Name: RICH2007
Start: 2007-10-15T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2007-10-20T13:25:00+02:00
Location: Stazione Marittima - Trieste, Italy

Monday, 15 October 2007

18:00 registration at the Workshop site
registration at the Workshop site
18:00 - 22:00

20:00 welcome cocktail at the Workshop and registration site
welcome cocktail at the Workshop and registration site
20:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
09:00
09:00 - 10:15
Contributions

09:00 Welcome addresses

09:30 Advantages and limitations of the RICH technique for particle ID - Blair N. RATCLIFF
10:15
10:15 - 11:00
Contributions

10:15 Review of relevant Cherenkov imaging devices in particle/nuclear experiments currently running, under construction, and planned - David WEBSDALE
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
11:25 - 13:05
Contributions

11:25 Long-term operational experience with the HERMES RICH detector - Raffaele DE LEO

11:50 Fast photon detection for COMPASS RICH-1 - Fulvio TESSAROTTO

12:15 The ALICE HMPID detector ready for collisions at the CERN/LHC - Levente MOLNAR

12:40 An overview of the LHCb RICH detector status - Neville HARNEW
13:05 Lunch
Lunch
13:05 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 16:10
Contributions

14:30 Commissioning of the LHCb RICH Detectors - Carmelo D'AMBROSIO

14:55 Gas Cherenkov detectors for high momentum charged particle identification in the ALICE experiment at LHC - Giacomo VOLPE

15:20 Upgrade of the Proximity Focusing RICh at JLab - Evaristo CISBANI

15:45 A Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector for the P326 very rare kaon decay experiment at CERN - Francesca BUCCI
16:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:10 - 16:35
16:35
16:35 - 18:10
Contributions

16:35 Review of relevant Cherenkov imaging devices in astroparticle experiments currently running, under construction, and planned - Eckart LORENZ

17:20 Constructional details, current status and operation of the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope - Greg HALLEWELL

17:45 KM3NeT - toward a cubic kilometre volume neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea - Christos MARKOU
18:15 Lecture: Trieste Karst
Lecture: Trieste Karst
18:15 - 19:15

19:15 cheese & wine
cheese & wine
19:15 - 20:00
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
09:00
09:00 - 09:50
Contributions

09:00 The quest for the ideal photodetector for large-scale astroparticle Cherenkov experiments - Bayarto LUBSANDORZHIEV

09:25 The Cherenkov sub-detector in the cosmic-rays experiment, CREAM - Yoann SALLAZ-DAMAZ
09:50
09:50 - 11:20
Contributions

09:50 Status and perspectives of gaseous photon detectors for single photon detection - Amos Breskin Rachel CHECHIK

10:35 Study of GEM-Like Detectors with Resistive Electrodes for RICH Applications - Vladimir PESKOV

11:00 Performance Analysis of Poly- and Nano-Crystalline Diamond based Photocathodes - Maria Angela NITTI
11:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:20 - 11:45
11:45
11:45 - 13:15
Contributions

11:45 Status and perspectives of vacuum-based photon detectors for single photon detection - Thierry GYS

12:30 Production and Tests of Hybrid Photon Detectors for the LHCb RICH Detectors - Stephan EISENHARDT

12:55 The operation of the LHCb RICH photon detection system in a charged particle test beam - Sean BRISBANE
13:15 lunch
lunch
13:15 - 14:30

14:30 Visit of Aquileia and Grado followed by the Workshop banquet
Visit of Aquileia and Grado followed by the Workshop banquet
14:30 - 23:00
Thursday, 18 October 2007
09:00
09:00 - 10:55
Contributions

09:00 Development of 144ch HAPD for Aerogel RICH for Belle Upgrade - Shohei NISHIDA

09:20 Status and perspectives of solid state photon detectors for single photon detection - Junji HABA

10:05 Silicon photomultiplier as a position sensitive detector of Cherenkov photons - Samo KORPAR

10:30 First Detection of Air Shower Cherenkov Light by Geiger-Avalanche Photodiodes - Eckart LORENZ
10:55 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:55 - 11:20
11:20
11:20 - 12:00
Contributions

11:20 Timing and cross-talk properties of Burle multi-channel MCP PMTs - Peter KRIŽAN

11:40 Performance Studies of Microchannel Plate PMTs in High Magnetic Fields - Albert LEHMANN
12:00
12:00 - 12:50
Contributions

12:00 A new aerogel Cherenkov detector design based on wavelength shifter - Sosuke HORIKAWA

12:25 The DIRC projects of the PANDA experiment at FAIR - Klaus FÖHL
12:50 lunch
lunch
12:50 - 14:00

14:00 Visit of the Karst "Grotta Gigante" or of the Miramare Castle (alternative)
Visit of the Karst "Grotta Gigante" or of the Miramare Castle (alternative)
14:00 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 18:10
Contributions

16:30 Studies of a Proximity Focusing RICH with Aerogel Radiator for Future Belle Upgrade - Toru IIJIMA

16:55 Development of TOP counter for Super B factory - Kenji INAMI

17:20 Focusing Aerogel RICH Optimization - Evgeniy KRAVCHENKO

17:45 Status of the Focusing DIRC - Jochen SCHWIENING
18:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
18:10 - 18:35
18:35
18:35 - 19:40
Contributions

18:35 Study of a Silica Aerogel for a Cherenkov Radiator - Ichiro ADACHI

18:55 Refractive Index of Silica Aerogel: Uniformity and Dispersion Law - Tito BELLUNATO

19:20 Development of a RICH detector for electron identification in CBM - Claudia HÖHNE
Friday, 19 October 2007
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:00 Review of the analysis techniques currently in use, including a comparison of the measured/expected particle ID performance in different experiments - Guy WILKINSON

09:45 Pattern Recognition and PID for COMPASS RICH-1 - Federica SOZZI

10:10 Track based maximum likelihood ring search algorithm - Marko STARIČ

10:35 Pattern recognition tecniques of charged hadron identification with HMPID at LHC - Domenico DI BARI
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
11:25 - 12:40
Contributions

11:25 LHCb RICH Pattern Recognition and Particle Identification Performance - Claus Peter BUSZELLO

11:50 Precision Measurement of the Charged Kaon Mass Using the MIPP RICH - Nicholas GRAF

12:15 The calibration and alignment of the LHCb RICH system - Antonis PAPANESTIS
12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Radiation Hardness Study on Fused Silica - Matthias HOEK

14:20 On-line mirror alignment monitoring method for COMPASS RICH-1 - Miroslav SULC

14:45 Development of light-weight spherical mirrors for RICH detectors - Fabio METLICA

15:10 The Reflective Surface of the MAGIC Telescope - Michele DORO
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:55
15:55
15:55 - 17:15
Contributions

15:55 The fast read-out system for the MAPMTS of COMPASS RICH-1 - Christian SCHILL

16:15 LHCb Rich Detectors Control and High Voltage Systems - Mario SANNINO

16:35 DIRAC C4F10 Cherenkov detector - Sosuke HORIKAWA

16:55 The Usage of N-Perflourcarbons as RICH Radiators - Dirk WIEDNER
17:15
17:15 - 18:00
Contributions

17:15 Detection of Cherenkov radiation of very long wavelength (radio region) - Amy Lynn CONNOLLY
19:30 buffet dinner in a traditional coffee shop
buffet dinner in a traditional coffee shop
19:30 - 21:00

21:30 concert in the S. Giusto cathedral
concert in the S. Giusto cathedral
21:30 - 22:45
Saturday, 20 October 2007
09:00
09:00 - 11:10
Contributions

09:00 Calorimetry and Cherenkov Effect - Aldo PENZO

09:25 Zero Degree Cherenkov calorimeters for the ALICE experiment - Alessandro DE FALCO

09:45 LUCID: a Cherenkov tubes based detector for monitoring the ATLAS experiment luminosity - Antonio ZOCCOLI

10:05 A high resolution TOF counter - a way to compete with a RICH detector ? - Jerry VA'VRA

10:30 RF Cherenkov picosecond timing technique for high energy physics applications - Amur MARGARYAN

10:50 Cherenkov detector based on the aerogel radiator for detection of ^90Sr - Rok PESTOTNIK
11:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:10 - 11:35
11:35
11:35 - 13:05
Contributions

11:35 Highlights of the poster session - Christian JORAM

12:20 Workshop highlights - Silvia DALLA TORRE

13:00 Acknowledgements