Working Groups

Tuesday, December 1

SN Working Group:

http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/DisplayMeeting?conferenceid=632

Cluster Working Group:

Detailed agenda here: https://sites.google.com/site/descwg/Home?pli=1

9:00-10:30 Mocks, DC5, and plans
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Cluster characterization:  richness, structure, X-rays, etc.

12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45 Cluster finding in mocks:  the comparison project
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:30 Cluster mass calibration:  spectroscopic follow-up, weak lensing

LSS Working Group:

14:15-14:20 Will Percival, Welcome, goals, agenda and dinner plans
14:20-14:30 Enrique Gaztanaga, Summary of current WG activities
14:30-14:50 Eusebio Sanchez:  A method to use BAO as a standard ruler in DES
14:50-15:05 Anna Cabre:   Likehood analysis of the shape of the DES angular correlation
15:05-15:20 Martin Crocce:  Signal and Covariance Matrix estimation of the angular correlation
15:30-15:45 Ofer Lahav:   Neutrino mass from DES:LsS - the role of systematics and priors
 (I'll talk more generally z-dist, non-linear P (K) issues, beyond just nu mass).
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-16:25 Beatriz Ramos:   DES-Brazil DC4 Analysis
16:25-16:35 Bruno Rosetto:  DES Value Added Catalog
16:35-16:50 Ashley Ross:  DC4 clustering:  mask, catalog selection and photoz consideration
17:05-17:45 (?) Discussion
 -science requirements document
   http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=20)
-resource list (we need to create a preliminary list of required resources)
17:45 (?) End
19:00 Dinner at (?)

Weak Lensing Working Group:

9:00-10:30 Discussion led by Mike Jarvis and Erin Sheldon:  DC4 and DC5 analysis and preparation
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:15

David Bacon:  Image quality tolerances from shear and flexion

11:15-11:30 Discussion led by Erin Sheldon:  WLWG resource requirements
11:30-12:00 Discussion led by Mike Jarvis and Erin Sheldon:  DC4 and DC5 analysis and preparation
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:00 Lunch
  Note also the many other sessions of relevance to the weak lensing working group, including:
  Tues. 4:15-5:30 Cluster mass calibration
  Wed 13:00-15:15 Image Quality Workshop
   
   

Wednesday, December 2

Theory Working Group:

15:45-16:15 Discussion of White Paper Task
16:15-16:30 Scott Dodelson
16:30-16:45 Gary Bernstein
16:45-17:00 Carlos Cunha

Galaxy Working Group:

14:00-14:30 Spectroscopic follow-up (Brian Gerke)
14:30-15:00 Plans for DC5 (Daniel Thomas)
15:00-15:30 Studying Galaxy Evolution with Photometric Surveys (Beatriz Ramos)
   

Sim Working Group:

17:15-17:25 A. Kravtsov. Welcome. Update on calibration of cluster halo bias and scaling relations.
17:25-17:30 M. Becker. Lightcone construction for DC5
17:30-17:40 M. Crocce. Update on galaxy catalogues from the MICE simulations. Status of the 4000^3 run.
17:40-17:50 M. White. Remapping of the periodic cubes
Discussion:
1) Blind cosmology mocks for the DC6b (summer 2010) and future DCs (winter-summer 2011). Summary of the Tuesday lunch discussion. Plans for simulations choice of ICs, codes, cosmological parameters.
2) A data model for simulations to create a database and a standard format so that we could use different halo finder within the portal framework. We need someone that could serve as liason between the WG and us on these matters

Strong Lensing Working Group:

http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/DisplayMeeting?sessionid=899

Thursday, December 3

SN Working Group:

http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/DisplayMeeting?conferenceid=633

Weak Lensing Working Group

14:00-14:15 David Bacon:  Flexion and its variance with DES
14:15-14:30 Donnacha Kirk:  The impact of instrinsic alignments on cosmology from cosmic shear

14:30-14:45

Julia Young:  Cluster STEP
14:45-15:00 Discussion led by Gary Bernstein:  Acceptance testing