RD51 mini week

22 Apr 2013, 09:00 → 24 Apr 2013, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

40/5-A01 (CERN)

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), maxim titov

Monday, 22 April

Opening Session: RD51 Collaboration News

Conveners: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maksym Titov (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Dr Maksym Titov (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay)

slides 201304_MiniWeek_CollabNews_22042013.pdf 201304_MiniWeek_CollabNews_22042013.pptx

WG4 - Software

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

1 Program DEGRAD an accurate auger cascade model for interaction of photons and particles with gas mixtures in electric and magnetic fields

Speaker: Stephen Biagi

notes argondegfinal.xlsx xenondegfinal.xlsx

Slides cern.rd51.2013.pdf cern.rd51.2013.ppt

2 Anew Story of Ions for MPGD's

Speaker: YALÇIN Kalkan

Slides yalcin_April22.pdf

13:00 Lunch

WG2 - Physics issues

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

3 Stability tests of GEMs with cylindrical holes for ALICE TPC upgrade

Speaker: Vladimir Peskov (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))

Slides RD-51_stab_test.pdf RD-51_stab_test.pptx

4 TCPD, an hybrid Cherenkov detector

Speaker: Gergoe Hamar (Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HU))

Slides 201304_RD51CM_HamarG_Tcpd.pdf

5 New results from a 10x10 cm2 LAr LEM-TPC prototype

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

Slides rd51MiniWeekApr2013.pdf

6 Status of the CMS/GEM Detector during the November 2012 Test Beam

Speaker: Sinem Salva Diblen (Ghent University (BE))

Slides RD51_Testbeam_GEM_status.pdf

15:20 Coffee break

7 Experience with the first 1 x 2 m2 micromegas chamber for the ATLAS upgrade

Speaker: Michele Bianco (Universita del Salento (IT))

Slides L2_experience_Draft2.pdf L2_experience_Draft2.pptx

8 Progress on Timepix in Bonn

Speaker: Jochen Kaminski (Universitaet Bonn (DE))

Slides InGrids_RD51.pdf

9 A field line focusing drifter for GridPix

Speaker: Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides QuadFocus.pdf QuadFocus.ppt

WG7 - Test beam

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

10 New Irradiation Facility in the CERN PS East Area

Speaker: Dr Federico Ravotti (CERN)

Slides Ravotti_EA_Upgrade_RD51_Apr_2013.ppsx

11 SWPC for monitoring, stability and aging tests

Speaker: Dr Patrik Thiuner (CERN)

Slides SWPC_Thuiner.pdf

12 Neutron Facility at Demokritos

Speaker: Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

Slides demokritos.pdf demokritos.pptx

13 WG7 - GDD/RD51CERN Laboratory

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

Slides wg7-RD51MiniWeek-Apr2013.pdf wg7-RD51MiniWeek-Apr2013.pptx

Tuesday, 23 April

WG5 - Electronics

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

14 Welcome and announcements

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

15 Status of Timepix readout with SRS

Speakers: Michael Lupberger (University of Bonn), Michael Lupberger (Universitaet Bonn (DE))

Slides MLupberger_RD51MiniweekApril2013CERN.pdf

16 SRS in the NEXT-100 detector: an upgrade from NEXT-DEMO

Speakers: Jose F. Toledo Alarcon (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia), Jose Francisco Toledo Alarcon (Valencia Polytechnic University (ES))

Slides NEXT_RD51_april2013.pdf Progress_Bari_22April.pdf

17 Update on the integration of SRS into the ATLAS environment

Speaker: Andre Zibell (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Muenchen (DE))

Slides RD51miniweek_4_13Andre_Zibell_Revb.pdf

18 SRS Digital C-Card. Test and Applications (via vidyo)

Speaker: Mihai Cuciuc (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Enginee)

Slides digcard.pdf digcard.pptx

19 SRS developments at IFIN-HH

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

Slides ifin_srs_sm.pdf

10:50 Coffee Break

20 Analog-Memory-based Waveform Digitizers

Speaker: Dominique Robert Breton (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))

Slides Breton_RD51_April_2013.pdf

21 Update on SRS: doing more with less

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

Slides SRS_doing_more_with_less.pdf SRS_doing_more_with_less.pptx

22 SRS system integration in the TOTEM DAQ

Speaker: Michele Quinto (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides RD51Mini-weekMQuinto.pdf

23 Status of the SRS-ATCA project

Speakers: Wojciech Jalmuzna (EICSYS GmbH), Mr Wojciech Jalmuzna (Warsaw University of Technology)

Slides EICSYS_mini_week_Apr.2013.pdf

13:00 Lunch

WG1 - Technology

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

24 Status of R&D of the ALICE TPC upgrade with GEMs

Speaker: Christian Lippmann (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

Slides ALICE_RD51_230413.pdf

25 IBF to the photocathode in THGEM-based photon detectors, an update

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides dallatorre_THGEM-IBF_RD51_CERN_21-230413.pdf dallatorre_THGEM-IBF_RD51_CERN_21-230413.pptx

26 Status of the MAMMA project

Speaker: Joerg Wotschack (CERN)

Slides MAMMA_status_RD51_20130423.pdf MAMMA_status_RD51_20130423.pptx

27 Performance of the TH2 MicroMegas chamber

Speaker: Maria Hoffmann (University of Copenhagen (DK))

Slides RD51April_TH2studies_MariaHoffmann.pdf RD51April_TH2studies_MariaHoffmann.pptx

15:20 Coffee

28 Update on GEMs for CMS hi-eta

Speaker: Andrey Marinov (Ghent University (BE))

Slides CMSGEMprojectStatus_April2013.pdf CMSGEMprojectStatus_April2013.pptx

29 A new multiplexing technique for MPGDs

Speaker: Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Slides 2013-04-23_-_RD51_miniweek.ppt

30 Capacitively coupled strip readout for Micromegas

Speaker: Jona Bortfeldt (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Muenchen (DE))

Slides rd51MW_jbortfeldt.pdf

31 Status of NEXT-DEMO optical tracking system

Speakers: Nadia Yahlali (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)), Nadia Yahlali (IFIC)

Slides NEXT-DEMO-april2013-rd51.pdf

Wednesday, 24 April

WG4 - Software

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

32 Comments on Induced Signals in Charge Readout

Speaker: Josh Renner

Slides 130425_renner_RD51_WG4.pdf

33 Simulation of gaseous Ar and Xe electroluminescence in the Near Infra-Red range

Speaker: Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA)

Slides NIR_EL.pdf

34 Results of a dynamical method for charging-up calculations on GEMs and THGEMs

Speaker: Pedro Correia (University of Aveiro)

Slides rd51miniweek_april2013_charging_up_pedrocorreia.pdf

35 Calculation of time dependent weighting potentials for Micromegas.

Speaker: Bart Bruyneel

Slides Bruyneel_RD51.pdf

36 neBEM reports

Speaker: Prof. Supratik Mukhopadhyay (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))

Slides RD51Acitivities@SINP.pdf RD51Acitivities@SINP.pptx

37 Micromegas in Xe-TMA at high pressure: an update

Speaker: Francisco Iguaz

Slides RD51_FJIguaz_SiMM.pdf

38 Survey of transfer rates using Zaragoza (Xe-TMA) and Krakow (Ar-CO2) measurements

Speakers: Ozkan Sahin (Uludag University), ozkan sahin (Uludag University)

Slides Ozkan_RD51_MiniWeek_22_24_April_2013(1).pdf Ozkan_RD51_MiniWeek_22_24_April_2013(1).ppt

39 RPC simulations - C2H2F4-SF6 mixtures

Speaker: Jingbo

Slides Garfield++_simulations_for_electronegative_gases(1).pdf Garfield++_simulations_for_electronegative_gases(1).ppt

13:00 Lunch

WG6 - Production

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

40 Quality test of Kloe Cylindrical GEM

Speaker: Danilo Domenici (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

Slides gemQualitySummary.pdf

41 Quality control experience with foils of the ALICE TPC prototype

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

Slides gasik_24042013.pdf

42 Quality control that has been done for GEM TOTEM detectors

Speaker: Timo Eero Hilden (Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)-Unknown-Unknown)

Slides QA_hilden_03.pdf

43 New resistive Micromegas electrodes made with vacuum deposition

Speaker: Dr Atsuhiko Ochi (Kobe University (JP))

Slides MM_sputter_ochi_rd51_v3.pdf MM_sputter_ochi_rd51_v3.pptx

44 New results from CLAS12 forward resistive Micromegas produced by CIREA and CERN

Speakers: Gabriel Charles, Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Slides 2013_Workshop_RD51.pdf 2013_Workshop_RD51.pptx

45 Expected QC on CMS GE1/1 large volume production

Speaker: Christopher Armaingaud (Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg (FR))

Slides Quality_control_for_large_volume_production_GEM_detectors.pdf Quality_control_for_large_volume_production_GEM_detectors.pptx

46 Facility upgrade single mask production

Speaker: Piotr Bielowka (Unknown)

Slides Techtra_RD51_April__2013.pdf Techtra_RD51_April__2013.pptx

47 Recent progress in large THGEM production

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

Slides Recent_progress_in_large_THGEM_production.pdf Recent_progress_in_large_THGEM_production.pptx

48 Open discussion

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)