3rd LHC Detector Alignment Workshop

from Monday, 15 June 2009 (09:00) to Tuesday, 16 June 2009 (18:15)
CERN (40-S2-A01)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
15 Jun 2009
16 Jun 2009
AM
09:00
Welcome (until 09:15) (40-S2-A01)
09:00 Welcome - Martin Weber (RWTH Aachen University)   (40-S2-A01)
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09:15
Recent Improvements in Alignment Algorithms I (until 10:20) (40-S2-A01)
09:15 Millepede 2009 - Volker Blobel (UHH - Institut fuer Experimental Physik-Universitaet Hamburg-Un)   (40-S2-A01)
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09:45 Numerical methods for solving large linear systems - Prof. Paolo Bientinesi (RWTH Aachen University, AICES)   (40-S2-A01)
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
LHC Experience with first data: Cosmics and first beam I (until 12:30) (40-S2-A01)
11:00 ALICE Inner Tracking System: first alignment results with cosmics - Sandra Moretto (Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare (INFN))   (40-S2-A01)
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11:25 Validation and tests for the alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System - Andrea Rossi (Universita & INFN, Trieste)   (40-S2-A01)
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11:50 ATLAS Inner Detector Alignment with Cosmics - Jochen Schieck (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)   (40-S2-A01)
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09:00
Recent Improvements in Alignment Algorithms II (until 09:50) (40-S2-A01)
09:00 The Kalman filter alignment algorithm - Dr Edmund Widl (Institut für Hochenergiephysik (HEPHY Vienna))   (40-S2-A01)
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09:25 Rigorous integration of Kalman filter track fit into alignment - Wouter Hulsbergen (NIKHEF-Unknown-Unknown)   (40-S2-A01)
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09:50
Impact of Misalignment on Physics I (until 10:30) (40-S2-A01)
09:50 Impact of Alignment on Physics Analysis with the ATLAS Detector - Ben Cooper (Queen Mary University of London)   (40-S2-A01)
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Impact of Misalignment on Physics II (until 12:35) (40-S2-A01)
11:00 Impact of misalignment on track and heavy-flavour reconstruction with the Alice Detector - Andrea Dainese (Universita degli Studi di Padova)   (40-S2-A01)
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11:30 CMS alignment implications for physics performance - Nhan Tran (Johns Hopkins University)   (40-S2-A01)
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11:50 Impact of Tracker Misalignment on the CMS b-Tagging Performance - Mr Christophe Saout (CMS, CERN & IEKP, Uni Karlsruhe)   (40-S2-A01)
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12:10 Impact of misalignment on beauty physics at LHCb - Eduardo Rodrigues (Uni. of Glasgow)   (40-S2-A01)
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PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
LHC Experience with first data: Cosmics and first beam II (until 15:30) (40-S2-A01)
14:00 CMS Tracker alignment strategy with cosmic muons - Andrei Gritsan (Rowland Dept. of Phys. and Astron.-Johns Hopkins University-Unkn)   (40-S2-A01)
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14:20 CMS Tracker alignment results with cosmic muons - Ernesto Migliore (Universita degli Studi di Torino-Universita & INFN, Torino-Unkno)   (40-S2-A01)
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14:40 LHCb silicon detector alignment with first LHC beam induced track - Christophe Salzmann (Physik-Institut - Universitaet Zuerich)   (40-S2-A01)
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15:10 LHCb T-station detectors alignment with cosmics - Marc Deissenroth (University of Heidelberg)   (40-S2-A01)
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15:30 --- Coffee Break ---
16:00
LHC Experience with first data: Cosmics and first beam III (until 18:00) (40-S2-A01)
16:00 Status of the ALICE Muon Spectrometer alignment - Javier Castillo Castellanos (Service de Physique Nucleaire (SPhN)-IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes)   (40-S2-A01)
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16:25 ATLAS Muon spectrometer alignment (hardware and cosmics) - Christoph Amelung (Brandeis University)   (40-S2-A01)
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17:00 Hardware-based alignment of the CMS muon system - Gervasio Gomez (Instituto de Física de Cantabria)   (40-S2-A01)
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17:20 Alignment of the CMS muon system with beam halo and cosmic muon tracks - Dr Jim Pivarski (Texas A&M University)   (40-S2-A01)
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17:40 LHCb Muon detector alignment with cosmics - Silvia Pozzi (INFN, Sezione di Ferrara-Universita di Ferrara-Unknown)   (40-S2-A01)
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19:30 --- Dinner at Restaurant 2 (DSR) ---
12:40 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Alignment framework & integration into overall calibration scheme (until 15:40) (40-S2-A01)
14:00 ALICE Integration of the alignment in the general calibration strategy - Cvetan Cheshkov (European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))   (40-S2-A01)
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14:20 ATLAS Atlas Alignment framework and integration - Andrea Formica (DAPNIA)   (40-S2-A01)
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14:50 Integration of Alignment in Overall CMS Calibration Workflow - Gero Flucke (DESY)   (40-S2-A01)
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15:20 The LHCb alignment and alignment monitoring framework - Johan Blouw (Ruprech-Karls-University of Heidelberg)   (40-S2-A01)
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15:45 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15
Alignment aspects for the LHC Upgrade (until 17:45) (40-S2-A01)
16:15 ATLAS Inner Detector Upgrade - Sergio Gonzalez Sevilla (Section de Physique-Dept. de Phys. Nucl. et Corpuscul. (DPNC)-Un)   (40-S2-A01)
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16:35 ATLAS Muon Detector Upgrade - Ludovico Pontecorvo (INFN, Sezione di Roma I-Universita & INFN, Roma I-Unknown) Tatsuo Kawamoto (International Center for Elementary Particle Physics ICEPP)   (40-S2-A01)
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16:55 Possible layouts of an upgraded CMS tracker - Duccio Abbaneo (CERN)   (40-S2-A01)
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17:25 Discussion   (40-S2-A01)
17:45
Workshop Closing (until 18:00) (40-S2-A01)
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