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Homestake Meeting, 08/21/2014

Attending: Riccardo, Gwynne, Tanner, Vuk, Noah

Homestake wiki: https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/groups/homestake/home

Our agenda:

1) Homestake update

1. planning next visit: Sep 21-27
2. status of various orders:
   1. GPS units: ordered 25 transceivers and 10 splitters. Expect 6 week delivery, hoping to get a few units earlier than that, for tests during the next visit to Homestake
   2. fiber: ordered 13000', should be delivered within 1 week
   3. network components: ordered network switches, media converters, boxes to house equipment etc, expect delivery within 1 week
   4. poly panels: ordered ~50 panels, should already be delivered at Homestake
   5. granite tiles: still have not heard back from Homestake, will probably purchase several at MSP
   6. anything for surface stations?
3. status of various documents (MOU, Exp. Planning Statement, Insurance certificates)

2) UMN test setup (Tanner): setting up the equipment in the new lab, and writing down a procedure to streamline it for Homestake. Then will focus on streaming the data.

3) Analysis of existing data

1. Estimation algorithms (Shivaraj, Eric, Noah): Noah's S-wave study, Noah's additional slides
2. Analysis of Sweetwater Array data: Michael's pdf