Name: 33rd KATRIN Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2017-10-09T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-10-13T13:00:00+02:00
Location: B 401

33rd KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, October 9, 2017 (8:00 AM) to Friday, October 13, 2017 (1:00 PM)

Monday, October 9, 2017
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: R 410
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome - Christian Weinheimer (U Münster) Guido Drexlin (KIT)

9:05 AM Organizational issues - Markus Steidl (KIT)

9:10 AM Status of Rear Section - Klaus Schlösser (KIT)

9:25 AM Update on rear section e-gun development - Philipp Ranitzsch (U Münster)

9:40 AM Status of the WGTS - Jansen Alexander (KIT)

10:00 AM Status of the DPS & CPS - Markus Steidl (KIT)

10:25 AM Status of the Loops - Michael Sturm (KIT)
10:45 AM

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: R 410
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

11:15 AM Current status of LARA activities - Magnus Schlösser (KIT)

11:30 AM Status of SDS - Thomas Thümmler (KIT)

11:55 AM Status of DAQ systems - Andreas Kopmann (KIT) John Wilkerson (UNC)

12:15 PM Safety at KATRIN - Martin Mark (KIT)

12:30 PM Schedule of KATRIN 2018 - Guido Drexlin (KIT)
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Krypton data
Krypton data
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

2:30 PM Run Time Coordination: Review of Krypton campaign - Alexander Jansen (KIT)

2:50 PM July 2017 measurement with 83mKr generator - Drahos Venos (NPI Rez)

3:10 PM Comissioning and characterization of the condensed Krypton source - Stephan Dyba (U Münster)

3:30 PM FBM data from krypton measurements - Stephanie Hickford (U Wuppertal)

3:50 PM Kr conversion electron sources and HV: calibration, post regulation and fast scanning - Oliver Rest (U Münster)
4:10 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: R 410
4:40 PM More Krypton data
More Krypton data
4:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

4:40 PM Gaseous Krypton Source analysis summary - Martin Slezak (TUM/MPP)

5:00 PM Analysis and first simulations of the CKrS - Alexander Fulst (U Münster)

5:20 PM Krypton dipole structure - Wonqook Choi (KIT)

5:40 PM Field calculations and comparisons - Jan Behrens (KIT)
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: R 410
Contributions

9:00 AM Analysis task overview - Diana Parno (CMU)

9:15 AM Analysis working groups progress - (5x) WG leaders (diff. inst.)

9:50 AM Project LightHammer

10:05 AM Update on investigations of the Inter-Spectrometer Penning trap - Mariia Fedkevych (U Münster)

10:25 AM Penning trap background studies and ion simulations - Luke Kippenbrock (UW)
10:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: R 410
11:15 AM KATRIN and a Guest contribution
KATRIN and a Guest contribution
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

11:15 AM Ions - detection and removal: a status review - Manuel Klein (KIT)

11:45 AM Sterile neutrinos overview - Susanne Mertens (TUM)

12:10 PM Guest contribution: Project 8 and atomic sources - Alec Lindman (U Mainz)
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: R 410
2:05 PM Data processing, simulation & analysis
Data processing, simulation & analysis
2:05 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 206
Contributions

2:15 PM Approaching WGTS MC simulations with GPUs - Norman Haussmann (U Wuppertal)

2:30 PM Integration of upcoming FSD results into SSC - Valérian Sibille (MIT)

2:45 PM Data blinding in the KATRIN analysis - Florian Heizmann (KIT) joachim Wolf (KIT)

3:00 PM Pattern recognition of secondary electron emission with TensorFlow - Simon Jörger (KIT)

3:15 PM Finalizing the IT infrastructure of the LARA System - Andreas Off (KIT)
2:15 PM Measurements
Measurements
2:15 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

2:15 PM FBM magnetic field measurements - Simon Schubotz (U Wuppertal)

2:30 PM Detector-related analysis of krypton measurements - Sanshiro Enomoto (UW)

2:45 PM Enhancements of the transmission function in Kr-mode - Lutz Schimpf (KIT)

3:00 PM Magnetic field and pressure stability during krypton measurements - Ana Paula Vizcaya (CMU)

3:15 PM Investigation of structure near 41 keV in Kr data - Larisa Thorne (CMU)
3:45 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: R 410

4:00 PM

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: R 410

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: R 410

7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: R 410
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
8:45 AM Backgrounds & Systematics
Backgrounds & Systematics
8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: R 410
Contributions

8:45 AM Background measurements for sterile neutrinos - Anton Huber (KIT)

9:00 AM Simulation of ions in the KATRIN spectrometers - Baek Woo-Jeong (KIT)

9:15 AM Azimuthal investigation of spectrometer background - Fabian Block (KIT)

9:30 AM Preliminary results from Rydberg dipole measurement - Anna Pollithy (TUM)

9:45 AM WGTS Plasma Simulations: Negative Ions - Jonas Kellerer (KIT)

10:00 AM Ray Optics simulation of alternative rear wall illumination - Benedikt Bieringer (U Münster)

10:15 AM Gas retention measurements at CPS - Carsten Röttele (KIT)

10:30 AM Status of RW characterization - Fabian Friedel (KIT)
Precision and a look into the future
Precision and a look into the future
8:45 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: R 206
Contributions

8:45 AM K65 precision divider repair - Oliver Rest (U Münster)

9:00 AM HV Monitoring: Calibration and Data Quality - Caroline Rodenbeck (KIT)

9:15 AM FBM alignment - Enrico Ellinger (U Wuppertal)

9:30 AM Magnetic field determination by RS-egun electrons - Ferenc Glück (KIT)

9:45 AM Experimental determination of the Q-value of tritium beta-decay - Rudolph Sack (U Münster)

10:00 AM LARA calibration and uncertainty budget - Genrich Zeller (KIT)

10:15 AM TRISTAN detector developments - Marc Korzeczek (KIT) Tobias Bode (MPP)

10:30 AM Radon decontamination strategies - Janine Hempfling (KIT)
10:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: R 410
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

11:15 AM KATRIN global alignment - Marco Deffert (KIT)

11:35 AM Status of TRIMS - Diana Parno (CMU) Hamish Robertson (UW)

11:55 AM TRISTAN detector prototype characterization with a tritium source at the Troitsk nu-mass experiment - Anton Huber (KIT) Konrad Altenmüller (TUM) Tim Brunst (MPP)

12:25 PM Report from the Board Meeting - Marc Weber (KIT)

12:35 PM Report from Conference Committee - Guido Drexlin (KIT)

12:45 PM Report from the Publication Committee - Alan Poon (LBL)

12:55 PM Conference Photo in front of building
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Part 1
Part 1
2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: R 410
Contributions

2:00 PM Status Update: ToDo list from Pittsburgh

2:30 PM Overview: Data structure for KATRIN analysis (Jan)

2:45 PM Howto: First steps towards data analysis

3:00 PM Howto: Documentation and archiving (Luke)

3:45 PM Results of Krypton WBS (WGs 1&4) (Florian, Philipp, Stephanie et al.)

4:15 PM Systematics table: updates, tasks (WG 2) (Hendrik, Jan)

4:55 PM STS IIIa measurement plan (Kathrin)

5:15 PM Blinding schemes (Florian, Joachim)

5:45 PM FPD rate estimation (Fabian, Sanshiro)
Thursday, October 12, 2017
9:00 AM Part 2
Part 2
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: R 114
Contributions

9:00 AM Dipole discussion (Wonqook et al.)

9:30 AM Krypton analysis (Thierry)

10:00 AM Krypton analysis: goals & roadmap towards paper

11:00 AM Codeathon

11:00 AM Discussion: Systematics in final fit
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: R 114
Contributions

2:05 PM KaFit/SSC tutorial (Moritz & Wonqook)

3:50 PM MC Generator discussion
Discussion and how to use FSD code
Discussion and how to use FSD code
2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: R 224
Contributions

2:00 PM FSD Discussion - part 1

3:45 PM FSD Discussion - part 2
Friday, October 13, 2017

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: SR 224

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