21 cm BAO Meeting Agenda

July 10-11 at Fermilab

Comitium (WH2SE)

July 10, 2008 (Morning 9:00 am)

  • Jeff Peterson -- HSHS Overview
  • Hee-Jong Seo -- BAO science
  • Albert Stebbins -- Smoothness of galactic syncrotron emmission
  • Jim Rich -- Sensitivity projections
  • July 10, 2008 (Afternoon 1:30 p.m.)

  • Ue-Li Pen -- 21 cm Cross-correlation results using Parkes and GBT
  • Kevin Bandura -- Results of tests of the Pittsburgh Cylinders
  • Dave McGinnis -- Plans for tests at FNAL
  • Christophe Yeche -- Developments in electronics
  • Jason Salkinder -- ADC development
  • Peter Timbie -- Linefeed ideas and LNA prototype
  • John Bunton -- Cylinder antenna arrays
  • Group discussion -- Antenna design issues
  • No host dinner for July 10 evening. Place & time TBD.

    July 11, 2008 (Morning 9:00 am)

  • Kris Sigurdson -- Status of CHIME
  • Jeff Peterson -- Status of possible HSHS sites
  • Kalahari RFI measurements band3 band4 band5
  • John Marriner -- Collaboration issues
  • Ue-Li Pen -- Singular value decomposition for noise reduction of man-mand noise
  • TDB -- Discussion: systematics & calibrations
  • List of Participants