2008 CHIPP Annual Plenary Meeting

8 Sept 2008, 11:00 → 9 Sept 2008, 23:59 Europe/Zurich

Cubotron I (EPFL/LPHE)

Ulrich Straumann (Physik-Institut - Universitaet Zuerich)

Annual Plenary Meeting of Swiss Institute for Particle Physics in 2008 at EPFL

Monday 8 September

11:00 → 11:05 Welcome by the head of Physics of Particle and Energy

Speaker: Prof. Prof. Minh Quang Tran (EPFL)

Slides chipp.pdf chipp.ppt

11:05 → 12:30 LHC status and upgrade plan

11:05 Status and upgrade plan of LHC

Speaker: Lyn Evans (CERN)

Slides CHIPPSept08.pdf CHIPPSept08.ppt

11:40 ATLAS

Speaker: Sigve Haug (Uni Bern)

Slides haug_chipp-2008-09.pdf

11:55 CMS

Speaker: Lotte Wilke (Uni Zuerich)

Slides 2008_09_08_CHIPP.pdf

12:10 LHCb

Speaker: Frederic Henry Blanc (EPFL)

Slides LHCbStatus.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:20 Theory preparations for LHC analysis

Speaker: Babis Anastasiou (ETHZ)

Slides anastasiou_chipp.pdf

14:25 → 15:40 Technology Transfer and Outreach

14:25 Technology Transfer

Speaker: Gabriel Clerc (EPFL)

Slides CHIPP-TT-CLERC-8-9-08_COUL.pdf

15:15 Communication network and outreach plans

Speaker: Beat Gerber (ETHZ)

Slides CHIPP_LHC-Communications_Gerber.pdf CHIPP_LHC-Communications_Gerber.ppt

15:40 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:00 Low Energy Precision Experiments

16:00 Experiments at MAMI, ELSA and Panda

Speaker: Bernd Krusche (Uni Basel)

Slides krusche_chipp08.pdf

16:20 Particle physics experiments at PSI

Speaker: Stefan Ritt (PSI)

Slides ritt.pdf ritt.ppt

16:40 Thoughts on possible future muon experiments at PSI

Speaker: Andries van der Schaaf (Uni Zuerich)

Slides chipp_avds.pdf

17:00 → 17:50 Neutrino

17:00 Operation of and results from OPERA

Speaker: Ciro Pistillo (Uni Bern)

Slides Pistillo_OPERA.pdf Pistillo_OPERA.ppt

17:20 Preparation for the T2K experiment

Speaker: Melody Ravonel (Uni Geneve)

Slides CHIPP-4sept(4).pdf

17:30 The EXO experiment

Speaker: Razvan Gornea (Uni Neuchatel)

Slides gornea_EXO_experiment_CHIPP08.pdf

17:40 The GERDA experiment

Speaker: Francis Froborg (Uni Zuerich)

Slides CHIPP_Froborg.pdf

18:00 → 19:00 CHIPP Board Meeting

19:15 → 22:00 Dinner

Tuesday 9 September

09:00 → 09:40 CHIPP Activities

09:00 A new ASIC design centre at PSI

Speaker: Dr Roland Horisberger (PSI)

Slides Horisberger_PSI_Chip_Core_Design_Group.pdf Horisberger_PSI_Chip_Core_Design_Group.ppt

09:10 News from CHIPP Board and EB

Speaker: Ulrich Straumann (Uni Zuerich)

Slides chipp_EB_report.pdf

09:25 Vote on change of constitution

Slides change_of_constitution.pdf

09:30 News from CHIPP Computing Board

Speaker: Christoph Grab (ETHZ)

Slides CHIPP_sep08_grab_v4.pdf

09:40 → 10:25 Report from Committees

09:40 ECFA summary

Speaker: Tatsuya Nakada (EPFL)

Slides ECFA_report.pdf ECFA_report.pptx

09:55 News from CERN council

Speaker: Ulrich Straumann (Uni Zuerich)

Slides Council_Report.pdf

10:05 News from ACCU

Speaker: Klaus Freudenreich (ETHZ)

Slides report-on-accu-2008.pdf

10:15 Election: New ACCU delegate

Speaker: Ulrich Straumann (Uni Zuerich)

10:25 → 10:45 CHIPP Prize Award

10:25 CHIPP Prize Award

10:30 Presentation of prize winner: Discovery of pulsed VHE gamma Rays from CRAB with MAGIC, using a new trigger

Speaker: Michael Rissi (ETH Zuerich)

Slides CHIPP_MichaelRissi.pdf

10:45 → 11:05 Coffee Break

11:05 → 11:35 Accelerator R&D

11:05 Accelerator R&D

Speaker: Prof. Leonid Rivkin (PSI & EPFL)

Slides CHIPPSep08Rivkin.pdf

11:20 MICE

Speaker: Alain Blondel (Uni Geneve)

Slides CHIPP-Blondel-MICE-2008-09-09.pdf CHIPP-Blondel-MICE-2008-09-09.ppt

11:35 → 13:00 Astroparticle Physics

11:35 ASPERA and Appec

Speaker: Maurice Bourquin (Uni Geneve)

Slides CHIPP_Sept_2008_v2.pdf CHIPP_Sept_2008_v2.ppt

11:50 LAGUNA

Speaker: Andre Rubbia (ETHZ)

Slides Rubbia_CHIPP_LAGUNA_080908.pdf

12:00 R&D on LAr TPCs for neutrino and DM experiments

Speaker: Alberto Marchionni (ETHZ)

Slides AMarchionni_CHIPP_Plenary_08.pdf AMarchionni_CHIPP_Plenary_08.ppt

12:20 Magic and the CTA design study

Speakers: Adrian Biland (ETHZ), Isabel Braun (ETHZ)

Slides MAGIC_CHIPP08.pdf

12:40 Results and prospects of direct dark matter detection

Speaker: Laura Baudis (Uni Zuerich)

Slides baudis_chipp08.pdf