Agenda for May 13-14, 2005 Meeting

Friday May 13, WH10NW

Software:
12:30-1:00 Software Status and Plans    (M. Worcester)

Baseline Issues:
1:15-1:45pm Gd concentration (M. Yeh, J.Link)
1:45-2:15 Movement system - method/costs/capability (Hans Jostlein)
2:15-2:45 Refined vessel design (V. Guarino)
2:45-3:30 Break for Oddone talk
3:30-5:30 Veto system design (P. Fisher et al.)
   Introdution - Peter - 15'
   Physics Opportunities with the veto system - Steve Biller - 15'
   Background calculation using MARS - Jon - 15'
                                       Noel - 5'
   Background calculations using G4 and FLUKA - Steve S. - 20'
   Configuration options and costs - Steve Dytman - 20'
   Discussion - 20'
   Information needed and plans - Peter - 10'

5:30-6:00 Underground area design (L. Bartozek)
6:00-6:30 Surface building design (Ray Stefanski)

Saturday May 14, WH10NW

Baseline contd:
8:45-9:00 Final depth and Bore hole information incorporation into baseline (J. Link)
9:00-9:30 Updated underground muon rates (M. Hurwitz)

Sensitivity issues:
9:30-10:00 Improved sensitivity studies - Rate vs. Shape vs. systematics (M. Shaevitz)
10:00-10:30 Justifications for acceptance and other systematics
   Updated 2 vs. 3 zone studies: (E. Abouzaid)

10:30-10:45 Break

Cross checks:
10:45-11:15 Using isotope production from cosmic muons to measure fiducial mass
particularly measuring 9Li/8He and also supernova capability (S. Biller)
11:15-11:45 Impact of detector movement as a cross-check (S. Biller)

Backgrounds:
11:45-12:15 Other background issues

Lunch 12:15-1:00

Elastic scattering measurement 1:00-2:00

(Joe, Janet)

- Overview of status and memos
- Discussion of how to put forward to NuSAG
- New review committee plan

Calibration:
2:00-2:30 Introduction (J. Klein)
2:30-3:00 Source movement system  (E. Pod)
3:00-3:30 LED System  (E. Falk)

3:30 - 4:00 Project Management Plan (R. Stefanski)

4:00-4:30 General Discussion

Hahn