9th International Workshop on Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detectors (RICH 2016)

from Sunday, September 4, 2016 (2:00 PM) to Friday, September 9, 2016 (2:40 PM)
Bled, Slovenia

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Sep 4, 2016
Sep 5, 2016
Sep 6, 2016
Sep 7, 2016
Sep 8, 2016
Sep 9, 2016
AM
8:00 AM
Conf. registration on the spot (until 8:30 AM)
8:30 AM Welcome - Peter Krizan (University of Ljubljana) Samo Korpar  
8:40 AM
Review Talks - Toru Iijima (Nagoya University) Blair Norman Ratcliff (until 9:20 AM)
8:40 AM Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - Kenji Inami (Nagoya university)  
9:20 AM
Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - Toru Iijima (Nagoya University) Blair Norman Ratcliff (until 10:10 AM)
9:20 AM Performance of the LHCb RICH detectors during the LHC Run II - Antonis Papanestis (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))  
9:45 AM ALICE-HMPID performance at 13TeV √s during LHC Run2 - Giacinto De Cataldo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
10:10 AM --- Break ---
10:30 AM
Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - Toru Iijima (Nagoya University) Blair Norman Ratcliff (until 12:10 PM)
10:30 AM Construction and Performance of the NA62 RICH - Giuseppina Anzivino (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
10:55 AM The Belle II imaging Time-of-Propagation (iTOP) Detector - James Fast (PNNL)  
11:20 AM Aerogel Ring Imaging Cherenkov at the Belle II spectrometer  
11:45 AM The PANDA Barrel DIRC Detector - Jochen Schwiening (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))  
8:30 AM
Novel Cherenkov imaging techniques for future experiments - Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) (until 8:55 AM)
8:30 AM The Future of RICH Detectors through the Light of the LHCb RICHes - Carmelo D'Ambrosio (CERN)  
8:55 AM
Review Talks - Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) (until 9:35 AM)
8:55 AM Status and perspectives of vacuum-based photon detectors - Dr Paul Hink (i2 innovation)  
9:35 AM
Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) (until 10:00 AM)
9:35 AM Recent Developments with Microchannel-Plate PMTs - Albert Lehmann (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)  
10:00 AM --- Break ---
10:00 AM
Poster Session B (until 10:30 AM)
10:30 AM
Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) (until 12:10 PM)
10:30 AM Extension of the MCP-PMT lifetime - Kodai Matsuoka (Nagoya University)  
10:55 AM The TORCH PMT, a close packing, long life MCP-PMT for Cherenkov applications with a novel high granularity multi-anode - James Milnes (Photek Ltd)  
11:20 AM Planar microchannel plate photomultiplier with VUV-UV-Vis full range response for fast timing and imaging applications - Junqi Xie (Argonne National Laboratory)  
11:45 AM Results from new Multi-Channel-Plate based Photon Detectors - Greig Cowan (University of Edinburgh (GB))  
8:30 AM
Review Talks - Roger Forty (CERN) Jurgen Engelfried (Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico) (until 9:10 AM)
8:30 AM RICH-related data analysis, and its use for physics - Peter Krizan (University of Ljubljana)  
9:10 AM
Pattern recognition and data analysis - Roger Forty (CERN) Jurgen Engelfried (Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico) (until 10:00 AM)
9:10 AM Contribution of the High Momentum Particle Identification Detector (HMPID) to the ALICE physics program - Dr Giacomo Volpe (Università & INFN, Bari)  
9:35 AM Recent developments in software for the Belle II proximity focusing RICH with aerogel as a radiator - Luka Santelj (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))  
10:00 AM --- Break ---
10:30 AM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) (until 11:45 AM)
10:30 AM THE RICH DETECTOR OF AMS-02: 5 YEARS OF OPERATION IN SPACE - Hu Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology -(CN), also Centro de Investigaciones Energ. Medioambientales y Tecn. - (ES)  
10:55 AM Upgrading the water Cherenkov tanks for atmospheric shower identification - Prof. Pierre Billoir (LPNHE Paris, France)  
11:20 AM The Tunka Cherenkov Experiment: Past, Present and Future - Dr Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences)  
11:45 AM
Review Talks - Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 12:25 PM)
11:45 AM Photonic crystals, graphene, and new effects in Cherenkov radiation - Ido Kaminer (MIT)  
8:30 AM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) (until 8:55 AM)
8:30 AM A digital FDIRC prototype for isotopic identification in astroparticle physics - Jung-Eun Suh (Univ. of Siena and INFN Pisa)  
8:55 AM
Review Talks - Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 9:35 AM)
8:55 AM Detectors for gamma and neutrino astronomy - John Carr (CPPM/IN2P3/CNRS)  
9:35 AM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 10:00 AM)
9:35 AM Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy with HAWC - Dr Ruben Lopez-Coto (Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik)  
10:00 AM --- Break ---
10:00 AM
Poster Session A (until 10:30 AM)
10:30 AM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) (until 12:10 PM)
10:30 AM Neutrino astronomy at the South Pole: latest results from the IceCube neutrino observatory and its future development. - Simona Toscano (VUB)  
10:55 AM The SNO Experiment - Neil Kevin Mccauley  
11:20 AM FACT - Experience from more than 4.5 years of operation of the first SiPM camera - Dominik Neise (ETH Zurich)  
11:45 AM The GCT Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array - Jon Lapington (University of Leicester)  
8:30 AM
Review Talks - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) (until 9:10 AM)
8:30 AM Waveform-sampling electronics for Cherenkov detectors - Gary Varner (University of Hawaii)  
9:10 AM
Technological aspects and applications of Cherenkov detectors - Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) (until 10:25 AM)
9:10 AM Assembly and Installation of the Belle II TOP Detector - Kazuhito SUZUKI (Nagoya University)  
9:35 AM Construction of Silica Aerogel Radiator System for Belle II RICH Counter - Ichiro Adachi (KEK)  
10:00 AM Investigation of Cherenkov light scattering and refraction on aerogel surface. - Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)  
10:25 AM --- Break ---
10:55 AM
Technological aspects and applications of Cherenkov detectors - Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) (until 11:20 AM)
10:55 AM Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH: Novel characterization methods and Optical Performance - Marco Contalbrigo (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
11:20 AM
Review Talks - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) (until 12:00 PM)
11:20 AM Cherenkov radiation in medical imaging - Samo Korpar  
PM
6:00 PM
Conf. registration on the spot (until 8:00 PM)
12:10 PM --- Lunch ---
1:30 PM
Cherenkov light imaging in particle and nuclear physics experiments - Blair Norman Ratcliff Toru Iijima (Nagoya University) (until 2:20 PM)
1:30 PM The GlueX DIRC Detector - Maria Patsyuk (MIT)  
1:55 PM The new large-area hybrid-optics RICH detector for the CLAS12 spectrometer - Marco Mirazita (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
2:20 PM
Review Talks - Blair Norman Ratcliff Toru Iijima (Nagoya University) (until 3:00 PM)
2:20 PM Radio detection of air showers - Tim Huege (KIT)  
3:00 PM --- Break ---
3:00 PM
Poster Session A (until 3:30 PM)
3:00 PM Conception and design of a control and monitoring system for the mirror alignment of the CBM RICH detector - Jordan, for the CBM Collaboration Bendarouach (Justus Liebig University (Giessen))  
3:00 PM Design and R&D of RICH detectors for EIC experiments - Alessio Del Dotto (INFN)  
3:00 PM The high voltage supply system for the novel MPGD-based photon detectors for the upgrade of COMPASS RICH-1 - Shuddha Shankar Dasgupta (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT))  
3:15 PM Beam test results for the upgraded LHCb RICH opto-electronic readout system - Paolo Carniti (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
3:15 PM Development of the ARICH monitor system for the Belle II experiment - KOKI HATAYA (Tokyo metropolitan university)  
3:15 PM Development of the CBM RICH readout electronics and DAQ. Prototype results, time resolution with and without WLS coverage, radiation hardness tests. - Egor, for the CBM-RICH collaboration Ovcharenko (ITEP)  
3:15 PM Event reconstruction for the CBM-RICH prototype beamtest data in 2014 - Dr Semen Lebedev (Justus Liebig University Giessen)  
3:15 PM Measurements of 511 keV annihilation photons with ultimate timing resolution - Kazuho Kobayashi (Nagoya University)  
3:15 PM Measurements of Quantum Efficiency and Sensitivity to Magnetic Fields of the MaPMTs R13743 and R13742 - Franz Muheim (University of Edinburgh (GB))  
3:15 PM Neutron detection using a Water Cherenkov Detector with pure water and a single PMT - Dr Iván Sidelnik (CONICET - IB)  
3:15 PM New cameras for the H.E.S.S. experiment - Gianluca Giavitto (DESY)  
3:15 PM Quartz Cherenkov Detectors for Calorimetry and Timing in LHC Forward Processes. - Aldo Penzo (University of Iowa (US))  
3:15 PM Silicon Photomultiplier as Photon Sensor for RICH Counter - Rok Pestotnik (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
3:15 PM The laser calibration system of the BelleII TOP detector - Umberto Tamponi (Universita e INFN, Torino (IT))  
3:15 PM Upgrade of the HADES RICH photon detector with H12700 MAPMTs $^*$ - Dr Christian Pauly (Universität Wuppertal (DE))  
3:30 PM
Novel Cherenkov imaging techniques for future experiments - Franz Muheim (University of Edinburgh (GB)) Takayuki SUMIYOSHI (until 5:10 PM)
3:30 PM Overview of LHCb-RICH upgrade - Sajan Easo (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))  
3:55 PM The TORCH detector R&D: status and perspectives - Thierry Gys (CERN)  
4:20 PM The RICH detector of the CBM experiment - Tariq Mahmoud  
4:45 PM The Endcap Disc DIRC of PANDA - Prof. Michael Düren (Uni. Giessen)  
5:10 PM --- Break ---
5:10 PM
Poster Session B (until 5:40 PM)
5:10 PM Design consideration for wide field-of-view gamma ray observatory on the Southern Hemisphere - Dr Rubén Lopéz Coto (MPI-K, Heidelberg)  
5:10 PM Performance simulation of BaBar DIRC bar boxes in TORCH - Klaus Fohl (Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen (DE))  
5:10 PM Timing in a FLASH - Matthias Hoek (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
5:25 PM Behaviour of HAPD for the Belle II experiment in magnetic field - Haruki Kindo (SOKENDAI)  
5:25 PM Cherenkov light imaging with state-of-the-art solid state detectors - Ilaria Balossino (INFN Ferrara)  
5:25 PM Development of Slow Control System for the Belle II ARICH Counter - Masanobu YONENAGA (Tokyo Metropolitan University)  
5:25 PM First results from Quality Assurance Testing of MaPMTs for the LHCb RICH Upgrade - Silvia Gambetta (University of Edinburgh (GB))  
5:25 PM LAGO: the Latin American Giant Observatory - Iván Sidelnik (CAB-IB-CONICET)  
5:25 PM MIP suppression with ThickGEM based Cherenkov detectors - Dr Gergo Hamar (Wigner RCP (Budapest), INFN Trieste (Trieste))  
5:25 PM Radiation hardness assurance of the CLARO8 front-end chip for the LHCb RICH detector upgrade - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita di Ferrara & INFN (IT))  
5:25 PM Single photon test bench for series tests of HAMAMATSU H12700 MAPMTs* - Mr Jörg Förtsch (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)  
5:25 PM Testing RICH Upgrade MaPMTs and Readout Electronics at High Rates - Michele Piero Blago (CERN) Floris Keizer (University of Cambridge (GB))  
5:25 PM The Front End Readout Electronics for the Hybrid Avalanche Photo Detector of the Belle II ARICH - Rok Pestotnik (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
5:25 PM The front-end electronics of the CLAS12-RICH detector - Matteo Turisini (INFN)  
5:25 PM Ultrafast Detection in Particle Physics and Positron Emission Tomography Using SiPMs - Rok Dolenec (Institut "Jožef Stefan")  
5:40 PM
Novel Cherenkov imaging techniques for future experiments - Takayuki SUMIYOSHI Franz Muheim (University of Edinburgh (GB)) (until 6:55 PM)
5:40 PM The Forward RICH Detector for the PANDA Experiment - Sergey A. Kononov (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk State University)  
6:05 PM Cherenkov Detector work at Stony Brook University - Thomas Hemmick  
6:30 PM A study of the attainable Cherenkov angle resolution in cylindrical mirror-based Focusing DIRC designs using BaBar style radiators - Dr Jerry Va'vra (SLAC)  
7:00 PM
Welcome reception (until 9:00 PM)
12:10 PM --- Lunch ---
1:30 PM
Review Talks - Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) (until 2:10 PM)
1:30 PM Status and perspectives of gaseous photon detectors - Fulvio Tessarotto (INFN Trieste)  
2:10 PM
Photon detection for Cherenkov counters - Evgeniy Kravchenko (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics) Antonello Di Mauro (CERN) (until 3:25 PM)
2:10 PM The MPGD-based photon detectors for the upgrade of COMPASS RICH-1 - Stefano Levorato (INFN Trieste)  
2:35 PM Test of the HAPD light sensors for the Belle II Aerogel RICH - Yosuke Yusa (Niigata University)  
3:00 PM R&D of a pioneering system for a high resolution photodetector: the VSiPMT - Felicia Barbato  
3:25 PM --- Break ---
3:25 PM
Poster Session A (until 3:55 PM)
3:55 PM
Review Talks - Jurgen Engelfried (Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico) Roger Forty (CERN) (until 4:35 PM)
3:55 PM Status and perspectives of solid state photon detectors - Yuri Musienko (Northeastern University (Boston) & INR (Moscow))  
4:35 PM
Pattern recognition and data analysis - Roger Forty (CERN) Jurgen Engelfried (Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico) (until 5:50 PM)
4:35 PM Real-time calibration and alignment of the LHCb RICH detectors - Jibo He (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
5:00 PM Alignment and calibration methods for the Belle II TOP counter - Marko Staric  
5:25 PM Real-time track-less Cherenkov ring fitting trigger system based on Graphics Processing Units - Massimiliano Fiorini (Universita di Ferrara & INFN (IT))  
6:00 PM
Concert (until 8:00 PM) (Church on the island)
12:25 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM
Excursions and trips (until 10:00 PM)
12:10 PM --- Lunch ---
1:30 PM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik) (until 3:10 PM)
1:30 PM Cherenkov light detection in underwater neutrino telescopes: technology and results of ANTARES and KM3NET - Simone Biagi (INFN - LNS)  
1:55 PM Super-K upgrade and Hyper-Kamiokande - Shoei Nakayama (Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, University of Tokyo)  
2:20 PM Results of the first detection units of KM3NeT - Dr Simone Biagi (INFN - LNS)  
2:45 PM Performance Verification of the FlashCam Prototype Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array - Felix Werner (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
3:10 PM --- Break ---
3:10 PM
Poster Session B (until 3:40 PM)
3:40 PM
Cherenkov detectors in astroparticle physics - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) (until 4:05 PM)
3:40 PM Research and Development Studies on a Silicon Photomultiplier based Camera for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes - Cornelia Arcaro (University of Padova and INFN Padova)  
4:05 PM
Review Talks - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) (until 4:45 PM)
4:05 PM Other PID techniques - Jerry Vavra (SLAC)  
4:45 PM
Technological aspects and applications of Cherenkov detectors - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) (until 5:35 PM)
4:45 PM The new photodetectors for the LHCb RICH upgrade and their FE design - Mr Lorenzo Cassina (INFN and University of Milano Bicocca)  
5:10 PM Investigation of the properties of Thick-GEMs photocathodes by microscopic investigation with single photo-electrons - Dr Gergo Hamar (INFN - Trieste)  
6:30 PM
Banquet (until 9:30 PM) (The castle)
12:00 PM
Technological aspects and applications of Cherenkov detectors - Eugenio Nappi (INFN Sezione di Bari) Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) (until 12:50 PM)
12:00 PM Looking inside volcanoes with the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes - Dr Melania Del Santo (INAF/IASF-Palermo)  
12:25 PM From the speed of sound to the speed of light: ultrasonic Cherenkov refractometry. - Gregory Hallewell (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
12:50 PM Closeout - Peter Krizan (University of Ljubljana) Samo Korpar  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---