Program
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August 7, 2017 - Monday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBREAKFAST
ERC 401
 LecturesERC 401
9:30 AM - 10:45 AMBolometers and the CMB (Benson)
10:45 AM - 11:00 AMCOFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCryogenics (Benson)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
ERC 401
1:00 PM - 5:00 PMLabsBasu Thakur, Natoli, Pan, KuklevERC 420 and LL130
  1. Bolometers
  2. Cryostats
  3. Computer Setup

August 8, 2017 - Tuesday
 LecturesERC 401
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMSafety Lecture! and Breakfast
ERC 401
9:30 AM - 10:30 AMNEP and NET (Benson)
10:30 AM - 10:45 AMCOFFEE BREAK
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMReadout Electronics and SQUIDS (Bender)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
ERC 401
1:00 PM - 5:00 PMLabs
  1. SQUIDs and TESes

August 9, 2017 - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBREAKFAST
ERC 401
 LecturesERC 401
9:30 AM - 10:45 AMFourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS) (Carlstrom)
10:45 AM - 11:00 AMCOFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMFrom time-streams to CMB power spectra (Crawford)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
ERC 401
1:00 PM - 5:00 PMLabsPan, Basu Thakur, Liu
  1. FTS and optical coupling (Codes and materials)

August 10, 2017 - Thursday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBREAKFAST
ERC 401
 LecturesERC 401
9:30 AM - 10:30 AMCold Optics, Filtering, and Baffling (Vieregg)
10:30 AM - 10:40 AMCOFFEE BREAK
10:40 AM - 11:45 AMKinetic Inductance Detectors (Shirokoff, Chang)
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMColumbia KIDS (McCarrick)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
ERC 401
1:00 PM - 5:00 PMLabs
  1. ADR and KIDs
  2. MKIDs
  3. VNAs, Beams, and mm-Materials

August 11, 2017 - Friday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBREAKFAST
ERC 401
 LecturesERC 401
9:30 AM - 10:30 AMDetector Fabrication (Chang)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMBICEP / KECK Calibration (St. Germaine)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMTelescopes and Detector Coupling (Padin)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
ERC 401
1:00 PM - 4:00 PMLabs
  1. Resonators and KIDS
  2. Cryogenics and ADR
  3. VNAs, Beams, and mm-Materials
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMFarewell beer and snacks