1st DRD4 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, 17 June 2024 (14:00) to Thursday, 20 June 2024 (13:30)
CERN (222/R-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
17 Jun 2024
18 Jun 2024
19 Jun 2024
20 Jun 2024
AM
08:45
Work Package 3 (restricted meeting to WP3 participants only) - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) (until 10:45)
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Work Package 4 (restricted meeting to WP4 participants only) -Prof. Jon Lapington (University of Leicester (GB)) (until 13:00)
11:00
Work Package 5 (restricted meeting to WP5 participants only) - Blake Leverington (Heidelberg University (DE)) (until 13:00)
09:00
Working Group 1 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Fabrice Retiere (until 10:45)
09:00 Introduction to Working Group 1 - Fabrice Retiere  
09:05 Digital SiPM overview - Claudio Bruschini  
09:25 SPAD optimization - the next frontier - Fabrice Retiere  
09:45 Status and Limitations of MCP-PMT Performance - Albert Lehmann (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)  
10:05 Radio Frequency PMT - Amur Margaryan (A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) AANL)  
10:25 Development of innovative PET technologies enhanced by the use of Cherenkov photons - Viatcheslav Sharyy (IRFU, CEA)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Working Group 1 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Fabrice Retiere (until 13:00)
11:00 Quantum efficiency measurements on PMTs - Andreino Simonelli  
11:20 Timing measurement on PMTs/SiPMs - Lishuang Ma  
11:40 Python framework for SiPM, APD and MPPC simulations - Jesus Pena Rodriguez (Bergische Universitรคt Wuppertal)  
11:55 Investigating and optimising MCP-PMT timing, nuisance and lifetime - Ping Chen  
12:10 Test and characterisation of Large Area MCPs - Federica Oliva (The University of Edinburgh (GB))  
12:25 Precision Timing with quartz bars/fibers and segmented photodetectors - Suat Ozkorucuklu (Istanbul University (TR))  
12:40 General discussion about photodetector characterization  
09:00
DRD4 Plenary Meeting (open to the whole DRD4 community) - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)) (until 10:30)
09:00 Report on WP4 activities - Prof. Jon Lapington (University of Leicester (GB))  
09:30 Report on WG5 activities - Blake Leverington (Heidelberg University (DE))  
10:00 Report on WP3 activities - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
10:30
Working Group 5 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Sune Jakobsen (CERN) (until 11:45)
10:30 Introduction to Working Group 5 - Sune Jakobsen (CERN)  
10:35 Transition radiation detector developments - Dr Anatoli Romaniouk (University of Innsbruck (AT))  
11:05 MC simulation of TRDs based on GaAs sensors: tools and status - Vladimir Tikhomirov (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))  
11:25 Characterization of pixelated high-Z sensors for X- and gamma-ray detection - Benedikt Ludwig Bergmann (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))  
11:45
Working Group 6 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Suat Ozkorucuklu (Istanbul University (TR)) (until 11:55)
11:45 Introduction to Working Group 6 - Suat Ozkorucuklu (Istanbul University (TR))  
11:55
DRD4 Plenary Meeting (open to the whole DRD4 community) - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)) (until 13:00)
11:55 Report from the CB Chair - Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford (GB))  
12:20 General discussion on: common facilities, transversal activities, test-beams - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
12:50 Conclusive remarks  
PM
14:00
Work Package 1 (restricted meeting to WP1 participants only) - Rok Pestotnik (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI)) (until 16:00)
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:15
Work Package 2 (restricted meeting to WP2 participants only) - Imad Laktineh (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 18:15)
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
DRD4 Plenary Meeting (open to the whole DRD4 community) - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)) (until 16:00)
14:00 Introduction and DRD4 general news - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
14:10 Olav Ullaland - Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford (GB))  
14:15 The RDC2 initiative in the USA - Flavio Cavanna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
14:30 Report on WP1 activities - Rok Pestotnik (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
15:00 Report on WP2 activities - Imad Laktineh (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
16:00
Collaboration Board (for Collaboration Board members only) - Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford (GB)) (until 18:00)
16:00 DRD4 Collaboration Board Meeting (for CB members only) - Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford (GB))  
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Working Group 1 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Fabrice Retiere (until 15:00)
14:00 Radiation-hard SiPM - Yuri Musienko (University of Notre Dame (US))  
14:30 General discussion about radiation damage characterization  
15:00
Working Group 2 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Sajan Easo (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) (until 15:55)
15:00 Introduction to Working Group 2 - Sajan Easo (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
15:05 Development of low-GWP RICH radiator gasses - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
15:35 New RICH concept for ALADDIN - Jascha Peter Grabowski (University of Bonn (DE))  
15:55 --- Coffee break ---
16:10
Working Group 3 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) (until 17:35)
16:10 Introduction to Working Group 3 - Fulvio Tessarotto (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))  
16:15 Strategies for reduction of greenhouse gas emission from particle detectors - Beatrice Mandelli (CERN)  
16:35 The R&D on Aerogel for ePIC - Marco Contalbrigo (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
16:55 The FASTIC developments - David Gascon (University of Barcelona (ES))  
17:15 Electronics development at OMEGA - Dr Christophe De La Taille (OMEGA (FR))  
17:35
Working Group 4 meeting (open to the whole DRD4 coomunity) - Maurizio Martinelli (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)) (until 18:40)
17:35 Introduction to Working Group 4 - Maurizio Martinelli (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
17:40 How AI can play a role in detector design optimisation - Tommaso Dorigo (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
18:00 Detector Simulation in the ClearMind project - Viatcheslav Sharyy (IRFU, CEA)  
18:20 Prospects on RICH simulation with GPUs - Sajan Easo (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
19:00 Social dinner: directions  
19:30 --- Social dinner ---