CERN Beam Telescope Platform Workshop

Wednesday 14 Oct 2026, 13:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F) (CERN)

Dominik Dannheim (CERN), James Storey (CERN), Justus Braach (CERN, Hamburg University (DE)), Thibaut Lefevre (CERN), Thomas Bergauer (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))

13:00 → 13:15 A beam telescope platform at CERN

welcome, project origin, scope

Speaker: James Storey (CERN)

Beam-Telescope-Introduction_14_10_2026.pdf

Beam-Telescope-Introduction_14_10_2026.pptx

13:15 → 13:45 The DESY test beam case

telescopes as standard, supported user infrastructure

Speaker: Marcel Stanitzki (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

DESYTestBeamCase-Oct2026.pdf

13:45 → 14:20 Software stack for beam telescopes

Allpix Squared, Constellation, Corryvreckan and the EUDAQ legacy

Speaker: Simon Spannagel (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

2026-10-14-CERN-Telescope-Workshop-SoftwareStack.pdf

14:20 → 14:30 Implementing picosecond timing

Clock distribution, device synchronisation and track-timing

Speaker: David Bacher (University of Oxford (GB))

2026-10-14_Tpx4_telescope.pdf

14:30 → 14:50 Coffee Break

14:50 → 15:15 CERN Experimental Areas

Experimental-area infrastructure and support for test beams

Speaker: Maarten Van Dijk (CERN)

261014_MvanDijk_CERN_beam_telescope_workshop_v2.pdf

261014_MvanDijk_CERN_beam_telescope_workshop_v2.pptx

15:15 → 15:40 The user perspective

User experience and telescope needs of DRD3 and the LHC experiments

Speaker: Branislav Ristic (University of Zurich (CH))

B.Ristic-The_user_perspective_20261014_v1.pdf

15:40 → 16:05 The configurable SY-BI beam telescope

Concept and expected performance in the context of a CERN beam telescope platform

Speaker: Justus Braach (CERN, Hamburg University (DE))

20261012 - BIPXL_Telescope_Workshop_JB.pdf

16:05 → 16:50 Plenary discussion

Possible approach, timelines, consolidated future requirements, division of responsibility

Technical:

• Consensus on choice of platform for telescope planes (Timepix-family, upgrade to Picopix eventually?)
• Consensus on using primarily the 'DESY software stack' as starting point?
• Picosecond timing plane - copy LHCb/NIKHEF Timepix4-telescope concept? Further studies needed?
• Region-of-Interest trigger - copy one of the existing (fragile) solutions? How to increase robustness?
• Strategy for mechanics (one flexible setup vs. several specialised)
• To what extent should DUT integration be part of the project:
  • DUT fixation, movement stages?
  • Cold boxes, cooling infrastructure?
  • Cryostat?

Organisational:

• Who is interested and available to contribute (CERN groups and external groups)?
  • Formalise collaborations, for example with DESY on specific topics (software)?
• Role of DRDs - users or contributors? Profit from expertise / synergies? (co-funding from common projects in DRD3; Telescope project in DRD5)
• Possibility for co-funding from European projects (Otello proposal to be approved or rejected by end of the year)  --> any other / new projects?
• Path towards a proper project structure: work packages, deliverables, responsibilities, resources, advisory/review board?
• How / when to make the technology choices, e.g. Picosecond timing and ROI trigger planes.
• Deployment strategy: start with one reference implementation first? Or already aim for several installations by the end of LS4?
• Next steps - Solicit additional input from within CERN groups and from DRD/LHC communities? more topical workshops to converge on architecture / technology choices?

 

16:50 → 17:00 Wrap-up and Next steps