PUMA Workshop 2020

Name: PUMA Workshop 2020
Start: 2020-08-18T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-08-20T14:30:00-04:00
Location: No location set

18 Aug 2020, 12:00 → 20 Aug 2020, 14:30 US/Eastern

Description

PUMA Collaboration workshop of summer 2020.

This virtual meeting will last about 2.5 hours every morning and will include recent results, discussion of Snowmass LOI and R&D planning over the coming decade.

Participation link: https://bluejeans.com/137035999

Tuesday, 18 August
- 12:00 → 12:10
  
  Introduction 10m
  
  Speaker: Anze Slosar (BNL)
  
  Intro / LOI
- 12:10 → 13:00
  
  LOI discussion 50m
  
  Science LOI draft: https://www.overleaf.com/6445697942krtvhkqrhjkt
  
  Facility LOI draft: https://www.overleaf.com/2395378985rgtnbymmcbhs
  
  Intro / LOI
- 13:00 → 13:10
  
  Virtual Coffee Break 10m
- 13:10 → 13:35
  
  Calibration and foreground removal techniques 25m
  
  Speaker: Dr Juan Mena Parra
  
  20200818_PUMA_workshop.pdf
- 13:35 → 14:00
  
  Discussion of Calibration Needs 25m
  
  Presentation
- 14:00 → 14:30
  
  Plan for the rest of the week 30m
Wednesday, 19 August
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  HI intensity mapping survey with a Phased Array Feed on Parkes 30m
  
  Speaker: Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith
  
  ListerStaveley-Smith_IM_PUB_small.pdf
- 12:00 → 12:50
  
  Status of CHIME Intensity Mapping 50m
  
  Speaker: Seth Siegel
  
  Siegel_Status_of_CHIME.pdf
- 12:50 → 13:00
  
  Virtual Coffee Break 10m
- 13:00 → 13:15
  
  Status of HIRAX 15m
  
  Speaker: Ben Saliwanchik
  
  PUMA_Saliwanchik_20200819.pdf
- 13:15 → 13:30
  
  Status of TianLai 15m
  
  Speaker: Albert Stebbins
  
  20200818_TianlaiStatus_PUMAworkshop.pdf
- 13:30 → 13:45
  
  Status of BINGO 15m
  
  BINGO_PUMA2020.pdf
- 13:45 → 14:00
  
  Discussion of current efforts 15m
Thursday, 20 August
- 12:00 → 12:15
  
  PAON-4 and new digital front-end IDROGEN 15m
  
  Speaker: Reza Ansari
  
  paon_idrogen_pumaworkshop_aug20.pdf
- 12:15 → 13:25
  
  Software: HERA, CHIME, TLPIPE, PAON-4, PYSM 1h 10m
  
  We will discuss software codes, capabilities and availability.
  - Richard Shaw: CHIME (15 mins)
  - Saurabh Singh / Adrian Liu: HERA (15 mins)
  - Stebbins: TLPipe (TianLai code)
  - Reza Ansari: PAON-4 code
  - PySM3
  - Discussion
  
  Adrian Liu: HERA Softwares
  
  paon_software_aug20.pdf
  
  shaw_puma2020.pdf
- 13:25 → 13:35
  
  Virtual Coffee Break 10m
- 13:35 → 14:25
  
  Discussion 50m
  
  More on software
  Status of current experiments
  Future R&D, science requirements
  Next steps
- 14:25 → 14:30
  
  Closeout 5m
  
  Speaker: Anze Slosar (BNL)