31 May 2026 to 5 June 2026
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  1. Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
    01/06/2026, 08:45
  2. Lorenzo Crescimbeni (INFN sezione di Pisa)
    01/06/2026, 09:00

    The Mu2e electromagnetic calorimeter consists of two annular aluminum disks, each instrumented with undoped CsI crystals and read out by large-area arrays of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). The detector has been fully assembled and installed in the Mu2e experimental hall. The complete system—including photosensors, front-end and digital electronics, cooling, slow control, and data...

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  3. Emily Pottebaum (Yale)
    01/06/2026, 09:30

    The Longitudinally Segmented Forward Hadronic Calorimeter (LFHCal) is a sampling hadronic calorimeter which will cover the forward (hadron-going) region from $1.2 < \eta < 3.5$ in the ePIC detector at the EIC. The physics goals of the EIC demand strong jet reconstruction performance in this region to investigate small momentum-fraction
    phenomena. To achieve this, the LFHCal is constructed...

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  4. Bobae Kim (Argonne National Laboratory)
    01/06/2026, 11:00

    The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a next-generation facility expected to address fundamental open questions in nuclear physics, including the structure and dynamics of gluons in nucleons and nuclei. The Barrel Imaging Calorimeter (BIC) is the electromagnetic calorimeter of the ePIC detector, designed to meet the stringent performance requirements of the EIC, providing precise measurements and...

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  5. Dr Tomas Davidek (Prague CU)
    01/06/2026, 11:30

    The Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) is a central component of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, providing measurements of hadronic energy and playing a key role in the reconstruction of hadronic jets and missing transverse momentum. In the LHC Run 3 (2022–2026), TileCal has operated under increased luminosity and pile-up conditions, with up to approximately 65 interactions per...

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  6. Matteo Salomoni
    01/06/2026, 14:00

    The High-Luminosity LHC era poses severe radiation and occupancy challenges for the LHCb electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL). To guarantee good physics performance during Run 4, a crucial enhancement is planned for Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). This enhancement involves replacing the innermost 176 modules with novel Spaghetti Calorimeter (SpaCal) technology and reorganizing the existing Shashlik...

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  7. Lisa Generoso (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
    01/06/2026, 14:30

    The physics program of future Higgs factories requires unprecedented jet energy resolution to efficiently discriminate among hadronic boson decays. Particle Flow Calorimetry provides a powerful reconstruction paradigm to achieve this objective; however, it places stringent demands on detector technologies, particularly in terms of granularity, to resolve individual particles within jets and...

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  8. Prof. Bob Hirosky (U. Virginia)
    01/06/2026, 15:00

    The Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) of the CMS experiment is a homogeneous crystal calorimeter operating at the CERN LHC. The ECAL trigger system employs fast digital signal processing algorithms to measure the energy and timing of ECAL energy deposits recorded during LHC collisions. These trigger primitives are transmitted to the Level-1 trigger system at the collision rate of 40 MHz, and...

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  9. Hikaru Kano (University of Tsukuba (JP))
    01/06/2026, 16:30

    The Forward Calorimeter (FoCal) is a high-granularity forward detector planned as an upgrade to the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It will be installed during Long Shutdown 3 and will take data in the LHC Run 4. Covering the pseudorapidity range of 3.2 < \eta < 5.8, FoCal enables the exploration of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at unprecedentedly small Bjorken-x...

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  10. Prof. Erhan Gülmez (Bogazici University)
    01/06/2026, 17:00
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    Oral

    The CMS-HF Calorimeters are designed to detect the forward going particles at eta values from 3 to 5 with a high discovery potential for new phenomena. The HF calorimeters are sampling calorimeters with plastic cladded quartz fibers as active material and designed to survive at least through the first HL-LHC run period (Run 4) up to a cumulative 3000 fb-1 luminosity. Energy measurement of the...

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  11. Chiara Grieco (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))
    02/06/2026, 09:00
    Oral

    The CMS Collaboration is preparing to build replacement endcap calorimeters for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era. The new High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCal) is a highly granular sampling calorimeter with approximately six million silicon channels and about four hundred thousand scintillator tile-readout with on-tile silicon multipliers. The calorimeter is designed to operate in the harsh...

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  12. Devin Mahon (University of Minnesota)
    02/06/2026, 09:30
    Oral

    As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS experiment is developing a High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. The HGCAL will be realized as a sampling calorimeter equipped with modules of silicon or scintillator tiles read out by SiPMs. For the validation of the HGCAL, prototypes of silicon and SiPM-on-tile modules have been assembled into a...

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  13. Trisha Debnath (LLR-Ecole Polytechnique | CNRS (FR))
    02/06/2026, 10:00
    Oral

    The CMS collaboration has chosen a novel high granularity calorimeter (HGCAL) for the endcap regions as part of its planned upgrade for the high-luminosity phase of the LHC. The HGCAL will have fine segmentation in both the transverse and longitudinal directions, which leads to about six million readout channels in total. It will be part of the Level 1 (L1) trigger of the CMS experiment, and...

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  14. Ruchi Chudasama (University of Alabama (US))
    02/06/2026, 11:00
    Oral

    The CMS Collaboration is preparing to replace its current endcap calorimeters with the High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era. HGCAL features unprecedented transverse and longitudinal granularity, enabling detailed measurement of shower development with 5D information. The detector employs silicon sensors in the electromagnetic section and high-radiation...

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  15. Daniel Guerrero (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    02/06/2026, 11:30
    Oral

    In preparation for the High-Luminosity LHC, the CMS experiment is upgrading its endcap calorimeters with the High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCal), a novel imaging calorimeter featuring fine spatial segmentation and precise timing. The detector integrates silicon sensors in high-radiation regions and plastic scintillator tiles with SiPM readout in low-radiation regions. The scintillator-based...

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  16. Shamik Ghosh (LLR, École Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS)
    02/06/2026, 12:00
    Oral

    The increase in luminosity and pileup at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) will place unprecedented demands on the CMS experiment, requiring major advances in both detector technology and event reconstruction. Among the planned upgrades, the High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) will replace the current endcap calorimeters, providing fine spatial segmentation and precision timing. These features...

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  17. Ruben Gargiulo
    02/06/2026, 14:00
    Oral

    The High Luminosity upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider aims to achieve unprecedented levels of instantaneous and integrated luminosities. 140 to 200 collisions per bunch crossing are anticipated, which will represent a severe challenge for the detectors. The endcap part of the Compact Muon Solenoid calorimeters will be replaced by a new detector. In the barrel, the lead tungstate...

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  18. Sven Menke (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
    02/06/2026, 14:45
    Oral

    The ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) calorimeter readout electronics will be fully
    upgraded for operation at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), where up to about
    200 proton-proton interactions per bunch crossing will impose stringent
    requirements on radiation tolerance, bandwidth, and signal reconstruction
    performance. The upgraded system is designed to maintain the excellent energy
    and timing...

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  19. Sebastian Ritter (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz)
    02/06/2026, 15:30
    Oral

    The Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment is a planned general-purpose facility at the CERN Beam Dump Facility designed to explore the hidden sector at the intensity frontier. A primary physics goal of SHiP is the search for long-lived, weakly interacting particles, such as Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) decaying into a diphoton final state ($a \to \gamma\gamma$). Because these decays...

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  20. Dr Matej Haviernik (Prague CU)
    02/06/2026, 16:30
    Oral

    The Tile Calorimeter, a central hadronic calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, is undergoing a major upgrade to meet the requirements of the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). The Phase-II upgrade is designed to address the challenges of increased trigger rates up to 1 MHz, higher radiation levels, and enhanced pile-up conditions through a complete redesign of the...

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  21. Suman Kandel (UT Arlington)
    02/06/2026, 17:00
    Oral

    The Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) is a sampling hadronic calorimeter covering the central region of the ATLAS experiment, using steel absorbers and plastic scintillators as the active medium. It is being extensively upgraded to meet the demands of the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), expected to start operation in 2030. The HL-LHC will deliver significantly increased instantaneous luminosity,...

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  22. Gerald Eigen (University of Goettingen (DE))
    02/06/2026, 17:30
    Oral

    We report results from a test beam at DESY in which we tested the readout of 32 3 mm thick ATLAS TileCal tiles with wavelength-shifting fibers and a 64-channel SiPM array. Each tile was read out with two wavelength-shifting fibers that were coupled to the SiPM array via an airgap or with grease. For most measurements the beam was perpendicular to the tiles. We measured the relative gain and...

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  23. Jack Rolph (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
    03/06/2026, 09:00

    Precision measurements of the Higgs, W/Z bosons at future $\mathrm{e^{+}e^{-}}$ colliders (namely Higgs factories) pose a stringent requirement on the calorimetry system for unprecedented jet performance. At the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) as one of Higgs factory options, the calorimeter working group has developed a new electromagnetic calorimeter based on finely segmented...

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  24. Haijun Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)), Prof. 衡月昆 hengyk
    03/06/2026, 09:30

    A finely segmented sampling hadron calorimeter (HCAL) based on scintillating glass tiles is being developed for future lepton-collider experiments. As an HCAL option for the CEPC (Circular Electron–Positron Collider) reference detector, this design aims to significantly improve hadron and jet performance using dense and bright scintillating glass. The targeted stochastic term of the hadronic...

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  25. Mattia Soldani (CERN)
    03/06/2026, 10:00

    Highly granular calorimeters with a fast response and a large dynamic range are at the core of most detector concepts currently proposed at the next-generation colliders, where the implementation of particle flow algorithms would have a significant impact on the physics performance. Optical sampling calorimeters may be particularly suited for this doctrine, as they combine excellent resolution...

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  26. Dr Roman Poeschl (IJCLab)
    03/06/2026, 11:00

    Highly compact and granular electromagnetic calorimeters are required for precision luminosity measurements at future e⁺e⁻ colliders and for the determination of positron multiplicity and energy spectra in the LUXE experiment. LUXE probes strong-field QED using laser–electron scattering. In luminometer applications, where Bhabha scattering serves as the reference process, a compact calorimeter...

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  27. Jana Faltova (Charles University (CZ))
    03/06/2026, 11:30

    A high-granularity noble liquid electromagnetic calorimeter is being developed within the DRD Calo collaboration for application at future lepton colliders such as FCC-ee. The concept combines the intrinsic energy resolution and response uniformity of noble liquid calorimetry with fine spatial segmentation, making it well suited for precision measurements and particle-flow...

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  28. Jim Brau (University of Oregon (US))
    03/06/2026, 12:00

    Monolithic active pixel sensors (MAPS) used in sampling calorimetry and particle tracking offer an attractive enhanced capability. The future Higgs Factory collider is an important possible application. The NAPA (Nanosecond timing Pixel for large Area sensors) detector development program for tracking and electromagnetic calorimetry is motivated by this opportunity. We will report on...

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  29. Jim Freeman (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    04/06/2026, 09:00
    Oral
    R&D

    Fermilab is one of the largest producers of organic scintillator in the world. Its scintillator has been used in a wide variety of applications including archeology, volcanology, mining exploration, agriculture, national security, as well as more traditional applications in HEP and Astro-particle physics. We will describe the scintillator extrusion facility and injection molding facility. We...

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  30. Andrea Pareti (Pavia University and INFN (IT))
    04/06/2026, 09:30
    Oral
    R&D

    The HiDRa project aims to develop, construct, and test a highly granular dual-readout calorimeter suitable for operation at a future high-energy lepton collider. The prototype is designed to provide near-complete containment of hadronic showers and is based on scintillating fibres and clear optical fibres for Cherenkov light detection, embedded in stainless steel capillary tubes. Its readout...

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  31. Kyeongpil Lee (CAU - Chung-Ang University (KR))
    04/06/2026, 10:00
    Oral
    R&D

    Dual-readout calorimetry is a promising approach to achieve improved hadronic energy resolution by simultaneously measuring scintillation and Cherenkov signals using dedicated fiber readout. This technique enables event-by-event correction of fluctuations in the electromagnetic shower fraction, and is considered a strong candidate for calorimetry at future collider experiments such as CEPC and...

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  32. Grace Cummings (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    04/06/2026, 11:00
    Oral
    R&D

    Homogeneous inorganic scintillator-based calorimeters achieve best-in-class electromagnetic energy resolution, but often degrade the hadronic energy resolution of particle physics experiments.
    With the measurement and separation of scintillation and Cherenkov light, the dual readout technique provides an event-by-event calibration to better resolve hadronic showers. When applied in...

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  33. Yongbin Feng (Texas Tech University (US))
    04/06/2026, 11:30
    Oral
    R&D

    We report on the energy measurement performance of the High-Granularity Dual-Readout Module (HG-DREAM), studied with high-energy electrons, pions, and muons at the H8 beam line at CERN in 2025. HG-DREAM features fine transverse segmentation and employs fused-silica and clear plastic fibers (Cherenkov) and scintillation signals, enabling event-by-event compensation via the dual-readout...

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  34. Weijie Jin (Texas Tech University (US))
    04/06/2026, 12:00
    Oral
    R&D

    We investigate the timing performance of the High-Granularity Dual-Readout Module (HG-DREAM) using high-energy electrons, pions, and muons collected at the H8 beam line at CERN in 2025. The detector combines fine transverse segmentation with dual-readout capability through fused-silica and clear plastic (Cherenkov) and scintillating fibers. We explore the use of precise timing information to...

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  35. Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
    04/06/2026, 14:00
    Oral
    R&D

    This contribution summarises studies carried out in the frame of the DRD Calo Collaboration and the French-German project Calo5D on optimizing particle flow calorimetry with machine learning and timing with a fine granularity in 4D. All studies are based the ILD Detector concept as example and use the ILC Software or Key4Hep framework. In one study a Dynamic Graph Convolutional Neural Network...

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  36. Yunjae Lee (CAU - Chung-Ang University (KR))
    04/06/2026, 14:30
    Oral
    R&D

    Dual-readout calorimeters are designed to achieve precise hadronic energy reconstruction by simultaneously measuring scintillation and Cherenkov signals, providing sensitivity to the electromagnetic and hadronic components of particle showers. To ensure a stable detector response, high-granularity readout is employed, enabling uniform sampling of the shower and access to its spatial structure....

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  37. Ruben Gargiulo (INFN, Roma I (IT))
    04/06/2026, 15:00
    Oral
    R&D

    CRILIN is a semi-homogeneous electromagnetic calorimeter based on Cherenkov lead fluoride (PbF$_2$) crystals, interspaced and read out by UV-extended SiPM matrices. CRILIN features high transverse granularity and longitudinal segmentation, with five layers of 1.3×1.3×4 cm$^3$ crystals.
    Test beams demonstrated a time resolution of about 20 ps for energies as low as 5 GeV. Despite pure...

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  38. Prof. John P. Rutherfoord (University of Arizona (US))
    04/06/2026, 16:30
    Oral
    R&D

    The liquid argon in two ionization chambers, each with a gap of 0.27 mm, each with the same potential applied between the two electrodes, and each with identical external readout circuits, was ionized with an instantaneous pulse of radiation to produce an electrical pulse in each circuit. In the second of the two chambers an additional radiation source also ionized the liquid argon but this...

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  39. Matteo Salomoni (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))
    04/06/2026, 17:00
    Oral
    R&D

    Presentation type: Oral.

    Chromatic calorimetry (CCAL) is an emerging approach to homogeneous electromagnetic calorimetry based on longitudinally segmented scintillator layers emitting at distinct wavelengths [1]. A spectrally resolved readout allows discrimination of light from different layers, enabling reconstruction of the longitudinal development of electromagnetic showers. This concept...

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  40. aleksandar bordelius
    05/06/2026, 09:00

    For the High-Luminosity LHC Run 5, the LHCb experiment aims to operate at an instantaneous luminosity of up to 1.0×10$^{34}$ cm$^{−2}$s$^{-1}$, requiring a complete overhaul of the electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) known as PicoCal. To mitigate extreme pile-up and combinatorial background, the PicoCal upgrade will introduce O(10) picosecond timing capabilities and significantly increased...

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  41. Mr jingbo ye (ihep)
    05/06/2026, 09:30

    Abstract: SIPAC is a 4-channel ASIC prototype for SiPM readout in CEPC's ECAL, HCAL, LumiCal, and Muon detector. The chip integrates preamplifier, shaper, ADC, TDC, and serializer circuits. A DAC calibrates SiPM gain, with each channel featuring a dedicated calibration path for single-photon calibration. The chip has been taped out, and silicon testing is ongoing and is expected to be...

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  42. James William Wetzel (Coe College (US)), Walker Law (Coe College)
    05/06/2026, 10:00

    The RADiCAL Collaboration is conducting R&D on optical materials for application in high performance electromagnetic (EM) calorimetry to address the challenges expected in future collider and fixed target experiments. The testing is performed with sampling (RADiCAL) calorimeter modules, approximately the size of a human index finger, consisting of interleaved layers of very dense (W) absorber...

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  43. Dr Pietro Betti (INFN sezione di Firenze)
    05/06/2026, 11:00

    The HERD experiment is a future calorimetric space-based mission, which will be installed on the Chinese space station in 2027. The goal of HERD is to extend the direct measurements of comic rays of more than one order of magnitude in energy compared to the current measurements. Specifically, HERD will perform for the first time direct measurements at the energies of the proton and the Helium...

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  44. Jingbo Ye (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
    05/06/2026, 11:30

    We will present a novel Compton imaging detector concept for directional measurement of 1–10 MeV gamma rays using hybrid Cherenkov–scintillation detection. This energy range is of particular interest for astrophysics, nuclear physics, radiation safety, and medical monitoring, yet remains challenging for existing detector technologies because of incomplete directional information, limited...

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  45. Gabriella Gaudio (INFN)
    05/06/2026, 12:00

    The international collaboration DRDCalo, hosted by CERN, coordinates the strategic R&D of calorimeter systems for future particle physics experiments. Established in 2024, it currently brings together 134 institutes from 27 countries. This contribution will present an overview of the collaboration, its research programme, and highlight key results from its first two years of activity. Recent...

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  46. Harry Brownslow Brittan V (Texas Tech University)
    Poster

    Calorimeter calibration converts raw detector signals into estimates of incident particle energy. In highly segmented systems, the detector response depends not only on deposited energy but also on light collection efficiency, sensor response, shower topology, and local geometry. These effects are particularly significant in high-granularity calorimeters with many independent readout channels....

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  47. Devin Mahon (University of Minnesota (US))
    Poster

    The robustness of AI-based reconstruction algorithms is critical to ensuring that performance is maintained across inputs that may evolve in time or with simulation mismodeling. In examining how to characterize robustness, a GNN-based reconstruction algorithm for the High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) for the CMS experiment at CERN’s LHC is used as a case study. This algorithm achieves...

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  48. Pierluigi Fedeli (Università degli Studi di Ferrara & Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    Oral
    R&D

    In high-energy physics, electromagnetic calorimeters based on scintillating crystals are essential for precise energy measurements of electrons and photons. Recent studies have demonstrated that orienting high-Z crystals along major crystallographic axes enhances detector performance by exploiting strong-field effects in particle–lattice interactions. For electrons, positrons, and photons with...

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  49. Miles Jacob Harris (Texas Tech University (US))
    Poster

    The upgrade from the original Dual-Readout Module (DREAM) to the High-Granularity Dual-Readout Module (HG-DREAM) involved the reassembly and quality control of more than 5,000 copper absorber rods and approximately 40,000 fused-silica, clear plastic fibers (Cherenkov), and scintillating fibers. The photodetector system was upgraded from photomultiplier tubes to nearly 1,000 silicon...

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  50. Dr Ariel Schwartzman (SLAC)
    Poster

    Future Higgs factories such as FCC-ee require calorimeter systems capable of unprecedented precision in jet, electron, and photon reconstruction. Recent developments in dual-readout fiber calorimetry and precision timing have led to the emergence of 5D optical calorimetry, where the full space–time evolution of scintillation and Cherenkov light can be exploited to improve energy reconstruction...

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  51. CMS Collaboration

    The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) is made of 75848 lead-tungstate scintillating crystals. The excellent intrinsic energy resolution of the CMS ECAL is preserved with the aid of a precise light monitoring system. The high radiation doses recorded in the ECAL crystals and photodetectors from the LHC collisions radiation affects the light output. Crystal and photodetector response...

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  52. LAr speaker committee
    Oral

    The upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) calorimeter readout electronics for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) introduces a new off-detector processing architecture designed to handle the extreme data rates and pileup conditions expected during HL-LHC operation. Continuous digitization of all calorimeter channels at the 40 MHz bunch-crossing rate will produce data streams corresponding to...

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  53. Ruben Gargiulo (Sapienza University of Rome and INFN)
    Oral

    The High-Luminosity phase of the CERN Large Hadron Collider will pose new challenges for the detectors, such as a large increase in the number of pp collisions per bunch crossing and the higher noise induced by radiation. To cope with these harsh conditions, the readout and trigger electronics of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) of the CMS experiment will undergo a complete replacement....

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  54. LAr speaker committee

    The ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) calorimeter system provides electromagnetic calorimetry over the pseudo-rapidity range |η| < 3.2 and hadronic and forward calorimetry up to |η| = 4.9. Together with the Tile Calorimeter, it plays a central role in the reconstruction and triggering of electrons, photons, jets, and missing transverse momentum. During LHC Run 3 (2022–2026), the detector operated under...

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  55. Akshat Shrivastava (Texas Tech University (US))
    Poster

    We present measurements of optical photon propagation speeds in fused-silica, clear plastic, and scintillating fibers of the High-Granularity Dual-Readout Module (HG-DREAM), using 40 GeV positrons at the H8 beam line at CERN in 2025. The detector was rotated by 90° relative to the beam direction and exposed at multiple longitudinal locations (Z-scan), enabling measurements of signal arrival...

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  56. Jack Rolph (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
    Poster

    A proposal for the CEPC ECAL is a highly-granular scintillating crystal design that uses SiPMs to measure physics signals from photons. The potential to develop particle identification methods using deep and traditional machine learning is explored. A contrastive learning technique was found to enable the separation of showering and 'punch-through' pions without explicit labels. A supervised...

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  57. Prof. Hamlet Mkrtchyan (A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute))
    Poster

    We studied the radiation hardness of two types of crystals, lead glass TF-1 and lead tungstate PbWO$_4$, using a 20 MeV electron beam from the LUE-75 linear accelerator at AANL. The transmittance of the crystals in the wavelength range of 200-1000 nm was measured before and after irradiation, and after thermal annealing. The irradiation was performed in two stages. First, both crystals were...

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  58. Toyoko Orimoto (Northeastern University)

    The Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) of the CMS experiment at the LHC plays a vital role in various physics analyses, including Higgs boson studies and searches for new phenomena. Achieving accurate calibration of the detector and its individual channels is critical for optimizing the energy resolution of electrons and photons, as well as for measuring the electromagnetic components of jets...

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