PUMA Workshop 2020

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

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

1 Introduction

Speaker: Anze Slosar (BNL)

Intro / LOI

2 LOI discussion

Science LOI draft: https://www.overleaf.com/6445697942krtvhkqrhjkt

Facility LOI draft: https://www.overleaf.com/2395378985rgtnbymmcbhs

Intro / LOI

13:00 Virtual Coffee Break

3 Calibration and foreground removal techniques

Speaker: Dr Juan Mena Parra

20200818_PUMA_workshop.pdf

4 Discussion of Calibration Needs

Presentation

5 Plan for the rest of the week

Wednesday, 19 August

6 HI intensity mapping survey with a Phased Array Feed on Parkes

Speaker: Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith

ListerStaveley-Smith_IM_PUB_small.pdf

7 Status of CHIME Intensity Mapping

Speaker: Seth Siegel

Siegel_Status_of_CHIME.pdf

12:50 Virtual Coffee Break

8 Status of HIRAX

Speaker: Ben Saliwanchik

PUMA_Saliwanchik_20200819.pdf

9 Status of TianLai

Speaker: Albert Stebbins

20200818_TianlaiStatus_PUMAworkshop.pdf

10 Status of BINGO

BINGO_PUMA2020.pdf

11 Discussion of current efforts

Thursday, 20 August

12 PAON-4 and new digital front-end IDROGEN

Speaker: Reza Ansari

paon_idrogen_pumaworkshop_aug20.pdf

13 Software: HERA, CHIME, TLPIPE, PAON-4, PYSM

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 Virtual Coffee Break

14 Discussion

More on software
Status of current experiments
Future R&D, science requirements
Next steps

15 Closeout

Speaker: Anze Slosar (BNL)