ALPS Collaboration Meeting

Europe/Berlin
Helmholtz Institute Mainz - Conference Room 133 (University of Mainz)

Helmholtz Institute Mainz - Conference Room 133

University of Mainz

Staudingerweg 7 55128 Mainz
Description

 

The APLS-II Collaboration Meeting It is hosted by the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz. Mainz is an old university town, located at the Rhine-river and also the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is located 20 min from Frankfurt International Airport and can be also reached conveniently by train from all Europe. Travel instructions can be found under the Directions Menu.

There are several hotels in Mainz and the university can be easily reached by foot or public transport easily. You can book via (www.booking.com) or also contact the following hotels directly. Do that as soon as possible, as there is a large physics workshop in Mainz at the same time:

Participants
  • Aaron Spector
  • Andreas Ringwald
  • Axel Lindner
  • Benno Willke
  • David Tanner
  • Dennis Schmelzer
  • Dominik Miller
  • Giuseppe Messineo
  • Guido Mueller
  • Hal Hollis
  • Jan Hendrik Põld
  • Joseph Gleason
  • Kanioar Karan
  • Klaus Zenker
  • Li-Wei Wei
  • Matthias Schott
  • Mikhail Karnevskiy
  • Simon Barke
  • Todd Kozlowski
  • Zachary Bush
    • 12:00 14:00
      Arrival and Welcome
      Convener: Prof. Matthias Schott (Uni. Mainz)
      slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      ALPS optics meeting - Part 1
      Convener: Jan Hendrik Pold (DESY)
      • 14:00
        Advantages and disadvantages of proposed designs 1h
        Speaker: Dr Aaron Spector (Univ. Hamburg)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Discussion 30m
    • 15:30 15:45
      Coffee Break 15m
    • 15:45 18:00
      ALPS optics meeting - Part 2
      Convener: Benno Willke
      • 15:45
        Discussion of alternative designs 2h 15m
        * What designs options still possible and what are their limitations? * Which ones are we considering in the future * What needs to be addressed before we vote for a design change
        Slides
    • 18:00 19:00
      City Tour 1h
    • 19:00 21:00
      Dinner - Haus des Deutschen Weines 2h
    • 09:00 10:30
      ALPS optics meeting - Part 3
      Convener: Dr Aaron Spector (Univ. Hamburg)
    • 10:30 10:45
      Coffee Break 15m
    • 10:45 11:30
      ALPS optics meeting - VMB
      Convener: Jan Hendrik Pold (DESY)
      • 10:45
        Status of VMB experiments at UF 15m
        Speaker: Hal Hollis
        Slides
      • 11:00
        Birefringence noise in VMB experiments 20m
        Speaker: Dr Giuseppe Messineo (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz)
        Slides
    • 11:30 12:30
      General ALPS status
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 11:30
        Welcome, agenda 15m
      • 11:45
        PRC 45m
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch Break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 16:00
      Status of detection systems
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 14:00
        Heterodyne detection: status and next steps 30m
        Slides
      • 14:30
        TES: status and next steps 30m
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Discussion 30m
    • 16:00 16:15
      Coffee Break 15m
    • 16:15 18:00
      Going beyond the ALPS nose
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 16:15
        New Low-Energy Probes for Low-Mass Dark Matter and Exotic Bosons 30m
        Speaker: Dr Yevgeny Stadnik (Mainz)
        Slides
      • 16:45
        New axion exoeriments: Mainz activities 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Dmitry Budker
      • 17:15
        Axion in Reach of ALPS II? 30m
        Speaker: Andreas Ringwald (DESY)
        Slides
      • 17:45
        Discussion 15m
    • 18:00 20:00
      Lab Tour and Dinner (Eisgrub) 2h
    • 09:00 10:30
      ALPS IIc project organization
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 09:00
        ALPS IIc Work Breakdown Structure 30m
      • 09:30
        Decision on WBS and responsibilities 30m
      • 10:00
        Next steps towards the ALPS IIc project organization 30m
    • 10:30 10:45
      Coffee Break 15m
    • 10:45 11:30
      ALPS optics meeting - Part 4
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 10:45
        Discussion - Needs for new equipment for the new/future design 20m
        Slides
      • 11:05
        Discussion - Needs for ALPS IIc infrastructure for optics 25m
    • 11:30 12:30
      AoB
      Convener: Dr Axel Lindner (DESY)
      • 11:30
        Plans for new Ph.D.s, postdoc, stays at DESY 15m
      • 11:45
        ALPS presentations at conferences 15m
      • 12:00
        ALPS II in strategic discussions 15m
      • 12:15
        AoB (next meetings) 15m
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h