NA62 Collaboration Meeting: 27-30 August 2013

27 Aug 2013, 08:00 → 30 Aug 2013, 18:00 Europe/London

University of Liverpool (UK)

Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

Liverpool NA62 Collaboration Meeting 27-30 August 2013

Information for delegates:
All working sessions of the collaboration meeting will take place in the Foresight Centre on the main campus of Liverpool University from 27-29 August 2013. Cloakrooms and lockable space for valuables is provided. Car parking outside the centre is available at £3-50 per 24 hours.

Local information, information on accommodation, social programme, contact details etc. can be found on our Website


Registration will take place in the Foresight Centre from 08:30 to 09:00 on 27^th August. The registration fee includes all tea/coffee breaks and lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday plus a welcome drink reception in CTL on the Tuesday evening and conference dinner on Wednesday evening. The cost of accommodation is additional.

Exclusively for an "Early Bird" registrations (deadline 14th of July) there is an option to book accommodation at Vine Court Residences (on campus accommodation) at a cost of  £200 per room (4 nights) - arriving Monday 26^th August, departing Friday 30^th August. The rooms in Vine Court are all en suite with one double bed (of width 1.35m). The breakfast is included. 
For the Standard Registration (deadline 16^th August 2013) and the Late 
Registration  (payment in cash at the meeting) accommodation have to be booked by visitors.  

After registration please proceed to The University of Liverpool e-shop to make payment. Group payments can be organised by contacting Linda.Fielding@liverpool.ac.uk There will be an opportunity to visit the clean rooms and workshop in the Physics Department on 27^thAugust. A drinks reception will be held on Tuesday evening in the Central Teaching Laboratory. 

Parallel sessions will be held on Wednesday 28^th August in 4 separate conference rooms. Plenary sessions on Tuesday and Thursday will be held in the Gallery and will include a guest lecture on Rare Kaon Physics by Dr Martin Gorbahn. Space for breakout meetings is also available.

Tea/coffee/juice and biscuits will be available every morning in the Foresight Centre from 08:30 in addition to mid morning and mid afternoon. Lunch will be provided.

In between the plenary sessions on Thursday 29^th, participants will have a chance to join an excursion to Liverpool Museums and Waterfront.

The Steering Committee will be held in the Oliver Lodge Physics Laboratory during the morning of 30^th August and will be followed by a light lunch.


The collaboration dinner, preceded by a drinks reception and organ recital, will take place in the Anglican Cathedral, which is a 15 minute walk from the Foresight Centre.

Tuesday 27 August

08:30 → 09:15 Coffee & Registration

NA62 Collaboration Meeting Registration

09:15 → 09:30 Welcome & Information

09:30 → 10:45 Plenary Meeting: Challenges and Overview

Convener: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

09:30 Challenges and Overview

Speaker: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

Paper IM_surprise_booklet.pdf

Slides Challanges_and_Overview.pdf Challanges_and_Overview.pptx

10:00 Beams, Vacuum, Infrastructure – Challenges and Overview

Speaker: Ferdinand Hahn (CERN)

Slides TC_meeting_Liverpool.pdf TC_meeting_Liverpool.pptx

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee

11:15 → 12:30 Plenary Meeting: Data Acquisition - Challenges and Overview

Convener: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

11:15 Data Acquisition - Challenges and Overview

Speaker: Riccardo Fantechi (CERN / Pisa)

Slides NA62_DAQ.pdf NA62_DAQ.pptx

12:00 Physics - Challenges and Overview

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

Slides Physics_Overview_Liverpool.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Tour of Physics Department

14:30 → 16:30 Plenary Meeting: Physics Presentations - NA62 & NA48

Conveners: Evgueni Goudzovski (University of Birmingham), Rainer Wanke (Universität Mainz)

14:30 Heavy neutrinos (2007 data: P5)

Speaker: Francis Oliver Newson (University of Birmingham (GB))

Slides Data and MC agreement in the high mass tails of the km2 missing mass distribution in the search for heavy neutrinos.

14:45 Kmu3 (2007 data: P5)

Speaker: Mario Christian Vormstein (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))

Slides 2013.08.37_AnalysisMeeting_Kmu3.pdf

15:00 Kl3 analysis reboot

Speakers: Dmitri Madigozhin (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU)), Sergey Shkarovskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

Slides kl3.odp kl3.pdf

15:15 K+- -> pi+- pi0 e+ e-

Speaker: Milena Hristova Misheva (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

Slides 26augpp0eestat_fin1.pdf

15:30 K+- -> pi+- pi0 e+ e-

Speaker: Dr Mauro Raggi (LNF INFN)

Slides raggi_ppeeBlessingLiver.pdf raggi_ppeeBlessingLiver.pptx

15:45 π0 Dalitz Decay and the Dark Photon

Speaker: Evgueni Goudzovski (University of Birmingham)

Slides evgueni_270813_pi0d.pdf

16:00 K+ → π- μ+ μ+

Speaker: Karim Massri (University of Birmingham (GB))

Slides kpimmws_2013_08_27.pdf

16:15 Ke4_00 analysis

Speaker: Michal Zamkovsky (Charles University (CZ))

Slides Liverpool_2013.pdf

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee

17:00 → 18:00 Plenary Meeting: Guest Lecture on Rare Kaon Physics

Convener: John Fry (University of Liverpool)

17:00 Guest Lecture on Rare Kaon Physics

Speaker: Martin Gorbahn (Liverpool University)

Slides NA62Meeting2013.pdf

18:00 → 20:00 Drinks Reception in CTL

Wednesday 28 August

08:30 → 09:00 Coffee

09:00 → 10:45 Track 1: CEDAR

Convener: Cristina Lazzeroni (University of Birmingham (GB))

09:00 Results from the Dry Run

Speaker: Angela Romano (University of Birmingham (GB))

Slides KTAG_WKG_280813_.pdf

09:20 Status of electronics, PMT choice, and plans

Speaker: Antonino Sergi (University of Birmingham (GB))

Slides Cedar_2013-08-28.pdf

09:40 Motors and control systems

Speaker: Ryan Frank Page (University of Bristol (GB))

Slides Control_Systems_28_8_2013.pdf

10:00 Recent mechanical work and status of the detector

Speakers: Bozydar Wrona (University of Liverpool (GB)), John Richard Fry (University of Liverpool (GB))

Slides KTAG_Update_28AUG13.pdf

10:15 Straw data during the technical run

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

09:00 → 11:05 Track 2: Photon Vetoes CHIANTI

Convener: Antonella Antonelli (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

09:00 LAV construction status

Speaker: Matthew Moulson (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

Slides Moulson_130828WG.pdf Moulson_130828WG.ppt

09:15 FEE & crate status

Speaker: Dr Mauro Raggi (LNF INFN)

Slides raggiPWLiverpool.pdf raggiPWLiverpool.pptx

09:35 A11 cosmic test results

Speaker: Dr Francesco Gonnella (LNF (IT))

Slides gonnella_PHVETO-ago2013.pdf gonnella_PHVETO-ago2013.pptx

09:55 Dry run results

Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (University of Sofia (BG))

Slides 2013_08_28_-_FEE-TDCb-TEL62_noise.pdf

10:15 Chanti status

Speaker: Fabio Ambrosino (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides CHANTI_27_08_2013.pdf CHANTI_27_08_2013.ppt

10:30 IRC & SAC status

Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (University of Sofia (BG))

Slides 2013_08_28_SAC-IRC.pdf

10:50 HAC status and tests

Speaker: Tommaso Spadaro (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

Slides HAC_studies_27_8_2013.pdf HAC_studies_27_8_2013.pptx

09:00 → 10:45 Track 3: MUV & CHOD

Conveners: Rainer Wanke (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Vladimir Obraztsov (Institute for High Energy Physics (RU))

09:00 MUV1 Status

Speakers: Jonas Kunze (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Mario Christian Vormstein (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Rainer Wanke (Universität Mainz)

Slides MUV1_Liverpool13.pdf

09:20 MUV3 News

Speakers: Luigi Di Lella (Sezione di Pisa (IT)), Rainer Wanke (Universität Mainz)

Slides MUV3_PMTs_LuigiDiLella.pdf

09:30 Firmware for MUV3

Speaker: Roberto Piandani (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides piandani_28082013_muv.pdf

09:40 New CHOD prototype tests at CERN

Speaker: Viacheslav Duk (INFN Perugia (IT))

Slides duk_newchod_28aug13.pdf duk_newchod_28aug13.ppt

10:00 New CHOD tests with SiPM readout

Speaker: Fabio Ambrosino (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides New_CHOD_prototype_tests_in_Napoli.pdf New_CHOD_prototype_tests_in_Napoli.pptx

10:20 Old CHOD in 2014

Speaker: Patrizia Cenci (INFN Perugia (IT))

Slides CHOD_2014.pdf

09:00 → 11:15 Track 4: COMPUTING

Convener: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

09:00 Introduction: current issues

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Slides computing-wg-20130828.pdf computing-wg-20130828.pptx

09:20 Computing model update

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Slides computingmodel2013.pdf computingmodel2013.pptx

09:40 Computing resources for running

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Slides updatecomputingcosts.pdf updatecomputingcosts.pptx

10:00 EOS testing

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Slides eos-20130828.pdf eos-20130828.pptx

10:10 Central Data Handler design

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

Slides cdh-requirements.pdf cdh-requirements.pptx

10:30 Update on farm

Speaker: Alberto Gianoli (Universita di Ferrara (IT))

Slides farm_update.pdf

10:40 Offline database

Speaker: Valeri Falaleev (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee

11:15 → 13:00 Track 1: RICH

Convener: Massimo Lenti (Universita e INFN (IT))

11:15 RICH Introduction

Speaker: Massimo Lenti (Universita e INFN (IT))

11:25 RICH Vessel status

Speakers: Massimo Lenti (Universita e INFN (IT)), Piet Wertelaers (CERN)

Slides RICH_Vessel_Status.pdf RICH_Vessel_Status.pptx

11:35 RICH Mirror Support Status

Speakers: Massimo Lenti (Universita e INFN (IT)), Vittore Carassiti

Slides NA62-RICH-08.2013.pdf NA62-RICH-08.2013.pptx

12:00 RICH Mirror Support Prototypes

Speakers: Giuseppina Anzivino (Universita e INFN (IT)), Prof. Giuseppina Anzivino (INFN and University of Perugia)

Slides RICH_Anzivino.pdf RICH_Anzivino.pptx

12:20 RICH PM installation

Speaker: Massimo Lenti (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides PM_installation_status.pdf PM_installation_status.pptx

12:40 RICH TDAQ status

Speaker: Mauro Piccini (INFN - Sezione di Perugia (IT))

Slides 280813.pdf

11:15 → 13:00 Track 2: LKR

Convener: Riccardo Fantechi (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

11:15 CREAM status

Speaker: Stefano Venditti (CERN)

Slides CREAM_AUG_2013.pdf CREAM_AUG_2013.pptx

12:00 CREAM installation status

Speaker: Riccardo Fantechi (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides Installation.pdf Installation.pptx

11:15 → 13:00 Track 3: GIGA TRACKER

Convener: Flavio Marchetto (Universita e INFN (IT))

11:15 Introduction

Speaker: Flavio Marchetto (Universita and INFN-Torino(IT))

Slides Introduction_meeting.pdf Introduction_meeting.pptx

11:25 Status report on the micro-channel cooling

Speakers: Alessandro Mapelli (CERN), Giulia Romagnoli (Universita e INFN (IT)), Paolo Petagna (CERN)

Slides

• Liverpool.pdf
• Liverpool.pptx
• Liverpool.pptx

11:55 ASIC test bench preparation

Speakers: Matthew Noy (CERN), Michel Morel (CERN)

Slides mnoy.28.08.2013.pdf

12:25 Status report on the GTK-RO

Speakers: Angelo Cotta Ramusino (Universita di Ferrara (IT)), Stefano Chiozzi (Universita di Ferrara (IT))

Slides FE_20130827_Liverpool_GTK_WGmtg.pdf FE_GTK-20130828_SC.pdf

12:55 GTK reconstruction: software update

Speaker: Bob Velghe (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

Slides liverpool.pdf

11:15 → 13:00 Track 4: PHYSICS

Convener: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

11:15 Straw Data from Technical Run

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

11:25 Kinematics and Tracker Misalignement

Speaker: Bob Velghe (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

Slides liverpool.pdf

11:40 Trigger Simulation

Speaker: Bruno Angelucci (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides PhysicsWG280813_Trigger.pdf PhysicsWG280813_Trigger.pptx

12:00 Straw and Trigger

Speaker: Vito Palladino (CERN)

Slides CollaborationMeetingAgo2013_Physics.pdf CollaborationMeetingAgo2013_Physics.pptx

12:10 Pinunu Program

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

Slides Physics_WG_28_08_2013_II.pdf

12:20 LFV Program

Speaker: Evgueni Goudzovski

Slides evgueni_280813.pdf

12:30 Forbidden Decays Program

Speaker: Gianluca Lamanna (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides gianluca_forbtrigger_28082013.pdf gianluca_forbtrigger_28082013.pptx

12:40 pigammagamma

Speaker: Siarhei Padolski (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

Slides Sergey_28.08.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:45 Track 1: STRAW CHAMBERS

Convener: Hans Danielsson (CERN)

14:00 CERN assembly status

Speaker: Hans Danielsson (CERN)

Slides

• Plenary_29_08_2013.pdf
• Plenary_29_08_2013.pptx
• SWG_27_08_2013.pdf
• SWG_27_08_2013.pptx

14:20 Update assembly at Dubna (20 min)

Speaker: Yuriy Potrebenikov

Slides Dubna_status_28_08_13.pdf Dubna_status_28_08_13.ppt

14:40 Straw data during the technical run

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

Slides Physics_WG_28_08_2013_I.pdf Physics_WG_28_08_2013_I.pptx

14:50 Electronics status and plans

Speaker: Peter Lichard (CERN)

Slides

• Straw_computing.pdf
• Straw_computing.pptx
• Straw_electronics_status.pdf
• Straw_electronics_status.pptx
• Straw_SRB_liv.pdf
• Straw_SRB_liv.pptx

15:10 Results from 64-straw prototype test and trigger simulation

Speaker: Vito Palladino (CERN)

Slides

• CollaborationMeetingAgo2013_CoverTest.pdf
• CollaborationMeetingAgo2013_CoverTest.pptx
• CollaborationMeetingAgo2013.pdf
• CollaborationMeetingAgo2013.pptx
• Straw_computing.pdf
• Straw_computing.pptx

15:30 Progress in straw positions measurement

Speaker: Dmitri Madigozhin

Slides xy_2chamber.pdf

14:00 → 15:45 Track 2: NA48/NA62 rare decay analyses

Conveners: Dr Evgueni Goudzovski (University of Birmingham), Rainer Wanke (Universität Mainz)

14:00 NA48/NA62 physics presentations

14:00 → 15:45 Track 3: SOFTWARE

Convener: Antonino Sergi (University of Birmingham (GB))

14:00 Muon polarization implementation

Speaker: Michal Koval (Comenius University (SK))

Slides polarization-Koval-2013-08-28.pdf

14:15 CHOD digitization

Speaker: Viacheslav Duk (INFN Perugia (IT))

Slides duk_digitization_28aug13.pdf duk_digitization_28aug13.ppt

14:30 Releasing NA62Analysis : Features and possibilities

Speaker: Nicolas Lurkin (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))

Slides NA62Analysis.pdf NA62Analysis.pptx

14:00 → 15:45 Track 4: TDAQ

Convener: Marco Sozzi (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

14:00 Status of LKr L0 trigger

Speaker: Andrea Salamon (Universita e INFN Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

Slides rm2.tdaq.aug2013.pdf

14:15 TELDES, a new card for the CREAM data receiver

Speaker: Bruno Checcucci (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides teldes_per_Bruno_liverpool.pdf

14:30 Proposal for a di-lepton trigger

Speaker: Dr Evgueni Goudzovski (University of Birmingham)

Slides evgueni_280813.pdf

14:45 LAV TDAQ in dry run

Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (University of Sofia (BG))

Slides 2013_08_28_-_FEE-TDCb-TEL62_noise.pdf

15:00 TEL62 measurements

Speaker: Roberto Piandani (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides piandani_28082013.pdf

15:15 Status of TEL62 JTAG tests

Speaker: Nicola De Simone (Universita e INFN Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

Slides pres_jtag-desimone.pdf

15:30 PATTI board status

Speaker: Gianluca Lamanna (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides gianluca_patti_28082013.pdf gianluca_patti_28082013.pptx

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee

16:15 → 17:45 Track 1: TC BEAMS VACUUM INFRASTRUCTURE

Convener: Lau Gatignon (CERN)

16:15 Measurement of the Magnetic Field

Speaker: Michael Edward Nelson (University of Liverpool (GB))

Slides B_Field_MNelson_Revised_Aug13.pdf B_Field_MNelson_Revised_Aug13.ppt

16:40 MNP33 field mapping

Speaker: Ferdinand Hahn (CERN)

Slides Magnet_mapping.pdf Magnet_mapping.pptx

17:05 Beam Status

Speaker: Lau Gatignon (CERN)

Slides K12reportLiverpool.pdf K12reportLiverpool.pptx

16:15 → 17:45 Track 2: DCS

Convener: Valeri Falaleev (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

16:15 KTAG/CEDAR DCS

Speaker: Ryan Frank Page (University of Bristol (GB))

17:00 DCS - activities and challanges

Speaker: Valeri Falaleev (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

Slides DCS_WG_report.pdf DCS_WG_report.pptx

16:15 → 18:00 Track 3: MUV & CHOD (continued)

Convener: Rainer Wanke (Universität Mainz)

16:15 Time Resolution Study of new CHOD Prototypes

Speaker: Aleksey Khudyakov (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))

Slides liverpool.odp liverpool.pdf

16:35 New CHOD Design

Speaker: Italo Mannelli (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides NEWCHOD.short.updated.pdf NEWCHOD.short.updated.ppt

16:15 → 18:00 Track 4: TDAQ

Convener: Marco Sozzi (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

16:15 Update on PC-based L0TP

Speaker: Mr Enrico Gamberini (Universita di Ferrara (IT))

Slides Updates_on_PC-based_L0TP.pdf

16:30 FPGA implementation for L0TP

Speaker: Dario Soldi (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides Liverpool_presentation.odp Liverpool_presentation.pdf

16:45 GPU L0 RICH trigger studies

Speaker: Elena Graverini (Universita degli Studi di Pisa-Sezione di Pisa (INFN))

Slides graverini_tdaq_L0gpu.pdf

17:00 GPU L1 straw trigger studies

Speaker: Jacopo Pinzino (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides l1strawtrigger.pdf

17:15 GPU trigger studies

Speaker: Gianluca Lamanna (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

Slides lamanna_gap_2013.pdf lamanna_gap_2013.pptx

17:30 RICH L0 trigger studies

Speaker: Mauro Piccini (INFN - Sezione di Perugia (IT))

Slides 280813.pdf

17:45 Straw DAQ update

Speaker: Peter Lichard (CERN)

Slides Straw_SRB_liv.pdf Straw_SRB_liv.pptx

18:00 → 18:45 Drinks Reception

18:45 → 19:30 Organ Demonstration and Recital

19:30 → 22:00 Dinner

Thursday 29 August

08:30 → 08:50 Coffee

08:50 → 09:00 Information & Announcements

09:00 → 10:40 Plenary - Reports from Parallel Sessions

Convener: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

09:00 CEDAR

Speaker: Cristina Lazzeroni (Birmingham)

Slides cedar_290813.pdf

09:20 Giga Tracker

Speaker: Flavio Marchetto (Torino)

Slides Report_from_the_GigaTracker.pdf Report_from_the_GigaTracker.ppt

09:40 STRAW Chambers

Speaker: Hans Danielsson (CERN)

Slides Plenary_29_08_2013.pdf Plenary_29_08_2013.pptx

10:00 RICH

Speaker: Massimo Lenti (Firenze)

Slides RICH_Plenary.pdf RICH_Plenary.pptx

10:20 Photon Vetoes and CHIANTI

Speaker: Antonella Antonelli (Frascati)

Slides sumliverpool.pdf sumliverpool.ppt

10:40 → 11:10 Coffee

11:10 → 12:20 Plenary - Reports from Parallel Sessions

Convener: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

11:10 LKR

Speaker: Riccardo Fantechi (Pisa / CERN)

Slides LKr_summary.pdf LKr_summary.pptx

11:30 MUV and CHOD

Speaker: Rainer Wanke (Mainz)

Slides MUV_CHOD_Plenary_Liverpool13.pdf

11:50 DCS

Speaker: Valeri Falaleev (CERN)

Slides DCS_WG_report.pdf DCS_WG_report.pptx

12:00 TDAQ

Speaker: Marco Sozzi (Pisa)

Slides TDAQPlenary-Liverpool-20130828.pdf TDAQPlenary-Liverpool-20130828.ppt

12:20 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 16:00 Excursion to Liverpool Museums and Waterfront

Walker Art Gallery, Maritime Museum, Museum of Slavery, Liverpool Museum, Tate Gallery

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee

16:30 → 18:20 Plenary Meeting

Convener: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

16:30 Software

Speaker: Antonino Sergi (Birmingham)

Slides Collaboration_2013-08-29.pdf

16:50 Physics

Speaker: Giuseppe Ruggiero (CERN)

Slides Physics_Report_Liverpool.pdf Physics_Report_Liverpool.pptx

17:10 Computing

Speaker: Paolo Valente (Roma I)

Slides computing-summary-20130828.pdf computing-summary-20130828.pptx

17:30 Technical Coordination and Integration

Speaker: Ferdinand Hahn (CERN)

Slides Summary_TC.pdf Summary_TC.ppt

17:40 Closing Remarks

Speaker: Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

Slides

• Closing_Remarks.pdf
• Closing_Remarks.pptx
• Vladimir_Bolotov.pdf
• Vladimir_Bolotov.pptx

Friday 30 August

09:00 → 12:30 Steering Committee

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch