ALICE ITS Upgrades

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

Luciano Musa (CERN)

1 Introduction

STAR HFT

2 Physics goals and Tracking Algorithms

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

Slides HftPhysics.pdf

3 discussion

ALICE ITS Upgrade

4 Physics motivations

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

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

5 discussion

10:35 Coffee Break

6 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

7 discussion

8 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

9 discussion

12:30 Lunch

STAR HFT

10 Detector layout, mechanics and cooling

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

Slides HftCool.pdf

11 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

12 Readout electronics: architecture and main components

Speaker: Xiangming Sun (CCNU)

Slides CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pdf CERN_Xiangming_Sun.pptx

15:30 Coffee

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13 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

14 discussion

15 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

16 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 Involvement of CCNU in the ITS upgrade activities