Auger SDE Upgrade Meeting
IPN-Orsay, 21-22 January 2013
Monday 21 January (Salle des conseils, IPN, Bat. 100)
9:15 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Analog PMTs signal processing (WP1), Tiina Suomijarvi, Bernard Genolini
10:00 – 10:15 Analog PMT signal processing: FADC study & More (WP1), Pietro Creti
10:15 – 10:45 Prototype work @ OSU (WP1,WP5), Patrick Allison
10:45 – 11:00 Analog PMT signal processing: specifications (WP1), Bernard Genolini
11:00 – 11:15 Work organization in Grenoble (WP5), Corinne Berat
11:15 – 11:45 Design studies status (WP5), Eric Lagorio
11:45 – 12:00 S/W development (WP5-6), Jim Beatty
12:00 – 12:30 Time tagging development (WP3), Corbin Covault
12:30
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Science requirements, Ralph Engel
15:00 – 16:00 Simulation and Science Validation (WP 9), Markus Roth
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee
16:30 – 17:30 Specifications and interfaces, Patrick Stassi
20:00 Meeting dinner in Paris
Tuesday 22 January (Salle des conseils, IPN, Bat. 100)
9:30 - 9:50 Requirements for RPC interface, Pedro Assis
9:50 – 10:30 Slow control development (WP4), Karl-Heinz Becker
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 11:15 Freezing tests with the polypropylene beads, Daniele Martello
11:15 - 12:00 Calibration & control tools development (WP7), Luca Latronico
12:00 – 12:30 Trigger development (WP2), Dave Nitz
14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Assembly, deployment and validation (WP8), Tiina Suomijarvi
14:30 – 14:45 Contribution from ISS (Romania), Gina Isar
14:45 – 15:30 Discussions on simulations and science validation (WP 9), Markus Roth
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Schedule, cost and general plan (WP10), Jim Beatty and Tiina Suomijarvi
Other talks
Toolchain and Operating System ror testing and... more ?, Guillaume Dargaud
Simulation of a Reflective SD Tank, Peter Gorham
Dynamic range and saturation, Simone Maldera
Implementation of the simulations in the OffLine, Ioana Maris
Proposal for FE, Zbigniew Szadkowski
Auger SDE Meeting
IPN-Orsay, 8-9 October 2012
Monday 8 October (Salle des conseils, IPN, Bat. 100)
9:30 – 9:45 Registration
9:45 – 10:00 Introduction, Jim Beatty and Tiina Suomijarvi
10:00 – 10:30 Objectives for SD/SDE upgrade, Antoine Letessier-Selvon
10:30 – 11:00 What can we gain with the black top? Pierre Billoir
11:00 – 11:30 Physics justifications for the upgrade, Dave Nitz
11:30 – 12:00 Ideas for improvements of Physics parameters, Markus Roth
12:00 – 12:30 10ns Black Top with full Geant4 simulations, Ioana Maris
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:15 100 MHz and Black Top Simulation Preliminary Analysis, Antontella Castellina
14:15 – 14:30 PMTs and bases, Carlo Morello
14:30 – 15:00 Interface PMT-base-FE, Bernard Genolini
15:00 – 15:30 Results with 100 MHz FE board and Cyclone V, Zbigniew Szadkowski
15:30 – 16:00 Digital electronics of AERA, Charles Timmermans
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee
16:30 – 17:00 SD trigger, Dave Nitz
17:00 – 17:30 Overall timeline and experience from production of FEBs, Karl-Heinz Kampert
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
20:00 Meeting dinner in Paris
Bouillon Racine, 3, rue Racine - Paris 6me, http://www.bouillon-racine.com
Tuesday 9 October (Salle des conseils, IPN, Bat. 100)
9:30 - 10:00 Black top, Peter Mazur
10:00 – 10:30 Requirements for SDE upgrade, Ricardo Sato
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 11:30 Ideas for electronics upgrade, Patrick Stassi
11:30 – 12:45 SDE Upgrade, Matthias Kleifges
11:45 – 12:00 Ideas for electronics upgrade, Jim Beatty
12:00 – 12:30 SDECO PMT test station and its upgrade, Giovanni Marsella
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Current unified board and possibilities for upgrade, Stephane Colonges
14:30 – 15:00 Parts to be upgraded and interfaces, Jim Beatty
15:00 – 15:30 Schedule and cost, Tiina Suomijarvi
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 SDE upgrade: Plan and discussion, Jim Beatty and Tiina Suomijarvi
