TWOCRYST and ALADDIN Workshop

from Wednesday, January 21, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, January 23, 2026 (5:00 PM)
University of Malta Valletta Campus

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jan 21, 2026
Jan 22, 2026
Jan 23, 2026
AM
9:00 AM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 10:30 AM)
9:00 AM Welcome - Gianluca Valentino Gianluca Valentino (University of Malta (MT))  
9:20 AM ALADDIN overview: status and plans - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
9:40 AM Physics program - Fernando Martinez Vidal (IFIC - University of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
10:00 AM Detector layout and geometry - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))  
10:20 AM Discussion  
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 12:10 PM)
11:00 AM Simulation framework - Tianyu Xing (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano)  
11:20 AM Detector layout and simulations - Jascha Peter Grabowski (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
11:40 AM Channeling simulations - Sergio Jaimes (Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO))  
12:00 PM Discussion  
9:00 AM TWOCRYST - Project Overview - Pascal Hermes (CERN)  
10:00 AM Crystal Performance in Measurement and Simulations - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM Measured and Simulated Proton Transmission Rates - Chiara Maccani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
11:35 AM Pixel Detector Operational Experience and Upgrade Plans - Sara Cesare (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 10:30 AM)
9:00 AM Status of the ALADDIN Collaboration - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
9:20 AM Technical proposal introduction and overview: from TWOCRYST to ALADDIN - Elisabetta Spadaro Norella (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
9:35 AM Trigger and DAQ - Marco Stanislao Sozzi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Federico Alessio (CERN)  
10:00 AM Real time analysis - Volodymyr Svintozelskyi (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
10:15 AM Discussion  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 1:25 PM)
11:00 AM Physics program update - Fernando Martinez Vidal (IFIC - University of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
11:15 AM Detector overview: timeline, installation, schedule, costs, money matrix - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
11:25 AM Machine Overview: Crystals, Goniometers, Beam dynamics, Collimators, Integration with LHC, Machine-detector interface, Costs - Stefano Redaelli (CERN) Pascal Hermes (CERN)  
11:40 AM Pixel tracker - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena) Sara Cesare (CERN)  
11:55 AM 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 PM Discussion  
12:30 PM Closeout - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
PM
12:10 PM Lunch Break  
1:40 PM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 2:50 PM)
1:40 PM Pixel tracker - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena) Sara Cesare (CERN)  
2:00 PM RICH detector - Antonino Sergi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) Francesca Bucci (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))  
2:20 PM Roman Pot and modified beampipe - Nicola Turini (INFN Sezione di Pisa, Universita' di Siena)  
2:40 PM Discussion  
2:50 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:20 PM
Technical Proposal discussion (until 4:20 PM)
3:20 PM Electronics, power supplies and cabling - Jose Mazorra De Cos (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
3:40 PM Proposal for a muon detector - Jinlin Fu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
4:30 PM
ALADDIN Collaboration Board (until 5:30 PM)
4:30 PM Introduction and news - Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
4:35 PM Malta admission to ALADDIN - Gianluca Valentino Gianluca Valentino (University of Malta (MT))  
4:55 PM Technical Coordinator (for ratification) - Nicola Neri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
5:10 PM Paper publication procedure - Simulation paper - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))  
5:20 PM AOB  
12:00 PM --- Lunch Break ---
1:40 PM Reinforcement learning approach for double-channeling optimization - Leander Grech (University of Malta (MT))  
2:10 PM MD26 Proposals: Detector - Mr Federico Zangari (CERN, Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
2:30 PM Discussion  
2:50 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:20 PM Performance of a crystal-based fixed-target experiment at IP2 operated with a crystal collimation scheme - Dr Marcin Patecki (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))  
3:50 PM FLUKA Simulations for TWOCRYST - Philippe Schoofs (CERN)  
7:30 PM Conference Dinner