Name: 2nd RD51 Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2008-10-13T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2008-10-15T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Paris

2nd RD51 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, October 13, 2008 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (4:00 PM)
Paris

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

Oct 13, 2008

Oct 14, 2008

Oct 15, 2008

9:00 AM	WG1: Technological Aspects and Developments of New Detector Structures (until 12:30 PM) (Amphitheatre)
9:00 AM	WG1 Geometry and Interactions - Paul COLAS Slides
9:15 AM	New results on THGEM operation - Amos Breskin Slides
9:35 AM	Practical limits to the size of MPGDs - Rui De Oliveira Slides
9:50 AM	Large area Micromegas - Joerg Wotschack Slides
10:10 AM	Development of Large area GEM detector prototype - Serge Duarte Pinto Slides
10:30 AM	--- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM	Resistive coatings for resolution and anti-spark protection - Paul COLAS Slides
11:15 AM	Kobe activities on new structures - Atsuhiko OCHI Slides
11:30 AM	Status of the MHSPs performance: recent technological developments and future goals - Joao Veloso Slides
11:45 AM	Cylindrical GEM development - Giovanni Bencivenni Slides
12:00 PM	Flexible Micromegas - Stephan Aune Slides
12:15 PM	Portable detectors
9:00 AM	WG5: MPGD Related Electronics (until 12:30 PM) (Room 1)
9:00 AM	Introduction & Specification Status - Werner Riegler Slides
9:20 AM	Experience with the design and submission of the Medipix3 pixel readout chip in 0.13 um CMOS - Xavier Llopart Slides
9:40 AM	TimePix-2: (general purpose) applications & requirements - N.N. Nikhef Slides
10:00 AM	GEM Amplifier Shaper Tracking ON Events - Antonio Ranieri Slides
10:30 AM	--- Coffee break ---
10:50 AM	Electronic developments for a Micromegas-based digital hadronic calorimeter - Renaud Gaglione Slides
11:10 AM	The SLAC KPiX chip for ILC DHCA - Andy White Slides
11:30 AM	The MIMAC Asic - Jean Pierre Richer Germain Bosson Slides
11:50 AM	Contribution to development of portable multichannel systems for detector studies - Jose Toledo Slides
9:00 AM	WG7: Common Test Facilities (until 12:30 PM) (Room 2)
9:00 AM	RD51 institutes survey on their test beam and irradiation future programmes - Matteo Alfonsi (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF)) Slides
9:20 AM	GIF++ design and specifications - Matteo Alfonsi document Slides
9:40 AM	Survey of the irradiation facilities outside CERN and available to RD51 members Slides
10:00 AM	Some Suggestions for an Infrastructure at a Common Test Facility - Jochen Kaminski Slides
10:20 AM	Other material for discussion (Eudet, NTUA contributions..) Slides Greece-Saclay-SLHC-project-Oct08.pdf Greece-Saclay-SLHC-project-Oct08.ppt Telescope_Eudet.pdf

9:00 AM	Special meeting on MPGD photodetectors (until 10:30 AM) (Room 1)
9:00 AM	Introduction - Amos Breskin Slides
9:20 AM	THGEM characterization studies - Elena Rocco Slides
9:35 AM	Exploratory studies of multiple THGEM configurations for the detection of ionizing particle and photons - Jaroslav Polak Slides
9:50 AM	Discussion on THGEM application for RICH - Amos Breskin
9:00 AM	Spill-over from parallel sessions and WG1&2 discussion session (until 10:30 AM) (Amphitheatre)
9:00 AM	GEM & TimePix readout of TPCs: new results from the Bonn group - Jochen Kaminski Slides
9:15 AM	Test Beam Measurements for a Thick-GEM Based Trigger Detector - Gergo Hamar Slides
9:30 AM	RPCs for time-tagged tracking and GEMs for high sensitivity experiments - Rui Ferreira Marques Slides
9:00 AM	WG5 Electronics discussion session (until 10:30 AM) (Room 2)
11:00 AM	Plenary Session - Reports from Working Groups (until 12:30 PM) (Amphitheatre)
11:00 AM	WG1: Technological Aspects and Development of New detector Strucures - Paul Colas Silvia Dalla Torre Slides
11:30 AM	WG2: Common Characterization and Physics Issues - Harry van der Graaf Vladimir Peskov Slides
12:00 PM	WG4: Simulations and Software Tools - Alain Bellerive Rob Veenhof Slides

1:30 PM	Registration (until 2:00 PM)
2:00 PM	Plenary Session - Opening and Reviews (until 4:00 PM) (Amphitheatre)
2:00 PM	Welcome Slides
2:10 PM	Charge to the meeting - Maxim Titov Slides
2:25 PM	News from the LHCC - Leszek Ropelewski Slides
2:35 PM	Next MPGD Conference announcement - Ioannis Giomataris Slides
2:40 PM	MPGD activities in Japan - Atsuhiko Ochi Slides
3:10 PM	SLHC upgrade plans - Steinar STAPNES Slides
3:35 PM	The physics of streamers and discharges - Paulo Fonte Slides
4:30 PM	Plenary Session - WG3 : Applications of MPGDs (until 6:00 PM) (Amphitheatre)
4:30 PM	Application of MPGD to TPC for the ILC - Takeshi Matsuda Slides
4:50 PM	Application of MPGD to Calorimetry - Catherine Adloff Slides
5:10 PM	Application of MPGD in Homeland Security: Muon Tomography - Marcus Hohlmann Slides
5:30 PM	Beam monitors with GEM detectors - Fabrizio Murtas Slides
5:45 PM	RPCs for time-tagged tracking and GEMs for high sensitivity experiments - Rui Ferreira Marques Slides

2:00 PM	WG2: Common Characterization and Physics Issues (until 5:00 PM) (Amphitheatre)
2:00 PM	Discharges, Discharge Protection, amorphous Silicon, Si Nitride - Martin Fransen Slides
2:20 PM	Chamber Ageing - Fred Hartjes Slides
2:50 PM	Charging Up effects - Harry van der GRAAF Slides
3:10 PM	MPGD Radiation hardness tests for full detectors and components - Gabriele Croci Slides
3:30 PM	--- Coffee break ---
3:50 PM	Digital primary electron counting: W, Fano Factor, Polya vs Exponential - Max Chefdeville Slides
4:10 PM	T2K Test Bench results on uniformity and reproducibility of Micromegas production - Andrea Ferrero Slides
4:25 PM	Scintillation readout from THGEMs operating in Xe - Joaquim dos Santos Slides
4:40 PM	Energy resolution results for Microbulk Micromegas at high energy and high pressure - Alfredo Tomas Alquezar Slides
2:00 PM	WG4: Simulations and Software Tools (until 5:00 PM) (Room 1)
2:00 PM	Introduction - Rob Veenhof Slides
2:15 PM	Avalanche statistics - Heinrich SCHINDLER Slides
2:45 PM	Geant 4 interface - Rob Veenhof
3:00 PM	BEM method - Sudeb BHATTACHARYA Slides
3:30 PM	--- Coffee break ---
4:00 PM	Penning transfer - Ozkan SAHIN Slides
4:20 PM	Simulation of an MPGD application for Homeland Security (Muon Tomography) - Kondo GNANVO Slides
4:40 PM	GEM transparency studies - Gabriele Croci Slides
2:00 PM	WG6: Production (until 5:00 PM) (Room 2)
2:00 PM	MoU section on intellectual property - Bernard Denis (CERN) Slides
2:30 PM	Status of licensing negotiations at CERN - Emir Kadir Kadir Sirage (Unknown) Slides
2:40 PM	Capabilities of TS/DEM workshop - Rui De Oliveira (CERN) Slides
3:00 PM	Results of the detector dimensions survey - Hans Taureg Slides
3:20 PM	Discussion
3:30 PM	--- Coffee break ---
4:00 PM	THGEM production in ELTOS company - Fulvio Tessarotto Slides
4:20 PM	CIRE/SPCI and Prospects for Bulk Micromegas production - Mr Tomao Slides
5:00 PM	Collaboration Board meeting (until 6:30 PM) (Amphitheatre)
5:00 PM	RD51 Collaboration Meeting agenda (password protected) agenda
8:00 PM	Conference Dinner (until 10:00 PM) (Restaurant PERRAUDIN)

2:00 PM	Plenary Session - Reports from Working Groups (until 3:30 PM) (Amphitheatre)
2:00 PM	WG5: MPGD Related Electronics - Michael Campbell Werner Riegler Slides
2:30 PM	WG6: Production - Hans Taureg Slides
3:00 PM	WG7: Common Test Facilities - Matteo Alfonsi Slides
3:30 PM	Conclusions and outlook (until 4:00 PM)
3:30 PM	Collaboration Board meeting summary - Silvia Dalla Torre Slides
3:45 PM	Workshop summary - Leszek Ropelewski Maxim Titiov