Auger South Upgrade Meeting Karlsruhe

Preliminary Meeting Programme

(updated Feb. 23, 2005)

Thursday, 24.02.2005

Time
Speaker
Subject
9:00
Hans Klages
Johannes Blümer
Etienne Parizot
Gustavo Medina Tanco
Welcome and organisation
Introductory remarks
Interest of a low energy extension of the PAO
Abundances around the second knee
10:30
 
Coffee Break
11:00
Andreas Haungs
Jim Cronin
 
Aims, status of KASCADE-Grande
Results of analysis of hybrid data relevant to the upgrade
Physics discussion
12:30
 
Lunch
13:30
Hans Klages
Michael Unger
Mirek Palatka
Lawrence Wiencke
 
Fluorescence detection of "low energy" air showers
FD low energy event simulation
FD optical layout upgrade
Atmospheric monitoring and calibration ideas
FD discussion
15:30
 
Coffee Break
16:00
Markus Roth
John Matthews
Ingo Allekotte
 
Good reasons for an infill array
Composition and muon counters
AMIGA: Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array
Infill and muon discussion
18:00
 
Bus transfer to hotels


Friday, 25.02.2005

Time
Speaker
Subject
9:00
Harold Spinka
Dave Barnhill
Arun Tripathi
 
Plastic scintillator tests for the Auger upgrade
Composition study using scintillator and muon counters
Absolute energy calibration with scintillator detectors
Scintillator detector discussion
10:30
 
Coffee Break
11:00
Maria Giller
Carla Aramo
Ruben Squartini
 
SD trigger based on Cyclone system
Use of RPC counters for muon detection
Current status and limitations of the network structure
Discussion of electronics, trigger, data transfer, ...
12:30
 
Lunch
13:30
Tim Huege
Andreas Horneffer
Oliver Krömer
Adriaan van den Berg
 
Simulations of radio emission
Radio measurements of air showers with LOPES
Radio detection in the Pampa Amarilla
Radio detection; a Dutch participation in PAO?
Radio discussion
15:30
 
Coffee Break
16:00
 
General discussion, future plans, meetings, task organisation, schedules, ...
18:00
 
Bus transfer to hotels


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