DRAFT August 17, 2000

Saturday April 26 PMT Calibration School, K. Arisaka, Instructor
10:00	12:30	Basics of PMT calibration ROOM MAITEN (BLUE) · Principle of PMT and its calibration (1hour) · Absolute Calibration of PMT by NIST standard (30min) · Imperfect behavior of PMT (1hour)
12:30	13:30	Visit to PMT test/potting facility at SDE-Fabrica (Shuttle bus leaves the Conference center at 12:30)
15:00	17:30	SD and FD PMT Calibration ROOM CANELO (RED) · Principle of detector system calibration (20min) · SD PMT Specs (20min) · SD PMT test facility and test results(30min, Barnhill) · FD PMT Specs and calibration (20min) · FD Photon yield studies and systematic errors (30min)

Sunday April 27

SD Calibration & SD/FD Cross Calibration Workshop

10:00

13:00

SD Calibration Workshop (A. Tripathi organizer)

ROOM MAITEN (BLUE)

· Local Station Calibration and Monitoring Update (Xavier)

· Studies of Pedestal Induced Systematics and Electronics Noise: (Gonzalo)

· Report from Puebla (Humberto)

· LED Flasher Measurements in Orsay Tank, and Result of biological analysis of EA Tanks (Carla)

· Water Level Monitoring Studies (Clementina)

· Results of the muon data Analysis (Arun, 30 min)

· The Offline Calibration Database (T. Paul)

· Strategy to Minimize SD Systematics (K. Arisaka)

· Discussion (All)

14:30

18:00

FD/SD Energy Cross Calibration (K. Arisaka, organizer)

ROOM MAITEN (BLUE)

· Absolute energy by Ground Array: AGASA/Auger-SD (30min)

· Absolute energy by FD: HiRes/Auger-FD (30min)

· Auger FD calibration (40min, J.Brack/M.Roberts)

· How to minimize systematic error in FD (30min)

· Strategy for SD/FD energy cross calibration (30min)

· Discussion (All, 30min)