The Center for Neutrino Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
announces Neutrino Sciences 2007 DOANOW on March 23-25, 2007. This
international meeting brings
together particle physicists, earth scientists, and engineers with interests in a
deep ocean, antineutrino observatory. Conference sessions explore studies of
neutrino mass and mixing, nucleon decay, supernova and solar neutrinos,
the composition and energetics of earth's interior, nuclear monitoring, and engineering/technical issues.
The deep ocean antineutrino observatory presents significant science potential when designed to
allow relocation from one site to another. At a deep ocean location near Hawaii the observatory measures
antineutrinos from uranium and thorium in earth's mantle and makes a sensitive search for antineutrinos from
a hypothetical natural fission reactor in earth's core. A deployment offshore a nuclear reactor complex
measures neutrino mixing parameters with the possibility of resolving neutrino mass hierarchy.
Workshop Summary
Hanohano information
Venue
All sessions of DOANOW will be held in the Pacific Room in Jefferson Hall
at the East-West Center on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. It is
just a short walk from here to the Physics Department in Watanabe Hall or
the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST).
Scientific Organizing Committee
Steve Dye (U. Hawaii), John Learned (U. Hawaii), John Mahoney (U. Hawaii),
William McDonough (U. Maryland),
Sandip Pakvasa (U. Hawaii), Joe Van Ryzin (Makai Ocean Engineering)
Registration
A $100 registration fee to be paid in full by cash will be charged to all
participants to help cover workshop expenses. There will be no exceptions.
The fee includes refreshments during the breaks, reception on Friday
evening, and party Saturday night.
Accommodations
Those traveling from overseas are encouraged to reserve lodging through
Josie Nanao (josie@phys.hawaii.edu). If you plan to rent a car and drive
to the workshop (not recommended), you can reserve a parking pass through
Jan Bruce (jan@phys.hawaii.edu).
Program
Friday, March 23-
8:40 Welcome and Aloha- Dr. Charles Hayes, Dean of Natural Sciences
(Hawaii)
8:45 Workshop Introduction- William McDonough (Maryland)
Session 1: Scientific Setting (morning)
Chairperson: John Mahoney
9:00-9:35
Accretion and differentiation of the Earth ---
Dave Stevenson (Caltech)
9:35-10:20
Radioactivity and the Earth's energy budget ---
Raymond Jeanloz (UC Berkeley)
10:20-10:35 Break
Chairperson: Bill McDonough
10:35-11:15
Compositional model for the earth and its implication for convection
---
Jun Korenaga (Yale)
11:15-12:00
Earth's energy budget ---
John Lassiter (U TX Austin)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Session 2:
Chairperson: Norm Sleep
1:00-1:45
Compositional model for the mantle beneath the pacific ocean ---
Rhea Workman (U Hawaii)
1:45-2:30
Metling anomalies in the mantle ---
Garrett Ito (U Hawaii)
2:30-3:15
Heat producing elements in the continents ---
Bill McDonough (U Maryland)
3:15-3:30 Break
Chairperson: Rhea Workman
3:30-4:15
Radioactive decay of K- behavior under pressure ---
Kanani K. M. Lee (New Mexico State)
4:15-5:00 Geophysics and geochemistry of the earth ---
Norm Sleep (Stanford)
5:00-6:00 Open Discussion
6:00-8:00 Reception
Saturday, March 24-
Session 3: Geological Neutrinos
Chairperson: Kunio Inoue
9:00-9:25
Geo-neutrino Overview --- Sanshiro Enomoto (Tohoku)
9:25-9:40
Geo-reactor --- Jelena Maricic (Drexel)
9:40-10:15
Geology with Geo-neutrino Flux Measurements --- Eugene
Guillian (Queens)
10:15-10:30 Break
Session 4: Astrophysical Neutrinos
Chairperson: Sandip Pakvasa
10:30-11:00
Supernova Neutrino Signal at Hanohano --- Alex Friedland (Los
Alamos)
11:00-11:30
Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background at Hanohano --- Hasan
Yuksel (Ohio State)
11:30-12:00
Solar Neutrinos in Large Liquid Scintillator Detectors ---
Mark Chen (Queens)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Session 5: Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Chairperson: Paul Harrison
1:00-1:30
Nucleon Decay Search with LENA --- Michael Wurm (Heidleberg)
1:30-2:00
Current Status and Prospects of Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and
Oscillations --- Serguey Petcov (SISSA/INFN)
2:00-2:30 Which Long-baseline Neutrino Experiment? --- Danny Marfatia
(Wisconsin)
2:30-3:00
Ways to Determine Neutrino Mass Hierarchy --- Stephen Parke
(FermiLab)
3:00-3:15 Break
Chairperson: Alfred Huang
3:15-3:45
Double Chooz --- Jelena Maricic (Drexel)
3:45-4:15
Daya Bay --- Bob McKeown (CalTech)
4:15-5:00
Particle Physics with Hanohano --- John Learned (Hawaii)
5:00-5:15
Undersea Sites by Taiwan for Reactor Neutrinos --- Alfred Huang
(NTU)
5:15-6:00 Open Discussion
6:00-open Party at John Learned's
Sunday, March 25-
10:00-10:20 Coffee/Refreshments
Session 6: Engineering and Technology for a Deep Ocean Antineutrino
Observatory
Chairperson: Steve Dye
10:20-10:55
Hanohano Engineering --- Joe Van Ryzin (Makai Ocean
Engineering)
10:55-11:30
Hanohano Electronics and Communications --- Gary Varner
(Hawaii)
11:30-12:00
Liquid Scintillator Purification and Light Output ---
Kengo Nakamura (Tohoku)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 White Paper Discussions --- All
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