28th KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

Mar 2, 2015, 8:00 AM → Mar 4, 2015, 7:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Bld 401, room 410 (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

March 2 to 4, 2015
28th KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

March 4, 2015
KATRIN Satellite Meeting

Map of seminar rooms Map-Campus-Nord.pdf

Program on 3 pages V6 Programm_on3pages_V6.pdf

Mon, March 2

8:00 AM → 8:45 AM Transport from Hotel Eden: Departure 8:00

8:45 AM → 9:30 AM Registration

Registration, Come together, Coffee

9:30 AM → 10:45 AM Parallel A1: SDS subsystems, performance and status

Convener: Thomas Thümmler

9:30 AM Analysis of long-term muon measurements

Speaker: Johanna Linek (KIT)

9:48 AM Radon suppression by cold baffles

Speaker: Florian Mueller (KIT)

10:06 AM MOLFLOW Simulations of radon decays

Speaker: Marcel Krause (KIT)

10:24 AM Energy calibration for monitor and main spectrometer

Speaker: Oliver Wack (KIT)

9:30 AM → 10:45 AM Parallel A2: STS components

Convener: Markus Steidl

9:30 AM The Forward Beam Monitor concept

Speaker: Stephanie Hickford (U Wuppertal)

9:48 AM The detector of the Forward Beam Monitor

Speaker: Enrico Ellinger (U Wuppertal)

10:06 AM Results from LOOPINO operation

Speaker: Timothy James (KIT)

10:24 AM Study of laser-induced contamination in LARA

Speaker: Mathias Wecker (KIT)

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee Break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Parallel B1: SDS II performance and results

Convener: Marcel Kraus

11:15 AM E-gun and flip box commissioning and magnetic pulse

Speaker: Jan Behrens (U Muenster)

11:40 AM The electric dipole

Speaker: Daniel Hilk (KIT)

11:58 AM A shifted analysis plane and double layer electrode test

Speaker: Stefan Dyba (U Muenster)

12:23 PM Optimized MAC-E filter and magn. field monitoring

Speaker: Moritz Erhard (KIT)

12:41 PM UV Laser measurements

Speaker: Johannes Weis (KIT)

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Parallel B2: STS components and STS physics

Convener: Kerstin Schoenung

11:15 AM Overview and Status of TRIHYDE

Speaker: Simon Niemes (KIT)

11:32 AM High accuracy determination of delicate volumes for TRIHYDE

Speaker: Alexander Rein

11:49 AM Calculation of the uncertainty budget for TRIHYDE

Speaker: Sylvia Ebenhoech (KIT)

12:06 PM Setup of an optimized BIXS device for tritium accountancy

Speaker: Marie Oehler (KIT)

12:25 PM The new DPS magnets - Report from commissioning

Speaker: Moritz Hackenjos (KIT)

12:42 PM Gaseous 83mKr source for KATRIN

Speaker: Jana Sentkerestiová (NPI Rez)

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch break

2:30 PM → 4:23 PM Parallel C1: Simulations

Convener: Stefan Groh

2:30 PM Hyperfine interaction measurements on MoS sources

Speaker: Marius Arenz (U Bonn)

2:48 PM Simulations of high intensity e-gun

Speaker: Herbert Ullrich (KIT)

3:06 PM Keynote on KATRIN sim models and FFTM

Speakers: Daniel Hilk (KIT), John Barrett (MIT)

3:24 PM Fast field calculations with FFTM

Speaker: Wolfgang Gosda (KIT)

2:30 PM → 4:00 PM Parallel C2: STS components and STS physics

Convener: Marco Roellig

2:30 PM Positive ions from the WGTS

Speaker: Ference Glueck (KIT)

2:48 PM Ion tests at the DPS

Speaker: Rudolph Sack

3:06 PM Design optimization of STS with investigation of backgrounds

Speaker: Combe Rodolphe (KIT)

3:24 PM WGTS Plasma simulations

Speaker: Laura Kuckert (KIT)

3:42 PM KATRIN STS: What we need, what we have

Speakers: Hendrik Seitz-Moskaliuk (KIT), Martin Babutzka (KIT)

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee break

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Parallel D1: Simulations and Analysis

Convener: Daniel Hilk (KIT)

4:30 PM Background simulations with KASSIOPEIA

Speaker: Niko Trost (KIT)

4:48 PM Modeling of the response func. using large-scale simulations

Speaker: Stefan Groh

5:06 PM Autoionisation processes of molecules

Speaker: Guido Drexlin (KIT)

5:24 PM SDS Monitor and STS extensions

Speaker: Johannes Schwarz (KIT)

5:42 PM Beans applications for KATRIN

Speaker: Sanshiro Enomoto (U Washington)

6:00 PM Data Analysis, Integrity and Backup

Speaker: Marco Kleesiek (KIT)

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Parallel D2: Beyond standard KATRIN

Convener: Martin Babutzka

4:30 PM TRIMS (Diana Parno)

Speaker: Diana Parno (U Washington)

4:48 PM Statistical criteria for indications of heavy neutrinos

Speaker: Alexey Lokhov (INR Troitsk)

5:06 PM Status of keV Sterile Neutrino TOF-mode simulations

Speaker: Nikolas Steinbrink (KIT)

5:24 PM New Detector system to search for sterile neutrinos

Speaker: Marc Korzezcek (KIT)

5:42 PM High rate e-gun to test new detector for sterile neutrino search

Speaker: Anton Huber (KIT)

6:30 PM → 7:00 PM Transport to hotels

Tue, March 3

8:00 AM → 8:30 AM Transport from hotel Eden: Departure 8:00

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Coffee

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Plenary IV: Main components I

Convener: Kathrin Valerius

9:00 AM Status of the Rear Section

Speaker: Ben Monreal (UCSB)

9:20 AM Status of the WGTS

Speaker: Andreas Kosmider (KIT)

9:40 AM Status of the DPS

Speaker: Lutz Bornschein (KIT)

10:00 AM Status of the CPS

Speaker: Markus Steidl (KIT)

10:20 AM The KATRIN Magnet Safety System

Speaker: Woosik Gil (KIT)

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Plenary V: Main components II

Convener: Klaus Helbing

11:15 AM Status on the Loop System

Speaker: Michael Sturm (KIT)

11:35 AM Status of LARA

Speaker: Timothy James

11:52 AM The SDS II Commissioning Program

Speaker: Thomas Thuemmler (KIT)

12:17 PM The SDS II High Voltage system and its outlook

Speaker: Oliver Rest (U Muenster)

12:42 PM The focal plane detector

Speaker: Peter Doe (U Washington)

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch break

2:30 PM → 4:00 PM Plenary III

Interfaces, Analysis and Simulations

Convener: Volker Hannen

2:30 PM The KATRIN Slow Control and Network Status

Speaker: Andreas Kopmann (KIT)

2:50 PM SDS II measurements and analysis status

Speaker: Florian Fraenkle (KIT)

3:15 PM Radioactive Decays as identified background source

Speaker: Fabian Harms (KIT)

3:35 PM Analysis Strategy 16+

Speaker: Kathrin Valerius (KIT)

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee break

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Collaboration Board

Convener: Johannes Bluemer

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Parallel D1: Group Meetings

This time slot shall give the chance to meet in small groups for discussion.

6:30 PM → 7:00 PM Transport to Dinner

7:00 PM → 7:30 PM Dinner at Kesselhaus with individual returns to hotel

Wed, March 4

8:00 AM → 8:30 AM Transport from Hotel Eden: Transport from Hotels

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Coffee Break: Coffe Break

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Plenary IV

Convener: Otokar Dragoun

9:00 AM Report from the Collaboration Board

Speaker: Johannes Bluemer (KIT)

9:20 AM Safety Report

Speaker: Martin Mark (KIT)

9:35 AM Report from the Publ. Committee

Speaker: Alan Poon (LBNL)

9:50 AM Report from the Conf. Committee

Speaker: Guido Drexlin (KIT)

10:05 AM The KATRIN Time Schedule

Speaker: Rainer Gumbsheimer (KIT)

10:20 AM Report from Troitsk

Speaker: Serge Zadarozhny (INR Troitsk)

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee break: Coffe break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Plenary V

Convener: Magnus Schlösser

11:15 AM News from Mobs

Speaker: Johann Letnev (FH Fulda)

11:36 AM Status and problems with el. NEG pump

Speaker: Klaus Schloesser (KIT)

11:57 AM Report from the Monitor-Spectrometer

Speaker: Martin Slezak (NPI Rez)

12:18 PM Final State Physics

Speaker: Laura Bodine (U Washington)

12:39 PM About a ToF option

Speaker: Hamish Robertson (U Washington)

1:00 PM → 2:25 PM Lunch break: End of CM

2:25 PM → 2:30 PM Transport to hotels: Departure 14:30

2:30 PM → 7:00 PM SDS Workshop

Convener: Florian Fränkle (KIT)

7:00 PM → 7:30 PM Transport to hotels