| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Beta beams | M.Lindroos (CERN) |
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| High gamma Li/B beta beam | E. Fernandez-Martinez (MPI) |
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| 15:30 | 16:00 | Tea | 0:30 | |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Topics: | 2:00 | |
| Cross sections/MiniBOONE | M.Sorel (IFIC) |
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| Low-energy neutrino factory | A.Bross (FNAL) |
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| Non-standard interactions | W.Winter (Wurzburg) |
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| 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 | |