GRAND Workshop

Europe/Paris
1213-RC11 (LPNHE, Paris)

1213-RC11

LPNHE, Paris

LPNHE Tour 12-13 RdC 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris
Jean-Philippe Lenain (LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3), Kumiko Kotera (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris), Olivier Martineau (IN2P3)
Description

 

This workshop aims at discussing the pertinence and the feasibility of a giant radio telescope dedicated to the detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos.

Our project, named GRAND (Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection), consists in its preliminary version, of an array of 90 000 radio antennas deployed over a total area of 60 000 km2. The array aims at detecting high energy neutrinos (E>10^16 eV) via the geo-synchrotron effects induced in air-showers of up-going tau-neutrinos. Two documents, one presenting the science case for GRAND, and the other giving more details about the proposed design of the telescope, are available here:

Science case for GRAND: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/10976/material/paper/1.pdf

GRAND design:  https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/10976/material/paper/0.pdf

 

In the workshop, we hope to gather international experts on high-energy phenomena, in order to discuss practical and technical aspects of the project (conception of the detection unit, definition of the pertinent data to register with the data acquisition system, array deployment…), to estimate the expected sensitivity of the telescope, and evaluate the impact of the results, and the synergies that could be envisaged with other fields. 

The GRAND workshop is organised at LPNHE, with support by the Lagrange Institute Paris, the Programme National Hautes Energies and the Region Ile-de-France.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Paper
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Participants
  • Abigail Vieregg
  • Anastasia Fialkov
  • antoine letessier-selvon
  • Aongus O'Murchada
  • Benjamin Wandelt
  • Chad Finley
  • Charles Timmermans
  • Corinne Berat
  • Cristina Carloganu
  • David MARTIN
  • David Nitz
  • Fabian Schüssler
  • Francoise Combes
  • Jacques David
  • Jean-Philippe Lenain
  • Jianli Zhang
  • Junhua Gu
  • Krijn de Vries
  • Kumiko Kotera
  • Nicolas Renault-Tinacci
  • Olivier Martineau
  • Patrick Stassi
  • Pierre Billoir
  • Quanbu Gou
  • Tanguy Pierog
  • Thierry Pradier
  • Thierry Stolarczyk
  • Tiina Suomijärvi
  • Valentin Niess
  • Vincent Marin
  • Véronique Van Elewyck
  • Washington, Jr. Carvalho
  • Xiang-Ping Wu
  • Yan Huang
  • Yi Mao
  • yi Zhang
  • Zhaoyang Feng
    • Welcome

      Overview of the workshop goal

      Présidents de session: Kumiko Kotera (IAP), Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
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    • GRAND science case
      Président de session: Dr Kumiko Kotera (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
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    • GRAND project overview
      Président de session: Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
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    • 10:20
      Coffee Break
    • 1
      Welcome from the Director of the Institut Lagrange de Paris
      Orateur: Benjamin Wandelt (IAP)
    • Neutrino detection simulation: air shower generation simulation
      Président de session: Dr Tanguy Pierog (KIT, IKP)
      • 2
        General simulation scheme , horizontal showers and energy reconstruction
        Orateur: Dr Tanguy Pierog (KIT, IKP)
        Transparents
      • 3
        Neutrino search in AUGER
        Orateur: M. Pierre Billoir (LPNHE)
        Slides
      • 4
        GRAND simulation scheme
        Orateur: Valentin Niess (LPC, Clermont)
        Slides
      • 5
        GRAND preliminary sensitivity estimate
        Orateur: Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
        Slides
      • 6
        Discussion
    • 12:40
      Lunch
    • Neutrino detection simulation: Radio simulation tools
      Président de session: Ralph Engel
      • 7
        Selfast simulation code
        Orateur: Vincent Marin (Subatech)
        Slides
      • 8
        CoReas simulation code
        Orateurs: Dr Tanguy Pierog (KIT, IKP), Dr Tim Huege (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
        Transparents
      • 9
        Macroscopic modelling of radio emission from particle cascades
        Orateur: M. Krijn de Vries (KVI/University of Groningen)
        Transparents
      • 10
        ZHAireS-Reflex simulation code & neutrino radio simulation
        Orateur: Dr Washington, Jr. Carvalho (Facultad de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
        Slides
      • 11
        Discussion
        Orateurs: Dr Fabian Schussler (CEA/Irfu), Ralph Engel (KIT)
    • 16:45
      Coffee Break
    • Other science cases
      Président de session: Prof. XiangPing Wu (NAOC)
      • 12
        Physics of the Epoch of Reionization
        Orateur: Prof. Francoise Combes (Observatoire de Paris)
        Slides
      • 13
        Detection of the Epoch of Reionization
        Orateur: Prof. XiangPing WU
        Transparents
      • 14
        Open discussion
        Orateur: Prof. Xiang-Ping Wu (National Astronomical Observatories of China)
    • Air shower radio detection: experimental status
      Président de session: Dr Vincent Marin
      • 15
        EAS identification in TREND
        Orateur: Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
        Slides
      • 16
        Discussion
        Orateur: M. Vincent Marin (Subatech)
    • 10:00
      Coffee Break
    • Air shower radio detection: GRAND proto
      Président de session: Olivier Martineau (IN2P3)
      • 17
        GRAND proto principle
        Orateur: Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
        Slides
      • 18
        GRAND proto radio DAQ
        Orateurs: M. Jacques David (LPNHE), Patrick Nayman (CNRS/IN2P3/LPNHE)
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      • 19
        GRAND proto scintillator array
        Orateurs: Quanbu Gou (IHEP), Zhaoyang Feng (IHEP)
        Slides
      • 20
        Discussion
    • 11:50
      Lunch
    • GRAND giant array: detector design
      Président de session: Prof. Tiina Suomijärvi (IPNO/IN2P3)
      • 21
        Giant array deployment: the Auger expertise
        Orateur: David Nitz
        Slides
      • 22
        The AERA DAQ
        Orateur: Charles Timmermans
        Slides
      • 23
        GRAND instrumental challenges
        Orateur: Olivier Martineau-Huynh (IN2P3)
        Slides
      • 24
        Wireless UART coms and possible application to GRAND (Linear Tech.)
        Orateur: M. Didier Gerard (Linear Technology)
      • 25
        The Ulastai Observatory site support
        Orateur: XiangPing Wu (NAOC)
        Transparents
      • 26
        Discussion
    • 16:10
      Coffee Break
    • Experimental input from other neutrino detectors
      Président de session: M. Thierry Pradier (Université de Strasbourg & IPHC/DRS)
      • 27
        Cosmic particle detection in ANITA
        Orateur: Abigail Vieregg (University of Chicago)
        Slides
      • 28
        Input from ARA
        Orateur: Aongus O'Murchada (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
        Slides
      • 29
        Neutrino search in ANTARES and KM3Net
        Orateur: Dr Véronique Van Elewyck (APC)
        Transparents
      • 30
        Discussion
        Orateur: M. Thierry Pradier (Université de Strasbourg & IPHC/DRS)
        Transparents
    • 18:20
      Cocktail
    • Synergies with other messengers and experiments
      Président de session: Dr Jean-Philippe Lenain (LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3)
      • 31
        Synergies with other messengers
        Orateurs: Dr Fabian Schussler (CEA/Irfu), Jean-Philippe Lenain (LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3)
        Transparents
      • 32
        Complementarity with other neutrino detectors
        Orateurs: Chad Finley (Stockholm University), Dr Fabian Schussler (CEA/Irfu)
        Slides
    • Other science cases
      Présidents de session: Benjamin Wandelt (IAP), joe silk (IAP)
      • 33
        Other science cases: open discussion
        Orateurs: Dr Anastasia Fialkov (ENS), Yi Mao (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris), joe silk (IAP)
        Transparents
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Future plans

      Open discussion on costs, future plans & strategy for the future.

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