ALICE ITS Upgrades

Sunday May 29, 2011, 9:00 AM → 6:30 PM Europe/Zurich

Luciano Musa (CERN)

9:00 AM → 9:05 AM Introduction

9:05 AM → 9:55 AM STAR HFT

9:05 AM Physics goals and Tracking Algorithms

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

Slides HftPhysics.pdf

9:45 AM discussion

9:55 AM → 12:30 PM ALICE ITS Upgrade

9:55 AM Physics motivations

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

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

10:25 AM discussion

10:35 AM Coffee Break

10:55 AM 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 AM discussion

11:35 AM 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 PM discussion

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM STAR HFT

2:00 PM Detector layout, mechanics and cooling

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

Slides HftCool.pdf

2:30 PM 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

3:00 PM Readout electronics: architecture and main components

Speaker: Xiangming Sun (CCNU)

Slides CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pdf CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pptx

3:30 PM → 3:50 PM Coffee

3:50 PM → 6:30 PM ALICE ITS Upgrade

3:50 PM 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

4:30 PM discussion

4:40 PM 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

5:00 PM 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

5:25 PM Involvement of CCNU in the ITS upgrade activities