Microwave Detection of Air Showers Workshop, Chicago, October 4 - 8, 2010

Program

October 4, 2010

Morning session

Chair: Paolo Privitera (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)

09:30-09:45: Welcome and Workshop objectives, Paolo Privitera (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
09:45-10:15: Review of Gorham et al paper, Valerio Verzi (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
10:15-10:45: Simulation of Gorham et al beam measurement and extrapolation to EAS, Francesco Salamida (Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany)
10:45-11:15: Coffe Break
11:15-11:45: EAS simulation in MIDAS, Washington Rodrigues de Carvalho (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
11:45-12:00: EAS simulation in EASIER, Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)
12:00-12:45: Discussion on simulation of microwave emission from EAS
13:00-14:30: Lunch, Quadrangle Club, Solarium

Afternoon session: Simulation of antenna response

Chair: Joao De Mello Neto (Universidade Estadual Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Simulation of antenna response

14:30-15:00: MIDAS, Luis Reyes (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
15:00-15:30: MIDAS, Edivaldo Santos (Universidade Estadual Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
15:30-15:45: EASIER, simulations, Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)
15:45-16:15: Coffe Break
16:15-16:45: CROME, Francesco Salamida (Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany)
16:45-17:15: FDWAVE, Claudio Di Giulio (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
17:15-17:30: Discussion on antenna simulation

Supplement Materials

October 5, 2010

Morning session

09:30-12:45: Simulation of microwave flux from benchmark showers: working groups activities
13:00-14:30: Lunch, Quadrangle Club, Solarium

Afternoon session

Chair: Pedro Facal (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)

14:30-15:00: Comparison of working groups results
Brief presentations on experimental efforts, focusing on expected sensitivity (general scheme of the detector, system temperature, simulation, expected rates)
15:00-15:15: MIDAS, Christopher Williams (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
15:15-15:30: AMBER, P.S Allison (Ohio State University )
15:30-15:45: CROME, Radomir Smida (Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany)
15:45-16:15: Coffe Break
16:15-16:45: EASIER, Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)
16:45-17:15: FDWAVE, Valerio Verzi (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
17:15-17:30: Discussion on experiments sensitivity

October 6, 2010

Morning session: Detailed presentation of experiments

Chair: Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)

Detailed presentation of experiments

09:30- 9:45: MIDAS: Hardware, Pedro Facal (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
09:45-10:15: MIDAS Trigger implementation, Maria Monasor (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
10:15-10:35: MIDAS DAQ and Monitoring, Pedro Facal (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
10:35-11:00: Coffe Break
11:00-11:25: MIDAS Absolute Calibration, Maria Monasor (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
11:25-11:45: MIDAS Relative Calibration, Christopher Williams (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA); Nicholas Hollon (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
11:45-12:45: Visit to MIDAS antenna
13:00-14:30: Lunch, Quadrangle Club, Solarium

Afternoon session: Detailed presentation of experiments

Chair: Maria Monasor (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)

Detailed presentation of experiments

14:30-15:15: AMBER, P.S Allison (Ohio State University )
15:15-16:00: CROME, Radomir Smida (Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany); Francesco Salamida (Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany)
16:00-16:30: Coffe Break
16:30-17:15: EASIER, Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)
17:15-17:45: FDWAVE, Claudio Di Giulio (University of L'Aquila, Italy); Valerio Verzi (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)

Supplement Materials

The MIDAS Experiment: An Overview, Christopher Williams (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
EASIER, Traces for comparison
SimPlots

October 7, 2010

Morning session

Chair: Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE, Paris, France)

09:30- 11:00: Discussion on synergies between the different experiments: sharing hardware, software tools, site activities (background measurements, 15 min A. Letessier-Selvon)
11:00-11:30: Coffe Break
11:30-12:45: Beam Measurement Activities: AMY at BTF, Valerio Verzi (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
13:00-14:30: Lunch, Quadrangle Club, Library

Afternoon session

Chair: Valerio Verzi (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)

14:30-14:50: Argonne Beam Facilities, Sergey Chemerisov (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
14:50-15:15: Argonne microwave measurements, Paolo Privitera (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
15:15-15:45: Simulations: Beam Coherent Cherenkov, Washington Rodrigues de Carvalho (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
15:45-16:15: Coffe Break
16:15-16:45: Simulations: Absorbers, Claudio Di Giulio (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
16:45-17:30: Discussion on beam measurements: Goals, hardware, organization, synergies

Supplement Materials

October 8, 2010

Morning session

Chair: Paolo Privitera (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)

09:30-11:00: Plans and organization of measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory
11:00-11:30: Coffe Break
11:30-12:30: Plans and organization of measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory (continue)
12:30-12:45: Workshop closing, Paolo Privitera (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, USA)
13:00-14:30: Lunch, Quadrangle Club, Solarium