MilliQan Experiment Kickoff Workshop

8 Oct 2015, 02:30 → 9 Oct 2015, 15:30 US/Eastern

NYU

Andrew Haas (New York University), Chris Hill (Ohio State University (US))

This is a kickoff meeting to discuss the proposed MilliQan experiment, searching for milli-charged particles produced in LHC pp collisions. We will focus on plans to divide and perform work and prepare a timeline for a formal proposal at CERN.

Thursday, 8 October

Goals for Workshop

Convener: Andrew Haas (New York University)

1 Welcome

Speaker: Andrew Haas (New York University)

2 Intro

Speaker: Chris Hill (Ohio State University (US))

MilliQan_Intro_Hill_100815.pdf

3 Site

Speakers: Harry Lewis Shakeshaft (University of Bath (GB)), Martin Gastal (CERN)

MilliQan_kickoff_169_c.pdf

MilliQan_kickoff_169_c.pptx

12:30 Lunch

Site Discussion

Convener: Chris Hill (Ohio State University (US))

4 current measurements in CMS counting room

Speaker: Andrew Haas (New York University)

MilliQan_Workshop_CERNtests_10-8-2015.pdf

5 Theory

Speakers: Eder Izaguirre, itay Yavin (McMaster University/Perimeter Institute)

MilliQanKickoffMeetingIzaguirre.pdf

15:00 Coffee

Scintillator, Tubes, Readout

Convener: David Stuart (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

6 NYU setup

Speakers: Andrew Haas (New York University), Silas Grossberndt

NYU Setup.pdf

NYU Setup.pptx

7 SoLiD readout

Speaker: Jim Brooke (University of Bristol (GB))

BristolReadout.pdf

8 Readout/triggering based on CAEN V1743

Speakers: Andrew Haas (New York University), Benjamin Eric Kaplan (New York University (US))

MilliQuan_Kaplan_Oct8.pdf

9 Other scintillators/tubes

Speaker: Chris Hill (Ohio State University (US))

17:30 Happy hour

18:30 Dinner

Friday, 9 October

Simulations

Convener: itay Yavin (McMaster University/Perimeter Institute)

10 Simulations

Speakers: Frank Golf (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US)), Gabriel Magill (McGill University)

NYMilliQMagill.pdf

simulation_kickoff.pdf

10:10 Coffee

Mechanics, Shielding, Cooling

Convener: Claudio Campagnari (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

Wrap-up

Convener: Andrew Haas (New York University)

13:00 Lunch