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H2/H4 Beamline Users Meeting 2026

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Bastien Rae (CERN), Nikolaos Charitonidis (CERN)
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Preparation of the H2/H4 beamlines for 2026 operation

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H2/H4 Liaison Physicist N. Charitonidis
H2/H4 Beamline Users Meeting 2026
Zoom Meeting ID
65877522155
Host
Nikolaos Charitonidis
Alternative host
Silvia Schuh-Erhard
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    • 14:00 → 14:10
      Welcome & News 10m
      Speakers: Bastien Rae (CERN), Nikolaos Charitonidis (CERN)
      H2_H4_USERS_MEETING_2026.pdf
    • 14:10 → 14:20
      H2 / H4 user schedule 10m
      Speakers: Martin R. Jaekel (CERN), Paolo Martinengo (CERN)
      ps_sps_schedule_h4_h2_2026-02-18.pdf
    • 14:20 → 14:25
      Access, Safety, Radiation Protection -- #### Pre-recorded videos #### and short Q&A 5m

      Note: The videos WILL NOT be shown during the meeting. Please view them before and come with your questions .

    • 14:25 → 14:30
      NA64-e (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Laura Molina Bueno (Universidad de Granada), Laura Molina Bueno (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)), Vladimir Poliakov (Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High Energy Frontier (CL))
      H4_H2_meeting_2026.pdf
      • Stop Monday 4th of May 
      • 100 GeV/c electrons - max 8x106 e/spill 
      • Positron still open point -- TBC later
      • 18.03 --> removal of all detectors in the line
      • 20.03 --> Production data taking 
    • 14:30 → 14:35
      GIF & DRD1 (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Eraldo Oliveri (CERN), Federico Ravotti (CERN), Giuseppe Pezzullo (CERN), Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)), Martin R. Jaekel (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))
      DRD1_H4(PPE134)_2026_Test Beam_H2-H4_preparatoryMeeting.pdf
      DRD1_H4(PPE134)_2026_Test Beam_H2-H4_preparatoryMeeting.pptx
      • Muon / Pion runs, highest rate. 
      • Possibly electrons -- TBC 
      • GOLIATH (In summer) --> Preparation / Cooling / Control 
      • Control room --> Maybe there is a possibility this year closer --> TBC w/ M. Lazzaroni

       

    • 14:35 → 14:40
      ALICE FOCAL (H2) 5m
      Speakers: Arturo Tauro (CERN), Max Philip Rauch (University of Bergen (NO)), Tommaso Isidori (University of Copenhagen (DK))
      H2H4_UserMeeting_Feb18_FoCal.pdf

       

      • Limitations in week 17, collaboration with Faser-Nu for week 27. 
      • Week 27 is a bit of a short week 
      • ASM experiment coordinators 
    • 14:40 → 14:45
      RE30 KM3NET (H2) 5m
      Speaker: Nicola Mori (INFN Florence)
      RE30KM3NeT_UsersMeeting_260218.pdf
      • Test of PMT response in a water cherenkov ; 
      • High energy muons and maybe electrons ;
      • Muon energy not important ; 
      • Safety of the tank ? In contact with Safety ; 
      • Week 15 
    • 14:45 → 14:50
      LHCb - ECAL (H4) --all 5m
      Speakers: Daniele Manuzzi (INFN, Bologna (IT)), Heinrich Schindler (CERN), Loris Martinazzoli (CERN)
      26-02-18_H2H4UsersMeeting.pptx.pdf
      • Electrons in parallel with SiW-ECAL in H2 
    • 14:50 → 14:55
      HL ZDC (H4) & ATLAS-ZDC (H2) 5m
      Speaker: Riccardo Longo (University and INFN Torino (Italy))
      ATLAS_ZDC_TestBeam_SPS_UsersMeeting.pdf
      HL-ZDC_TestBeam_SPS_UsersMetting.pdf

      ATLAS & CMS HL-ZDC testbeams.

      e+ and protons (>100 GeV/c) in paallel with DRD1

      --> to be checked what they can have in H4 in parallel with NA61 (20 GeV/c-  13 GeV/c) [week 28]

       

    • 14:55 → 15:00
      NA61-all (H2) 5m
      Speaker: Bartosz Maksiak (National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL))
      H2_Users_Meeting_protons_2026
      • Spring run: week 13, 300 GeV/c ; 

       

    • 15:00 → 15:05
      CMS - HGCAL (H2) 5m
      Speakers: Arnaud Steen (CERN), Dragoslav Lazic (Boston University (US))
      0218-2026-hgcal.pdf
      • Coordination needed between ECAL - HGCAL to split the program in two. 
    • 15:05 → 15:10
      STRAW TRACKER RD (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Katerina Kuznetsova, Katerina Kuznetsova (University of Florida (US)), Katerina Kuznetsova (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
      SPS_Straws26.pdf
      • Gas lines to be shared to DRD1
    • 15:10 → 15:15
      CMS - ECAL (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Alexander Singovski (University of Notre Dame (US)), Chiara Amendola (CERN), Dragoslav Lazic (Boston University (US)), Mattia Campana (Northeastern University (US))
      CMS_ECAL_H4_2026.pdf
      • Standard CMS - - we need coordination with HGCAL 
    • 15:15 → 15:20
      CMS HF (H2) 5m
      Speakers: Alexi Mestvirishvili (University of Iowa (US)), Dragoslav Lazic (Boston University (US)), Yasar Onel (Physics and Astronomy Department), Yasar Onel (University of Iowa (US))
      H2_H4_Users_Meeting_2026.pdf
      H2_H4_Users_Meeting_2026.pptx

      Monday 04.05 - Tuesday 05.05 --> Schedyle for then the High Energy Electrons

    • 15:20 → 15:25
      EIC ePIC LFHCal (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Friederike Bock (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - (US)), Norbert Novitzky (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - (US)), Oskar Hartbrich (BUW), Oskar Hartbrich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - (US)), Oskar Hartbrich (Oak Ridge National Lab), Vincent Andrieux (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))
      LFHCAL_TestBeamPlans_2026_SPSMeeting.pdf

      1 week in H2 (week 20)

    • 15:25 → 15:30
      EIC ePIC MPGD (H4) 5m
      Speakers: Annalisa D'Angelo (Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Annalisa D'Angelo (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)), Fabien Jeanneau (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Francesco Bossu (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Francesco Bossu (CEA-Saclay), Kondo GNANVO (Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fl, USA), Kondo Gnanvo (Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. (US))
      20260218_ePIC-MPGD_CERN_BeamTest_H2_H4UserMeeting.pdf
      20260218_ePIC-MPGD_CERN_BeamTest_H2_H4UserMeeting.pptx
    • 15:30 → 15:35
      EP FTS (H2) 5m
      Speakers: Etiennette Auffray Hillemanns (CERN), Julie Delenne (CERN), Loris Martinazzoli (CERN), Mr Louis Roux, Louis Roux (CERN)
      North_Users_Meeting_EPFTS_H2.pdf
      • 20-100 GeV/c electrons in parallel with NA64
    • 15:35 → 15:45
      DRD6 - OREO (H2) & DRDCalo-SiW ECAL (H2) 10m
      Speakers: Gabriella Gaudio (Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica), Gabriella Gaudio (INFN-Pavia), Laura Bandiera (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Ferrara), Laura Bandiera (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Nicola Canale, Nicola Canale (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Nicola Canale, Pierluigi Fedeli (Laboratori Nazionali Frascati), Pierluigi Fedeli, Pierluigi Fedeli (Università degli Studi di Ferrara & Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      DRDCalo Crilin - OREO - SiW ECAL.pdf
      • Some coordination will be needed with SND 
    • 15:45 → 15:50
      TECHNO CLS (H2) & Mu2e (H2) 5m
      Speakers: Erik Vallazza (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)), Erik Vallazza (INFN Sezione di Trieste), Marco Romagnoni (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Dr Riccardo Negrello (INFN Ferrara section), Riccardo Negrello (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))
      TECHNO-Mu2e H2 User Meeting 18_02_26.pdf
    • 15:50 → 15:55
      SND (H4) 5m
      Speaker: Gerardo Vasquez (Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High Energy Frontier (CL))
      SND_TB_2026.pdf
    • 15:55 → 16:00
      FASER NU (H2) 5m

      - Is the XCET needed for this test ?

      Speakers: Prof. Akitaka Ariga (Chiba University (JP)), Haruhi Fujimori, Haruhi Fujimori (Chiba University (JP))
      20260218_H2_H4_Beamline_users_meeting_FASERnu_FASERCal.pdf