7th RD51 Collaboration Meeting

from Wednesday 13 April 2011 (09:00) to Friday 15 April 2011 (16:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 Apr 2011
14 Apr 2011
15 Apr 2011
AM
09:00
Plenary session -Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) maxim titov (until 12:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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09:00 Welcome and RD51 Collaboration News - Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) maxim titov Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN)  
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09:30 MPGDs in future upgrades at RHIC - Dr Craig Woody (Brookhaven National Lab)  
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10:00 Challenges in Medical Imaging and recent technological developments - Paul Lecoq (CERN)  
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10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Presentation of the firm Prisma - Konstantina Mermikli  
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11:30 Presentation of the firm ELMA/Powerbridge - Friedrich Fix Thomas Holzapfel  
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WG2 - Physics issues & characterization - Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF) Maximilien Chefdeville (LAPP, Annecy) (until 12:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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09:00 Overview of NIKHEF activities - Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)  
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09:20 Status of GEM DHCAL - Andy White (UTA, Arlington)  
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09:40 Low X-ray background measurements at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory - Javier Galan (CEA/Irfu)  
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10:00 Status of the construction of the 250L double phase LEM-TPC - Filippo Resnati (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule Zue)  
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10:20 --- Cofee break ---
10:40 THCOBRA for Ion Back Flow Reduction in THGEM based photosensors - Fábio Pereira  
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11:00 Electroluminescence yields in MicroMegas, THGEM and GEM - Hugo Natal da Luz (University of Coimbra)  
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11:20 Characterization of the electrical response of Micromegas detectors to spark processes - Javier Galan (CEA/Irfu)  
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11:40 Performance of a resistive Micromegas in a neutron beam - Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)  
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09:00
WG7 - Test beam - Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens) (until 11:00) (354/1-001)
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09:00 Test Beam 2011 - Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)  
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09:10 Report onthe 2010 test beam of the Micromegas m2 prototype - espar Espargiliere (LAPP-Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules ()  
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09:30 Totem Plans - Eraldo Oliveri (Universita' Degli Studi di Siena-INFN, Sezione di Pisa-Unknown)  
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09:45 Test Beam plans with THGEM+KPiX9 - João Veloso  
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10:00 Test Beam plans of JLab GEM Tracker - Evaristo Cisbani (INFN Rome Gruppo Sanità)  
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10:15 Test Beam Plans CMS GEM upgrade - Stefano Colafranceschi (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF) - Istituto Nazionale Fisi)  
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10:30 Test Beam plans "Demokritos-Saclay" TPC - Georgios Fanourakis (National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" (NRCPS))  
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10:45 Trieste test beam plans  
11:00
WG5 - Electronics - Hans Muller (CERN) Dr Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn) (until 12:00) (354/1-001)
11:00 Test of readout plane production of the Inner Tracker in KLOE - antonio.ranieri@ba.infn.it  
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11:10 Status of the Nikhef miniHV Unit - Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)  
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11:25 Signal processing requirements for the Muon Phase 1 Upgrade - Venetios Polychronakos (Department of Physics)  
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09:00
Plenary session & summary talks -Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay) maxim titov Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) (until 13:20) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
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09:00 Collaboration Board news - Silvia Dalla Torre (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))  
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09:20 MPGD2011 conference in Japan - Dr Atsuhiko Ochi (Kobe University)  
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09:40 Summary of the WG1 sessions - Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN) Paul Colas (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu)  
10:10 Summary of the WG2 session - Maximilien Chefdeville Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF)  
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10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Summary of the WG4 session - Rob et al. Veenhof (University of Wisconsin)  
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11:30 Summary of the WG5 session - Dr Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn) Hans Muller (CERN)  
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12:00 Summary of the WG6 session - Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva) Rui De Oliveira (CERN)  
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12:30 Summary of the WG7 session - Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)  
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13:00 Concluding remarks  
PM
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:30
WG1-satellite-session: Resistive Coatings - Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu) Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN) Paul Colas (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) (until 15:10) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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13:30 Experience with resistive coatings in Lyon - Imad Laktineh (IPN Lyon)  
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13:50 Experience with resistive coatings at Saclay - Paul COLAS (CEA)  
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14:10 Experience with resistive coatings at CERN - Rui De Oliveira (CERN)  
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14:30 Experience with resistive coatings in Argonne - Jose Repond (Argonne National Laboratory)  
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13:30
WG4 - Simulation & software - Rob (IST/CFIF) Alain Bellerive (Carleton University) Rob Veenhof (University of Wisconsin) (until 17:00) (354/1-001)
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14:00 First simulation approach for Ar electroluminescence in the NIR region - João Veloso  
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14:30 Xe cross section update - Ozkan Sahin  
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14:40 Penning transfer and Associative ionisation in Xe mixtires - Ozkan Sahin  
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15:00 Garfield++ Status Update - Heinrich Schindler  
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15:30 --- coffee break ---
16:00 Elastic cross section of noble gases, LXcat - Rob Veenhof  
16:15 Micromegas transparency - neBEM and dipole effect - Purba Bhattacharya  
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16:30 Cargo scanning - Compton detection of gammas - Rob Veenhof  
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15:10 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
WG6 - Production - Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva) Ioanis Giomataris (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA-Saclay)) Rui De Oliveira (CERN) (until 17:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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15:30 Status of the CERN TE workshop - Rui de Oliveira  
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16:00 Discussion on strategy for MPGD industrialization - Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva)  
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Plenary - Sergio Bertolucci: The Future LHC program and detector R&D at CERN (until 18:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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17:00 The Future LHC Program and Detector R&D at CERN - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)  
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:30
WG1 - Technology & new structures - Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN) Paul Colas (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay) Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu) (until 18:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
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13:30 Update on the CMS GEM project - Archana Sharma (CERN) Andrey Marinov (Gent University, Belgium) Stefano Colafranceschi (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF) - Istituto Nazionale Fisi)  
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13:50 MAMMA update - Joerg Wotschack (CERN) Mr Marco Villa (CERN) Venetios Polychronakos (Department of Physics)  
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14:10 Progress in developing a spark-protective MSGC with resistive electrodes - Vladimir Peskov  
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14:30 R&D toward THGEM-based photon detectors, an update - Dalla Torre, S. (INFN Trieste)  
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14:50 Laser drilling of a copper mesh - Vincenzo Berardi (Bari)  
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15:10 --- Coffee break ---
15:30 The Technology Transfer Network for Particle Physics: Status on the MPGD Pilot Offer - Hartmut Hillemanns (CERN)  
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15:50 GEM-based TPC for the Super-FRS @ FAIR - Francisco Garcia Garcia Fuentes (Helsinki Institute of Physics HIP)  
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16:10 Development of GEM detectors for CBM @ FAIR - Uli Frankenfeld (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI))  
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16:30 GEM DHCAL 33cmx100cm Qualification and Plans - Nam Tran (University of Texas at Arlington)  
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16:50 GEM beam monitors - Gabriele Croci (CERN and University of Siena, Siena, Italy)  
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13:30
WG5 - Electronics - Hans Muller (CERN) Dr Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn) (until 18:00) (354/1-001)
13:30 Status of APV based electronics for JLab tracker - Paolo Musico (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))  
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13:45 Some results with SRS readout and DAQ tests with THGEM - Hugo Natal da Luz (University of Coimbra)  
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14:05 First experience with small system SRS characterization - Francisco Garcia Garcia Fuentes (Helsinki Institute of Physics HIP)  
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14:25 Status and plans of SRS readout electronics for NEXT TPC - Jose F. Toledo Alarcon (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia)  
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14:45 Status of SRS readout electronics for resistive strip Micromegas - Marcin Z Drozdowa Byszewski (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))  
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15:05 Status of the medium-sized SRS readout electronics with DATE and AMORE for Muon Tomography using GEMs - Kondo GNANVO (Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fl, USA)  
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15:25 --- Coffee break ---
15:40 Data reduction and feature extraction firmware for SRS - Alberto Aloisio (Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche)  
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16:00 Status of the Timepix readout - Michael Lupberger (University of Bonn)  
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16:15 Status of the Labview readout of APV hybrid via SRS - Riccardo De Asmundis (Univ. + INFN)  
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16:30 Status of the Scalable Detector Control (SDC) - George Iakovidis (Physics Department-National Technical Univ. of Athens-Unknown)  
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16:45 CMS Upgrade and synergy with RD51 - Paul Aspell (CERN)  
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17:00 Status of SRS/SDC hardware and firmware, SRS demo - Sorin Martoiu (CERN)  
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17:25 SRS systems: where will/should we go from here - Hans Muller (CERN)  
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17:45 AOB & Discussions  
20:00 --- Collaboration Dinner ---