34th KATRIN Collaboration Meeting
Feb 19, 2018, 8:00 AM
→
Feb 24, 2018, 12:40 PM
Europe/Berlin
Description
February 19 to 23, 2018
34th KATRIN Collaboration Meeting
Participants
Alan Poon
Alexander Fulst
Alexander Jansen
Alexander Kraus
Alexander Marsteller
Alexander Osipowicz
Alexey Lokhov
Ana Paula Vizcaya Hernández
Anatoly Berlev
Andreas Kopmann
Anna Pollithy
Anton Huber
Armen Beglarian
Beate Bornschein
Benedikt Bieringer
Bennet Krasch
Caroline Rodenbeck
Carsten Röttele
Choi Wonqook
Christian Karl
Christian Weinheimer
Christophe Schwachtgen
Cornelius Schätz
Daniel Hilk
Diana Parno
Dominic Hinz
Dominik Fuchs
Drahos Venos
Ellen Förstner
Emma Malcherek
Fabian Block
Fabian Friedel
Federico Roccati
Felix Knapp
Ferenc Glück
Florian Fraenkle
Florian Heizmann
Florian Priester
Frank Edzards
Genrich Zeller
Gregg Franklin
Guido Drexlin
Hamish Robertson
Helmut Telle
Hendrik Seitz-Moskaliuk
Jan Behrens
Jasmin Bouazza
Joachim Wolf
Johannes Heizmann
John Wilkerson
Jonas Kellerer
Julius Hartmann
Katharina Fischer
Kathrin Valerius
Klaus Helbing
Klaus Müller
Klaus Schloesser
Konrad Altenmüller
Larisa Thorne
Leonard Köllenberger
Leonardo Schoch
Lisa Schlüter
Lukas Voß
Lutz Bornschein
Lutz Schimpf
Madlen Steven
Magnus Schlösser
Manuel Klein
Marc Korzeczek
Marco Deffert
Mariia Fedkevych
Mark Howe
Markus Steidl
Martin Ha Minh
Martin Mark
Martin Slezák
Martin Suchopar
Michael Schrank
Michael Sturm
Moritz Machatschek
Nicholas Steinbrink
Nikita Titov
Norbert Kernert
Norman Haußmann
Oliver Rest
Pablo Israel Morales Guzman
Peter Doe
Peter Plischke
Philipp Ranitzsch
Rainer Gumbsheimer
Robin Größle
Rudolf Sack
Sanshiro Enomoto
Sascha Wüstling
Sebastian Mirz
Sergey Zadorozhnyy
Stephan Dyba
Stephanie Hickford
Susanne Mertens
Sven Triebskorn
Thierry Lasserre
Thomas Thümmler
Till Bergmann
Tim Brunst
Uwe Besserer
Valérian Sibille
Vladislav Pantuev
Volker Hannen
Woo-Jeong Baek
Woosik Gil
Monday, February 19
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:00 AM
→
10:45 AM
Plenary 1: Beamline
Convener
:
Alexander Jansen
(
KIT
)
9:00 AM
Welcome
5m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Christian Weinheimer
(
University of Muenster
)
,
Guido Drexlin
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
9:05 AM
Organizational issues
5m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Joachim Wolf
(
KIT - ETP
)
,
Markus Steidl
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
9:10 AM
KATRIN safety Issues
15m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Martin Mark
(
KIT
)
9:25 AM
STS status
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Markus Steidl
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
9:45 AM
The KATRIN magnets: Operational results and Status
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Woosik Gil
(
KIT
)
10:05 AM
Results from the performance tests of the CPS
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Carsten Röttele
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
10:25 AM
Status of the Tritium Loop System
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Florian Priester
(
KIT
)
Slides
10:45 AM
→
11:15 AM
Coffee Break
11:15 AM
→
1:00 PM
Plenary 2: Beamline
Convener
:
Stephanie Hickford
(
U Wuppertal
)
11:15 AM
Status of LARA
10m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
11:25 AM
Rear Section - Recent Changes
15m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Klaus Schlösser
(
KIT
)
11:40 AM
Status of the Rear-Section e-gun
10m
Speaker
:
Philipp Ranitzsch
(
IKP, Muenster University
)
11:50 AM
Update on rear wall illumination
10m
Speaker
:
Alexander Fulst
(
Uni Münster
)
12:00 PM
SDS Status
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Thomas Thümmler
(
KIT
)
12:20 PM
DAQ system - performance of the new firmware
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Andreas Kopmann
(
KIT
)
,
John Wilkerson
(
UNC
)
,
Mark Howe
(
UNC
)
12:40 PM
Schedule of 2018
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Guido Drexlin
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
,
Markus Steidl
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
1:00 PM
→
2:30 PM
Lunch break
Canteen
Canteen
KIT, CN
2:30 PM
→
4:00 PM
Plenary 3: Measurements
Convener
:
Philipp Ranitzsch
(
IKP, Muenster University
)
2:30 PM
Overview on recent SDS3 measurements
25m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
2:55 PM
Detailed data analysis of Krypton spectra
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Martin Slezák
(
MPP Munich
)
3:15 PM
First Tritium: Goals, Plans, Realization
25m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
3:40 PM
Update from TRISTAN
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP/TUM
)
4:00 PM
→
4:30 PM
Coffee Break
4:30 PM
→
6:00 PM
Plenary 4: Measurement & Simulation
Convener
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
KIT
)
4:30 PM
Characterizing the remaining background in KATRIN
25m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Anna Pollithy
(
MPP/TUM
)
4:55 PM
Modeling and optimizing the transmission function
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Ferenc Glück
(
KIT
)
,
Jan Behrens
(
KIT-ETP
)
5:15 PM
Updates on Alignment and Kassiopeias Global Geometry
25m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Marco Deffert
(
KIT
)
5:40 PM
MS magnetic field modeling
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Ferenc Glück
(
KIT
)
Tuesday, February 20
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:00 AM
→
10:30 AM
Plenary 5: Analysis
Convener
:
Diana Parno
(
University of Washington
)
9:00 AM
Update from Analysis Task
30m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Diana Parno
(
University of Washington
)
,
Kathrin Valerius
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
,
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP/TUM
)
9:30 AM
Status updates from analysis WGs 1-5
40m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
WG conveners
10:10 AM
Data Blinding
20m
Speakers
:
Joachim Wolf
(
KIT - ETP
)
,
Valerian Sibille
(
MIT
)
10:30 AM
→
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
→
12:30 PM
Plenary 6: KATRIN and a Guest contribution
Convener
:
Volker Hannen
(
University of Münster
)
11:00 AM
HV measurements with collinear laser spectroscopy
50m
Speaker
:
Wilfried Nörtershäuser
(
Uni Darmstadt
)
11:50 AM
New KATRIN Movie
25m
Speaker
:
Joachim Wolf
(
KIT - ETP
)
12:15 PM
Collaboration photo
15m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
All
12:30 PM
→
1:45 PM
Lunch break
1:45 PM
→
3:30 PM
Parallel A1: Preparation for Tritium
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Convener
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
1:45 PM
Tritium re-emission from the spectrometer walls
15m
Speaker
:
Manuel Klein
(
KIT
)
2:00 PM
Data challenge and Tritium analysis with SAMAK
15m
Speaker
:
Pablo Morales
(
MPP/TUM
)
2:15 PM
A minimal SSC-model for the first light of KATRIN
15m
Speaker
:
Dominik Fuchs
(
MPP/TUM
)
2:30 PM
Data generation and fitting strategies
30m
Speakers
:
Christian Karl
(
MPP/TUM
)
,
Mr
Frank Edzards
(
MPP/TUM
)
3:00 PM
Prospects of Time-Focusing Time-of-Flight (TFTOF)
15m
Speaker
:
Nicholas Steinbrink
(
Uni Münster
)
3:15 PM
Pre-spectrometer background investigations
15m
Speaker
:
Johannes Heizmann
(
KIT
)
1:45 PM
→
3:30 PM
Parallel A2: Krypton analysis
R 206 (B 425)
R 206
B 425
Convener
:
Martin Slezák
(
MPP Munich
)
1:45 PM
Calibration of high voltage at the ppm level by the difference of Kr-83m conversion electron lines
15m
Speaker
:
Oliver Rest
(
Uni Münster
)
2:00 PM
Krypton data analysis with SAMAK
15m
Speaker
:
Lisa Schlüter
(
MPP/TUM
)
2:15 PM
Krypton data analysis with a Bayesian approach
15m
Speaker
:
Martin Ha Minh
(
MPP/TUM
)
2:30 PM
Alignment estimation via Krypton Line Position Deviation
15m
Speaker
:
Wonqook Choi
(
KIT
)
2:45 PM
Updates on the 41keV line analysis
15m
Speaker
:
Larisa Thorne
(
Carnegie Mellon University
)
3:00 PM
Update on CKrS ellipsometry analysis
15m
Speaker
:
Mariia Fedkevych
(
PhD student at WWU Muenster
)
3:15 PM
Results of event by event simulation of the WGTS on GPUs
15m
Speaker
:
Norman Haussmann
(
Uni Wuppertal
)
3:30 PM
→
4:00 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM
→
6:00 PM
Parallel B1: Paper Working Groups
Convener
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
4:00 PM
→
6:00 PM
Parallel B2: Collaboration Board
R 224 (B 402)
R 224
B 402
Convener
:
Marc Weber
(
KIT
)
7:00 PM
→
10:00 PM
Conference Dinner
CARLS Wirtshaus (Karlsruhe, Alter Schlachthof 51)
CARLS Wirtshaus
Karlsruhe, Alter Schlachthof 51
Wednesday, February 21
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:00 AM
→
11:00 AM
Parallel C1: Backgrounds & sterile neutrinos
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Convener
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
9:00 AM
keV-scale sterile neutrino search at Troitsk with the TRISTAN detector: phase-1 and phase-2
25m
Speakers
:
Konrad Altenmüller
(
MPP/TUM
)
,
Tim Brunst
(
Max Planck Institute for Physics
)
9:25 AM
A model for a keV-scale sterile neutrino search with KATRIN: SSC-sterile
20m
Speakers
:
Alexey Lokhov
(
Troitsk
)
,
Federico Roccatti
(
MPP/TUM
)
,
Madlen Steven
(
MPP/TUM
)
9:45 AM
KIT TRISTAN lab: characterising the IPE4 DAQ system
15m
Speaker
:
Till Bergmann
(
MPP/TUM
)
Slides
10:00 AM
Rydberg background modelling
15m
Speaker
:
Dominic Hinz
(
KIT
)
10:15 AM
Background Dependence on Retarding Potential near the Endpoint of Tritium
15m
Speaker
:
Fabian Block
(
KIT
)
10:30 AM
Ion scattering simulations in the KATRIN spectrometers
15m
Speaker
:
Woo-Jeong Baek
(
KIT
)
10:45 AM
Performance of the new detector veto and SDS3-Xmas muon analysis
15m
Speaker
:
Sanshiro Enomoto
(
University of Washington
)
9:00 AM
→
11:00 AM
Parallel C2: Hardware
R 206 (B 425)
R 206
B 425
Convener
:
Klaus Schlösser
(
KIT
)
9:00 AM
Optical system for the RS e-gun
15m
Speaker
:
Lutz Schimpf
(
KIT
)
9:15 AM
Setup and comissioning of the rear section e-gun
15m
Speaker
:
Rudolf Sack
(
Westfaehlische Wilhelms Universitaet
)
9:30 AM
WGTS: Cooling in the 5 m long capillary pipe
15m
Speaker
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
9:45 AM
Motion control for a detector system in safety critical applications in physics experiments
15m
Speaker
:
Armen Beglarian
(
IPE, KIT
)
10:00 AM
Repair and calibration of the K65 HV divider
15m
Speaker
:
Oliver Rest
(
Uni Münster
)
10:15 AM
Screening of UV-PIN-Diodes to be used as Electron Detectors
15m
Speaker
:
Sven Triebskorn
(
KIT
)
10:30 AM
Work function measurement of Rear Wall gold pads
15m
Speaker
:
Fabian Friedel
(
KIT
)
11:00 AM
→
11:30 AM
Coffee Break
11:30 AM
→
12:30 PM
Plenary 7: KATRIN and end of meeting
Convener
:
Thomas Thümmler
(
KIT
)
11:30 AM
Report from the Publication Committee
10m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Alan Poon
(
Berkeley Lab
)
11:40 AM
Status and results from TRIMS
20m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speakers
:
Diana Parno
(
University of Washington
)
,
Hamish Robertson
(
University of Washington
)
12:00 PM
Report form the board meeting
10m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Marc Weber
(
KIT
)
12:10 PM
Report from the Executive Board
10m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
John Wilkerson
(
UNC
)
12:20 PM
Report from the Conference Committee
10m
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Speaker
:
Guido Drexlin
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
12:30 PM
→
2:00 PM
Lunch break
KIT CN Canteen
KIT CN Canteen
2:00 PM
→
4:00 PM
Analysis Workshop: SDS3/Background meas.
R 410 (B 401)
R 410
B 401
Convener
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
2:00 PM
SDS3 measurements: overview
20m
Speaker
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
2:20 PM
Rate, Pixel Distribution and Energy Spectrum in the SDS3 Christmas Long-term Measurement
20m
Speaker
:
Fabian Block
(
KIT
)
2:40 PM
Non poissonian behaviour of the background rate during recent SDS3 measurements
20m
Speaker
:
Woo-Jeong Baek
(
KIT
)
3:00 PM
Background studies: discussion
1h
Speaker
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
4:00 PM
→
4:30 PM
Coffee break
30m
4:30 PM
→
8:00 PM
Analysis Workshop: Hands-on tutorial - Git(Lab), Slack, TeamSpeak, KATRIN Wiki
Conveners
:
Alexander Fulst
(
WWU Münster
)
,
Jan Behrens
(
KIT-ETP
)
,
Valérian Sibille
(
MIT
)
4:30 PM
Introduction
20m
Speaker
:
Dr
Jan Behrens
(
KIT-ETP
)
Slides
4:50 PM
Git & GitLab tutorial
20m
Speaker
:
Alexander Fulst
(
WWU Münster
)
Slides
5:10 PM
Preparations for Git workshop
20m
5:30 PM
Coffee break
20m
5:50 PM
Good coding practices
30m
Speaker
:
Dr
Valérian Sibille
(
MIT
)
Slides
6:20 PM
Git workshop + dinner
1h 40m
Thursday, February 22
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:00 AM
→
12:10 PM
Analysis Workshop: First Tritium Task Group
410 (B 401)
410
B 401
Convener
:
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
9:00 AM
Introduction
7m
Speaker
:
Dr
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
9:07 AM
Loop hardware operation for first tritium
20m
Speaker
:
Dr
Florian Priester
(
KIT
)
9:27 AM
Spectrometer hardware operation for first tritium
20m
Speaker
:
Florian Fraenkle
(
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
)
9:47 AM
Lessons learned from krypton run and implications for first tritium
20m
Speaker
:
Alexander Jansen
(
KIT
)
10:07 AM
Proposals for measurements
28m
Speaker
:
Dr
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
10:35 AM
Prioritization of proposals
15m
Speaker
:
Dr
Magnus Schlösser
(
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics
)
10:50 AM
Conclusions & action items
10m
12:10 PM
→
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
50m
1:00 PM
→
2:00 PM
Analysis Workshop: Blinding strategy
Conveners
:
Florian Heizmann
(
KIT
)
,
Joachim Wolf
(
KIT - ETP
)
,
Valerian Sibille
(
MIT
)
2:00 PM
→
2:20 PM
Analysis Workshop: Data Quality and Run Table
Convener
:
Sanshiro Enomoto
(
University of Washington
)
2:20 PM
→
6:20 PM
First Tritium "Boot Camp": Near-online analysis
Convener
:
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)
2:20 PM
Introduction
30m
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
2:50 PM
Objective of near-online analysis
30m
Speakers
:
Dr
Philipp Ranitzsch
(
IKP, Muenster University
)
,
Dr
Stephanie Hickford
(
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
)
3:20 PM
Group work on near-online analysis
1h 30m
4:50 PM
Wrap-up
30m
Friday, February 23
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:00 AM
→
12:00 PM
First Tritium "Boot Camp": RunSummary
Conveners
:
Sanshiro Enomoto
(
University of Washington
)
,
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)
9:00 AM
Introduction
30m
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
9:30 AM
Demonstration of Run Summary production
1h
Speaker
:
Sanshiro Enomoto
(
University of Washington
)
10:30 AM
Discussion on Run Summary
1h 30m
12:00 PM
→
1:30 PM
Lunch break
1h 30m
1:30 PM
→
5:30 PM
First Tritium "Boot Camp": Fitting
Conveners
:
Martin Slezák
(
MPP Munich
)
,
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)
,
Thierry Lasserre
(
CEA
)
2:00 PM
Introduction
30m
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
2:30 PM
Overview on fitting options
30m
Speakers
:
Martin Slezák
(
MPP Munich
)
,
Dr
Thierry Lasserre
(
CEA
)
3:00 PM
Group work on fitting
1h 30m
4:30 PM
Wrap-up
30m
Saturday, February 24
Mon, Feb 19
Tue, Feb 20
Wed, Feb 21
Thu, Feb 22
Fri, Feb 23
Sat, Feb 24
9:30 AM
→
12:00 PM
First Tritium "Boot Camp": Results & Unblinding
Convener
:
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)
9:30 AM
Presentation of results
30m
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)
10:00 AM
Unblinding
1h
Speaker
:
Dr
Thierry Lasserre
(
CEA
)
11:00 AM
Wrap-up
1h
Speaker
:
Susanne Mertens
(
MPP Munich
)