34th KATRIN Collaboration Meeting

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
    • Plenary 1: Beamline
      Convener: Alexander Jansen (KIT)
      • 1
        Welcome R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Christian Weinheimer (University of Muenster), Guido Drexlin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 2
        Organizational issues R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Joachim Wolf (KIT - ETP), Markus Steidl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 3
        KATRIN safety Issues R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Martin Mark (KIT)
      • 4
        STS status R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Markus Steidl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 5
        The KATRIN magnets: Operational results and Status R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Woosik Gil (KIT)
      • 6
        Results from the performance tests of the CPS R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Carsten Röttele (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 7
        Status of the Tritium Loop System R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Florian Priester (KIT)
        Slides
    • Coffee Break
    • Plenary 2: Beamline
      Convener: Stephanie Hickford (U Wuppertal)
      • 8
        Status of LARA R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 9
        Rear Section - Recent Changes R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Klaus Schlösser (KIT)
      • 10
        Status of the Rear-Section e-gun
        Speaker: Philipp Ranitzsch (IKP, Muenster University)
      • 11
        Update on rear wall illumination
        Speaker: Alexander Fulst (Uni Münster)
      • 12
        SDS Status R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Thomas Thümmler (KIT)
      • 13
        DAQ system - performance of the new firmware R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Andreas Kopmann (KIT), John Wilkerson (UNC), Mark Howe (UNC)
      • 14
        Schedule of 2018 R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Guido Drexlin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Markus Steidl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
    • Lunch break Canteen

      Canteen

      KIT, CN
    • Plenary 3: Measurements
      Convener: Philipp Ranitzsch (IKP, Muenster University)
      • 15
        Overview on recent SDS3 measurements R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 16
        Detailed data analysis of Krypton spectra R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Martin Slezák (MPP Munich)
      • 17
        First Tritium: Goals, Plans, Realization R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 18
        Update from TRISTAN R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Susanne Mertens (MPP/TUM)
    • Coffee Break
    • Plenary 4: Measurement & Simulation
      Convener: Magnus Schlösser (KIT)
      • 19
        Characterizing the remaining background in KATRIN R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Anna Pollithy (MPP/TUM)
      • 20
        Modeling and optimizing the transmission function R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Ferenc Glück (KIT), Jan Behrens (KIT-ETP)
      • 21
        Updates on Alignment and Kassiopeias Global Geometry R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Marco Deffert (KIT)
      • 22
        MS magnetic field modeling R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Ferenc Glück (KIT)
    • Plenary 5: Analysis
      Convener: Diana Parno (University of Washington)
      • 23
        Update from Analysis Task R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Diana Parno (University of Washington), Kathrin Valerius (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Susanne Mertens (MPP/TUM)
      • 24
        Status updates from analysis WGs 1-5 R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: WG conveners
      • 25
        Data Blinding
        Speakers: Joachim Wolf (KIT - ETP), Valerian Sibille (MIT)
    • Coffee Break
    • Plenary 6: KATRIN and a Guest contribution
      Convener: Volker Hannen (University of Münster)
      • 26
        HV measurements with collinear laser spectroscopy
        Speaker: Wilfried Nörtershäuser (Uni Darmstadt)
      • 27
        New KATRIN Movie
        Speaker: Joachim Wolf (KIT - ETP)
      • 28
        Collaboration photo R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: All
    • Lunch break
    • Parallel A1: Preparation for Tritium R 410 (B 401)

      R 410

      B 401

      Convener: Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 29
        Tritium re-emission from the spectrometer walls
        Speaker: Manuel Klein (KIT)
      • 30
        Data challenge and Tritium analysis with SAMAK
        Speaker: Pablo Morales (MPP/TUM)
      • 31
        A minimal SSC-model for the first light of KATRIN
        Speaker: Dominik Fuchs (MPP/TUM)
      • 32
        Data generation and fitting strategies
        Speakers: Christian Karl (MPP/TUM), Mr Frank Edzards (MPP/TUM)
      • 33
        Prospects of Time-Focusing Time-of-Flight (TFTOF)
        Speaker: Nicholas Steinbrink (Uni Münster)
      • 34
        Pre-spectrometer background investigations
        Speaker: Johannes Heizmann (KIT)
    • Parallel A2: Krypton analysis R 206 (B 425)

      R 206

      B 425

      Convener: Martin Slezák (MPP Munich)
      • 35
        Calibration of high voltage at the ppm level by the difference of Kr-83m conversion electron lines
        Speaker: Oliver Rest (Uni Münster)
      • 36
        Krypton data analysis with SAMAK
        Speaker: Lisa Schlüter (MPP/TUM)
      • 37
        Krypton data analysis with a Bayesian approach
        Speaker: Martin Ha Minh (MPP/TUM)
      • 38
        Alignment estimation via Krypton Line Position Deviation
        Speaker: Wonqook Choi (KIT)
      • 39
        Updates on the 41keV line analysis
        Speaker: Larisa Thorne (Carnegie Mellon University)
      • 40
        Update on CKrS ellipsometry analysis
        Speaker: Mariia Fedkevych (PhD student at WWU Muenster)
      • 41
        Results of event by event simulation of the WGTS on GPUs
        Speaker: Norman Haussmann (Uni Wuppertal)
    • Coffee Break
    • Parallel B1: Paper Working Groups
      Convener: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
    • Parallel B2: Collaboration Board R 224 (B 402)

      R 224

      B 402

      Convener: Marc Weber (KIT)
    • Conference Dinner CARLS Wirtshaus (Karlsruhe, Alter Schlachthof 51)

      CARLS Wirtshaus

      Karlsruhe, Alter Schlachthof 51

    • Parallel C1: Backgrounds & sterile neutrinos R 410 (B 401)

      R 410

      B 401

      Convener: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 42
        keV-scale sterile neutrino search at Troitsk with the TRISTAN detector: phase-1 and phase-2
        Speakers: Konrad Altenmüller (MPP/TUM), Tim Brunst (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
      • 43
        A model for a keV-scale sterile neutrino search with KATRIN: SSC-sterile
        Speakers: Alexey Lokhov (Troitsk), Federico Roccatti (MPP/TUM), Madlen Steven (MPP/TUM)
      • 44
        KIT TRISTAN lab: characterising the IPE4 DAQ system
        Speaker: Till Bergmann (MPP/TUM)
        Slides
      • 45
        Rydberg background modelling
        Speaker: Dominic Hinz (KIT)
      • 46
        Background Dependence on Retarding Potential near the Endpoint of Tritium
        Speaker: Fabian Block (KIT)
      • 47
        Ion scattering simulations in the KATRIN spectrometers
        Speaker: Woo-Jeong Baek (KIT)
      • 48
        Performance of the new detector veto and SDS3-Xmas muon analysis
        Speaker: Sanshiro Enomoto (University of Washington)
    • Parallel C2: Hardware R 206 (B 425)

      R 206

      B 425

      Convener: Klaus Schlösser (KIT)
      • 49
        Optical system for the RS e-gun
        Speaker: Lutz Schimpf (KIT)
      • 50
        Setup and comissioning of the rear section e-gun
        Speaker: Rudolf Sack (Westfaehlische Wilhelms Universitaet)
      • 51
        WGTS: Cooling in the 5 m long capillary pipe
        Speaker: Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 52
        Motion control for a detector system in safety critical applications in physics experiments
        Speaker: Armen Beglarian (IPE, KIT)
      • 53
        Repair and calibration of the K65 HV divider
        Speaker: Oliver Rest (Uni Münster)
      • 54
        Screening of UV-PIN-Diodes to be used as Electron Detectors
        Speaker: Sven Triebskorn (KIT)
      • 55
        Work function measurement of Rear Wall gold pads
        Speaker: Fabian Friedel (KIT)
    • Coffee Break
    • Plenary 7: KATRIN and end of meeting
      Convener: Thomas Thümmler (KIT)
      • 56
        Report from the Publication Committee R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Alan Poon (Berkeley Lab)
      • 57
        Status and results from TRIMS R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speakers: Diana Parno (University of Washington), Hamish Robertson (University of Washington)
      • 58
        Report form the board meeting R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Marc Weber (KIT)
      • 59
        Report from the Executive Board R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: John Wilkerson (UNC)
      • 60
        Report from the Conference Committee R 410 (B 401)

        R 410

        B 401

        Speaker: Guido Drexlin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
    • Lunch break KIT CN Canteen

      KIT CN Canteen

    • Analysis Workshop: SDS3/Background meas. R 410 (B 401)

      R 410

      B 401

      Convener: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 61
        SDS3 measurements: overview
        Speaker: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 62
        Rate, Pixel Distribution and Energy Spectrum in the SDS3 Christmas Long-term Measurement
        Speaker: Fabian Block (KIT)
      • 63
        Non poissonian behaviour of the background rate during recent SDS3 measurements
        Speaker: Woo-Jeong Baek (KIT)
      • 64
        Background studies: discussion
        Speaker: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
    • 4:00 PM
      Coffee break
    • Analysis Workshop: Hands-on tutorial - Git(Lab), Slack, TeamSpeak, KATRIN Wiki
      Conveners: Alexander Fulst (WWU Münster), Jan Behrens (KIT-ETP), Valérian Sibille (MIT)
      • 65
        Introduction
        Speaker: Dr Jan Behrens (KIT-ETP)
        Slides
      • 66
        Git & GitLab tutorial
        Speaker: Alexander Fulst (WWU Münster)
        Slides
      • 67
        Preparations for Git workshop
      • 5:30 PM
        Coffee break
      • 68
        Good coding practices
        Speaker: Dr Valérian Sibille (MIT)
        Slides
      • 69
        Git workshop + dinner
    • Analysis Workshop: First Tritium Task Group 410 (B 401)

      410

      B 401

      Convener: Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 70
        Introduction
        Speaker: Dr Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 71
        Loop hardware operation for first tritium
        Speaker: Dr Florian Priester (KIT)
      • 72
        Spectrometer hardware operation for first tritium
        Speaker: Florian Fraenkle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
      • 73
        Lessons learned from krypton run and implications for first tritium
        Speaker: Alexander Jansen (KIT)
      • 74
        Proposals for measurements
        Speaker: Dr Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 75
        Prioritization of proposals
        Speaker: Dr Magnus Schlösser (Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe - Institute of Technical Physics)
      • 76
        Conclusions & action items
    • 12:10 PM
      Lunch Break
    • Analysis Workshop: Blinding strategy
      Conveners: Florian Heizmann (KIT), Joachim Wolf (KIT - ETP), Valerian Sibille (MIT)
    • Analysis Workshop: Data Quality and Run Table
      Convener: Sanshiro Enomoto (University of Washington)
    • First Tritium "Boot Camp": Near-online analysis
      Convener: Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich)
      • 77
        Introduction
        Speaker: Susanne Mertens
      • 78
        Objective of near-online analysis
        Speakers: Dr Philipp Ranitzsch (IKP, Muenster University), Dr Stephanie Hickford (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
      • 79
        Group work on near-online analysis
      • 80
        Wrap-up
    • First Tritium "Boot Camp": RunSummary
      Conveners: Sanshiro Enomoto (University of Washington), Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich)
      • 81
        Introduction
        Speaker: Susanne Mertens
      • 82
        Demonstration of Run Summary production
        Speaker: Sanshiro Enomoto (University of Washington)
      • 83
        Discussion on Run Summary
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch break
    • First Tritium "Boot Camp": Fitting
      Conveners: Martin Slezák (MPP Munich), Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich), Thierry Lasserre (CEA)
      • 84
        Introduction
        Speaker: Susanne Mertens
      • 85
        Overview on fitting options
        Speakers: Martin Slezák (MPP Munich), Dr Thierry Lasserre (CEA)
      • 86
        Group work on fitting
      • 87
        Wrap-up
    • First Tritium "Boot Camp": Results & Unblinding
      Convener: Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich)
      • 88
        Presentation of results
        Speaker: Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich)
      • 89
        Unblinding
        Speaker: Dr Thierry Lasserre (CEA)
      • 90
        Wrap-up
        Speaker: Susanne Mertens (MPP Munich)