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meeting3:talks

Friday February 25

8:30 Coffee available in Room 435, Tate Lab

8:45 Welcome - Prisca Cushman

9:00 Geant4 Physics Lists, Status, and Proposed Upgrades pdf - Dennis Wright

9:30 Neutron Benchmarking needs - DongMing Mei pdf - Dongming Mei

10:00 Cosmogenic models and European MC status pdf - Vitaly Kudryavtsev

BREAK (10:30 -10:50)

10:50 Cosmogenic Backgrounds for SuperCDMS and GEODM - pdfAngela Reisetter

11:15 Cosmogenic Backgrounds for 76Ge 0νββ (Majorana,GERDA, 1TGe) pdf - Jason Detwiler

11:45 FLUKA-based cosmogenic background predictions for Darkside pdf– Anton Empl

12:15 Demonstration of a Fast-neutron Detector ppt - Ray Bunker

LUNCH (delivered to room 435) (12:30 – 1:30)

1:25 Advertisement for Cosmogenic Activities and Backgrounds Workshop, Berkeley, April 13-15 2011 pdf - Jason Detwiler

1:30 Background Modeling and Materials Screening for LUX and LZ Detectors pdf - Dave Malling

2:00 Radiogenic simulations & Shielding issues for DIANA pdf - Alberto Lemut

2:30 DEAP/CLEAN Neutron-Argon Interactions <20MeV: Verification of Neutron HP in Geant4 for the MiniCLEAN collaboration pdf - Kimberly Palladino

3:00 A New Expansion and Realism Addition to the Scintillation Physics in GEANT pdf - Matthew Szydagis

BREAK (3:30 - 3:50)

3:50 LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations pdf - Kareem Kazkaz

4:15 A framework for SuperCDMS Geant4 Monte Carlos pdf– Mike Kelsey

4:40 Beginning the Work on a Standardized Homestake Geant4 Simulation

  • Framework pdf - Chao Zhang
  • Geometry and backgrounds pdf – Anthony Villano
  • Break into small groups: Cosmogenics, Radiogenics, Frameworks

6:20 Presentations from the small groups

  • Framework pdf - Summarized by Mike Kelsey
  • Short summary of goals of the 'cosmogenics' meeting pdf - Summarized by Vitaly Kudryavtsev
BREAK FOR DINNER (6:45)

Saturday February 26

8:45 Coffee

9:00 Engineering Update - Lee Petersen

  • Discussion: Priorities on engineering, simulation input, dedicated cavern

9:40 Homestake Background Characterization Database – DongMing Mei pdf

9:55 ILIAS screened materials database pdf- Vitaly Kudryavtsev

10:10 Material Assay Database for the Low-Background Physics Community pdf - Jason Detwiler, for James Loach

BREAK (10:30 – 11:00)

11:00 Directed discussion on Integration (LRT) and Databases – Anthony Villano

12:30 LUNCH – walk to neighborhood restaurants

1:00-3:00 Optional Neutron Benchmarking Meeting: Plans for deploying neutron detectors underground, possible new collaborations, simulation requirements

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