First plenary meeting of the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
R68, Conference Room 12: Welcome and introduction and review of R&D programme: Session chair: P. Dornan (Imperial)
10:00 10:30 Coffee and registration
0:30
10:30 10:50 Introduction and aims of the meeting K.Long (Imperial) 0:20
10:50 11:20 Status of MERIT H.Kirk (BNL) 0:30
11:20 11:50 Status of MuCOOL A.Bross (FNAL) 0:30
11:50 12:20 Status of MICE A.Blondel (Geneva) 0:30
12:20 12:50 Status of EMMA R. Edgecock (RAL) 0:30
12:50 13:00 EuroNu and its relation to the IDS-NF R. Edgecock (RAL) 0:10
13:00 14:00 Lunch
1:00
Working Group Sessions
14:00 15:30 Working group sessions
1:30
15:30 16:00 Tea 0:30
Working Group Sessions
16:00 18:00 Working group sessions
2:00
18:00 18:00 Adjourn

19:00 21:00 IDS-NF dinner -- Splitz
Thursday, 17 Januarry 2008
R68, Conference Room 12: Joint Working Group session: discussion of common issues: Session chair: A. Donini (Madrid)
9:00 11:00 Topics:
2:00
9:00 9:30 Status of the High Power Target R&D for Neutrino Factory and/or Neutrino Superbeams N.Simos (BNL) 0:30
9:30

10:00

UKNF target studies programme R.Bennett (RAL)

0;30

9:30
Discussion of baseline: including baseline 'version-control' procedure P.Huber (VT)

0:30



Discussion of possible 'sub-w/g' to evaluate systematics






11:00 11:30 Coffee
0:30
Working Group sessions
11:30 13:00 Working group discussions
1:30
13:00 14:00 Lunch 1:00
R68, Conference Room 12: Summary and planning: Session chair: M. Zisman (LBNL)
14:00 14:30 Plans for PPEG: Jan08 to NuFact08 and beyond W.Winter (Wurzburg) 0:30
14:30 15:00 Plans for Accelerator Working Group: Jan08 to NuFact08 and beyond S.Berg (BNL) 0:30
15:00 15:30 Plans for Detector Working Group: Jan08 to NuFact08 and beyond P.Soler 0:30
15:30 15:45 Plans for updating IDS-NF WWW site A.Kurup (Imperial) 0:15
15:45 16:00 Closing remarks and next meeting K.Long (Imperial) 0:15
16:00 16:30 Tea
0:30
16:30 16:30 Adjourn

R68, Conference Room 13: IDS-NF Steering Group meeting
17:00 18:00 IDS-NF steering group meeting See Steering Group WWW page
1:00
18:00 18:00 Adjourn











ATLAS building, Conference Room 9: Physics and Performance Evaluation Working Group Sessions
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
14:00 15:30 Topics:
1:30


IDS-NF/EuroNu relation



Super beams P.Huber (VT)



Beta beams M.Lindroos (CERN)



High gamma Li/B beta beam E. Fernandez-Martinez (MPI)

15:30 16:00 Tea 0:30
16:00 18:00 Topics:
2:00


Cross sections/MiniBOONE M.Sorel (IFIC)



Low-energy neutrino factory A.Bross (FNAL)



Non-standard interactions W.Winter (Wurzburg)

Thursday, 17 January 2008
11:30 13:00 Topics:
1:30










13:00 14:00 Lunch 1:00










R68, Conference Room 12: Accelerator Working Group Sessions
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
14:00 15:30 Topic: The basic plan
1:30


Definition of the IDS-NF baseline S.Berg (BNL)/C.Prior (ASTeC)


Outline of work that needs to be done S.Berg (BNL)/C.Prior (ASTeC)


Individual work plan 1 S.Berg (BNL)


Individual work plan 2 H.Kirk (BNL)


Individual work plan 3 F.Meot (LPSC)
    Individual work plan 4+ Volunteers  


Discussion: All


Assignment of tasks All


Discussion of timescales All
15:30 16:00 Tea 0:30
16:00 18:00 Topic: Problems with the IDS-NF baseline, work plan
2:00


Problems 1 S.Berg (BNL)


Problems 2 G.Rees (ASTeC)


Neutrino Factory work package of EuroNu J.Pozimski (Imperial)


Discussion:



Work programme



Milestones

Thursday, 17 January 2008
11:30 13:00 Topic: Improvements to the IDS-NF baseline
1:30


Proposed improvement 1 D.Neuffer (FNAL)


Proposed improvement 2 Y.Mori (Kyoto)


Proposed improvement 3 S.Berg (BNL)


Discussion All
13:00 14:00 Lunch 1:00










R68, Conference Room 13: Detector Working Group Sessions
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
14:00 15:30 Topic: the Magnetised Iron Neutrino Detector (MIND)
1:30


Introduction A.Cervera (Valencia)


Discussion All
15:30 16:00 Tea 0:30
16:00 18:00 Topic: the Totally Active Scintillator Detector (TASD) and its synergies with the MIND
2:00


Introduction A.Bross (FNAL)/M.Ellis (Brunel)


Discussion All
Thursday, 17 January 2008
11:30 13:00 Topic: Near detectors
1:30


Introduction P.Soler (Glasgow)


Discussion All
13:00 14:00 Lunch 1:00