Homestake Lab Workshop

Dear Colleagues,

The Homestake Scientific Collaboration and the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority are pleased to announce the next set of scientific workshops on the Homestake DUSEL proposal and the Early Implementation Laboratory at Homestake's 4850 level.

Workshop Dates: 9 - 11 February (8th and the afternoon of the 11th being travel days)

PAC LOI Presentations.

Workshop Presentations.

Letters-of-interest.

Workshop videos (Quicktime).

Meeting Location: Lead South Dakota. The workshop hotel is the Golden Hills Inn. (1-888- 465-3080) please refer to the group reservation under "science lab".

You may wish to consider contacting Black Hills Central Reservations, the official reservation system for the Black Hills of South Dakota, at 1-800-529-0105 or the website at http://www.blackhillsvacations.com/ for special airfare rates. You do not need to book an entire travel package to obtain discounted airfares. You are encouraged to make all reservations as soon as possible.

Shuttles between the Rapid City Airport and Lead, SD, will be available on the 8th and 11th or by arrangement. Rental vehicles are also available, but their cost is not reimbursable. Some Travel Support for attending the meeting is available. Please contact Bill Roggenthen (william.roggenthen@sdsmt.edu) with your request for assistance and for instructions on reimbursement.

Detailed instructions for Workshop Participants and Letters of Intent Proponents can be found here (.pdf).

We wish to accomplish three major actions at this meeting:

1. Physics and Education and Outreach workshops to further stimulate scientific collaboration and to better understand and establish the scientific road maps for these disciplines.
2. Presentations of the Letters of Intent to the SDSTA and the workshop participants to begin the assessment of the scientific programs for Homestake.
3. Continue discussions with the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority on the experimental infrastructure requirements for both the Early Implementation Program and the plans for the longer-term DUSEL.

The schedule, as of Feb. 2, for the workshops and Program Advisory Committee is available here (.pdf).

The outline is:

9 February - Physics and Education and Outreach Workshops.

The workshops presents proponents of the Letters of Interest and other members of the scientific community to present results, discuss plans, road maps and R&D activities, and to continue the process of accumulating facility and infrastructure requirements. If you plan on making a presentation during the workshop please inform the coordinators listed below.

• Dark Matter, Double Beta Decay, Low Background Counting - Bob Lanou (lanou@holley.physics.brown.edu), Kevin Lesko (ktlesko@lbl.gov) and Reyco Henning (rhenning@lbl.gov).
• Accelerator Nuclear Astrophysics - Lee Schroeder(LSSchroeder@lbl.gov) and Bob Lanou (lanou@holley.physics.brown.edu),
• Long Baseline Neutrinos, Proton Decay, Cavity Engineering issues - Ken Lande (klande@mail.sas.upenn.edu) and Milind Diwan (diwan@bnl.gov)
• Solar and Geoneutrinos - Kevin Lesko (ktlesko@lbl.gov), Bruce Vogelaar (vogelaar@vt.edu), and Nikolai Tolich (nikolai.tolich@gmail.com).
• Other Uses - Yuen-dat Chan (ydc@lbl.gov),
• Education and Outreach - Ben Sayler bensayler@bhsu.edu).

10, 11 February - Presentation of the Homestake Infrastructure and Presentation of the Letters of Interest.

Proponents for Letters of Interest will be requested to make short presentations to the Scientific Program Advisory Panel (PAC). These presentations should address the 5 criteria listed in the Call for LOIs. The LOIs are available at: (http://neutrino.lbl.gov/Homestake/LOI/HomestakeLOI.pdf). The membership of the PAC is posted here.

Due to the volume of LOIs received, we may request that very similar LOIs (e.g. similar or identical scientific objectives, goals, and techniques) consolidate their presentations into a single presentation.