TWOCRYST and ALADDIN Workshop

from Wednesday, 21 January 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 23 January 2026 (17:00)
University of Malta Valletta Campus

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
21 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026
23 Jan 2026
AM
09:00
Technical Proposal discussion (until 10:30)
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 ---
11:00
Technical Proposal discussion (until 12:10)
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  
09:00 TWOCRYST - Project Overview - Pascal Hermes (CERN)  
10:00 Crystal Performance in Measurement and Simulations - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Measured and Simulated Proton Transmission Rates - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
11:35 Pixel Detector Operational Experience and Upgrade Plans - Sara Cesare (CERN)  
09:00
Technical Proposal discussion (until 10:30)
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 - Marco Stanislao Sozzi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Federico Alessio (CERN)  
10:00 Real time analysis - Volodymyr Svintozelskyi (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
10:15 Discussion  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Technical Proposal discussion (until 13:25)
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 - Stefano Redaelli (CERN) Pascal Hermes (CERN)  
11:40 Pixel tracker - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena) Sara Cesare (CERN)  
11:55 RICH - Prof. Andrea Bizzeti (Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia e INFN, Firenze (IT)) Francesca Bucci (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT)) Antonino Sergi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
12:10 Discussion  
12:30 Closeout - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
PM
12:10 Lunch Break  
13:40
Technical Proposal discussion (until 14:50)
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 ---
15:20
Technical Proposal discussion (until 16:20)
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 (until 17:30)
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  
12:00 --- Lunch Break ---
13:40 Reinforcement learning approach for double-channeling optimization - Leander Grech (University of Malta (MT))  
14:10 MD26 Proposals: Detector - Mr Federico Zangari (CERN, Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
14:30 Discussion  
14:50 --- Coffee Break ---
15:20 Performance of a crystal-based fixed-target experiment at IP2 operated with a crystal collimation scheme - Dr Marcin Patecki (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))  
15:50 FLUKA Simulations for TWOCRYST - Philippe Schoofs (CERN)  
19:30 Conference Dinner