Name: TWOCRYST and ALADDIN Workshop
Start: 2026-01-21T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-23T17:00:00+01:00
Location: University of Malta Valletta Campus

TWOCRYST and ALADDIN Workshop

from Wednesday, 21 January 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 23 January 2026 (17:00)

Monday, 19 January 2026
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
09:00 Technical Proposal discussion
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Gianluca Valentino Gianluca Valentino (University of Malta (MT))

09:20 ALADDIN overview: status and plans - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

09:40 Physics program - Fernando Martinez Vidal (IFIC - University of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

10:00 Detector layout and geometry - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))

10:20 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Technical Proposal discussion
11:00 - 12:10
Contributions

11:00 Simulation framework - Tianyu Xing (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano)

11:20 Detector layout and simulations - Jascha Peter Grabowski (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

11:40 Channeling simulations - Sergio Jaimes (Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO))

12:00 Discussion
12:10 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 - 13:40
13:40 Technical Proposal discussion
13:40 - 14:50
Contributions

13:40 Pixel tracker - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena) Sara Cesare (CERN)

14:00 RICH detector - Antonino Sergi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) Francesca Bucci (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

14:20 Roman Pot and modified beampipe - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena)

14:40 Discussion
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:20
15:20 Technical Proposal discussion
15:20 - 16:20
Contributions

15:20 Electronics, power supplies and cabling - Jose Mazorra De Cos (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

15:40 Proposal for a muon detector - Jinlin Fu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
16:30 ALADDIN Collaboration Board
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions

16:30 Introduction and news - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

16:35 Malta admission to ALADDIN - Gianluca Valentino Gianluca Valentino (University of Malta (MT))

16:55 Technical Coordinator (for ratification) - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

17:10 Paper publication procedure - Simulation paper - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))

17:20 AOB
Thursday, 22 January 2026
09:00 TWOCRYST - Project Overview - Pascal Hermes (CERN)
TWOCRYST - Project Overview
- Pascal Hermes (CERN)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Crystal Performance in Measurement and Simulations - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
Crystal Performance in Measurement and Simulations
- Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Measured and Simulated Proton Transmission Rates - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
Measured and Simulated Proton Transmission Rates
- Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
11:00 - 11:35
11:35 Pixel Detector Operational Experience and Upgrade Plans - Sara Cesare (CERN)
Pixel Detector Operational Experience and Upgrade Plans
- Sara Cesare (CERN)
11:35 - 12:00
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:30
13:40 Reinforcement learning approach for double-channeling optimization - Leander Grech (University of Malta (MT))
Reinforcement learning approach for double-channeling optimization
- Leander Grech (University of Malta (MT))
13:40 - 14:10
14:10 MD26 Proposals: Detector - Federico Zangari (CERN, Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))
MD26 Proposals: Detector
- Federico Zangari (CERN, Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))
14:10 - 14:30
14:30 Discussion
Discussion
14:30 - 14:50

14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:20
15:20 Performance of a crystal-based fixed-target experiment at IP2 operated with a crystal collimation scheme - Marcin Patecki (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
Performance of a crystal-based fixed-target experiment at IP2 operated with a crystal collimation scheme
- Marcin Patecki (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 FLUKA Simulations for TWOCRYST - Philippe Schoofs (CERN)
FLUKA Simulations for TWOCRYST
- Philippe Schoofs (CERN)
15:50 - 16:10
19:30 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 22:30
Friday, 23 January 2026
09:00 Technical Proposal discussion
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Status of the ALADDIN Collaboration - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

09:20 Technical proposal introduction and overview: from TWOCRYST to ALADDIN - Elisabetta Spadaro Norella (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

09:35 Trigger and DAQ - Federico Alessio (CERN) Marco Stanislao Sozzi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))

10:00 Real time analysis - Volodymyr Svintozelskyi (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

10:15 Discussion
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Technical Proposal discussion
11:00 - 13:25
Contributions

11:00 Physics program update - Fernando Martinez Vidal (IFIC - University of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

11:15 Detector overview: timeline, installation, schedule, costs, money matrix - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

11:25 Machine Overview: Crystals, Goniometers, Beam dynamics, Collimators, Integration with LHC, Machine-detector interface, Costs - Pascal Hermes (CERN) Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

11:40 Pixel tracker - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena) Sara Cesare (CERN)

11:55 RICH - Andrea Bizzeti (Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia e INFN, Firenze (IT)) Antonino Sergi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) Francesca Bucci (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

12:10 Discussion

12:30 Closeout - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))