31st KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

Oct 4, 2016, 8:00 AM → Oct 7, 2016, 7:00 PM Europe/Berlin

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October 4 to 7, 2016
31st KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

Maps Map-Campus-Nord.pdf

Schedule Schedule_KATRIN_CM31_Rev7.pdf

Tue, October 4

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Parallel A1: Simulation

Convener: Nikolaus Trost (KIT)

9:00 AM New simulations of the Penning trap between the spectrometers

Speaker: Luke Kippenbrock (U Washington)

9:15 AM Simulation of stored-particle ind. background in the pre-spec

Speaker: Momin Ahmad (KIT)

9:30 AM Simulation of Global Beamline Alignment

Speaker: Marco Deffert (KIT)

9:45 AM Gas flow simulations of the CPS

Speaker: Fabian Friedel (KIT)

10:00 AM Thermal and radioactive impacts on CPS performance

Speaker: Lutz Schimpf (KIT)

10:15 AM Thermal Beam tube models of the CPS

Speaker: Carsten Röttele (KIT)

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Parallel A2: Instrumentation

Convener: Florian Fränke (KIT)

9:00 AM Acceptance tests for the Forward Beam Monitor

Speaker: Enrico Ellinger (U Wuppertal)

9:15 AM Processing of LARA data: Meeting physics and legal needs

Speaker: Sebastian Fischer (KIT)

9:30 AM Ion measurements with ELIOTT2

Speaker: Manuel Klein (KIT)

9:45 AM High Voltage Tests of the Post Acceleration Electrode

Speaker: Agnes Seher (KIT)

10:00 AM Quantum eff. and work function measurements of the Rear Wall

Speaker: Kerstin Schönung (KIT)

10:15 AM New device for Measurement of quantum efficiency and work function of the rear wall

Speaker: Matthias Wecker (KIT)

10:30 AM Status of the tagger

Speaker: Eric Martin (U Washington)

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee Break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Parallel B1: Systematics

Convener: Kerstin Schoenung (KIT)

11:15 AM Hyperfine interaction measurements on MoS source - an update

Speaker: Marius Arenz (U Bonn)

11:30 AM Large angle elastic scattering in the source

Speaker: Alexei Lokhov (INR Troitsk)

11:45 AM Simulations of the 83mKr mode of WGTS

Speaker: Moritz Machatschek (KIT)

12:00 PM Check of Systematics: Determination of the Q-value

Speaker: Rudolph Sack (U Münster)

12:15 PM Evaluation of blinding strategies

Speaker: Florian Heizmann (KIT)

12:30 PM Systematic monitoring, unbiased analysis and blinding

Speaker: Nikita Titov (INR Troitsk)

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Parallel B2: Beyond Standard KATRIN

Convener: Volker Hannen (KIT)

11:15 AM A new model to simulate source scattering

Speaker: Martin Slezak (MPP)

11:30 AM Time-of-flight methods for neutrino mass measurements

Speaker: Alexander Fulst (U Münster)

11:45 AM kev Sterile Neutrino Search with TOF - final simulation results

Speaker: Nicholas Steinbrink (U Münster)

12:00 PM Detector-related effects for a keV- sterile neutrino search

Speaker: Marc Korzeczek (KIT)

12:15 PM Detector R&D for future

Speaker: Tobias Bode (MPP)

12:30 PM First Results with the HLL detector + CEA readout

Speaker: Konrad Altenmüller (TU München)

12:45 PM Technical realization of a Phase-0 keV-scale sterile neutrino search

Speaker: Anton Huber (KIT)

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch

2:30 PM → 4:35 PM Plenary 3: R&D for KATRIN

Convener: Nikita Titov (INR Troitsk)

2:30 PM First test measurement of pressure and temperature dependence of molecular cluster/dimer concentration

Speaker: Robin Grössle (KIT)

2:50 PM Investigation of hydrogen isotopologues and clusters at low temperatures

Speaker: Sebastian Mirz (KIT)

3:10 PM Ion implanted calibration sources for KATRIN

Speaker: Marius Arenz (U Bonn)

3:30 PM Status of TRIMS

Speaker: Diana Parno (U Washington)

3:45 PM Final results of the SDS-II e-gun

Speaker: Philipp Ranitzsch (U Münster)

4:00 PM Progress and Status of CKrS

Speaker: Dyba Stephan (U Münster)

4:15 PM The work for KATRIN at the NPI in Mar-Oct 2016

Speaker: Drahos Venos (NPI Rez)

4:15 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30 PM → 6:00 PM Visit KATRIN halls

Conveners: Michael Sturm, Thomas Thümmler (KIT)

Wed, October 5

8:55 AM → 10:45 AM Plenary 1: Main Components I

Convener: Kathrin Valerius (KIT)

9:00 AM Welcome

Speakers: Christian Weinheimer (U Münster), Guido Drexlin (KIT)

9:05 AM Status of the Rear Section

Speaker: Klaus Schlösser (KIT)

9:20 AM The Rear Wall irradiation system

Speaker: Kerstin Schönung (KIT)

9:30 AM Status WGTS

Speaker: Alexander Jansen (KIT)

9:50 AM Status DPS

Speaker: Lutz Bornschein (KIT)

10:10 AM Status CPS

Speaker: Markus Steidl (KIT)

10:30 AM Status FBM

Speaker: Stephanie Hickford (U Wuppertal)

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee Break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Plenary 2: Main Components II

Convener: Philipp Ranitzsch

11:15 AM Status Loops

Speaker: Michael Sturm (KIT)

11:35 AM Status Slow Control

Speaker: Andreas Kopmann (KIT)

11:55 AM Status of SDS

12:20 PM Status of the HV System

Speaker: Oliver Rest (KIT)

12:40 PM Status of KASSIOPEIA

Speaker: Nikolaus Trost (KIT)

1:00 PM → 2:15 PM Lunch

2:15 PM → 3:30 PM Plenary 3: Components & Physics

Convener: Magnus Schlösser

2:15 PM News from the MoBs

Speaker: Johann Letnev (HS Fulda)

2:25 PM Commissioning of KATRIN with inactive gas

Speaker: Kathrin Valerius (KIT)

2:55 PM Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters at RENO

Speaker: Won-Qook Choi (U Seoul)

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Bachelor Session

Convener: Moritz Erhard

4:00 PM Prototype of a tritium source with NEG

Speaker: Marcel Walter (KIT)

4:15 PM The influence of an electrical dipol field in the mainspec

Speaker: Sebastian Stern (KIT)

4:30 PM Measurement and simulations for a magnetic sensor system

Speaker: Raphael Ostertag (KIT)

4:45 PM Efficiency of the Cluster algorithm for the radon identification

Speaker: Simon Jörger (KIT)

5:00 PM Magnetic traps and sterile neutrinos

Speaker: Felix Knapp (KIT)

5:15 PM Rear-Wall-related systematic effects for a keV-scale sterile neutrino search

Speaker: Ellen Förster (KIT)

4:00 PM → 6:30 PM Collaboration Board

Convener: Marc Weber (KIT)

7:00 PM → 9:00 PM Conference Dinner

Thu, October 6

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Plenary 4: Data from KATRIN

Convener: Stephanie Hickford (U Wuppertal)

9:00 AM Status of the data analysis

Speaker: Marco Kleesiek (KIT)

9:20 AM SDS measurements and analysis: status and outlook

Speaker: Florian Fränkle (KIT)

9:40 AM KATRIN Measurement Simulation

Speaker: Ferenc Glück (KIT)

10:00 AM First Light

Speaker: Guido Drexlin (KIT)

10:20 AM Collaboration Photo at KATRIN hall

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee Break

11:15 AM → 1:00 PM Plenary 5: Physics cases & Organization

Convener: Diana Parno (U Washington)

11:15 AM Overview of keV-scale sterile neutrino search with KATRIN

Speaker: Susanne Mertens (MPP+TUM)

11:35 AM Exotic CC with sterile keV neutrinos

Speaker: Patrick Ludl (U Southampton)

12:15 PM Safety at KATRIN

Speaker: Martin Mark (KIT)

12:30 PM Report from the Board Meeting

12:40 PM Report from Publication Committee

Speaker: Alan Poon (LBL)

12:50 PM Report from Conference Committee

Speaker: Guido Drexlin (KIT)

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch & end of Main Meeting

2:30 PM → 6:30 PM Workshop Slot 1

Fri, October 7

9:00 AM → 4:30 PM Analysis Workshop

9:00 AM → 4:30 PM Workshop Slot 2