PIERRE AUGER EVENT RECONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP

OCTOBER 2-5, 2002


October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5
OCTOBER 2 - Wednesday


AUGER tank


 
 


Hybrid event at Auger
ROOM: RI-480 (5640 S. Ellis - 4th floor)

8:15 BREAKFAST 

9:00 - 9:05: Welcome - Bruce Winstein
9:05 - 9:10: Opening Remarks - Jim Cronin

I. SD Reconstruction for events of May and June.
organizer: Marcel Urban (LAL Orsay)

9:10 - 10:50
     LAL-Orsay
     IPN-Orsay
     Paris-VI
     La Plata
     Leeds
     Chicago
     Colorado State
     Puebla/Cinvestav
     Michigan Tech
(the discussion will take place in an evening session)

10:50 - 11:10 Break

II. SD Reconstruction of large zenith angle showers.
organizer: Alan Watson  (Leeds)

11:10 - 11:30 Paris VI
11:30 - 11:50 Leeds/Santiago
11:50 - 12:20 discussion

LUNCH

III. LDF and VEM(1000) simulations for selected energies and angles. organizer: Johannes Knapp (Leeds)

1:45 - 2:45
    Paris VI
    La Plata
    Leeds/Karlsruhe

2:45 - 3:15 discussion

ROOM: KPTC - 106 
(Kersten Physics Teaching Center 5720 South Ellis Avenue,  SW corner of 57th St. & Ellis Av.)

3:15 - 3:30   Break

3:30 - 4:45 
CfCP/EFI Colloquium: Jim Cronin  "The Pierre Auger Observatory: Why and How"

IV. Surface Detector Calibration
organizer: Arun Tripathi (UCLA)

5:00 - 6:00
      LAL Orsay
      UCLA
      La Plata
      Campinas

6:00 - 6:30 discussion

DINNER

8:00 - 9:00 discussion for session SD-I
 


OCTOBER 3 - Thursday


9 Dec 02:56:45, 2001 first hybrid event 

 
ROOM: RI-480 (5640 S. Ellis - 4th floor)

8:15 BREAKFAST 

V. Fluorescence event reconstruction Dec 2001-March 2002 (profiles: real and laser generated)
organized by Paul Sommers and Brian Fick (Utah/Chicago)

9:00 - 10:00
             Adelaide/Campinas/Torino/Rome
             Utah/Chicago
             Nova Gorica

10:00 - 10:30  discussion

10:30 - 11:00  break

VI. Fluorescence event reconstruction Dec 2001-March 2002 (SDP)
organizers: Paul Sommers & Brian Fick (Utah/Chicago)

11:00 - 12:00
            Adelaide/Campinas/Torino
            Utah/Chicago
            Nova Gorica

12:00 - 12:30 discussion

LUNCH

VII. FD-SD comparison using hybrid events
             organizer: Marcel Urban (LAL Orsay)
             FD hybrid data supplied by Brian Fick

2:00 - 3:00
             LAL Orsay
             Chicago
             Minnesota

3:00 - 3:30 discussion

3:30 - 4:00 break

VIII. Fluorescence calibration

4:00 - 4:20  (laser) Mike Roberts (New Mexico)
4:20 - 4:40 (dome)  Jeff Brack (Colorado)
4:40 - 5:10 (piece by piece) Andrea De Capoa (Torino) Hartmut Gemmeke (Karsruhe)
5:10 - 5:30 discussion

5:30 - 6:00  Plans about the world for fluorescence yield measurements.
          Paolo Privitera (Rome)
 

7:00 Workshop Dinner at Parthenon Restaurant
buses leave at 6:30pm at 5640 S. Ellis Ave.


OCTOBER 4 - Friday

Auger Fluorescence Detector


Auger Tanks

ROOM: RI-480 (5640 S. Ellis - 4th floor)

8:15 BREAKFAST 
IX. FD atmospheric absorption corrections and errors organizer: John Matthews (New Mexico)

9:00 - 9:30  John Matthews "FD Atmospheric Absorption Corrections: Overview and Issues"

9:30 - 9:45  Bianca Keilhauer   "Influence of Realistic Atmospheric Density and Temperature Distributions on  Fluorescence Yield and Rayleigh Transmission"

9:45 - 10:00 Miguel Mostafa     "Analysis of July LIDAR Data using the Multi-angle Method"

10:00 - 10:30  Break

X. Discussion of composition dependent measurements

10:30 - 12:30

topics to include: (speakers suggested by JWC)

FADC traces (rise time)         Isabelle Lhenry
Horizontal Showers              Enrique Zas
Fluorescence Profiles (X-max)   Luis Prado
Hybrid Events                   Paul Sommers
Multi component with SD         Pierre Billoir or colleague
other ?????                     ?????

LUNCH

CfCP/Enrico Fermi Institute Mini-Symposium on the Auger Observatory

ROOM: KPTC - 106 
(Kersten Physics Teaching Center 5720 South Ellis Avenue,  SW corner of 57th St. & Ellis Av.)

I. Present status and controversy for the UHECR's
Chair - Jim Pilcher

2:30 - 3:00 HiRes Update - Gordon Thomson (Rutgers)

3:00 - 3:30 AGASA Update - Masahiro Teshima (ICRR)

3:30 - 4:00  Theory overview - Angela Olinto (UofC/CfCP)

4:00 - 4:20 Break

II. The Auger Observatory

4:20 - 4:50 Auger Surface Detector - Xavier Bertou (UofC/EFI)

4:50 - 5:20 Auger Fluorescence Detector - Giorgio Matthiae (Rome)

5:20 - 5:50 Auger as a Neutrino Detector - Francois Montanet (Grenoble)

5:50 - 6:20  Auger Status and Future - Alan Watson (Leeds/CfCP)

DINNER

8:00 - 9:30  evening session

Carmen/Miranda Reconstruction of low energy events (~10^18 eV)   Torino

Continuation of FD discussions


OCTOBER 5 - Saturday
ROOM: RI-480 (5640 S. Ellis - 4th floor)

8:15 BREAKFAST 

XI. Proposed design for Auger DPA Software

9:00 - 10:30  DPA group

10:30 - 11:00 break

XII Wrapup, discussion and action items

11:00 - 12:30 moderator Alan Watson

LUNCH

2:00 - 6:00

Further discussion and sessions as needed

End of Workshop