Future Projects Planning Workshop 2015

24 Aug 2015, 01:30 → 26 Aug 2015, 18:00 Canada/Eastern

SNOLAB

Samantha Kuula (SNOLAB)

The objective of the Future Planning workshop is to provide SNOLAB with a road-map of potential large scale projects that may require its experimental areas on a five to ten year timescale. It is understood that projects will be at various stages of development, and this is not a final selection meeting. Following discussion with the Experiment Advisory Committee, SNOLAB resources could be made available on request to potential projects, to help develop plans and determine suitability and achievability.

Monday 24 August

08:30 Coffee and Health Break

1 Welcome and Logistics

Speaker: Nigel Smith (SNOLab)

2015 Future Projects.pdf

2 Overview of the SNOLAB facility and current programme evolution

Speaker: Dr Fraser Duncan (SNOLAB)

snolab-future-projects-workshop-150824-facility-and-program-rev-1.pdf

3 SNOLAB project lifecycle and integration with funding agency requirements

Speaker: Mr Brian Morissette (SNOLAB)

snolab-future-projects-workshop-150824-project-life-cycle-rev-1.pdf

10:30 Health Break

4 Next Generation Germanium Double Beta Decay Experiment (3 talks)

Speakers: Dr Christopher O'Shaughnessy (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Dr Matthew Busch (Duke University), Dr Matthew Green (NC State University)

MJDSNOLab2015.pdf

12:30 Lunch

5 Next Generation Xenon Double Beta Decay Experiment (2 talks)

Speakers: Giorgio Gratta (Stanford University), Dr William Fairbank (Colorado State University)

Progress in Ba tagging SNOLAB l.pdf

SNOlab_nEXO_Gratta_24Aug2015-v2.pdf

15:00 Health Break

6 Status and perspectives of COBRA

Speaker: Kai Zuber (Technische Universitaet Dresden)

cobra_futureSNOLAB.pdf

7 DEAP-­‐50 Dark Matter detector

Speakers: Mark Boulay (Q), Dr Mark Boulay (Carleton University)

DEAP_50T_FPW_2015-1.pptx

8 Long-­‐term prospects for cryogenic detectors at SNOLAB

Speaker: Gilles Gerbier (CEA)

FPW_SNOLAB_2015_Cryo_Gerbier_vs1.pdf

19:00 Dinner

Dinner will be off site at Sixth Avenue Golf and Country Club located in Lively ON.

Tuesday 25 August

08:30 Coffee and Health Break

9 Developments at other deep underground facilities

Speaker: Dr Sean Paling (Bulb Underground Laboratory)

UGLabs_Review_SNOLAB2015_short.pdf

10 Future development and needs of low background counting and assay capabilities

Speaker: Dr Richard Ford (SNOLAB)

Future Development and Needs for Low Background Counting.pptx

10:30 Health Break

11 Fruit flies in a mine

Speaker: Dr Thomas Merritt (Laurentian University)

Merritt SNOLAB 082515.ppt

12 Ultra-low radiation environments

Speaker: Dr Christopher Thome (NOSM)

SNOLAB Future Projects Workshop.pdf

13 Development of Water-­‐based liquid Scintillators

Speaker: Dr Bob Svoboda (UC Davis)

20150825_FPW_Svoboda.pdf

14 Current and Future of DarkSide Dark Matter Experiment

Speaker: Dr Masayuki Wada (Princeton University)

M_Wada_SNOLAB_Aug2015.pdf

12:40 Lunch

15 PICO Bubble Chamber Array

Speaker: Dr Michael Crisler (Fermilab)

PICO Bubble Chamber Array.pdf

16 The NEWS_SNO Project

Speaker: Gilles Gerbier (CEA)

FPW_SNOLAB_2015_NEWS_Gerbier_vs1.pdf

17 DAMIC 1kg at SNOLAB

Speaker: Paolo Privitera (University of Chicago)

Privitera-SNOLAB-Aug2015.pdf

15:00 Health Break (Formal end of Workshop)

18 CFREF Planning Discussions

Speaker: Tony Noble (Queen's University)