MADMAX Autumn meeting (Zaragoza)

8 Oct 2018, 08:00 → 9 Oct 2018, 18:00 Europe/Madrid

Room: Joaquín Costa (Building: Paraninfo)

Béla Majorovits (Max Planck for Physics), Ciaran O'Hare (Universidad de Zaragoza), Javier Redondo (Max Planck for Physics), Stefan Knirck (Max Planck for Physics)

Meeting of the MADMAX collaboration and interest group.

Organised by:

  

 

Monday, 8 October

09:00 → 09:30 Introduction

News on the theory and phenomenology of axion dark matter, experimental novelties, advances in the dielectric haloscope concept, progress of the MADMAX experiment

Convener: Dr Javier Redondo (Max Planck for Physics)

09:00 Logistics

Speaker: Dr Javier Redondo (Max Planck for Physics)

09:10 Scope of meeting, definitions

Speaker: Dr Béla Majorovits (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides madmax_collaboration_meeting_intro_181008.pptx

09:30 → 10:50 3D simulations

09:30 Finite Elements vs. Boundary Elements vs. Analytical Solutions

Speakers: Mr Jan Schütte-Engel (Uni Hamburg), Stefan Knirck (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides http://wwwgerda.mpp.mpg.de/files/MADMAX/Meeting_Oct_18/MADMAX_WORKSHOP_08_10_2018_Jan_SE.pdf

10:10 Towards the MADMAX Booster Setup

Speakers: Mr Jan Schütte-Engel (Uni Hamburg), Stefan Knirck (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides knirck_simulations_booster_compressed.pdf (Protected)

10:50 → 11:15 coffee link

11:15 → 13:00 Proof of principle booster

11:15 Proof of principle booster: status

Speaker: Jacob Egge (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides jacob_egge_madmax__zaragoza_collab.pdf

11:45 Optical alignment Interferometer

Speaker: Christian Strandhagen

Slides strandhagen_zaragoza.pdf

12:05 Smaract interferometer

Speaker: Stefan Knirck (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides picoscale_interferometer.odp picoscale_interferometer.pdf

12:15 System temperature measurements of LHe and the tube

Speaker: Chang Lee (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides CollabMeetingOct18_Tsys_CLEE.pdf

13:00 → 14:30 lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Magnet design I

14:30 Status CEA

Speaker: Walid Abdul Maksoud

Slides MadmaxMeeting08102018_WAM.pdf

15:00 Status Noell

Speaker: Cristian Boffo (Babcock Noell GmbH)

Slides MMaX_Magnet_Noell_08102018_ZAZ.pptx

15:30 Discussion

Speakers: Dr Béla Majorovits (Max Planck for Physics), Javier Redondo (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides madmax_discussion_magnet_181008.pptx

16:00 → 16:30 coffee link

16:30 → 17:15 News (in theory)

Conveners: Ciaran O'Hare (Universidad de Zaragoza), Kenichi Saikawa (Max Planck for Physics)

slides

• 2MAMA_meeting_Zaragoza_Saikawa.pdf
• axionastro-update.key
• Steffen_F_Zaragoza_MADMAX_2018.pdf

17:15 → 18:00 CB closed session: (only collaboration board!)

Meeting of the CB

18:00 → 20:30 Bike tour

Tour around the city's most impressive hallmarks, on two wheels

21:30 → 23:47 Conference dinner: Patio del Plata: c/ Cuatro de Agosto 23, 50003 Zaragoza

A light spanish dinner on a centric terrace

Tuesday, 9 October

09:00 → 09:45 DESY infrastructure

09:00 Status Cryogenics, Space requirements/availabilities hall north Options for Prototype booster and magnet

Speaker: Axel Lindner

Slides MADMAX-Infra.pptx

09:15 Cryogenic vessel design

Speaker: Christoph Krieger

Slides zaragoza2018-Cryovessel.pptx

09:45 → 11:00 Prototype Booster

09:45 Design status / Piezo motor test

Speaker: Michael Matysek

Slides http://wwwgerda.mpp.mpg.de/files/MADMAX/Meeting_Oct_18/Madmax_8okt18_Zaragoza_mat2.pdf

10:15 Tiles: glueing, bonding

Speaker: Erika Garutti

10:30 Piezos on disc with sliding contacts

Speaker: David Kittlinger (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides http://wwwgerda.mpp.mpg.de/files/MADMAX/Meeting_Oct_18/2018_10_09_Piezo_Kittlinger.pdf

11:00 → 11:45 coffee link

11:45 → 13:00 Prototype Booster: continues

11:45 Antenna & parabolic mirror design

Speaker: Stefan Heyminck

Slides MadMax_optics.pdf

12:15 Disc materials, LAlO3,LSAT, etc, crystal growth, properties

Speaker: Jos Boschker

Slides Madmax_2018_boschker.pdf

12:30 Dielectric measurement of disc materials

Speaker: Prof. Alexander Schmidt (RWTH Aachen)

Slides Schmidt_Dielectric.pdf

12:45 Discussion

13:00 → 15:00 lunch

15:00 → 15:45 IAXO

15:00 IAXO & babyIAXO

Speaker: Igor Irastorza

Slides IAXO_Irastorza_Zaragoza.pptx

15:45 → 16:30 News (in theory)

Conveners: Frank Daniel Steffen (Max Planck for Physics), Javier Redondo (Max Planck for Physics)

slides

• 2MAMA_meeting_Zaragoza_Saikawa.pdf
• axionastro-update.key
• Steffen_F_Zaragoza_MADMAX_2018.pdf

16:30 → 17:00 coffee link

17:00 → 17:30 News from Collaboration board

17:00 News from Collaboration board

Speaker: Erika Garutti

17:20 Closeout

Speaker: Dr Béla Majorovits (Max Planck for Physics)

Slides closeout.pptx