Saturday April 26

PMT Calibration School, K. Arisaka, Instructor

10:00

12:30

Basics of PMT calibration

ROOM MAITEN (BLUE)

·  Principle of PMT and its calibration (1hour)

·  Absolute Calibration of PMT by NIST standard (30min)

·  Imperfect behavior of PMT (30min)

12:30

13:30

Visit to PMT test/potting facility at SDE-Fabrica

(Shuttle bus leaves the Conference center at 12:30)

15:00

18:00

SD and FD PMT Calibration

ROOM CANELO (RED)

·  SD PMT Specs and calibration (30min)

·  SD PMT test facility and test results(30min, Barnhill)

·  FD PMT Specs and calibration (20min)

·  FD Photon yield studies and systematic errors (50min)

Sunday April 27

SD Calibration & SD/FD Cross Calibration Workshop

10:00

13:00

SD Calibration Workshop (A. Tripathi organizer)

ROOM MAITEN (BLUE)

·  Local Station Calibration and Monitoring Update: Xavier (5min)

·  Studies of Pedestal Induced Systematics and Electronics Noise: Gonzalo (20min)

·  Report from Puebla: Humberto (20min)

·  LED Flasher Measurements in Orsay Tank, and Result of Biological analysis of EA Tanks: Carla (25min)

·  Water Level Monitoring Studies: Clementina (20min)

·  Results of the muon data Analysis: Arun (30min)

·  The Offline Calibration Database: Tom Paul (15min)

·  Thoughts on SD Calibration in Pre-production: Xavier (20min)

14:30

18:00

FD/SD Energy Cross Calibration (K. Arisaka, organizer)

ROOM MAITEN (BLUE)

·  Absolute energy by Ground Array: AGASA/Auger-SD (1hour)

·  Auger FD Dome calibration (20min, Jeff Brack)

·  Auger FD Laser calibration (20min, Mike Roberts)

·  Absolute energy by FD: HiRes/Auger-FD (50min)

·  How to minimize systematic error in FD (30min)

·  Strategy for SD/FD energy cross calibration (30min)

·  Discussion (All, 30min)