9th BGC Collaboration Meeting at CERN

22 May 2023, 09:00 → 23 May 2023, 12:00 Europe/Zurich

513/1-024 (CERN)

The aims of the meeting are to:

• Sum up the advancements since the last BGC collaboration meeting
  - Experimental results on the Electron Beam Test Stand
  - Installation in the LHC tunnel and early operation
  - Cockcroft Institute tests made
• Define the experimental programme of the BGC in the LHC and operators for 2023 and beyond
   
• Agree on the priorities of the V4 deliveries in view of the HEL HL-LHC descoping
  - BGC V4-1 for electron observation in laboratory or machine
  - BGC V4-2 for hadron observation in a CERN machine
• Review status of the collaboration, publication, manpower and budget planning

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Previous collaboration meetings:

• March 2022, CERN
• December 2020, Online
• March 2020, Online
• June 2019, Cockroft Institute
• November 2018, CERN
• March 2018, GSI
• June 2017, Cockcroft Institute
• October 2016, CERN

 

Monday 22 May

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome to CERN (10min)

Speaker: Thibaut Lefevre (CERN)

09:10 → 09:35 Cockroft collaboration (15min)

a) Status of the collaboration
b) Recruitment situation and plans, financial situation, main milestones
c) Foreseen publications for 2023
d) Review status of the collaboration, publication, manpower and budget planning

Speaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)

Carsten_Gas Jet 2023_05.pdf

Carsten_Gas Jet 2023_05.pptx

09:35 → 09:50 Review of actions from last meeting and objectives of the workshop (15min)

a) Review actions from CERN collaboration meeting March 2022
b) Milestones for the project at CERN
c) Summary of future goals for the collaboration

Speaker: Raymond Veness (CERN)

Veness-intro-0523.pdf

Veness-intro-0523.pptx

09:50 → 10:50 Experimental results since last collaboration meeting (part 1) (45min + 15min)

Speakers: Dr - Sameed (CERN), Dr Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute), Oliver Simon Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB)), Ondrej Sedlacek (University of Liverpool (UK))

10:35 → 11:00 ☕ Coffee Break ☕

11:00 → 11:50 Experimental results since last collaboration meeting (part 2) (20min + 10min)

Speakers: Alex Webber-Date (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute), Dr Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute), Oliver Simon Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB)), Ondrej Sedlacek (University of Liverpool (UK))

12:30 → 14:00 🍽️ Lunch - Restaurant 2 🍽️

14:00 → 15:40 Simulation and installation advancements

Speakers: Cristina Castro Sequeiro (CERN), Daniel Prelipcean (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE)), Gerhard Schneider (CERN), Krystian Sidorowski (Ministere des affaires etrangeres et europeennes (FR)), Lampros Zygaropoulos, Marton Ady (CERN), Oliver Simon Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB))

15:50 → 16:15 ☕ Coffee Break ☕

16:15 → 16:35 Predictions of ionising radiation

i) Estimation of BGC on electronics at Point 4
ii) Optimise BGC shielding

Speaker: Daniel Prelipcean (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))

2023 05 22 BGC Collaboration meeting - R2E.pptx

2023 05 22 BGC Collaboration meeting - R2E.pptx.pdf

16:35 → 17:20 Agree on the priorities of the V4 deliveries in view of the HEL HL-LHC descoping

Speakers: Adriana Rossi (CERN), Peter Forck, Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)

17:20 → 17:45 Poster session

Speakers: Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute), Oliver Simon Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB)), Ondrej Sedlacek (University of Liverpool (UK)), Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)

20:00 → 21:00 🍽️ Dinner - Restaurant 🍽️

Restaurant
CAFÉ HORTUS
1, place de la Diversité, 1217 Meyrin,

Tuesday 23 May

09:00 → 09:30 Project Status and Wrap-up

Speakers: Gerhard Schneider (CERN), Raymond Veness (CERN)

09:30 → 09:50 Coffee Break

09:50 → 10:10 Action List as developed following collaboration meeting