Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum and Anomaly Measurements: U.S. Planning Meeting

Dec 11, 2012, 8:00 AM → Dec 12, 2012, 6:00 PM America/Los_Angeles

LLNL, Livermore CA

Meeting Logistics SBL_Reactor_Agenda.pdf SBL_Reactor_Directions.pdf

Tue, December 11

8:00 AM → 9:10 AM Arrival & Introduction

8:00 AM Badging&Setup

9:00 AM Welcome to LLNL and Introduction

Speaker: Adam Bernstein

9:10 AM → 10:25 AM Physics Overview

9:10 AM Potential Impact of New Measurements on Reactor Spectrum and Flux Predictions

Speakers: Patrick Huber, Patrick Huber (UW)

Slides huber-llnl12.pdf

9:35 AM Potential Impact of New Measurements and Applied Neutrino Physics Goals

Speaker: Nathaniel Bowden

Slides Y12M12D11_Impact_Applied.pdf

10:00 AM International context and experimental requirements for a definitive short-baseline reactor experiment

Speaker: Karsten Heeger

Slides reactorUS_context.pdf

10:25 AM → 10:45 AM coffee

10:45 AM → 12:05 PM Potential Reactor Sites

10:45 AM Advanced Test Reactor: Site and Core Characteristics

Speaker: Sean Morrell

Slides ATR_for_LLNL_12-2012.pdf

11:05 AM High Flux Isotope Reactor: Site and Core Characteristics

Speaker: Chris Bryan

Slides Summary_of_HFIR_-_Short_Baseline_Neutrino.pdf

11:25 AM NIST: Site and Core Characteristics

Speaker: Pieter Mumm

Slides NIST_facility-v2.pdf

11:45 AM SONGS: Site and Core Characteristics

Speaker: Nathaniel Bowden

Slides Y12M12D11_SONGS.pdf

12:05 PM → 1:15 PM lunch

1:15 PM → 2:45 PM Detection Materials

1:15 PM Scintillator Development at BNL

Speaker: Minfang Yeh

Slides Scintillation_Detector_at_BNL_for_SBL_v1.pdf

1:35 PM Scintillator Development at LLNL

Speaker: Andrew Glenn

Slides glenn22ReactorNeutrino.pdf

1:55 PM Scintillator Development at NIST

Speaker: Pieter Mumm

Slides NIST_Scintillator.pdf

2:45 PM → 3:15 PM coffee

3:15 PM → 5:00 PM Detector Concepts

3:15 PM Homogenous Scintillator Detector

Speaker: Tim Classen

Slides Short_Baseline_MC_IM.pdf

3:35 PM Segmented Detector Considerations and Concept

Speaker: Mr Bryce Littlejohn (University of Cincinnati)

Slides Dec2012_Segementation.pdf

Wed, December 12

8:30 AM → 9:30 AM Sensitivity Calculations

8:30 AM Sensitivity Calculations - UC/UW

Speaker: Bryce Littlejohn

Slides Bryce_Sensitivity.pdf

8:50 AM Sensitivity Calculations - LLNL

Speaker: Nathaniel Bowden

Slides Y12M12D12_LLNL_Sensitivity.pdf

9:30 AM → 10:20 AM R&D I

9:30 AM Background Considerations

Speaker: Pieter Mumm

Slides NIST_BG.pdf

9:50 AM R&D Plans - LLNL

Speaker: Nathaniel Bowden

Slides Y12M12D12_LLNL_R&D.pdf

10:05 AM R&D Plans - UNC

Speaker: Reyco Henning (UNC)

Slides Henning_UNCR&D.pdf

10:20 AM → 10:40 AM coffee

10:40 AM → 12:00 PM R&D II

11:05 AM R&D Plans - UW

Speaker: Prof. Karsten Heeger (University of Wisconsin)

Slides reactorUS_UWR&D.pdf

11:20 AM R&D Plans - NIST

Speaker: Pieter Mumm

11:35 AM R&D Plans - UH

Speaker: John Learned

Slides mtc_review_LLNL_12-11-12.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM lunch

1:00 PM → 3:30 PM Discussions

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM coffee

4:00 PM → 5:00 PM Summary