US contribution to LHCb's Upgrade II workshop

Name: US contribution to LHCb's Upgrade II workshop
Start: 2023-03-17T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-03-18T13:00:00-04:00
Location: University of Maryland, College Park

17 Mar 2023, 08:00 → 18 Mar 2023, 13:00 America/New_York

Physical Sciences Complex 3150 (University of Maryland, College Park)

Physical Sciences Complex 3150

University of Maryland, College Park

Hassan Jawahery (University of Maryland (US)), Manuel Franco Sevilla (University of Maryland (US)), Phoebe Hamilton (University of Maryland (US))

Description

The focus of this workshop will be on developing a strategy for the possible US contributions to LHCb's Upgrade II, including possibilities on the ECAL upgrade, magnet stations, and RTA.

Please register at https://indico.cern.ch/event/1248281/registrations/

Organized by the US LHCb PIs: Christine Aidala (University of Michigan), Marina Artuso (Syracuse University), Cesar da Silva (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Hassan Jawahery (University of Maryland), Michael Sokoloff (University of Cincinnati), Michael Williams (MIT) .

Hosted at the University of Maryland, College Park, near Washington DC.

Contact Local Organizers

jawahery@umd.edu

manuelf@umd.edu

pmham@umd.edu

Registration

Registration Form

Participants

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Friday 17 March
- Fri 17 Mar
- Sat 18 Mar
- 08:00
  
  Coffee, bagels, and cookies
- ECAL I
  
  Convener: Hassan Jawahery (University of Maryland (US))
  - 1
    
    Welcome to UMD physics
    
    Speaker: Prof. Steven Rolston (University of Maryland)
  - 2
    
    Introduction to the workshop
    
    Speaker: Hassan Jawahery (University of Maryland (US))
  - 3
    
    Status of ECAL upgrade
    
    Speaker: Andreas Schopper (CERN)
    
    ECAL_upgrade_US_intro (optimized).pdf
  - 4
    
    ECAL U2 simulation studies and physics motivation for options beyond the baseline configuration
    
    Speakers: Matthew Scott Rudolph (Syracuse University (US)), Rafael Silva Coutinho (Syracuse University (US))
    
    ecal_motivation_Mar17.pdf
- 10:50
  
  Coffee break
- ECAL II
  
  Convener: Michael David Sokoloff (University of Cincinnati (US))
  - 5
    
    Overview of electronic and PMT studies, and possible R&D plans at Maryland
    
    Speaker: Dr Phoebe Hamilton (University of Maryland (US))
    
    PMTandElectronics-v3.pdf
  - 6
    
    R&D Plans at Syracuse and connections with Baseline ECAL and timing layer
    
    Speaker: Marina Artuso (Syracuse University (US))
    
    TimingLayerDiscussionMarch23.pdf
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- Theory and RTA
  
  Convener: Marina Artuso (Syracuse University (US))
  - 7
    
    The best flavor of Composite Higgs
    
    Speaker: Lorenzo Ricci
    
    UMDLHCBFlavor.pdf
  - 8
    
    Possible contributions to ECAL upgrade at the University of Cincinnati
    
    Speaker: Conor Henderson (University of Cincinnati (US))
    
    henderson_maryland_ecal_workshop_18march2023.pdf
  - 9
    
    Possible US contributions to RTA upgrade
    
    Speaker: Thomas Boettcher (University of Cincinnati (US))
    
    boettcher_UMDUIIWorkshop_230317_v2.pdf
- 15:40
  
  Coffee break
- LS3
  
  Convener: Prof. Christine Aidala
  - 10
    
    Magnet stations for LS3
    
    Speaker: Cesar Luiz Da Silva (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))
    
    magnet_station_status-031723.pdf
    
    magnet_station_status-031723.pptx
  - 11
    
    Brainstorming on possible US Roles in ECAL and in the ECAL LS3 consolidation
    
    Speaker: Hassan Jawahery (University of Maryland (US))
- 19:15
  
  Workshop dinner at GrillMarx Steakhouse & Raw Bar
Saturday 18 March
- Fri 17 Mar
- Sat 18 Mar
- 08:30
  
  Coffee, bagels, and donuts
- 12
  
  Practice/discussion of LHCb talk to P5 at FNAL town hall
  
  Speaker: Manuel Franco Sevilla (University of Maryland (US))
  
  23-03-22_manuelf_LHCb_P5.pdf
- 13
  
  Preparation of R&D proposal
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- 14
  
  Preparation of R&D proposal