1st DRD1 2026 test beam period, May the 4th (be with you) - May 20

4 May 2026, 07:42 → 20 May 2026, 23:59 Europe/Zurich

EHN1 - PPE134 (CERN)

Eraldo Oliveri (CERN), Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Check SPS-PAGE1 for up-to-date beam status: https://op-webtools.web.cern.ch/vistar/?usr=SPS1

Overall schedule for SPS can be found here (e.g. injector schedule top left): https://ps-sps-coordination.web.cern.ch/ps-sps-coordination/

Usual daily schedule:

• 1st access ~1h@09:00
• 2nd ~30min@14:00
• Daily Meeting @16:00
• 3rd ~30min-1h@21:00
• --> always call GIF (78905 from control room phone) before and after to validate details and potential shifts of up to +/-30min

DRD1_H4_PPE134_2026_Prep.pdf

DRD1_H4_PPE134_2026_Prep.pptx

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Tuesday 5 May

17:00 → 17:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- meeting shifted due to access at 16:00
- next access planned for 21:00 with ~30min
- gnenerally trying to match access with 'no-beam' time --> check SPS Page 1 & in case of 'no-beam' call GIF to confirm the access

General
- Dedicated MD tomorrow: no beam from 08:00 - 18:00
- Parallel MD on Thursday: no triple spill super cycles expected (potentially even longer phases without beam)
- Dedicated MD on Friday: no beam from 08:00 - 18:00

Installation status
- Most setups still debug and set up
- Flammable gas clearance received & PICOSEC started to use flammable Premixed

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Wednesday 6 May

18:15 → 18:35 Daily Meeting (floating time - meeting starts after MD)

General
- Dedicated MD today: no beam from 08:00 - 18:00
- Still parallel MD tomorrow and dedicated on Friday
Access
- 08:00 - 18:00 today
- short 30min access around 22:00 (might shift depending on beam conditions)
Installation status
- 2 new setups installed today --> no complaints from safety
- most setups started taking data
Pion Plans (not confirmed)
- Discussions with GIF are ongoing for three periods:
1. Monday Night May 11th-12th
2. Thursday Night May 14th-15th
3. Monday Night May 18th-19th

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Thursday 7 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- long access in the morning due to no beam from 08:30 to 12:21
- next access planned for 17:00 for 30min
- last access planned for 21:00 for 30min
- generally trying to match access with 'no-beam' time --> check SPS Page 1 & in case of 'no-beam' call GIF to confirm the access

General
- Dedicated MD tomorrow: potentially no beam from 08:00 - 18:00 --> check SPS Page 1 for updates - eventually still reduced beam in the morning

Installation status
- all good

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:00 → 17:20 Picosec

Planned measurements: Precise timing studies of single channel prototypes. Tillable module characterisation for larger area coverage

Main Contact & Gas responsible: Florian Brunbauer

Institutes: CERN
(outdated: CERN, CEA, AUTH, JLAB, USTC, INFN-PV, RBI)
Description: single CERN Picosec telescope on DESY table, rack, min. 2 tables
Picosec (COMPASS) Gas: Ne CF4 Ethane, premixed, flammable
Flammable gas sensor

Speakers: Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN), Francesco Guerra (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)), Maria Jimenez Puyuelo (Universidad de Zaragoza / CAPA), Marta Lisowska (CERN)

5th DRD1 CM - PICOSEC-2.pdf

PICOSECMM_testbeam_May2026.pdf

Friday 8 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- Today's accesses are aligned to beam-off time due to MD until 18:00 --> check SPS page 1 for up-to-date information
- Last access in the evening needed?
- We try to keep std accesses over the weekend (~1h@09:00, ~30min@14:00, ~30min-1h@21:00) --> always call GIF before and after to validate details and potential shifts of up to +/-30min

General
- We will have an end-of-the-beam BBQ on the last Wednesday, 20th of May
- Current MD situation below

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Saturday 9 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- ~1h@09:30,
- ~1h@15:00
- 1h@21:00)
--> always call GIF before and after to validate details and potential shifts of up to +/-30min

General
- good beam conditions since Friday evening with mostly 3 spills
- Huge thanks to Paolo(GIF) for providing surprise Sweets for breakfast

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:00 → 17:20 Beam monitoring with optically read out MPGDs

Measurements: beam profile and position for different beam configurations

Main Contact & Gas responsible: Florian Brunbauer

Institutes: CERN/Technische Universitaet Wien (AT)

Setup: single moveable table (can be manual movement)
Gas: Ar/CF4 80/20, premixed, continuous flow

Measurements: beam profile with different cameras

Speakers: Bernd Schoenfelder (Technische Universitaet Wien (AT)), Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)

Optical Readout with mpgd.pdf

Optical Readout with mpgd.pptx

Sunday 10 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- ~1h@09:00,
- ~30min@15:20 -> aligned with LHC Filling & beam off due to RF water problem
- 1h@21:00)
--> always call GIF before and after to validate details and potential shifts of up to +/-30min

General
- good beam conditions since Friday evening with mostly 3 spills
- Huge thanks AGAIN to Paolo(GIF) for providing surprise Sweets for breakfast
--> the weekend is becoming the best part of the test-beam (good beam and free breakfast)

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Monday 11 May

17:30 → 17:50 Daily Meeting

Access
- ~1h@09:10,
- 12:30-17:30 --> RF intervention at PS - 4h estimate but took longer
- 30min@23:30 --> just before Pion run
--> always call GIF before and after to validate details and potential shifts of up to +/-30min

Pions
- confirmed for tonight -> 00:00-04:00 agreed with GIF
- pion beam tuning planned at 18:00 (thanks Nikos!) --> DRD1.003 to be used for Pions
--> after Pion switch back to Muons (DRD1.002 & set collimator 022.068 to -2.5 & +2.5)

General
- Tue/Wed 08:00-18:00 no beam due to dedicated Pb commissioning

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:50 → 18:10 CERN/EP-DT-GD: µRwell CF$_4$ Replacement Studies within DRD1 Telescope B

Main contact & Gas Responsible: Ștefania Juks
Institutes: CERN EP-DT-GD, Université Paris-Saclay
Description: CF$_4$ studies in μRWELL detectors focusing on time resolution. Measurements will include efficiency, spatial resolution, and hit profile using VMM readout, for varying CF$_4$ concentrations in Ar/CO$_2$ base mixtures and alternative gases (e.g. R-1234ze).
Part of the DRD1 Thermal-bonded Micromegas (MM) Telescope B.

Speakers: David Jose Gaspar Marques, Eliska Jelinkova (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)), Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)), Stefania Juks (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

DRD1TelescopeBµRWELL_TBMay2026.pdf

DRD1TestBeamMay2026Planning.pdf

Tuesday 12 May

18:00 → 18:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 08:-18:00 due to MD --> daily after access

Pions
- 00:00-04:00 with high rate was working without issues
--> after Pion switched back to Muons (DRD1.002 & set collimator 022.068 to -2.5 & +2.5)
- Agreed with GIF on three periods:
1. Monday Night May 11th-12th --> done
2. Thursday Night May 14th-15th
3. Monday Night May 18th-19th

General
- Tomorrow, Wed, 08:00-18:00, no beam due to dedicated Pb commissioning
- first setup finished data taking (MM Pisa/Siena)--> RP done without problems

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

18:30 → 18:50 MICROMEGAS TRACKER: INFN Pisa & University of Siena

Test and characterisation of a telescope made of 4 Micromegas (10x10 cm^2 x 2 cm thick) detectors readout with SRS/VMM + test of a large drift volume (12 cm thick) Micromegas (10x10 cm^2) with field cage

Speakers: Andrea Foresi (Universita Siena & INFN Pisa (IT)), Federico Pilo (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)), Prof. Paolo Maestro (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))

MMTRACKER.pdf

TESTBEAM.pdf

Wednesday 13 May

18:00 → 18:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 08:00-18:00 due to MD --> daily after access

Pions runs overview
1. Monday Night May 11th-12th --> done, high rate
2. Thursday Night May 14th-15th
3. Monday Night May 18th-19th

General
- Friday 08:00-18:00, LHC MD Prep. (see schedule below)

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

18:20 → 18:40 INTEGRATED (MPGD-HCAL setup):INFN and Universities of Roma Tre and Napoli

RHUM - large area Micromegas and Capacitive Sharing configurations - in May only one week

Speakers: Givi Sekhniaidze (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT)), Kacper Chmiel (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT)), Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre), Michela Biglietti, Roberto Di Nardo (Università e INFN Roma Tre (IT)), Romano Orlandini (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT)), Simone Perna (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))

18:42 → 19:02 MPGD-HCAL (+RHUM)

Main contact & Gas Responsible: Antonello Pellecchia
Institutes: INFN-Ba, INFN-RM3, INFN-Na, Weizmann, CERN
Description: medium area Micromegas and $\mu$RWELL detectors characterization in terms of efficiency (drift/amplification field scan), time and spatial resolutions, gain uniformity.
Electronics: VMM3a readout (in trigger mode).
Gas mixtures:

• (Ar:CO$_2$)=(70:30)
• (Ar:CO$_2$:CF$_4$)=(45:15:40)
• (Ar:CO$_2$:Iso) = (93:5:2)
• (Ar:CF$_4$:Iso) = (88:10:2)

Beam: mainly muons, potentially pions

Needs:

• mechanical table to place our tracker and scintillators
• DESY table to host the detector under test
• rack

Speakers: Angela Zaza (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Givi Sekhniaidze (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT)), Kacper Chmiel (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT)), Lisa Generoso (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Lorenzo Rocchi, Luigi Longo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre), Michael Kwok Lam Chu (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)), Michele Bianco (CERN), Romano Orlandini (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT)), Sara Dominici (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT))

DRD1-May-TestBeam_MPGDHCAL_RHUM.pdf

TB_May2026_HCAL_RHUM.pdf

Thursday 14 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 1h@09:00
- 30min@14:00
- 1h@23:00 --> shifted in front of pions

Pions runs overview
- Monday Night, May 11th-12th --> done, high rate
- Thursday Night, May 14th-15th --> starting after access - load beamfile DRD1.003
--> after pions call GIF and switch back to muons (DRD1.011)
- Monday Night, May 18th-19th

General
- beamfile changed to DRD1.011 since last night! (-80 GeV/c Muons)
- A few fuses switch off --> reseted during 14:00 access

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:00 → 17:20 DRD1 telescope A (+LMU II)

Main contact:
Karl, karl.jonathan.floethner@cern.ch, +41754110839
Institutes/groups:
INFN Bari RPC group, VMM3a/DRD1 Telescope
Description:
The DRD1 tracking system based on Triple GEMs with SRS/VMM3a will be used to characterize MPGD detectors (XYU, small pitch GEM, High LPI micromegas, uRWELL) and new features of the SRS system (distributed system with external power). Ar:CO2 (70:30) and Ar:CO2:CF4 (45:15:40) mixtures 5l/h will be used. The setup is identical to the one used in the July 2025 Test Beam campaigns.

Speakers: Anna Milieva (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)), David Jose Gaspar Marques, Dayron Ramos Lopez (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Dorothea Pfeiffer (CERN), Elena Sidoretti (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)), Eraldo Oliveri (CERN), Hans Muller (University of Bonn (DE)), Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)), Maryna Borysova (Weizmann Institute of Science)

17:42 → 18:02 INTEGRATED (DRD1 telescope A): LMU II

We are interested in investigating two capacitive sharing Micromegas in the DRD1 test-beam telescope A with the two having a 3 layer capacitive sharing XY readout as well as a 3 layer XYUV readout. We are interested in taking both muon and pion measurements to test the high rate capabilities of these detectors.

Speakers: Antonia Katharina Heermann (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE)), Eshita Vinay Kumar (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

DRD1_Testbeam2026.pdf

DRD1_Testbeam2026_plans.pdf

Friday 15 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 40min@09:00
- 30min@14:00
- 1h@21:00

Pions runs overview
- Monday Night, May 11th-12th --> done, high rate
- Thursday Night, May 14th-15th --> done, high rate (beamfile DRD1.003 with opening collimators)
- Monday Night, May 18th-19th --> confirmed by GIF

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:02 → 17:22 Uni Bonn, AG Ketzer

Main contact & Gas Responsible: Jakob Krauss
Institutes: University of Bonn
Description: Test of the Stabilized Voltage Divider, evaluating rate performance and discharge behavior in hadronic beam.

Beam: mainly Pions, some Muons

Needs: Ar:Co2 70:30 2x4 l/h

Speakers: Benedikt Peter (University of Bonn), Jakob Quentin Krauss (University of Bonn (DE)), Dr Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE))

DRD1_Testbeam_SVD_presentation.pdf

SVD at DRD1Testbeam2026.pdf

Saturday 16 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 1h@09:00
- 30min@14:00
- 1h@21:00

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:05 → 17:25 TPC with a GEM+quad Timepix3 readout

Institute: Helsinki Institute of Physics and Czech Technical University in Prague

Speakers: David Jose Gaspar Marques, Eliska Jelinkova (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)), Dr Francisco Garcia (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)), Hugo Natal Da Luz (Czech Technical University in Prague)

3GEM_TPC.pdf

DRD1_TestBeamPreparations_May2026_FG.pdf

Sunday 17 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 09:30 - 11:30 --> extended due to no-beam
- 30min@14:30
- 40min@21:00

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

17:05 → 17:25 McWellpix (part of >TPC with a GEM+quad Timepix3 readout<)

Institute: Helsinki Institute of Physics and Czech Technical University in Prague

Speakers: David Jose Gaspar Marques, Eliska Jelinkova (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))

McWellPix - Test beam DRD1 May 2026.pdf

Monday 18 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- std except for evening access --> shifted to 23:00, just before the Pions

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Tuesday 19 May

16:00 → 16:20 Daily Meeting

Access
- 08:30 - 09:30 --> while no-beam
- 12:00 - 14:00 --> while no-beam
- 30min@21:00?

Pions
- last pion run finished last night
- no more pions planned

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

16:00 → 16:20 PARALLEL: GIF++

Speakers: Dalmo Da Silva Dalto (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)), Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH)), Dayron Ramos Lopez (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Giorgia Proto (Max Planck Society (DE)), Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)), Giuseppe Pezzullo (CERN), Katerina Kuznetsova (University of Florida (US)), Mr Luca Quaglia (Università di Torino (IT), INFN Torino (IT), ETH Zurich (CH)), Maximilian Lukas Kerker (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE)), Mehar Ali Shah (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)), Nick Meier (Max Planck Society (DE)), Paolo Martinengo (CERN), Sinem Simsek (Istinye University (TR)), Stefania Juks (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Victor Perelygin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (RU))

gif_4_drd1.pdf

gif_4_drd1.pptx

Wednesday 20 May

07:30 → 16:00 Deinstallation

Overall plan
- 07:30-08:00 arriving at EHN1, coffee, get ready
- beam stop and entering area at 08:00
- crane + RP from 08:30 to 11:30
- 08:00-09:00 prepare all the stuff for craning
- 09:00-11:30 move small stuff out of the area
- 10:30-12:00 cleaning of the area (use the dedicated bins in the area)
- 12:00-16:00 removing smelliness, power-dozing, dressing up, getting hungry, shopping, picking up some good mood, getting to the BBQ

Speakers: Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

16:00 → 23:00 BBQ/Pictures

BBQ area behind EHN1

23:02 → 23:22 RPC with VMM3a/SRS

Main contact:
Dayron,dayron.ramos.lopez@cern.ch
Institutes/groups:
INFN Bari RPC group
Description:
RPC test with VMM3a/SRS readout

Speakers: Dayron Ramos Lopez (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Hans Muller (University of Bonn (DE)), Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE))

23:03 → 23:23 CONFIRMATION MISSING: MPI, U of Michigan

FCC-ee straw tracker development, study straw tracker performance. We will use our current sMDT chamber with new frontend electronics to study the cluster-counting algorithm with muons

Speakers: Junjie Zhu (University of Michigan (US)), Oliver Kortner (Max Planck Society (DE)), Peter Wintz

23:03 → 23:23 WITHDRAWN (manpower): USTC, LICP

1. Efficiency and time resolution measurement of 12cmX12cm Picosec-uRGroove made by USTC
2. Efficiency and position resolution measurement of 5cmX5cm uRGroove made by USTC

Speakers: Jiajun Tang, Lunlin Shang (Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science), Qixuan Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN)), Siqi He (University of Science and Technology of China (CN)), Yi Zhou, Yi Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

23:04 → 23:24 WITHDRAWN: INFN Section of Bologna

Planned measurements/tests:
drift chamber readout with VTX preamplifiers + VME digitizer
characterization of detector (gain, drift velocity, efficiency) in the 1500V - 1800V HV range

Speakers: Alessandro Ruggeri (Università di Bologna), Donato Di Ferdinando (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Donato Di Ferdinando (INFN sez. BOLOGNA), Emma Di Fiore (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Federico Battisti, Francesco Chiapponi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Francesco Poppi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Gabriele Sirri (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Giacomo Santoni (INFN Bologna), Gianluigi Cibinetto (INFN Ferrara), Gianluigi Cibinetto (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Giulia Lupi, Laura Pasqualini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Laura Pasqualini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Luigi Boccia (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)), Dr Nicolo Tosi (INFN Bologna, Bologna (IT)), Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)), Valentina Cicero, Valentina Cicero (INFN, Bologna (IT))

23:04 → 23:24 WITHDRAWN: LMU I

We would like to test a low material budget floating strip Micromegas and potentially Micromegas trackers and a TPC from a pCT system.

Speaker: Jona Bortfeldt (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

23:11 → 23:31 WITHDRAWN: CMS GEM (Wisconsin, ULB, Yonsei...)

testing of GE1/1 design changes in a 6-layer setup

Speaker: Pieter Everaerts (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

23:30 → 23:50 WITHDRAWN: CEA Paris-Scaly

Characterization of resistive 40x40cm MMs in microTPC mode. Testing different angles, drift gaps, multiplexing, possibly gases.

Speaker: Dylan Neff (The University of Manchester (GB))

23:33 → 23:53 WITHDRAWN (overlap with H8 test beam): INFN-Ferrara, INFN-Bologna, INFN-Torino, INFN-Frascati

FCC uRWELL test of TIGER/GEMROC readout chain with different micro pattern gas detectors and gas mixtures (follow-up of last november test beam)

Speakers: Emma Di Fiore (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Federico Matias Melendi (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Francesco Chiapponi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Gianluigi Cibinetto (INFN Ferrara), Giulio Mezzadri (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT)), Mahmoud Al Thakeel (CERN), Marco Scodeggio, Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT))