Micro Pattern Gas Detectors 2022

from Sunday 11 December 2022 (17:00) to Friday 16 December 2022 (19:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Dec 2022
12 Dec 2022
13 Dec 2022
14 Dec 2022
15 Dec 2022
16 Dec 2022
AM
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
09:30 Welcome remarks - Shikma Bressler (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
09:40 Invited talk: Detector R&D road map - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))  
10:10
Session 1 (until 11:30)
10:10 TPOT : Micromegas detectors to reconstruct distortions of the sPHENIX TPC - Maxence Vandenbroucke (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
10:30 Development of Large Area µRWELL Detectors for CLAS12 High Luminosity Upgrade at Jefferson Lab - Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia (US))  
10:50 The CLAS12 Barrel Micromegas Tracker: five years and counting of data taking - Francesco Bossu (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
11:10 Development and production of low background and high energy resolution Micromegas detectors using the thermal bonding method for the PandaX-III experiment - Mr Yunzhi Peng (University of Science and Technology of China)  
11:30 --- Coffee ---
09:00 --- Coffee ---
09:30
Session 5 (until 10:30)
09:30 GridPixes and their Applications - Jochen Kaminski (University of Bonn (DE))  
09:50 The state of art of the µRWELL technology - Marco Poli Lener (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
10:10 Proportional Counter array (PCa) - a new MPGD structure - Mr Tian Xiangqi (University of Science and Technology of China)  
10:30 Invited talk: Gas detectors other than MPGD - Emilio Radicioni (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
11:00 --- Coffee ---
11:30
Session 6 (until 13:10)
11:30 Third generation Nuclear Physics instruments with MPGD gas technology - Emanuel Pollacco (CEA)  
11:50 Status and Future Developments of Micro-pattern Gas Detectors for low-energy nuclear physics applications at FRIB - Dr Marco Cortesi (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)  
12:10 TMM: A Triple Micro-Mesh gaseous structure with ultra-low ion backflow for gaseous photon detectors sensitive to visible light - Kunyu Liang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))  
12:30 A large area 100 channel PICOSEC Micromegas detector with sub 20 ps time resolution - Antonija Utrobicic (Rudjer Boskovic Institute (HR))  
12:50 Towards robust PICOSEC Micromegas precise timing detectors - Ms Marta Lisowska (European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))  
08:30 --- Coffee ---
09:00
Session 8 (until 11:00)
09:00 Development of DLC-RPC for Radiative Decay Counter of MEG II Experiment - Atsuhiko Ochi (Kobe University (JP))  
09:20 The surface Resistive Plate Counter (sRPC): an MPGD technology based RPC - Matteo Giovannetti (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
09:40 Studying signals in particle detectors with resistive elements such as the 2D resistive-strip bulk Micromegas. - Djunes Janssens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))  
10:00 Design, production and performances of the Encapsulated Resistive Anode Micromegas detectors for the readout of the High-Angle TPCs of the upgrade of the T2K Near Detector - Alain Delbart (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
10:20 A neutron detector with RWELL in 3He-CF4 gas mixtures - Davide Raspino (STFC)  
10:40 Cryogenic RWELL: high gain with quenched discharges - Andrea Tesi (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
11:00 --- Coffee ---
11:30 Invited talk: Development of wafer-scale, monolithic CMOS pixel sensors for particle detection - Magnus Mager (CERN)  
09:00 --- Coffee ---
09:30
Session 9 (until 11:10)
09:30 The industrial production of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detector: experience from the ATLAS Micromegas - Paolo Iengo (CERN)  
09:50 Integration of CVD graphene in Gaseous Electron Multipliers for high energy physics experiments - Giorgio Orlandini (Friedrich Alexander Univ. Erlangen (DE))  
10:10 Progress on coupling MPGD-based photon detectors with nanodiamond photocathodes A Bari-Trieste Collaboration - Mr Chandradoy Chatterjee (INFN Trieste (IT))  
10:30 Transmission through Graphene of Electrons in the 30 - 900 eV Range - Alice Apponi (Università Roma Tre)  
10:50 New (TH)GEM coating materials characterised using spectroscopy methods - Thomas Klemenz (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))  
11:10 --- Coffee ---
11:40 Invited talk: Nanophotonic particle detectors: how quantum optics can contribute to scintillators and Cherenkov detectors - Ido Kaminer  
08:30 --- Coffee ---
09:00
Session 12 (until 10:40)
09:00 Towards Large Size Pixelized Micromegas for operation beyond 1 MHz/cm2 - Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre)  
09:20 Optimizing Structure and Operating of Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) Detectors for High Particle Rate at Jefferson Lab - Huong Nguyen (University of Virginia)  
09:40 Studying MPGDs simultaneously in energy, space and time at high rates: performance of the new RD51 VMM3a/SRS beam telescope - Lucian Scharenberg (CERN, University of Bonn (DE))  
10:00 Gaseous Detectors for Preclinical Proton Beam Monitoring, Characterization and Imaging - Jona Bortfeldt (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))  
10:20 The Effects of a Passive Bi-Polar Grid on Ion Back Flow & Resolution - Vladislav Zakharov  
10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:10
Session 13 (until 12:10)
11:10 Impact of the gas choice and the geometry on the breakdown limits in MPGD detectors - Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))  
11:30 Studies of HV discharges in GEM detectors for the CMS Endcap Muon System - Simone Calzaferri (Università degli studi di Pavia - INFN Pavia)  
11:50 Discharges and their effect in WELL detectors with and without resistive anodes - Dr Abhik Jash (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
PM
17:00
Light dinner (until 19:00)
12:00
Session 2 (until 13:00)
12:00 Ready foLHC Run III - The ATLAS New Small Wheel and the MicroMegas chambers performances - Giada Mancini (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
12:20 GEM Detectors for the CMS Endcap Muon System: status of three new detector stations - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
12:40 Gain Calibration of the Upgraded ALICE TPC - Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE))  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Invited talk: MPGD at the HL-LHC era - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN)  
15:00
Session 3 (until 16:40)
15:00 The MIGDAL Experiment - Tim Marley  
15:20 Commissioning of a hadron blind detector for dielectron measurement in pA reactions at J-PARC - Dr Koki Kanno (RIKEN)  
15:40 Operation and readout of the CGEM Inner Tracker - Riccardo Farinelli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
16:00 Performance of the large-area micro-RWELL detectors. - Lev Shekhtman (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU))  
16:20 Development of TPC prototype integrated with UV laser tracks for CEPC - Huirong Qi (IHEP)  
16:40 --- Coffee ---
17:10
Session 4 (until 18:10)
17:10 The FTD facility at Bonn - Markus Ball (University of Bonn (DE))  
17:30 The Micro Pattern Technologies laboratory at CERN - Rui De Oliveira (CERN)  
17:50 The Mexico laboratory at Weizmann - Meir Shoa (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
18:30 RD51 MB  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Session 7 (until 15:30)
14:30 Would MPGDs revolutionize noble-liquid detectors? - Amos Breskin (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
14:50 A novel concept for dual-phase noble liquid detectors ? Floating Hole Multiplier - Vitali Tchepel (Universidade de Coimbra (PT))  
15:10 The MPGD-based bubble-free Liquid Hole-Multiplier concept for charge and light detection in dual-phase noble-liquid TPCs - Arindam Roy (Ben Gurion University)  
15:30 Invited talk: Women in physics: Bound by the ropes of motherhood expectations and the gendered labor market - Dr Meytal Eran Jona (Weizmann Institute of Science)  
16:00 RD51 CB - Opened session - please join  
16:30
Poster session + Wine & Beer (until 20:30)
16:30 Avalanche Gain and Its Effect on Energy Resolution in GEM-based Detectors - Tom Thorpe  
16:33 Soft X-ray Performance Studies of GEM Detectors with Reduced Copper Content - Bartosz Mindur (AGH University of Science and Technology)  
16:36 Development and test of the Micromegas detector prototype and its readout electronics for the AMBER experiment at CERN - Chiara Alice  
16:39 Puzzling time properties of electroluminescence in two-phase argon detector with THGEM readout - Ekaterina Borisova  
16:42 Status of the construction of an experiment for the measurement of angular correlation between light charged particles - Hugo Natal Da Luz (Czech Technical University in Prague)  
16:45 Algebraic methods for reconstruction of coordinates in strip detectors - Igor Smirnov (NRC Kurchatov Institute PNPI (RU))  
16:48 Production and characterization of random electrode sectorization in GEM foils - Michele Bianco (CERN)  
16:51 GADGET - a Gaseous Detector with Germanium Tagging - Moshe Friedman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)  
16:54 Accelerated longevity test of Resistive Micromegas detectors operated with and without small amount of hydrocarbons.  
16:57 Reconstruction and trigger performance studies of Micromegas detectors for the ATLAS New Small Wheel project  
17:00 Configuration and Calibration of the Front-End Electronics of the ATLAS New Small Wheel Micromegas Detectors  
17:03 uRANIA: a micro-Resistive WELL for neutron detection - Riccardo Farinelli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
17:06 The high voltage system the novel MPGD-based photon detectors of COMPASS RICH-1 and its development towards a scalable HVPSS for MPGDs - Dr Stefano Levorato (INFN Trieste (IT) and CERN)  
17:09 Intelligent analysis of element distribution maps acquired with a full-field XRF imaging spectrometer - Tomasz Andrzej Fiutowski (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))  
17:12 Cluster Ions in Ne-CO2 gas mixture - Dr Yalcin Kalkan (Muş Alparslan University (TR))  
17:15 A new gaseous UV detector design - Dr Yalcin Kalkan (Muş Alparslan University (TR))  
17:18 Research on fast grounding simulation method for the MPGD with resistive layer - Zhujun Fang  
17:21 A KiCad toolbox for particle detector design - Aude Marie Grabas (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
17:24 New Resistive Materials for cryogenic operation of particle detectors - Olano Vegas-Galician  
17:27 Development of a Multi-layer Boron-coated GEM detector for slow neutron detection at spallation sources - Stephanie Cancelli (Milano-Bicocca University)  
17:30 New technique of ion identification in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry using low-pressure TPC with GEM readout - Tamara Shakirova (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences (BINP SB RAS))  
17:33 Missing data reconstruction using CNN in the gaseous TPC PandaX-III experiment - Andrii Lobasenko (CEA-Saclay/IRFU/DPhN)  
17:36 Preliminary analyses of X-Rays from vacuum discharges during HV conditioning experiments at HVPTF with a GEM detector - Federico Caruggi  
17:39 Electroluminescence in He/CF4 and hydrocarbons gas mixtures for directional dark matter searches with the CYGNO Optical Time Projection Chamber - Fernando Amaro (LIBPys - Coimbra University)  
17:42 The SAMPA-SRS integrated readout for radiation gaseous detectors. - Mr Geovane Grossi Araujo de Souza  
17:45 Studying the impact of humidity on the performance of MPGDs - Henrik Fribert  
17:48 The novel XYU-GEM for ambiguity reduced tracking - Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE))  
17:51 Effect of Multiple Discharges on Accumulated Damage to the DLC Anode Layer of a Resistive Well Electron Multiplier - Konstantin Afanaciev (NC PHEP BSU)  
17:54 HYDRA-TPC with a hybrid GEM-Micromegas detector - Liancheng Ji (Technische Universität Darmstadt)  
17:57 A Segmental 2D readout board for GEM detectors - Michał Babij (TTA Techtra)  
18:00 Development of miniaturized circuit boards for GEM detectors onboard the CubeSat X-ray observatory NinjaSat - Naoyuki Ota  
18:03 Primary Scintillation in Argon-CF4 mixtures - Pablo Amedo Martinez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))  
18:06 Investigation of the uniformity in performance of a single mask triple GEM chamber - Mr Sayak Chatterjee (Bose Institute (Kolkata)) Sayak Chatterjee  
18:09 Performance study of novel micro-Resistive WELL (uRWELL) detector in different gas mixtures and geometries - Soham Chakraborty (University of York)  
18:12 Spark detection at sPHENIX TPC - Tamás Majoros (University of Debrecen)  
18:15 Detectors and electronics for high precision measurements of thermal neutrons - Thomas Block  
18:18 DLC Surfaces for Photon Detection with THGEMs - Thomas Klemenz (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))  
18:21 Discharge Consortium in quest for Spark-Less-Avalanche-Microstructures - Tobias Yannick Waldmann (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))  
18:24 Gas selection for Xe-based LCP-GEM detectors onboard the CubeSat X-ray observatory NinjaSat - Tomoshi Takeda  
18:27 Further optimization studies of Resistive Plate WELL detector - Darina Zavazieva  
18:30 Fabrication, characterization and charging up studies of THick Gas Electron Multipliers - Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))  
20:30 RD51 CB - Closed session  
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:00 --- Trip to Jerusalem ---
12:10
Session 10 (until 13:30)
12:10 Optical negative ion drift operation at nearly atmospheric pressure - Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)  
12:30 Development of negative-ion gaseous TPC using micro pattern readout for direction-sensitive dark matter search - Satoshi Higashino (Kobe University (JP))  
12:50 Ultra low background Micromegas detectors for BabyIAXO solar axion search - Esther Ferrer Ribas (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
13:10 Measurement of Detector Properties in a Spherical Proportional Counter - Philippe Gros  
13:30
Poster session + Wine & Beer (until 15:30)
15:30 Invited talk: MPGD in space applications - Dr Toru Tamagawa (RIKEN)  
16:00
Session 11 (until 17:20)
16:00 Neutron and beta imaging with Micromegas detectors with optical readout - Antoine Cools Antoine Cools (CEA - IRFU DEDIP)  
16:20 3D track reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the MIGDAL low pressure optical time projection chamber - Ms Elizabeth Tilly (University of New Mexico)  
16:40 The CYGNO Experiment: A Directional Dark Matter Detector with Optical Readout - Fabrizio Petrucci (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT))  
17:00 FAT-GEM detectors for operation in noble elements - Sara Leardini (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))  
17:20 --- Coffee ---
18:00
Social activity (until 19:00)
19:00 --- Conference dinner ---
12:10 Invited talk: The way the simulation developed - Rob Veenhof (CERN)  
12:30
Closing (until 13:30)
13:30 --- Lunch ---