ALICE ITS Upgrades

Sunday 29 May 2011, 09:00 → 18:30 Europe/Zurich

Luciano Musa (CERN)

09:00 → 09:05 Introduction

09:05 → 09:55 STAR HFT

09:05 Physics goals and Tracking Algorithms

Speaker: Jim Thomas (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionen forschung mbH (GSI))

Slides HftPhysics.pdf

09:45 discussion

09:55 → 12:30 ALICE ITS Upgrade

09:55 Physics motivations

Speakers: Andrea Dainese (INFN Padova), Gianluca Usai (NA60)

Slides physics-motivations-AD-GU.pdf physics-motivations-AD-GU.ppt

10:25 discussion

10:35 Coffee Break

10:55 D0 and LambdaC as benchmark channels

Speakers: Andrea Rossi (Sezione di Padova (INFN)-Universita e INFN), Cristina Terrevoli (Universita degli Studi di Bari-Universita & INFN, Bari), Magnus Mager (CERN)

Slides Benchmark_channels.pdf

11:25 discussion

11:35 Detector specifications and performance studies

Speakers: Dr Giuseppe Bruno (University and INFN, Bari, Italy), Dr Stefan Rossegger (CERN)

Slides

• WG2-FastEstTool-Update.pdf
• WG2Introduction.pdf
• WG2Introduction.pptx

12:15 discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 STAR HFT

14:00 Detector layout, mechanics and cooling

Speaker: Jim Thomas (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionen forschung mbH (GSI))

Slides HftCool.pdf

14:30 ULTIMATE chip

Speakers: Dr Christine HU-GUO (DRS-IPHC (IReS), University of Strasbourg, CNRS-IN2P3), Dr Marc Winter (Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS))

Slides alicewg_29may11_ultimate_talk.pdf

15:00 Readout electronics: architecture and main components

Speaker: Xiangming Sun (CCNU)

Slides CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pdf CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pptx

15:30 → 15:50 Coffee

15:50 → 18:30 ALICE ITS Upgrade

15:50 Monolithic and hybrid technologies for pixel detectors

Speakers: Angelo Rivetti (INFN, Torino), Marc Winter (Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS)), Petra Riedler (CERN)

Slides

• alicewg_29may11_mistral_talk.pdf
• its_may29_2011_petra.pdf
• its_may29_2011_petra.pptx

16:30 discussion

16:40 Technologies for strips detector

Speaker: Giacomo Contin (Dipartimento di Fisica-Universita degli Studi di Trieste / INFN Sezione di Trieste)

Slides StripR&D_ITSUp_workshop_29052011.pdf StripR&D_ITSUp_workshop_29052011.pptx

17:00 Considerations on integration, mechanics and cooling

Speakers: Arturo Tauro (CERN), Diego Perini (CERN), Dr Romualdo Santoro (Univ. + INFN)

Slides santoroItsUpgradePlenaryMeeting_20110529.pdf santoroItsUpgradePlenaryMeeting_20110529.pptx

17:25 Involvement of CCNU in the ITS upgrade activities