H2/H4 Beamline Users Meeting 2026

Wednesday 18 Feb 2026, 14:00 → 21:00 Europe/Zurich

Zoom (CERN)

Bastien Rae (CERN), Nikolaos Charitonidis (CERN)

Preparation of the H2/H4 beamlines for 2026 operation

Template for Slides - North Area

14:00 → 14:10 Welcome & News

Speakers: Bastien Rae (CERN), Nikolaos Charitonidis (CERN)

H2_H4_USERS_MEETING_2026.pdf

14:10 → 14:20 H2 / H4 user schedule

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

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)

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)

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)

Speakers: Arturo Tauro (CERN), Max Philip Rauch (University of Bergen (NO)), Tommaso Isidori (University of Copenhagen (DK))

H2H4_UserMeeting_Feb18_FoCal.pdf

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• 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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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15:25 → 15:30 EIC ePIC MPGD (H4)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Speaker: Gerardo Vasquez (Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High Energy Frontier (CL))

SND_TB_2026.pdf

15:55 → 16:00 FASER NU (H2)

- 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