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WORKSHOP AGENDA
Note: we would like to add 30 min to each day; we will discuss how to do this on Monday.
See also the General Information page.
Talks
Activities
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WORKSHOP AGENDA
Note: we would like to add 30 min to each day; we will discuss how to do this on Monday.
See also the General Information page.
Talks
Activities
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| Monday, July 16 | ||
| 9:00 am | Workshop welcome and introductions | Greg Snow |
| Welcome to Snowmass-2001 | Dr. Chris Quigg, Fermi Nat'l Lab | |
| 9:30 | Overview of SALTA | Jeff Wilkes |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | In parallel:
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SALTA staff |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Introduction to cosmic rays | Jim Pinfold |
| 2:30 | In parallel: a) Oscilloscope use, analog & digital signals b) Polishing/preparing scintillator panels |
SALTA staff |
| 4:45 | Question time | |
| 5:00 | End | |
| Tuesday, July 17 | ||
| 9:00 am | Scintillation counters, photomultiplier tubes I | Greg Snow |
| 10:00 | Interactions of charged particles in matter I | Dan Claes |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | In parallel:
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SALTA staff |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Cosmic ray spectrum and ultra-high energy CRs | Jeff Wilkes |
| 2:30 | Prepare for gluing PMTs to scintillator panels | SALTA staff |
| 3:30 | Glue PMTs to scintillator panels, cure overnight | SALTA staff |
| 4:45 | Question time | |
| 5:00 | End |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| Wednesday, July 18 | ||
| 9:00 | Scintillation counters, photomultiplier tubes II | Greg Snow |
| 10:00 | Interactions of charged particles in matter II | Dan Claes |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Wrapping scintillators, light leak checking | SALTA staff |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Other cosmic ray experiments | John Belz |
| 2:30 | Wrapping scintillators, light leak checking | SALTA staff |
| 4:45 | Question time | |
| 5:00 | End | |
| Thursday, July 19 | ||
| 9:00 am | Elementary particles and the Standard Model | Jim Pinfold |
| 10:00 | SALTA fast electronics modules | Vicky Mariupolskaya |
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Threshold determination, set up counter telescopes | SALTA staff |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Global Positioning System and time determination | Jeff Wilkes |
| 2:00 | Progress at U. Alberta on GPS timing | Andrew Johnston |
| 2:15 | Threshold determination, set up counter telescopes | SALTA staff |
| 4:45 | Question time | |
| 5:00 | End | |
| 6:00-8:00 pm | SALTA PICNIC!! | |
| Friday, July 20 | ||
| 9:00 am | Statistics, graphing data, accidental coincidences | Heather Zorn |
| 10:00 | Measuring counter efficiency | SALTA staff |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Measuring counter efficiency | SALTA staff |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Cosmology: Galaxies, the Universe and all that | Greg Snow |
| 2:30 | Mini-experiment setup and trials | SALTA staff |
| 4:45 | Question time | |
| 5:00 | End | |
| Saturday, July 21 | ||
| 9:00 | Workshop closeout, packing, organization of post-workshop SALTA program | SALTA staff |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Evaluation survey | SALTA staff |
| 12:30 | End of workshop |
| Workshop organizers: |
| Greg Snow, U. of Nebraska, Lincoln, gsnow@unlhep.unl.edu |
| Jeffrey Wilkes, U. of Washington, Seattle, wilkes@u.washington.edu |
| Speakers: |
| John Belz, Montana State U., Bozeman, belz@phygrad1.physics.montana.edu |
| Dan Claes, U. of Nebraska, Lincoln, dclaes@unlhep.unl.edu |
| Andrew Johnston, U. of Alberta, Edmonton |
| Jim Pinfold, U. of Alberta, Edmonton, pinfold@phys.ualberta.ca |
| Vicky Mariupolskaya, U. of Nebraska, Lincoln, mariupolskaya@yahoo.com |
| Heather Zorn, U. of Washington, Seattle, hzorn@u.washington.edu |
| Technical Wizard: |
| Hans Berns, U. of Washington, Seattle, berns@phys.washington.edu |
| Workshop staff (Quarknet): |
| Tom Haff, Issaquah (WA) High School, HAFFT@issaquah.wednet.edu |
| Eric Muhs, Shoreline (WA) High School, ericmuhs@yahoo.com |
| Doretta White, U. of Texas, Austin |