MPGD-HCAL

Monday 15 Sept 2025, 11:00 → 12:50 Europe/Zurich

11:00 → 11:10 News

Speaker: Luigi Longo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

General news:

• DRD6 Collaboration week: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1551941/timetable/?view=standard
• contributions from Maryna and Lisa during the software plenary session on Friday Sept 19
• IPRD25:
• contribution from Luigi on Tuesday Sept 16: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1508456/timetable/?view=standard#22-mpgd-based-hadron-calorimet
• draft, still very very preliminary at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1samd1sdJh0ZfcDkiCtyACPgi5C7b2OnjGWKJ7ZclaJE/edit?usp=sharing

 

TestBeam:

• PS between Oct 15 and Oct 29
• 4 GEMs with X&Y view are under test at the GDD: their characterization is on-going with APVs; some time lost in finding the best grounding configuration and a proper HV range to avoid APVs saturation; plans to finish by this month. @Alessandro, any other update on this?
• rotameters: Michele B. has already asked Roberto Guida for 2 pair of rotameter
• scintillators: next week Lisa will be at cern for the characterization of the 3 scintillators we will use in our structure
• structure preparation:
  • crane operators have preferred to anchor the structure from the top bosh profiles, while the design was made in view of anchoring the structure from the bottom -> decided to add few extra metallic plate to strengthen the structure; a Bari technician will come next week to cern
  • services preparation will be done next week
• DAQ:
  • will we use vmm? if so, how many we have?
  • if we will go on with APVs, we will not have to many: 11 master and 12 slave
• Monitoring:
  • asked for a central grafana and influx -> good for having our setup ready and running also after the testbeam at the north area
• preparation area:
  • try to move the structure earlier to PS area to start HV training and gas flushing; in contact with Michael Lazzaroni and  Aboubakr Rahmoun 
• can you please upload the first tab of the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w229H1DXgvVOeuJRb2cBzjLS8fqi9ZdPFXQQXKAi2uk/edit?usp=sharing with your available days at cern?

11:10 → 11:30 Tracker updates

Speaker: Alessandro De Robertis (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

Triple-GEM(Update).pdf

11:30 → 12:10 Roundtable

Conveners: Darina Zavazieva, Luca Moleri (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)), Luigi Longo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre)

Chambers:

• GEM tracker with X&Y strips: 3+3 panasonic connectors
  • can be equipped with only the central connectors being the beam spot diameter of 2 cm
  • 3 GEM chambers x 1 hybrid = 3 hybrids
• MPGD 20x20cm2: 8 chambers, each with 3 connectors
  • total 24 hybrids 
• MPGD 50x50cm2: 4 chambers, each with 16 connectors
  • total 64 hybrids

 

DAQ system:

• SRS system:
  • FEC:
    • Bari: 2 FEC v6
    • Weizmann: 4 FEC v6
  • DVMM
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  • HDMI-microUSB of equal length:
    • Bari: 35 of 2mm length
  • Hybrids:
    • Weizmann: 32 hybrids
    • RM3: 4 hybrids 
  • Panasonic-HRS adapters for GEMs 
  • power box
  • CTF:
    • Bari: 1
  • switch:
    • Bari: 1 netgear
  • PC:
    • Bari: to be checked with Lisa but the system should be installed on hcal laptop
  • Action items:
    • check what is missing and ask Lucian and Karl (@Luigi)
      
      
• Reconstruction:
  
  • geometry: measure the distance between the various layers (@Luigi, @Lisa) 
  • 50x50cm2 chambers mapping (@Luigi or any volunteer)