RICH2007

Oct 15, 2007, 6:00 PM → Oct 20, 2007, 1:25 PM Europe/Zurich

Stazione Marittima - Trieste, Italy

6th International Workshop on Ring Imaging Cherenkov Counters

Monday, October 15

6:00 PM → 10:00 PM registration at the Workshop site

8:00 PM → 10:00 PM welcome cocktail at the Workshop and registration site

Tuesday, October 16

9:00 AM → 10:15 AM Introductory session - chair: S. Dalla Torre

9:00 AM Welcome addresses

Slides opening.pdf opening.ppt

9:30 AM Advantages and limitations of the RICH technique for particle ID

Speaker: Blair N. RATCLIFF

Paper

• blair_manuscript_v1_doc.doc
• blair_manuscript_v1_pdf.pdf
• blair_manuscript_v2_doc.doc
• blair_manuscript_v2_pdf.pdf

Slides Trieste_2007_RICH07_v2.pdf Trieste_2007_RICH07_v2.ppt

10:15 AM → 11:00 AM Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - chair: S. Dalla Torre

10:15 AM Review of relevant Cherenkov imaging devices in particle/nuclear experiments currently running, under construction, and planned

Speaker: David WEBSDALE

Paper

• paper
• paper
• websdale-invited_talk-1.pdf.pdf
• websdale-invited_talk-1.zip.zip

Slides websdale-RICH2007.pdf websdale-RICH2007.ppt

11:00 AM → 11:25 AM Coffee break

11:25 AM → 1:05 PM Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - chair: R. Forty

11:25 AM Long-term operational experience with the HERMES RICH detector

Speaker: Raffaele DE LEO

Paper

• deleo-talk-1.pdf
• deleo-talk-1.zip
• deleo-talk-v2.pdf
• deleo-talk-v2.zip
• deleo-talk-v3.pdf
• deleo-talk-v3.zip

Slides DeLeoTrieste16_Oct_07.pdf DeLeoTrieste16_Oct_07.ppt

11:50 AM Fast photon detection for COMPASS RICH-1

Speaker: Fulvio TESSAROTTO

Paper

• tessarotto-talk-1.pdf.pdf
• tessarotto-talk-1.zip.zip
• tessarotto-talk-2.pdf
• tessarotto-talk-2.tgz

Slides tessarotto_RICH2007.pdf tessarotto_RICH2007.ppt

12:15 PM The ALICE HMPID detector ready for collisions at the CERN/LHC

Speaker: Levente MOLNAR

Paper

• Levente_Molnar_talk_v1.pdf
• Levente_Molnar_talk_v1.tgz
• Levente_Molnar_talk_v2.pdf
• rich07_lmolnar.zip

Slides RHIC2007_HMPID_L_Molnar.pdf RHIC2007_HMPID_L_Molnar.ppt

12:40 PM An overview of the LHCb RICH detector status

Speaker: Neville HARNEW

Paper

• Harnew-talk-1.pdf
• Harnew-talk-1.rar
• Harnew-talk-v2.rar

Slides Harnew-RICH2007.pdf Harnew-RICH2007.ppt

1:05 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch

2:30 PM → 4:10 PM Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - chair: J. Engelfried

2:30 PM Commissioning of the LHCb RICH Detectors

Speaker: Carmelo D'AMBROSIO

Paper

• carmelo_comm_3.pdf
• carmelo_comm_final.pdf
• carmelo_comm_final.zip
• lhcb_comm.zip

Slides Carmelo_rich2007.pdf Carmelo_rich2007.ppt

2:55 PM Gas Cherenkov detectors for high momentum charged particle identification in the ALICE experiment at LHC

Speaker: Giacomo VOLPE

Paper proceedings.rar (Protected) RICH2007.pdf (Protected)

Slides VHMPID_RICH2007.ppt

3:20 PM Upgrade of the Proximity Focusing RICh at JLab

Speaker: Evaristo CISBANI

Paper

• cisbani-talk-1.pdf
• cisbani-talk-1.zip
• paper
• paper

Slides rich07_cisbani_jlabrich.pdf

3:45 PM A Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector for the P326 very rare kaon decay experiment at CERN

Speaker: Francesca BUCCI

Paper

• bucci-talk-1.pdf
• bucci-talk-1.tar
• paper
• paper

Slides bucci.ppt

4:10 PM → 4:35 PM Coffee break

4:35 PM → 6:10 PM Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - chair: M. Mariotti

4:35 PM Review of relevant Cherenkov imaging devices in astroparticle experiments currently running, under construction, and planned

Speaker: Eckart LORENZ

Slides Rich07,ecl._overv_astro_-4.ppt

5:20 PM Constructional details, current status and operation of the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope

Speaker: Greg HALLEWELL

Paper

• hallewell-paper-1.pdf.pdf
• hallewell-paper-1.zip
• paper
• paper

Slides Hallewell-ANTARES-v3.pdf Hallewell-ANTARES-v3.ppt

5:45 PM KM3NeT - toward a cubic kilometre volume neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea

Speaker: Christos MARKOU

Paper

• markou-talk-1.pdf
• markou-talk-1.zip
• markou-talk-2.pdf
• markou-talk-2.zip

Slides markou_KM3NeT_rich2007.pdf markou_KM3NeT_rich2007.ppt

6:15 PM → 7:15 PM Lecture: Trieste Karst

7:15 PM → 8:00 PM cheese & wine

Wednesday, October 17

9:00 AM → 9:50 AM Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - chair: E. Lorenz

9:00 AM The quest for the ideal photodetector for large-scale astroparticle Cherenkov experiments

Speaker: Bayarto LUBSANDORZHIEV

Paper

• lbk_rich2007_3.zip
• lbk_rich2007.pdf
• lbk_rich2007.zip

Slides Bayarto_LUBSANDORZHIEV-rich2007.pdf Bayarto_LUBSANDORZHIEV-rich2007.ppt

9:25 AM The Cherenkov sub-detector in the cosmic-rays experiment, CREAM

Speaker: Yoann SALLAZ-DAMAZ

Paper

• sallaz-talk-1.pdf
• sallaz-talk-1.zip
• sallaz-talk-2.pdf
• sallaz-talk-2.zip
• sallaz-talk-3.pdf
• sallaz-talk-3.zip
• sallaz-talk-4.pdf
• sallaz-talk-4.zip
• sallaz-talk-5.pdf
• sallaz-talk-5.zip
• sallaz-talk-6.pdf
• sallaz-talk-6.zip

Slides Rich07Yoannv3b.pdf Rich07Yoannv3b.ppt

9:50 AM → 11:20 AM Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - chair: C. Joram

9:50 AM Status and perspectives of gaseous photon detectors for single photon detection

Speakers: Amos Breskin, Rachel CHECHIK

Slides RICH07_rachel_last_1.pdf RICH07_rachel_last_1.ppt

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

Speaker: Vladimir PESKOV

Paper

• Final_resbmission.zip
• Peskov-final.doc
• Peskov-final.pdf
• Peskov.zip

Slides Peskov_Presentationat_at_RICH_final_-final_after_all_corrections.pdf Peskov_Presentationat_at_RICH_final_-final_after_all_corrections.ppt

11:00 AM Performance Analysis of Poly- and Nano-Crystalline Diamond based Photocathodes

Speaker: Maria Angela NITTI

Paper

• nitti-talk-1.pdf.pdf
• nitti-talk-1.zip.zip
• nitti-talk-2.pdf.pdf
• nitti_talk_2.zip

Slides Nitti_RICH_2007.pdf Nitti_RICH_2007.ppt

11:20 AM → 11:45 AM Coffee break

11:45 AM → 1:15 PM Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - chair: C. Matteuzzi

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

Speaker: Thierry GYS

Paper

• gys-talk-1.pdf
• gys-talk-1.zip
• paper
• paper

Slides Status_perspectives_vacuum_photondetectors.pdf

12:30 PM Production and Tests of Hybrid Photon Detectors for the LHCb RICH Detectors

Speaker: Stephan EISENHARDT

Paper

• eisenhardt-talk-1.pdf
• eisenhardt-talk-1.zip
• eisenhardt-talk-2.pdf
• eisenhardt-talk-2.zip

Slides 20071017_HPD_testing.pdf 20071017_HPD_testing.ppt

12:55 PM The operation of the LHCb RICH photon detection system in a charged particle test beam

Speaker: Sean BRISBANE

Paper

• brisbane-talk-1.pdf
• brisbane-talk-1.tar.bz2
• brisbane-talk-2.pdf
• brisbane-talk-2.tar.gz

Slides Brisbane_LHCb_TB.pdf

1:15 PM → 2:30 PM lunch

2:30 PM → 11:00 PM Visit of Aquileia and Grado followed by the Workshop banquet

Thursday, October 18

9:00 AM → 10:55 AM Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - chair: B. Gobbo

9:00 AM Development of 144ch HAPD for Aerogel RICH for Belle Upgrade

Speaker: Shohei NISHIDA

Paper

• nishida-talk-1.pdf
• nishida-talk-1.tgz
• nishida-talk-2.pdf
• nishida-talk-2.tgz

Slides rich2007-nishida6.pdf

9:20 AM Status and perspectives of solid state photon detectors for single photon detection

Speaker: Junji HABA

Paper

• haba_draft.pdf.pdf
• haba_material.zip.zip
• paper
• rich2007-haba-v2.pdf
• RICHproc_v2.zip
• RICHproc_v3.zip

Slides RICH07-haba.pdf RICH07-haba.ppt

10:05 AM Silicon photomultiplier as a position sensitive detector of Cherenkov photons

Speaker: Samo KORPAR

Paper

• korpar-talk-1.pdf
• korpar-talk-1.zip
• korpar-talk-2.pdf
• korpar-talk-2.zip

Slides RICH2007-korpar.pdf

10:30 AM First Detection of Air Shower Cherenkov Light by Geiger-Avalanche Photodiodes

Speaker: Eckart LORENZ

Paper

• lorenz-talk-1-1.pdf
• lorenz-talk-1.zip
• lorenz-talk-2-1.pdf
• lorenz-zip2_2.zip

Slides Lorenz.g-apdtalk.rich07.pdf Lorenz.g-apdtalk.rich07.ppt

10:55 AM → 11:20 AM Coffee break

11:20 AM → 12:00 PM Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - chair: A. Bressan

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

Speaker: Peter KRIŽAN

Paper

• krizan-talk-1.pdf
• krizan-talk.tar.gz
• paper
• paper

Slides rich07-krizan.pdf rich07-krizan.ppt

11:40 AM Performance Studies of Microchannel Plate PMTs in High Magnetic Fields

Speaker: Albert LEHMANN

Paper

• lehmann-talk-1.pdf
• lehmann-talk-1.tar.gz
• lehmann-talk-2.pdf
• lehmann-talk-2.tar.gz

Slides alehmann_18Oct07.pdf

12:00 PM → 12:50 PM Novel Cherenkov Imaging Techniques - chair: J. Va'vra

12:00 PM A new aerogel Cherenkov detector design based on wavelength shifter

Speaker: Sosuke HORIKAWA

Paper

• allkofer-talk-1.pdf
• allkofer-talk-1.tgz
• allkofer-talk-2.pdf
• allkofer-talk-2.tgz

Slides agc_v8.pdf

12:25 PM The DIRC projects of the PANDA experiment at FAIR

Speaker: Klaus FÖHL

Paper

• foehl-talk-1.pdf
• foehl-talk-1.tar
• foehl-talk-2.pdf
• foehl-talk-2.tar
• foehl-talk-3.pdf
• foehl-talk-3.tar

Slides klausfoehl_dircs_at_panda.pdf klausfoehl_dircs_at_panda.ppt

12:50 PM → 2:00 PM lunch

2:00 PM → 4:30 PM Visit of the Karst "Grotta Gigante" or of the Miramare Castle (alternative)

4:30 PM → 6:10 PM Novel Cherenkov Imaging Techniques - chair: P. Križan

4:30 PM Studies of a Proximity Focusing RICH with Aerogel Radiator for Future Belle Upgrade

Speaker: Toru IIJIMA

Paper

• iijima-talk-1.pdf
• iijima-talk-1.tar.gz
• iijima-talk-2.pdf
• iijima-talk-2.tar.gz

Slides rich07_iijima.ppt

4:55 PM Development of TOP counter for Super B factory

Speaker: Kenji INAMI

Paper inami-talk-5.pdf (Protected) inami-talk-5.tar.gz (Protected)

Slides TOP200710.pdf TOP200710.ppt

5:20 PM Focusing Aerogel RICH Optimization

Speaker: Evgeniy KRAVCHENKO

Paper

• kravchenko-talk-1.pdf
• kravchenko-talk-1.zip
• paper
• paper

Slides FocusingAerogelRICHOptimization.pdf FocusingAerogelRICHOptimization.ppt

5:45 PM Status of the Focusing DIRC

Speaker: Jochen SCHWIENING

Paper

• schwiening-talk-1.doc
• schwiening-talk-1.pdf
• schwiening-talk-2.doc
• schwiening-talk-2.pdf

Slides rich2007_schwiening.pdf rich2007_schwiening.ppt

6:10 PM → 6:35 PM Coffee break

6:35 PM → 7:40 PM Technological aspects of Cherenkov detectors - chair: O. Ullaland

6:35 PM Study of a Silica Aerogel for a Cherenkov Radiator

Speaker: Ichiro ADACHI

Paper adachi-talk-1.pdf (Protected) adachi-talk-2.pdf (Protected)

Slides adachi-rich07.pdf adachi-rich07.ppt

zip file adachi-talk-1.zip (Protected) adachi-talk-2.zip (Protected)

6:55 PM Refractive Index of Silica Aerogel: Uniformity and Dispersion Law

Speaker: Tito BELLUNATO

Paper

• bellunato-talk-1.pdf
• bellunato-talk-1.tar.gz
• bellunato-talk-2.pdf
• bellunato-talk-2.tar.gz
• paper
• paper

Slides Bellunato_Trieste.pdf

7:20 PM Development of a RICH detector for electron identification in CBM

Speaker: Claudia HÖHNE

Paper

• hoehne-talk-1.pdf
• hoehne-talk-1.zip
• paper
• paper

Slides hoehne_cbm_rich2007.pdf hoehne_cbm_rich2007.ppt

Friday, October 19

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Pattern recognition and data analysis - chair: C. Jones

9:00 AM Review of the analysis techniques currently in use, including a comparison of the measured/expected particle ID performance in different experiments

Speaker: Guy WILKINSON

Paper

• wilkinson-talk-1.pdf
• wilkinson-talk-1.tgz
• wilkinson-talk-2.pdf
• wilkinson-talk-2.tgz

Slides recon_review_trieste07.pdf recon_review_trieste07.ppt

9:45 AM Pattern Recognition and PID for COMPASS RICH-1

Speaker: Federica SOZZI

Paper

• sozzi-talk-1.pdf
• sozzi-talk-1.tar
• sozzi-talk-2.pdf
• sozzi-talk-2.tar

Slides sozzi_rich2007_1.pdf

10:10 AM Track based maximum likelihood ring search algorithm

Speaker: Marko STARIČ

Paper staric-talk-1.tar.gz staric-talk-2.tar.gz

Slides staric_rich2007.pdf

10:35 AM Pattern recognition tecniques of charged hadron identification with HMPID at LHC

Speaker: Domenico DI BARI

Paper

• rich2007-dibari-1.pdf
• rich2007-dibari-1.tgz
• rich2007_dibari_mod.pdf
• rich2007_dibari_mod.tar.gz

Slides RICH2007_DiBari.pdf RICH2007_DiBari.ppt

11:00 AM → 11:25 AM Coffee break

11:25 AM → 12:40 PM Pattern recognition and data analysis - chair: B. Ratcliff

11:25 AM LHCb RICH Pattern Recognition and Particle Identification Performance

Speaker: Claus Peter BUSZELLO

Paper buszello-paper-1.pdf (Protected) buszello-paper-1.tar.gz (Protected)

Slides buszello_richreco.pdf

11:50 AM Precision Measurement of the Charged Kaon Mass Using the MIPP RICH

Speaker: Nicholas GRAF

Slides Graf_RICH2007.pdf Graf_RICH2007.sxi

12:15 PM The calibration and alignment of the LHCb RICH system

Speaker: Antonis PAPANESTIS

Paper

• papanestis-talk-1.pdf
• papanestis-talk-1.tar.bz
• papanestis-talk-2.pdf
• papanestis-talk-2.tar.gz

Slides Papanestis-RICH2007.pdf Papanestis-RICH2007.ppt

12:40 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Technological aspects of Cherenkov detectors - chair: F. Tessarotto

2:00 PM Radiation Hardness Study on Fused Silica

Speaker: Matthias HOEK

Paper

• hoek-talk-1.pdf
• hoek-talk-1.zip
• hoek-talk-2.pdf
• hoek-talk-2.zip
• hoek-talk-3.pdf
• hoek-talk-3.zip

Slides mhoek_rich07.pdf

2:20 PM On-line mirror alignment monitoring method for COMPASS RICH-1

Speaker: Miroslav SULC

Paper

• sulc-talk-1.pdf
• sulc-talk-1.zip
• sulc-talk-2.pdf
• sulc-talk-2.tgz
• sulc-talk-final.pdf
• sulc-talk-final.tgz

Slides Sulc_RICH2007.pdf Sulc_RICH2007.ppt

2:45 PM Development of light-weight spherical mirrors for RICH detectors

Speaker: Fabio METLICA

Paper

• Metlica-talk-1.pdf
• Metlica-talk-1.pdf
• metlica-talk-1.tar
• metlica-talk-1.tar

Slides Metlica_light-weight_mirrors.pdf Metlica_light-weight_mirrors.ppt

3:10 PM The Reflective Surface of the MAGIC Telescope

Speaker: Michele DORO

Paper doro-talk-3.pdf (Protected) doro-talk-3.tar.gz (Protected)

Slides doro_rich.pdf doro_rich.ppt

3:30 PM → 3:55 PM Coffee break

3:55 PM → 5:15 PM Technological aspects of Cherenkov detectors - chair: M. Boezio

3:55 PM The fast read-out system for the MAPMTS of COMPASS RICH-1

Speaker: Christian SCHILL

Paper

• paper
• paper
• schill-talk-1.pdf
• schill-talk-1.tgz

Slides Schill-RICH2007.ppt

4:15 PM LHCb Rich Detectors Control and High Voltage Systems

Speaker: Mario SANNINO

Paper

• Sannino-talk-2.pdf
• Sannino-talk-2.zip
• Sannino-talk-3.pdf
• Sannino-talk-3.zip

Slides

• Sannino-RICH2007.pdf
• Sannino-RICH2007.ppt
• slides
• slides

4:35 PM DIRAC C4F10 Cherenkov detector

Speaker: Sosuke HORIKAWA

Paper

• horikawa-talk-1.pdf
• horikawa-talk-1.tgz
• horikawa-talk-2.pdf
• horikawa-talk-2.tgz
• horikawa-talk-3.pdf
• horikawa-talk-3.tgz

Slides hgc_v7.pdf

4:55 PM The Usage of N-Perflourcarbons as RICH Radiators

Speaker: Dirk WIEDNER

Paper

• paper
• paper
• Wiedner-talk-1.pdf
• Wiedner-talk-1.zip

Slides

• N-Perflourcarbons_Dirk.pdf
• N-Perflourcarbons_Dirk.ppt
• N-Perflourcarbons_Dirk.ppt.pdf

5:15 PM → 6:00 PM Exotic applications of Cherenkov radiation - chair: G. Hallowell

5:15 PM Detection of Cherenkov radiation of very long wavelength (radio region)

Speaker: Amy Lynn CONNOLLY

Paper

• connolly-talk-1.pdf
• connolly-talk-1.tgz
• paper
• paper

Slides Trieste.pdf

7:30 PM → 9:00 PM buffet dinner in a traditional coffee shop

9:30 PM → 10:45 PM concert in the S. Giusto cathedral

Saturday, October 20

9:00 AM → 11:10 AM Exotic applications of Cherenkov radiation - chair: M. Calvi

9:00 AM Calorimetry and Cherenkov Effect

Speaker: Aldo PENZO

Paper

• penzo-talk-1.pdf
• penzo-talk-1.zip
• penzo-talk-2.pdf.pdf
• penzo-talk-2.zip.zip

Slides CALORCEREN.pdf CALORCEREN.ppt

9:25 AM Zero Degree Cherenkov calorimeters for the ALICE experiment

Speaker: Alessandro DE FALCO

Paper

• defalco-talk-1.pdf
• defalco-talk-1.tar.gz
• defalco-talk-3.pdf
• defalco-talk-3.tgz
• paper
• paper

Slides defalco-rich2007.ppt

9:45 AM LUCID: a Cherenkov tubes based detector for monitoring the ATLAS experiment luminosity

Speaker: Antonio ZOCCOLI

Slides LUCID_Zoccoli_RICH2007_AZ.pdf LUCID_Zoccoli_RICH2007_AZ.ppt

10:05 AM A high resolution TOF counter - a way to compete with a RICH detector ?

Speaker: Jerry VA'VRA

Paper

• Vavra-talk-4.doc
• Vavra-talk-4.pdf
• Vavra-talk-5.doc
• Vavra-talk-5.pdf

Slides Vavra_Trieste_talk.pdf Vavra_Trieste_talk.ppt

10:30 AM RF Cherenkov picosecond timing technique for high energy physics applications

Speaker: Amur MARGARYAN

Paper

• margaryan-talk-1.pdf
• margaryan-talk-1.rar
• margaryan-talk-2.pdf
• margaryan-talk-2.rar

Slides Margaryan_rich07.pdf

10:50 AM Cherenkov detector based on the aerogel radiator for detection of ^90Sr

Speaker: Rok PESTOTNIK

Paper

• paper
• paper
• pestotnik-talk-1.pdf
• pestotnik-talk-1.tar.gz

Slides pestotnik_rich07.pdf

11:10 AM → 11:35 AM Coffee break

11:35 AM → 1:05 PM Conclusive session - chair: E. Nappi

11:35 AM Highlights of the poster session

Speaker: Christian JORAM

Slides Summary_Posters.pdf Summary_Posters.ppt

12:20 PM Workshop highlights

Speaker: Silvia DALLA TORRE

Slides RICH2007_dallatorre.pdf RICH2007_dallatorre.ppt

1:00 PM Acknowledgements

Slides ringraziamenti.pdf ringraziamenti.ppt