*****＜ The first bulletin of Xenon01 Workshop (Dec. 3-4, 2001) ＞ *****

CRC会員の皆さま、

以下のように
"International Workshop on Technique and Application of Xenon Detectors"
を2001年12月3日と4日に開催致します。

参加を希望される方は、当研究会のホームページ
http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/xenon01
を通じて参加登録をお願い致します。

国内旅費につきましては自費を用意できない方に対して
限られた範囲になりますが補助できる可能性があります。
xenon01 [at] suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp 
にご連絡ください。

なお、当研究会に引き続き
「ニュートリノ振動とその起源の解明」第3回研究会(12/5-8)
も開催されます。詳しくは後日アナウンス予定です。

研究会世話人
 鈴木洋一郎、中畑雅行、森山茂栄、小汐由介
  東京大学宇宙線研究所
 鈴木聡
  早稲田大学理工学総合研究センター
 G. Gratta
  Stanford Univ.

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| International Workshop on Technique and Application of Xenon Detectors |
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On December 3 and 4, 2001, we will have a two-day workshop concentrated
on experiments using xenon. The workshop will be held at Kashiwa-campus
of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. 
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss all aspects of experiments 
using xenon, including problems and techniques.

One of the rare gases, xenon, is very promising material of detectors for
particle and astrophysics. This is owing to special properties of xenon:
(1) large scintillation output, (2) large atomic number,
(3) fast timing response, (4) long life for ionized electrons,
(5) particle identification power, (6) large density of liquid,
(7) no long-life radio isotope, and so on.
Those prominent properties makes many physicist interested in
detectors using xenon. Recently, we have many kinds of future plans for
large-scale xenon detectors around the world. In particular, some of them
will use several tons of xenon. Although their goals are different, we are
frequently required to solve same kinds of problem. Because of such 
situation, we feel that it is a reasonable time to organize an 
international technical workshop concentrated on this subject. We hope our
workshop exhaustively covers all applications using xenon.

Purpose of the Workshop
=======================
Xenon is used and planning for gamma ray detectors, double beta decay
experiments, dark matter search experiments, solar neutrino experiments,
and so on. The purpose of this technical workshop is to form a new strong
community in which information and techniques of xenon are intensively
studied and shared, and to exchange our knowledge and status of planning
detectors. The subjects which will be covered are:
 1) various detector technologies,
 2) purification of xenon,
 3) PMT development,
 4) xenon production,
 5) enrichment,
 6) calibration,
 7) low background environment,
 8) applications for various physics,
etc.

Date of the workshop
====================
December 3(Mon.) and 4(Tue.), 2001

Workshop Site
=============
Workshop site is the Lecture Hall at the 6th floor of the ICRR building at
Kashiwa-Campus, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. The nearest international airport
is Narita airport and the campus is about one hour by train from Narita
and also directly accessible by air-port bus. More details about the 
transportation will be found in the following Web site:
     http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/xenon01

Registration/Accommodation
==========================
Registration for the workshop and reservation of accommodations should be
done via the workshop home page:
      http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/xenon01
The number of participants is limited to 70. Please register at your
earliest convenience. We accept requests for accommodation only from
foreigners. Please fill up the registration form and submit.
Japanese participants should reserve hotels for oneself.

Contributed Papers
===================
If you are going to submit a contribution paper, an abstract must be
submitted by Nov. 3rd 2001. You can submit your abstract via home page.

Joint Workshop
==============
Just after the Xenon workshop, we will have another international workshop
entitled "Neutrino Oscillations and their Origin" from 5th to 8th
December at the same workshop site. In this workshop, we will discuss
latest results on solar neutrinos and atmospheric neutrinos, theoretical
analyses on neutrino oscillations, and related subjects, such as long
baseline experiments, search for proton decays and mu->e, gamma decays
and etc. Details of the workshop can be found on the website:
    http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/noon2001
    
Scientific Program Committee
============================
Y. Suzuki, M. Nakahata, S. Moriyama and Y. Koshio
 (Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, Univ. of Tokyo)
S. Suzuki 
 (Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ.)
G. Gratta (Stanford Univ.)

Contact
=======
If you have any questions or comments, please send e-mail to the
following address:
E-mail: xenon01 [at] suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp 

International Workshop on Technique and Application of Xenon Detectors
Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, Univ. of Tokyo,
Higashi-mozumi, Kamioka-cho, Yoshiki-gun, Gifu, Japan, 506-1205
Tel: +81-578-5-9603,  Fax: +81-578-5-2121
E-mail: xenon01 [at] suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp 
home page: http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/xenon01