgowan_1964_.pdf|starting paper on (alpha,n) measurements}}
=== Dinner at local restaurants ===
==== MARCH 22 (Saturday) ====
=== 8:30  Pulling it together ===
  * 15 minute Progress Reports from Working Groups 
    * ({{:meeting7:simulationbreakoutnotes_anv.docx|docx}},{{:meeting7:simulationbreakoutnotes_anv.pdf|pdf}})Simulation - //Anthony Villano//
    * {{:meeting7:cooley_summary.pdf|Radiogenics Summary Slides}} - //Jodi Cooley//
    * {{:meeting7:benchmarking_summary.pdf|Benchmarking}} - //Ray Bunker//
  * Group Discussion: Prioritize jobs across working groups. Identify integration goals and new initiatives. {{:meeting7:summaryslides2.pdf|Summary Slides}}
  * ** {{:prioritize.pdf|Prioritized Goals and Action Items}} **
=== 10:00 Coffee Break===
  * 10:30 – 12:00 Group goals into a set of proposals going forward.  How do we self-organize?  Consortium planning.  
===12:00 Catered Working Pizza Lunch ===
===1:00 Adjourn===