13th RD51 Collaboration Meeting

5 Feb 2014, 08:00 → 7 Feb 2014, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium (CERN)

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay), Serge Duarte Pinto (Technische Universiteit Delft (NL))

Welcome to the 13th RD51 collaboration meeting. This meeting directly follows the RD51 Electronics school, held from 3-5 February.

RD51 Electronics school https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=283113

Wednesday 5 February

10:00 → 12:00 RD51 Collaboration Board Meeting

Conveners: Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington), Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maksym Titov (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN (IT))

Barcelona 2014_IMB-CNM_Det_Rad_RD51.pdf

CP CP_atCB_Feb_2014.pdf CP_atCB_Feb_2014.pptx

Status CB_05022014_Silvia.pdf CB_05022014_Silvia.pptx

Zagreb RD51_NPoljak.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 15:00 RD51 Plenary Session and News

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

13:00 RD51 Collaboration News

Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay)

Slides 201402_13thRD51_CollabNews_05022014_FINAL.pdf 201402_13thRD51_CollabNews_05022014_FINAL.pptx

13:20 Report from the RD51 Collaboration Board Meeting

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

Slides CB_05022014_Silvia.pdf CB_05022014_Silvia.pptx

13:40 Common Project Evaluation and New Submission Procedures

Speaker: Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington)

Slides CP_atCB_Feb_2014.pdf CP_atCB_Feb_2014.pptx

13:50 RD51 Collaboration Meeting (Kolkata/India)

Speaker: Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Department of Atomic Energy (IN))

Slides rd51-meet-in-india.pdf rd51-meet-in-india.pptx

14:10 Proposal to host 2015 MPGD Conference in Italy

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

Slides TRIESTE.pdf TRIESTE.pptx

14:20 Proposal to host 2015 MPGD Conference in Greece

Speaker: Chariclia Petridou (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki (GR))

Slides MPDG_Thessaloniki.pdf

14:30 Proposal to host 2015 MPGD Conference in France

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

Slides

• diaporama_destination_St-Malo.pps
• MPGD2015-Saint_Malo,pptx.pdf
• MPGD2015-Saint_Malo,pptx.pptx

14:40 Report from the RD51 Common Project "High resolution single photo electron scanning for TGEM-s and other MPGD applications"

Speakers: Dezso Varga (Eotvos Lorand University (HU)), Gergo Hamar (MTA KFKI RMKI), Gergoe Hamar (Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HU))

Slides LeopardDaq_RD51CM_201402_HamarG.pdf

15:00 → 21:00 WG4 - Software & simulation

Conveners: Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira (University of Aveiro (PT)), Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA), Rob Veenhof (Uludag University (TR)), Rob Veenhof (University of Wisconsin)

15:00 Triple GEM simulations with neBEM

Speakers: Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics), Supratik Mukhopadhyay (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))

Slides TripleGEMsimulation_SM.pdf

15:20 Avalanche simulations in Ar/Ne/He-iC4H10

Speakers: Fabian Kuger (Bayerische Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE)), Dr Thomas Zerguerras (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))

Slides RD51_-_Feb_2014_-_CERN.pdf

15:40 Transfer rate updates

Speakers: Ozkan Sahin (Uludag University), Tadeusz Kowalski (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))

Slides Ozkan_RD51_CERN_5_7_Feb_2014.pdf Ozkan_RD51_CERN_5_7_Feb_2014.ppt

16:00 Coffee

16:30 Ion mobility measurements

Speaker: André Cortez (LIP Coimbra, Portugal)

Slides Ion Mobility Presentation - 13th RD51 Collaboration Meeting (CERN)

17:00 Experimental transport coefficients for electron swarms in Xe-TMA > mixtures and ongoing activities towards modeling

Speaker: Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))

Slides RD51_Feb2014.pdf

17:30 Intrinsic position resolution of gaseous detectors for X-ray photons: simulation results from Degrad

Speakers: Carlos Azevedo (University of Aveiro), Stephen Biagi (CERN)

Slides CDAzevedo.pdf

17:50 Recombination simulation

Speaker: Megan Long

Slides RD51_WG4_presentation_2.5.14_Megan_Long.pdf

Thursday 6 February

09:00 → 13:00 WG1 - Technology & new structures

Conveners: Paul Colas (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu), Paul Colas (CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (FR)), Serge Duarte Pinto (Technische Universiteit Delft (NL))

09:00 Hybrid MPGD based photon detector, R&D update

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

Slides Hybrid_MPGD_based_photon_detectorR&Dupdate_rd51_SL.pptx

09:20 First operation of a Timepix3 with Micromegas

Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides TimePix-3_Fred_Hartjes.ppt

09:40 Simulations and first tests of double layer, resistive MSGC

Speaker: Silvia Franchino (CERN)

Slides Franchino_res_MSGC_RD51_feb14.pdf

10:00 Micromegas Calorimetry with resistive pads

Speaker: Maximilien Chefdeville (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

Slides sdhcal_rd51_fev2014.pdf

10:15 Cooling of a TPC using 2-phase CO2

Speaker: Deb Sankar Bhattacharya (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Slides coolingRD51.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

10:50 Technical and political status of ATLAS's NSW

Speaker: Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre)

Slides NSW_Status_RD51_2014.02.06_v2.pdf

11:10 Technical and political status of CMS muon chambers upgrade

Speakers: Archana Sharma (CERN), Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE))

Slides CMSGEMOverview.pdf CMSGEMOverview.pptx

11:30 Status of the ALICE TPC upgrade with GEMs

Speaker: Chilo Garabatos Cuadrado (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

Slides CG_RD51_06_02_2014.pdf

11:50 Status report on segmented mesh microbulk

Speaker: Dr Esther Ferrer Ribas (DAPNIA, Saclay)

Slides RD51-2014-02-06-Segmented.pdf RD51-2014-02-06-Segmented.pptx

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:45 WG6 Production

Conveners: Fabien Jeanneau (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)), Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

14:00 QC on small NSW prototypes current production

Speaker: Fabian Kuger (Bayerische Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE))

Slides RD51_-_WG6_-_Feb_2014_-_CERN.pdf

14:20 GEM industrialization in India

Speaker: Lalit Pant (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (IN))

Slides Indian_Industrial_Outreach_for_GEM_Foil_Development.pdf Indian_Industrial_Outreach_for_GEM_Foil_Development.pptx

14:40 Carbon sputtering technology for ATLAS MicroMEGAS resistive

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

Slides Ochi_sputterMM_RD51.pdf Ochi_sputterMM_RD51.pptx

15:00 Update on Elvia Micromegas production

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

Slides Elvia_status_FJ.pdf

15:20 Coffee break

15:45 → 16:15 WG7 - Common facilities

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

slides 13th-collab-meeting-wg7-NorthAreaTestBeam2014.pptx.pdf

16:15 → 18:00 EU H2020 Discussion / MPGD Community Input

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

16:15 MPGD/RD51 Community Input to AIDA2

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

Slides H2020.pdf H2020.pptx

16:35 MPGD Distributed Infrastructure in AIDA2

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

Slides distributed-infrastructure-AIDA-2_06022014_Silvia.pdf distributed-infrastructure-AIDA-2_06022014_Silvia.pptx

16:55 ITN Marie Curie Framework

Speaker: Dr Esther Ferrer Ribas (DAPNIA, Saclay)

17:15 FET Framework in H2020

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

Slides 2014-02-06_-_FETOpen_-_RD51.pdf 2014-02-06_-_FETOpen_-_RD51.ppt

20:00 → 23:00 RD51 Conference Dinner

Friday 7 February

09:00 → 13:00 WG5 - Electronics

Conveners: Hans Muller (CERN - PH/AID), Jochen Kaminski (Universitaet Bonn (DE))

09:00 SRS readout of Timepix chips

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

Slides MLupberger_RD512014CERN.pdf

09:20 status of SRS-ATCA ( via Vidyo)

Speaker: Tomasz Jezynski

Slides RD51_Collaboration_Meeting_07.02.2014.pdf

09:40 Data transfer performance of SRS

Speaker: Yuhei Morino

Slides ymorino_rd51.pdf ymorino_rd51.pptx

10:00 Plans for SRS at ELI ( Extreme Light Infrastructure )

Speaker: Sorin Martoiu (IFIN-HH Bucharest (RO))

Slides p1.pdf p1.ppt

10:20 Coffee break

10:50 GEM Readout System at UVa

Speakers: Kondo GNANVO (Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fl, USA), Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia (US))

Slides KG_RD51ElectronicSchool20140203_Lecture.pdf KG_RD51ElectronicSchool20140203_Lecture.pptx

11:00 Tutorial on amoreSRS package

Speakers: Kondo GNANVO (Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fl, USA), Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia (US))

Slides KG_RD51ElectronicSchool20140203_Training.pdf KG_RD51ElectronicSchool20140203_Training.pptx

11:20 FEC V6 status

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

Slides News_on_FEC_V6_card.pdf News_on_FEC_V6_card.pptx

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:10 WG2 - Characterization & common projects

Conveners: Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)), Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF (NL)), Maximilien Chefdeville (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

14:00 Experiments on Triple-GEM at SINP

Speaker: Prof. Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))

Slides ExperimentsOnTripleGEM.pdf

14:20 Recent results on Piggyback Micromegas

Speaker: Ludovic Boilevin-Kayl (CEA)

Slides Présentation_RD51.pdf Présentation_RD51.pptx

14:40 Tracking in 1 uL of gas

Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides Gossipo_Fred_Hartjes.ppt

15:00 Characterisation of a micromegas + 2 GEM assembly for HARPO

Speaker: Philippe Gros (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))

Slides 2014-02-07_RD51_HarpoCharacterisation_PGros.pdf

15:30 Coffee break

15:50 Update on CMS GEM test beam analysis and simulations

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

Slides Sinem_RD51_GEM_status.pdf

16:10 Towards Large Single-Stage THGEM detector

Speaker: Luca Moleri

Slides 2014_02_RD51.pdf 2014_02_RD51.pptx

16:30 LAr LEM-TPC prototypes: latest developments and LEM charging up measurements

Speaker: Sebastien Murphy (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))

Slides RD51_collab.pdf

16:50 Thick GEM charging up simulations

Speakers: Pedro Correia (University of Aveiro), Pedro Manuel Mendes Correia (University of Aveiro (PT))

Slides correia.pdf