International scoping study of a future
Neutrino Factory and super-beam facility

Physics working group

Council meeting 1:

Present:            D. Harris, M. Lindner, K. Long, Y. Nagashima, O. Yasuda, L. Roberts

Apologies:         P. Hernandez, H. Murayama,

Notes:

1. Introduction                                                                                                         Y. Nagashima

Welcomes council and lists documents.

2. Summary of planning to date (KSM table, outline document)

DH:      Realistic scenarios? What does that mean? More work needed to get to realistic scenarios.

ML:      Need to have some working assumptions.

LR:      Need to address muon science in outline document. LR will add muon-physics headings and notes.

Action LR.

3. Discussion of plan for working group and how to proceed                  All

Needs of WG to gain momentum was pointed out.

KL will try to organize a week long workshop in correspondence with (mainly theoretical) CERN WS (Nov.14?).

Action KL.

4. Questions to Accelerator and Detector Groups                                        All

Flux assumptions and detector performance assumptions to be requested from Accelerator and Detector groups. Ask Zisman and Blondel to recommend speakers.

Action YN.

5. Agenda for plenary meeting 1                                                                        All

DH:      Do review of past studies first and then move to how this study differs. Agreed. Implies reverse sessions 1 and 2.

Review of agenda: general structure of agenda OK. Some modifications, see agenda v4.

All to send names and suggestions for speakers.

6. Date/time of second Council phone call

Proposal: 14Sep05, 22h00 GMT. KL to organise.

7. AoB

None

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