To: seki@neutrino.kek.jp Cc: sakuda@neutrino.kek.jp, ishida@neutrino.kek.jp, Yoshinari.Hayato@kek.jp, itow@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp, kenzo.nakamura@kek.jp, suzuki@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp Subject: Re: A draft of the invitation letters to the possible SAC members From: Yoichiro Suzuki <suzuki@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Message-Id: <20010704145554A.suzuki@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 14:55:54 +0900 Dear Seki_san, 1) LowNu was removed. This year we will have Xenon workshop istead of LowNu. 2) GranSasso/CERN was added as was discussed yesterday. Please see text. Best Regards, Yoichiro Suzuki From: <seki@neutrino.kek.jp> Subject: A draft of the invitation letters to the possible SAC members Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 14:16:52 +0900 (JST) > Suzuki san and Sakuda san, > Following our last night's meeting, I am including below, a draft of the > letter to be sent to each of the SAC member candidates. Please > edit/correct and finalize it. (The dates of the preceding two workshops > are correct?) Thanks. > Seki > > ******************************** > > Dear Sir, > > On behalf of the organizing committee of the First International > Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the few GeV region > (NuInt01), I would like to invite you to participate in the Workshop > and to help us as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). > > The workshop will be held at KEK from December 13 (Thursday) to > December 16 (Sunday) 2001, after several days following ICRR Workshop > on Neutrino Oscillations and Their Origin (NOON2001), December 5-8. <===================================== > The workshop is planned to be the first of a series, and the current > one will be hosted by KEK and ICRR. The short announcement below > will describe the scope and objectives of the Workshop. A web page is > being constructed. > > We very much hope that you can participate and can help us as a > SAC member. > > Best regards, > > XXXXXXXXXXX > > ************************************************************** > > The First International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions > in the few GeV region (NuInt01) > > > December 13(Thurs)-16(Sun), 2001 at KEK, > > > The discovery of muon-neutrino oscillations in the atmospheric > neutrinos in 1998 by the Super-Kamiokande (SK) experiment has triggered > many proposals for neutrino oscillation experiments using conventional > low-energy neutrino beams for precise determination of the oscillation > parameters at relevant $ \Delta m^2$ regions. > The first long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, the K2K > experiment, uses a neutrino beam with <E_nu> = 1.3 GeV interacting with > the nuclei in the Super-K detector. As the experiment collect more data, > the contribution of the systematic error will become more significant > in their oscillation analysis. > One important source of systematic errors is the uncertainty > in the neutrino-nucleus cross sections and subsequent nuclear effects > in the few GeV energy region such as Pauli Blocking, nucleon binding, > pion absorption, nuclear correlations, and final-state interactions. > Furthermore, in the near future, at K2K, JHF, Fermilab/MINOS and CERN/GranSasso, <======= > more precise knowledge of the neutrino-nucleus interactions > in the few GeV region will become of vital importance. Next generation > proton-decay experiments must take into account the background generated > by the atmospheric neutrino interactions at GeV energies. Even now, > some analyses of the atmospheric neutrinos are influenced by the > uncertainties associated with the neutrino-nucleus interactions. > Since the K2K is now observing > various neutrino-nucleus interactions with the near detectors > including charged-current neutrino interactions with the oxygens and > iron, and neutral-current interactions at the few GeV region, > it would be timely to organize the first international workshop > on this subject. > The purpose of this workshop is to form and develop a strong > community among nuclear and high-energy physicists in order to meet > the many challenges in current neutrino physics. By examining our > knowledge of this subject and noting where theoretical and experimental > expertise is needed, international effort can be more efficiently applied > to the problem. > Furthermore, the precise measurements of the neutrino-nucleus > interactions may establish a new field of nuclear physics using neutrino > beams in addition to the study of nuclear physics using electron beams. > > > Organizing Committee (Tentative): > D.Casper(UCI), Y.Hayato(KEK), Y.Itow (ICRR, secretary), > P.Lipari(Rome),J.Morfin (Fermi, co-chairman), K.Nakamura (KEK), > A.Para(Fermi), M.Sakuda (KEK, co-chairman), R.Seki(KEK/CSUN/Caltech), > Y.Suzuki(ICRR, co-chairman). > > > The topics to be discussed: > 1. Neutrino-nucleus interactions, and their relation to > neutrino oscillations and proton decay studies > 2. Experimental review of neutrino-nucleus interactions > 3. Theoretical review of nuclear effects and calculations > 4. Comparison of neutrino event generators > 5. Where are we now - where should we direct our efforts? > 6. Future experiments for precise neutrino-nucleus interactions > > >
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