Agenda
Auger Collaboration Meeting
March 15-19, 2004
Modified: March 12, 2004

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  Registration Fee:          $30 pesos
  Dinner:          $40 pesos

All plenaries are in the Room Canelo (Red).

Monday, March 15
9:00 - 10:30 SDE electronics    Room Canelo (Red)
  Tiina Suomijarvi
    F. Suarez: Status of the PMTs
    P. Lavoute (Photonis): SD PMTs
    J. Pouthas: PMT bases
    D. Nitz: FE
    J. M. Brunet: UB
    J. M. Brunet: Time tagging (tests in Besançon)
    M. Kleifges / P. Allison: LED status
    C. Covault: GPS receivers
    K. Bowie / M. Kaducak: TPCB
    E. Fokitis: Status of TPCB in Greece
    M. Videla: SDE Fabrica activities
    X. Bertou / J. Alcaya: Status of SDE deployment
    K. H. Kampert: Status of the FE in Wuppertal
  FD and FDE    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Paolo Privitera, Jonny Kleinfeller, Daniel Camin, Mathias Kleifges
  DPA workshop    Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
  Stefano Argiro, Sergio Sciutto
  10' Sefano Argirò: Status
  15' Sylvie Dagoret: SDSim integration in the Offline
  15' Markus Roth: SD reconstruction in the Offline
  15' Toruh Onhuki: UCLA SD reconstruction in the Offline
  10' Vitor de Souza: Hybrid reconstruction in the Offline
  10' Lukas Nellen: User module repository
  10' Tom Paul: Databases
  Advisory group    Meeting Room
  Alan Watson
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 SDE commissioning    Room Canelo (Red)
  Tiina Suomijarvi
    X. Bertou: Status of the LS software
    D. Barnhill: Stability since January 1st
    P. Ghia: T2, T3 stability
    A. Lopez Aquera: Electronic noise control
    J. Aublin / T. Suomijarvi: FADC traces
    C. Newman-Holmes: Slow control parameters
  FD analysis task 1 & 2    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Monitoring (Task 1)
  Matthias Kleifges
  Calibration (Task 2)
  Jeff Brack
    Miguel Mustafa: Relative calibration
    Julio: Relative calibration of FD camera pixels
    Adrian Rovero: Absolute calibration software
    Alejandro Teshima: Absolute calibration drum corrections
    Rishi Meyhandan: Absolute calibration analysis
    Heiko Geenen: PMT test comparisons
    P. Petrinca: PMT database
  SD assembly (11:00 - 11:45)    Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
  Ingo Allekotte
  Site Survey (11:45 - 12:30)    Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
  Ingo Allekotte
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 SD Calibration and Monitoring    Room Canelo (Red)
  Katsushi Arisaka
  FD analysis task 2 & 3    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Atmospheric Calibration
  Atmospheric database (Task 3)
  Mike Roberts
  20' Tom Paul: Status of atmospheric database
  10' Miguel Mostafa: Aerosol parameters for the database
  10' Hans:Molecular parameters for database
  10' Roger/Bruce:Cloud parameters for database
  10' Roberto/Michela: ``Shoot the shower'' parameters
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 19:30 SD Analysis    Room Canelo (Red)
  Alan Watson
  FD Analysis task 4 & 7    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Trigger and Aperture (task 4)
  Sergio Petrera
  Simulation (task 7)
  Luis Prado
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
  Readiness review for Rotoplas Tanks    Meeting Room
      (17:00 - 18:00)
  Paul Mantsch
  Project Readiness review for the Tank    Meeting Room
      Power Control Board (18:00 - 19:00)
  Paul Mantsch
19:30 - 20:30 Inventory Program for Observatory Components:    Visitor Centre
      Status
  Ruben Squartini, Fernando Contreras

Tuesday, March 16
9:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Status of the Observatory    
  A. Watson, H. Blümer
9:30 - 10:00 Management Report    
  Paul Mantsch, Carlos Hojvat
10:00 - 11:00 Collaboration Board Meeting I    
  Tere Dova, Paul Sommers
  1 Financial matters
    - Construction costs and funding (Paul Mantsch)
    - Operating costs and funding (Carlos Hojvat)
  2 Auger Memberships: Spanish Groups with signed MOU's
  3 Report from the Conference Committee
  4 Report from the Publications Committee
  5 Proposals to formalize Auger review process for projects
    involving Auger
  6 Discussion of the possibility of an Auger dedication ceremony
  7 Auger Meeting in Leeds: Organization
  8 November Auger meeting: dates and organization
    2005 meetings: dates and organization
  9 A.O.B.
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Hazard recognition and related safety issues    
  Rafael Coll (FNAL)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 SD Analysis    Room Canelo (Red)
  Alan Watson
  FD Analysis task 5 & 6    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Shower Reconstruction (task 5)
  Valerio Verzi
  15' Stefano Argiró: Event reconstruction using the Offline software
  15' Domenico Durso: Napoli-Catania approch to the SDP reconstruction
    in the Auger Offline Framework
  15' Andrzej Smialkowski: Multiple scattering of the EAS fluorescence
    light - analytical treatment
  15' Valerio Verzi: Reconstruction of FD-Eye events
  Profile Reconstruction (task 6)
  Bruce Dawson
  15' Lorenzo Perrone: CORSIKA/FDSim/Flores chain: update
  10' Heiko Geenan: Primary Mass through Neural Networks
  10' Maria Giller: Angular Distribution of Cerenkov electrons
  15' Luiz Fernando: An attempt to improve the composition analysis
  15' Michela Chiosso: Profile reconstruction in the Offline
  10' Henryk Wilczynski: Contribution of multiply scattered
    Cherenkov and fluorescence photons to the FD signal.
  10' Bruce Dawson: Profile Reconstruction Status and plans
  Change Control Review for the Laser upgrade    Meeting Room
  Paul Mantsch
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 18:00 Future SD Analysis Organisation    Room Canelo (Red)
  Alan Watson
  Hybrid Analysis    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Bruce Dawson
  Hybrid geometry analysis results:
  10` Vitor de Souza (Campinas/Adelaide)
  10' Paul Sommmers or Brian Fick (Utah)
  10' N.N. (Rome/Chicago)
  FD/SD Comparisons:
  10' Jean-Christophe Hamilton (Paris)
  10' Lorenzo Perrone or Heiko Geenan (Wuppertal)
  5' Stefano Argiro' (Torino)
  10' Antoine Letessier-Selvon : SD point of view
  10' Bruce Dawson et al.: discussion, future plans
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
18:00 - 20:00 Technical Board    Meeting Room
  Paul Mantsch

Wednesday, March 17 - 5th anniversary of the ground breaking ceremony
09:00 - 09:30 FD status    
09:30 - 10:00 FDE status    
10:00 - 10:30 SD status    
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 SDE status    
11:30 - 12:00 Comms status    
12:00 - 12:30 DPA status    
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Public relations and Outreach status    
15:00 - 16:30 Angular resolution and Anisotropy    
  Antoine Letessier-Selvon
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 18:00 Hybrid Analysis    
  Paolo Privitera, Alan Watson, Bruce Dawson
18:00 - 20:00 Data analysis plans    
  Alan Watson
21:00 Conference Dinner
  5th anniversary of the Ground Breaking

Thursday, March 18
09:00 - 10:30 Collaboration Board Meeting II     
  Tere Dova, Paul Sommers
  1 Proposals to formalize Auger review process for projects
    involving Auger
  2 Discussion on Shifts organization
  3 Election of the Search Committee Chair to prepare for the November
    elections of the Spokespersons
  4 Election of CB Chair and Co-Chair
  5 A. O. B.
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 Northern Site    
  Tere Dova
  1 Letter of Intent
  2 Progress on the Colorado and Utah site investigations
  3 TA progress in Millard County
  4 A. O. B.
11:30 - 12:30 Physics Session I    
  11:30 - 12:00: Pierre Sokolsky
  Effective Aperture of Space Based Cosmic Ray Detectors
  12:00 - 12:30: Bianca Keilhauer
  Report from AirLight 03 (Bad Liebenzell)
12:30 - 14:10 Lunch
14:10 - 14:50 Physics Session II    
  14:10 - 14:30: Denis Allard
  New results on ultra-high-energy nuclei propagation, implementing more
          realistic cross-sections
  14:30 - 14:50: Genaro Miele
  Flux of detectable tau neutrinos from mountains at Pierre Auger Observatory
14:50 - 17:10 SD Analysis Sessions    
  Alan Watson
17:10 - 17:40 Break
17:40 - 20:00 FD Analysis Sessions    
  Paolo Privitera

Friday, March 19 -- also 1st day of FB review
09:00 - 10:30     Room Canelo (Red)
      Room Maiten (Blue)
  FDAS/CDAS/DPA joint session    Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
  Interfacing On- and Off-line software
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 SD/SDE/Comms failures in the field    Room Canelo (Red)
      (start around 11:15 after Paul Mantsch's presentation to the FB)
  Ingo Allekotte
  Atmospheric Monitoring    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Mike Roberts
  15' Slovenia: DAQ status
  15' Roberto: Telescope + Cover status
  15' Mike: Laser status
  15' L'Aquila: Raman LIDAR status
  15' Miguel/Lawrence: CLF facility status
  20' Bruce: Cloud cameras
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Northern Site Workshop    Room Canelo (Red)
  Katsushi Arisaka
  Atmospheric Monitoring    Room Maiten (Blue)
  Mike Roberts
  20' Brian: HAM
  15' Hans: Molecular atmosphere measurements
  20' Torino/Utah/Slovenia: LIDAR analysis
  20' Mike/Paul/Others: CLF analysis
      Room Calden (Yellow/Black)
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 19:30 *** Sessions ***    

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Auger Collaboration Meeting
March 15-19, 2004
Modified: March 12, 2004

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