CTA-SCT 2012 meeting at SLAC

24 Feb 2012, 08:30 → 25 Feb 2012, 16:00 US/Pacific

Kavli Auditorium (Kavli Building (SLAC Building 51))

Slides jb_sc_camera_slac12.pdf

Friday, 24 February

08:30 → 09:20 General Talks

Conveners: David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz), Prof. Frank Krennrich (Iowa State University)

08:30 Welcome and Meeting Objectives

Speaker: Stefan Funk (SLAC National Accelerator Center and Stanford University)

Slides Funk_2012_SLAC_CTA_SCMeeting.pdf

08:40 SCT Proposal Status

Speaker: David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Slides SCTproposalstatus.pdf

08:55 SCT Work Package; PDTR Preparation

Speaker: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

Slides vvv_Documentation.pptx

09:10 Project Management Issues

Speaker: Robert Cameron (SLAC/KIPAC, Stanford University)

Slides Cameron-SCTmtg-2012feb24-v2.ppt

09:20 → 10:30 Simulations and Data Management

Convener: Brian Humensky (Columbia University / Nevis Laboratories)

09:20 SCT Prototype Data Management

Speaker: Brian Humensky (Columbia University / Nevis Laboratories)

Slides DataManagement.pdf

09:35 Hybrid-1 Analysis & Performance

Speaker: Dr guillaume decerprit (DESY-Zeuthen / Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides DECERPRIT_talk_SLACMeeting_CTA-US_Feb2012.pdf

09:50 SCT Prototype + VERITAS Performance

Speaker: Dr guillaume decerprit (DESY-Zeuthen / Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides DECERPRIT_talk_SLACMeeting_2nd_VERITASV5_CTA-US_Feb2012.pdf

10:00 SCT Prototype Stand-Alone Performance

Speaker: Jon Dumm (UMN)

Slides http://homepages.spa.umn.edu/~dumm/talks/Dumm_20120224_MRI.pdf

10:10 Likelihood-Based Studies of Reconstruction

Speaker: Mr Matthew Wood (SLAC)

Slides cta_recon_studies_cta_us.pdf cta_recon_studies_cta_us.pptx

10:30 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 12:15 Simulations and Data Management

10:50 Image Cleaning and Moment Analysis

Slides Jogler-CTA_US_feb2012_image_cleaning.pptx

11:00 Update on CARE and grOptics

Slides OTTE-CARE_grOptics.pdf

11:10 NSF SAVI Proposal

Speaker: Prof. Lucy Fortson (University of Minnesota)

Slides Fortson-DATApresentation.pdf

11:25 PTDR Input & Discussion

Speaker: Brian Humensky (Columbia University / Nevis Laboratories)

Slides SimsJust_PTDR_v1.pdf

11:45 DISCUSSION: Open Tasks and Plans

Speaker: Brian Humensky (Columbia University / Nevis Laboratories)

Slides SimulationTasks.pptx

12:15 → 13:45 Lunch

Lunch can be bought at SLAC Cafe.
Menu available at http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/cafe/

13:45 → 15:25 Mechanical System

13:45 Overview of SC Design and Issues

Speaker: Dr Victor Guarino (Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides SLAC-2-23-12.ppt

14:05 Krakow Design Concept

Speaker: Dr Jacek Niemiec (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Slides Niemiec_SCT-Stanford2012.pdf

14:25 Adapting the DESY MST Motion System to the SCT

Speaker: Dr Victor Guarino (Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides SLAC-2-23-12DESYMotion.ppt

14:40 DC-MST Electrical and Safety Systems for SCT

Speaker: Dr Stefan Schlenstedt (DESY)

14:55 DC-MST Status and Plans

Speaker: Dr Stefan Schlenstedt (DESY)

Slides 1202-MST-US-CTA.pdf

15:10 The Camera Mechanical Structure

Speaker: Scott Wakely (University of Chicago)

Slides Meeting_Feb2012_SLAC_vF.pptx

15:25 → 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 → 16:30 Mechanical System

15:45 Mechanical Specifcations for SC Design

Speaker: Dr Victor Guarino (Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides SLAC-2-23-12Specification.ppt

16:00 DISCUSSION: Work Planning for the Coming Year

Speaker: Dr Victor Guarino (Argonne National Laboratory)

16:30 → 18:00 North American Sites

Convener: Prof. Rene Ong (UCLA)

16:30 Review of US Sites

Speaker: Prof. Rene Ong (UCLA)

17:00 Site local infrastructure, political situation, and the Lowell Observatory

Slides Hall-2012_Feb_24_SLAC.pptx

17:15 San Pedro Martir

Slides Tovmassian-spm_slac.pdf

17:30 DISCUSSION: US Sites and Site Visit

US sites vis-a-vis our stated R&D plan US sites vis-a-vis funding agencies Final preparations for upcoming site visit

Speaker: Prof. Rene Ong (UCLA)

Slides US-Sites-ONG-Feb2012.pdf

Saturday, 25 February

08:30 → 10:15 Optical System

Convener: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

08:30 SCT-OPT in MRI - Overview

Speaker: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

08:45 Secondary Mirror

Slides vc_slac_feb12.pdf

09:00 SCT optical system segmentation schemes

Speaker: Dr Julien Rousselle (UCLA)

Slides SCT-segmentation_Rousselle.pdf

09:15 VERITAS Mirrors: coating degradation study

Speaker: Dr Julien Rousselle (UCLA)

Slides Mirror-aging_Rousselle.pdf

09:25 Stray Light Control

Speaker: Dr Manel Errando (Barnard College / Columbia University)

Slides Errando-CTA-straylight-SLAC.pdf

09:40 Structural analysis of panels

Speaker: Dr Victor Guarino (Argonne National Laboratory)

09:55 The ASTRI prototype: a status report on optics and mechanics

Slides Canestrari_SCT_meeting.pptx

10:15 → 10:35 Coffee Break

10:35 → 11:05 Optical System

Convener: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

10:35 DISCUSSION: SCT-OPT Specifications

Speaker: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

10:55 DISCUSSION: PTDR (Optical System) & Work Planning

Speaker: Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California Los Angeles)

Slides vvv_OS_Discussion_Notes.pptx

11:05 → 12:30 Camera

Convener: Prof. James Buckley (Washington University)

11:05 Camera Overview

Speaker: Prof. James Buckley (Washington University)

Slides jb_sc_camera_slac12.pdf

11:20 MAPMT Development

Speaker: Mr Aurelien Bouvier (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Slides MAPMT_v3.pdf

11:30 SiPM Camera

Slides OTTE-SiPM_Camera.pdf

11:45 Status of the ASTRI Camera

Slides ASTRI_SST_camera_status.ppt

12:00 Front-end TARGET Modules

Speaker: Dr Justin Vandenbroucke (Stanford / SLAC)

Slides vandenbroucke_120225_target_v2.ppt

12:15 Backplane

Speaker: Prof. James Buckley (Washington University)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 14:30 Camera

Convener: Prof. James Buckley (Washington University)

13:30 Results from using FPGA techology in VERITAS

Speaker: Prof. Amanda Weinstein (Iowa State University)

Slides FPGA_VERITAS_CTA_v3.pdf

13:45 Implementing Local Array Trigger into CTA

Speaker: Prof. Frank Krennrich (Iowa State University)

Slides Array-Trigger-2012-Krennrich-2012-SLAC-final.pptx

14:00 DISCUSSION: Next Steps

Speaker: Prof. James Buckley (Washington University)

14:30 → 16:00 CTA-US Committee Votes and Bylaws

Conveners: David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz), Prof. Frank Krennrich (Iowa State University)

14:30 CTA-US Bylaws and EC Votes

Speaker: David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz)