RD51 mini week

3 Dec 2012, 09:00 → 5 Dec 2012, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

216/R-401 - Salle polyvalente PUMP HALL (CERN)

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), maxim titov

Monday 3 December

10:30 → 12:00 Opening session

Conveners: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Dr Maksym Titov (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay), maxim titov

10:30 RD51 Collaboration news

Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Dr Maksym Titov (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay), maxim titov

Slides

• 201212_MiniWeek_CollabNews_02122012_FINAL.pdf
• 201212_MiniWeek_CollabNews_02122012_FINAL.pptx
• Conf-announc..pdf
• Conf-announc..pptx

11:00 A novel Silicon device incorporating MicroMegas technology for picosecond Charged particle measurement at high rates

Speaker: Prof. Sebastian White (Rockefeller University (US))

Slides rd51final.pdf

14:00 → 18:00 WG5 - Electronics

Conveners: Hans Muller (CERN), Jochen Kaminski (Universitaet Bonn (DE))

14:00 MMDAQ Online, Questions and Answers

Speaker: Marcin Z Drozdowa Byszewski (CERN)

Slides mmdaq_QA.pdf

14:30 Consolidation of the TOTEM DAQ with the Scalable Readout System (SRS)

Speaker: Adrian Fiergolski (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))

Slides presentation.pdf

15:00 Status of the Scalable Readout Unit (SRU)

Speaker: Alfonso Tarazona Martinez (Valencia Polytechnic University (ES))

Slides StatusSRU_AlfonsoTarazonaMartinez.pdf

15:20 R&D on detector electronics at INFIN-HH Bucharest

Speaker: Sorin Martoiu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Enginee)

Slides IFIN-HH_RD51_miniweek.pdf

15:45 THGEM/SRS test-beam operation & analysis tools

Speaker: Shikma Bressler (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

Slides 2012_12_03_WG5_SRSexperience.pdf

16:10 Coffee break

16:30 SRS-ATCA design status

Speaker: Wojciech Jalmuzna (EICSYS GmbH)

Slides EICSYS_mini_week_Dec.2012.pdf

17:00 Status of SRS in 2012

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

Slides SRS_overview.pdf SRS_overview.pptx

Tuesday 4 December

09:00 → 13:00 WG1 - Technologies

Conveners: Paul Colas (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR)), Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu), Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN)

09:00 High rate improvements of resistive bulk micromegas

Speaker: Silvia Franchino (CERN)

Slides SilviaFranchino_RD51Dec2012.pdf

09:20 Resistive layers, patterns and coatings: a write-up of our collective experience

Speakers: Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu), Paul Colas (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR)), Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN)

Slides coatings.pdf coatings.pptx

09:40 Results from the first ALICE TPC prototype

Speaker: Piotr Jan Gasik (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))

Slides gasik_04122012_new.pdf

10:00 R&D and IBF simulations for the ALICE TPC upgrade

Speaker: Taku Gunji

Slides gunji_0412_2012.pdf gunji_0412_2012.pptx

10:20 TOFtracker: combination of time-of-flight and high-accuracy bidimensional tracking in a single gaseous detector

Speaker: Paulo Fonte

Slides TOFtracker_RD51.pdf

10:40 Coffee break

11:00 Update from CMS GEMs

Speaker: Dr Stefano Colafranceschi (CERN)

Slides Latest_large_GEM_test_beam.pdf Latest_large_GEM_test_beam.pptx

11:20 Photon detection by THGEM, recent results

Speaker: Stefano Levorato (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides S_levorato_rd51_final_cern.pdf

11:40 Micromegas bulking of a thin and high-pitch mesh

Speakers: Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu), Paul Colas (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR)), Rui De Oliveira (CERN), Vincenzo Berardi (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides CPminiweek.pdf CPminiweek.pptx

12:00 Micromegas TPC with 6 modules

Speaker: Wenxin WANG (CEA Saclay)

Slides Seven_moduel.pdf Seven_moduel.pptx

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 18:00 WG2 - Physics issues

Conveners: Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF (NL)), Maximilien Chefdeville (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

14:00 A quantum efficiency enhancement of CsI-TGEM/RETGEM -based RICH prototype

Speaker: Vladimir Peskov (Universidad Nacional Autonoma (MX))

Slides A_quantum_efficiency_enhancement__of_CsI-TGEM.pdf A_quantum_efficiency_enhancement__of_CsI-TGEM.pptx

14:20 Updates on the double phase Ar LEM-TPC

Speaker: Devis Orlando Lussi (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))

Slides rd51MiniWeekDec2012.pdf

14:40 Pion calorimetry with 1x1 m2 Micromegas chambers

Speaker: Maximilien Chefdeville (LAPP, Annecy)

Slides rd51_wg2_20121204.pdf

15:00 First results on the combination of a THGEM and a MICROROC readout

Speaker: Maximilien Chefdeville (LAPP, Annecy)

Slides thgem_results_20121203.pdf

15:20 Coffee break

15:40 Recent Ingrid Studies and DESY Test-Beam Results with Octopuce

Speaker: Andrii Chaus (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR))

Slides 121204_A.Chaus_OctopuceReco-1.pdf 121204_A.Chaus_OctopuceReco-1.ppt

16:00 Low Background Micromegas X-ray Detectors in CAST Experiment

Speakers: Javier Gracia Garza (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)), javier gracia

Slides JGGarza_rd51dec2012.pdf

16:20 Latest large GEM test beam results

Speaker: Christopher Armaingaud (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))

Slides Latest_large_GEM_test_beam.pdf Latest_large_GEM_test_beam.pptx

Wednesday 5 December

09:00 → 11:00 WG7 - Test beam

Conveners: Eraldo Oliveri (Sezione di Pisa (IT)), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

10:00 GIF++

Speakers: Dorothea Pfeiffer (University of Canterbury (NZ)), Dr Federico Ravotti (CERN), Roberto Guida (CERN)

Slides GIF++_facility_2012December5.pdf GIF++_facility_2012December5.pptx

10:40 WG7 Report

Speakers: Eraldo Oliveri (Sezione di Pisa (IT)), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Slides wg7-RD51MiniWeekDec2012.pdf wg7-RD51MiniWeekDec2012.pptx

11:00 → 13:00 WG6 - Production

Conveners: Fabio Formenti (CERN), Ioanis Giomataris (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR)), Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

11:00 - NS2 detailed assembly

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides New_GEM_Assembly.pdf

11:20 - Status of the Micromegas industrialization activity with CIREA

Speaker: Dr Alan Peyaud (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)

Slides RD51-Dec2012_indus.pdf RD51-Dec2012_indus.pptx

11:40 - Status of the Micromegas industrialization activity with ELTOS

Speaker: Giovanni Maccarrone (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

12:00 - Status of the GEM production facility upgrade at Techtra's

Speaker: Piotr Bielowka (TTA Techtra)

Slides Techtra_RD51.pdf Techtra_RD51.ppt

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 18:00 WG4 - Software

Conveners: Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira (University of Aveiro (PT)), Rob Veenhof (University of Wisconsin (US)), Rob Veenhof (University of Wisconsin)

14:00 How to simulate thick GEM charging

Speaker: Pedro Correia

Slides rd51miniweek_dez2012_charging_up_pedrocorreia.pdf

14:30 Pad response functions

Speaker: Alain Bellerive (Carleton University (CA))

Slides PRF_ABellerive.pdf

15:00 X-ray cloud sizes + Fano factors

Speaker: Stephen Biagi (CERN)

Slides dec2012.pdf dec2012.pdf

15:15 Bursa gas laboratory

Speaker: Ozkan Sahin (Uludag University)

Slides Ozkan_RD51_MiniWeek_2012.pdf

15:30 Krakow gas gain measurements

Speaker: Bartosz Mindur (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))

Slides 2012-12-05_RD51_miniweek_krakow.pdf

15:45 Coffee

16:15 Waveform fitting in freons

Speaker: Jingbo Wang (Tsinghua University)

Slides Waveform_fit_in_Freon.pdf

16:45 Update on the electronic vD and σL in Xe and Xe+CF4: NEXT-DBDM prototype results

Speaker: Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira (University of Aveiro (PT))

Slides vd_ld.pdf