The IceCube Neutrino Facility Workshop

Current Agenda

Friday:  (9 AM start) Emerald Bay C,D,E  Student Center

8:30-9:00  Registration in Student Center
		-Pay registration fee
9:00-9:15  Introduction and Welcome				S. Barwick 
9:15-9:45  Overview, Purpose of Workshop			S. Barwick 


Science Goals

 9:45-10:30   Review of scientific potential of IceCube		F.Halzen 
10:30-11:00   Coffee Break		
11:00-11:30   HE neutrino astronomy: signals and background	T. Gaisser
11:30-12:00   Astrophysical Sources of Ultrahigh
		Energy Neutrinos				F. Stecker
Recent work
12:00-12:20   EHE neutrinos and connection to CRs		E. Waxman 
12:20-12:40   Review of nu's from GRBs				J. Bahcall
12:40- 1:00   Atm nu's and neutrino oscillation in SuperK  	D. Casper

 1:00- 2:30   Lunch (and informal discussions)

 2:30- 2:50   Prospects for the detection of 
		UHE cosmic neutrinos				D. Seckel
 2:50- 3:10   Detection of WIMPs from sun and earth		L. Bergstrom
 3:10- 3:30   Observing the formation of Supermassive
		Black Holes through IceCube			X. Shi
 3:30- 3:45   Contemporaneous observations between IceCube
		and MILAGRO					G. Yodh
 3:45- 4:00   LPM effects on high energy cascades		S. Klein
 
 4:00- 4:15   Short afternoon coffee break

AMANDA Status
 4:15- 4:30   Drilling & deployment/implications for IceCube	A. Karle (TBD)
 4:30- 4:45   Optical Properties of Deep Ice			B. Price
 4:45- 5:15   Description of existing Simulation Tools		C. Spiering
 5:15- 5:40   Event Reconstruction Methods			C. Wiebusch
 5:40- 6:00   Atm. nu results from Am-B4			A. Goobar (TBD)

 6:00- 9:00PM  Reception at Alumni Hall

Saturday morning will be split into two "parallel" sessions

Saturday, March 28  (9 AM start)

Session 1:     IceCube Baseline Design (Emerald C)
 9:00-10:00   Preliminary Simulations for IceCube		S. Hundertmark
10:00-10:30   String technology: Analog via fiber		A. Karle
 
10:30-11:00   Coffee Break for Session 1 

11:00-11:30   String Technology: Digital OMs

DAQ designs, Trigger considerations, General Comments

11:30-11:50    DAQ system architecture				H. Leich
11:50-12:10    Front end electronics/trigger			D. Cowan
12:10-12:20    An Outsiders critique of IceCube			A. Odian
 
Complementary Detector Systems (Radio)
12:20-12:35	Backgrounds to radio detection of
		    UHE neutrinos with RICE			G. Frichter
12:35-12:50	RICE status report				D. Besson
12:50- 1:10	Modeling Coherent Radio Emission from Showers	P. Schoessow



Session 2: Logistics and Timelines (Small working group, Crescent A)

 9:00- 9:30   IceCube Logistics Requirements/Options	  	S. Barwick/Morse
 9:30- 9:45   DeepIce STC report				P. Price
 9:45-10:00   German IceCube plans (contributions, budget req)	C. Spiering
10:00-10:30   Swedish IceCube plans (contribution, budget req)	P.O. Hulth

10:30-11:00   Coffee Break for session 2

11:30-12:00   ASA plans for supporting IceCube/Logistics	D. Fischer
12:00-	      Participation by DoE groups			D.Nygren
	      Participation by NASA groups			T. Cole (N.C.)




 1:10- 2:30   Lunch and informal discussions
  
Roundtable Discussion (reconvene in Emerald C:  2:30-5:30 PM)
 2:30- 3:00    Station Upgrades/Facilities/Timeline		NSF Rep

 3:00- 3:30    Proposal topics and milestones (discussion leader: S. Barwick)	
 3:30- 4:00    Funding scenarios	(discussion leader: F. Halzen)
 4:00- 5:00    To Be Determined   
 5:00- 5:30   Review of Action Items, next meeting, 

 7:00-10:00PM   Adjourn to Prego's Restaurant (Near Airport)