Double Beta Decay (and relevant Low-Level Counting) Working Group
International Workshop on Neutrinos and Subterranean Science

September 19-21, 2002
Washington, DC

Thursday, September 19, 2:00-6:30pm Double beta decay: Physics presentations
2:00-2:30 Rabi Mohapatra, University of Maryland
Why Double Beta Decay is Important
2:30-3:00 Harry Miley, PNL
Next-Generation Germanium Detectors
3:00-3:30 Giorgio Gratta, Stanford
EXO
3:30-4:00 Hiro Ejiri, Osaka
MOON
4:00-4:30 coffee break
4:30-5:00 Sean Sutton, Mt. Holyoke
The Iniitial Runs of NEMO 3
5:00-5:30 Oliviero Cremonesi, Univ. Milano
Cuore
5:30-5:50 G. Bonvicini, Wayne State University
Ultrapure materials - steel and hydrocarbons
5:50-6:10 S. Pascoli
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Neutrino Mass Spectrum and CP-Violation
6:10-6:30 Gary Prezeau, Caltech
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in Effective Field Theory

Friday, September 20, 8:30-12:00 Joint working group session on low-level counting
(double beta decay, dark matter, national security, geomicrobiology, solar neutrinos)
8:30-9:00 Andre Hamer, LANL
Screening Requirements for Future Rare-Event Searches
9:00-9:30 Tom Shutt, Princeton
A Low-background Counting Facility
9:30-10:00 Harry Miley, PNL, to be determined
Dan Ogg, NRL PIsCES and National Security
10:00-10:30 Outreach/Education and Low-Level Counting Experiments: Discussion
Discussion Leader: Sherry Farwell, SDSM&T
10:30-11:00 coffee break
11:00-12:30 Round-Table Discussion, Low-level Counting Facilities
Discussion Leader: John Wilkerson, Univ. Washington

Saturday, September 21, 800-8:45
Discussion of working group summary