IceCube collaboration meeting Mons Oct 2003

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IceCube collaboration meeting Mons Oct 2003

• Per Olof Hulth

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We have a Project Director Jim Yeck
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Many working groups this meeting and more time
allocated

• Simulation
• In Ice Device
• Reconstruction
• IceCube Software
• DAQ DOM test
• Plus many informal meetings.

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Large progress since Laguna meeting

• Software question not a question(?)
• DOM production plans coming on

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This season!

• The IceCube drill will arrive to the Pole
• Decision about the geometry for the first strings
  (today?)
• Two IceTop tanks will be installed with 4 DOMs at
  the South Pole

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Next season (04/05)

• First IceCube strings to be deployed (up to five
  strings).

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Critical items

• Drill has to reach South pole this season.
• DOMs
• Cables (test cable out for bid). Test cable ready
  Jan-Feb 04.
• Need to order 5-6 cables for 04/05 season
• Full DOM production next year
• New final review, Hartill-III, the 10-12th of
  Feb 04.

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Next Collaboration meetings

• Preliminary 22-27th of March 2004 /Bartol or
  Berkely
• The next one not yet decided
• There will be an AMANDA meeting around
  neutrino-2004. Probably at Wuppertal.
• This will be decided within a month

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Summary

• We are still in time for our schedule
• But the coming year is critical

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Thanks for a very successful meeting!!

• The meeting is the largest AMANDA/IceCube meeting
  ever and the small Mons group has done a very
  nice work to get it so successful.
• Thank you very much
• Philippe, Thierry, Geoges, Evelyne, Joseph,
  Francis, Michelle and Martine!!