Homestake DUSEL

Welcome to the website for Homestake DUSEL Initial Suite of Experiments (ISE) Working Groups for the April Workshop to be held in Lead, South Dakota
April 21-26, 2008

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The DUSEL Experiment Development Coordinators (DEDC) are organizing the April workshop in conjunction with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, as well as the Homestake DUSEL project team. The workshop is to help each of the experimenters/disciplines optimize their strategy for development, so they may be best positioned for consideration in the ISE. The workshop is an opportunity for the Working Groups to further develop and characterize the facility and support needs each experiment will require.

DUSEL Experiment Development Coordinators (DEDC)
Steve Elliott	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Derek Elsworth	Penn State University
Larry Murdoch	Clemson University
Tullis C. Onstott	Princeton University
Daniela Leitner	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hank Sobel	University of California, Irvine

For Workshop White Papers, please click on Working Group Title in order to download a copy of the Working Group White Paper.

Homestake DUSEL Initial Suite of Experiments
April Meeting Working Groups

Physics Working Groups - Coordinated by Hank Sobel, Daniela Leitner and Steve Elliott
Dark Matter		Dan Akerib, Case Western University & Rick Gaitskell, Brown University
Long Baseline/Nucleon Decay		Bob Svoboda, University of California at Davis
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay		Giorgio Gratta, Stanford University
Nuclear Astrophysics		Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame
1-km Vertical Space		Yuri Kamyshkov, University Of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gravity Waves		Vuk Mandic, University of Minnesota
Low Background Counting		Prisca Cushman, University of Minnesota
Solar Neutrinos		Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Tech
Studies of effects of energetic particles on electronic devices, biological systems, materials and development of structure imaging from cosmic rays.		Rob McTaggart, South Dakota State University

Geoscience, Geomicrobiology and Engineering Working Groups - Coordinated by Derek Elsworth, T.C. Onstott and Larry Murdoch
Letter to Geoscience Working Group Leaders
Baseline characterization and monitoring		Stephen Martel, University of Hawaii
Ambient rock deformation processes		Herb Wang, University of Wisconsin
Induced rock deformation processes		Leonid Germanovich, Georgia Tech
Ambient flow, transport, diversity and activity		David Boutt, University of Massachusetts
Induced flow, transport and activity		Eric Sonnenthal, LBNL
Underground construction, mining and environment		Charles Fairhurst, University of Minnesota
CO2 Sequestration		Joe Wang, LBNL
Resource extraction		Jean-Claude Roegiers, University of Oklahoma
Subsurface imaging and sensing		Steven Glaser, UC Berkeley
Ultra-deep drilling and exploration		Tom Kieft, New Mexico Tech
Self-Initiated Working Groups
PODS		Derric Iles, University of South Dakota
Geoneutrino Radiometric Analysis Group for Geosciences		P. Ila, MIT
Toxicology of Heavy Metals (THM) in Degenerative Diseases		Glenn I. Lykken

Education and Outreach- Coordinated by Ben Sayler and Julie Dahl
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - Goals
Build understanding of existing E&O plans Update participants about early E&O activities and opportunities Learn from outside experts about general principles of high quality E&O and about lessons learned through similar efforts elsewhere Help scientists to develop E&O components of their own proposals Gather input about infrastructural requirements related to E&O for DUSEL Establish and strengthen relationships between scientists and educators
Thursday, April 24, 2008 - Goals
React to and refine ideas for Preliminary Design Report Focus on crosscutting issues, especially issues of infrastructure
On Thursday, April 24, we would like to assemble a working group to spend the day focusing on laboratory-wide E&O plans. This planning work will inform the education section of the Preliminary Design Report (PDR) to be submitted to NSF in the spring of 2009. The PDR requires detailed documentation of overarching goals, programming plans, facility requirements, funding requirements, and staffing plans. To make the E&O section as strong as possible, we seek a planning team comprised of members with diverse perspectives and experience. We welcome your expertise and urge you to share this information with others who may bring new ideas and contributions. In order to plan for this working group, we need to know who would be interested in participating by April 5. To register and to receive more information about meeting location (somewhere in Lead, but not necessarily at Golden Hills), agenda, and other preliminary documents, please contact Julie Dahl JulieDahl@bhsu.edu.

Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation