3rd RD51 Collaboration Meeting

Europe/Zurich
Kolympari, Crete, Greece

Kolympari, Crete, Greece

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay)
Description
Dear Colleague, The 3rd RD51 Collaboration meeting will take place in Kolympari, Crete, Greece on 16th and 17th of June 2009 just after MPG2009 Conference. During the first day we will have parallel session presentations and discussions organized by Working Group Conveners, followed by Collaboration Board meeting. The second day will be devoted to the RD51 news, Collaboration organization issues and Working Group sessions summaries. You can find registration details and all practical information concerning the venue and hotels in the MPGD2009 Conference site. Best regards, Leszek & Maxim
    • 09:00 12:30
      WG1: Technological Aspects and Developments of New Detector Structures Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 09:00
        MAMMA 20m
        Speaker: Joerg Wotschack (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Prototyping bulk Micromegas in Saclay 20m
        Speaker: Mr Stéphan Aune (CEA Saclay)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Double-mesh structure for ion back-flow suppression 20m
        Speaker: Fabien Jeanneau (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA-Saclay))
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Development of new thick hole-type structures 20m
        Gain measurements and ion backflow reduction.
        Speakers: Joao F.C.A. Veloso (Uni Aveiro), joao veloso (university of aveiro)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Coffee break 30m
      • 10:50
        Options for resistive and capacitive readout boards 20m
        Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        A portable high voltage supply 20m
        Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        LNF development of HVGEM and Carioca 20m
        A portable high voltage power supply based on an active voltage divider, and portable readout electronics.
        Speaker: Fabrizio Murtas (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF))
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Thick & thin GEMs in VECC Kolkata 20m
        Speaker: Anand Kumar Dubey (Institute of Physics)
        Slides
      • 12:10
        Discussion 20m
        Speakers: Paul Colas (DAPNIA), Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN)
        Slides
    • 09:00 12:30
      WG7: Common Test Facilities Room C

      Room C

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 09:00
        Test of micromegas with the Demokritos neutron beam 20m
        Speaker: Eleni Ntomari (Institute of Nuclear Physics-Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Test beam @SPS/H4: status report 20m
        Speaker: Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Test beam @SPS/H4: hazards and operative procedure 20m
        Speaker: Dr Matteo Alfonsi (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Presentations from groups having test beam in October 20m
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Discussion: test beam costs, common funds, 2010 test beams, AoB 1h
    • 14:00 17:30
      WG2: Common Characterization and Physics Issues Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      slides
      • 14:00
        Introductionary remarks 10m
        Speaker: V. Peskov
      • 14:10
        Gridpix/Gossip Developments 30m
        Speaker: F. Hartjes
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Study of energy resolution and avalanche statistics of MICROMEGAS detector 20m
        Speaker: P. Colas
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Single-electron response and energy resolution of MICROMEGAS detector 20m
        Speaker: T. Zerguerras
        Slides
      • 15:20
        Scintillation yield of avalanches in MPGDs 20m
        Speaker: J. Veloso
      • 15:40
        RICH upgrade in ALICE and challenges for WG2 20m
        Speaker: V. Peskov
      • 16:00
        Discussion: Optimization of the T-GEM based RICH (discussion) 30m
      • 16:30
        Short remarks on Spark protection 20m
        Speaker: V. Peskov
      • 16:50
        Conclusion and outlook 20m
        Speaker: V. Peskov
    • 14:00 17:30
      WG4: Simulations and Software Tools Room B

      Room B

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 14:00
        MHSP: scintillation from excited states 30m
        Speaker: Carlos Alberto Bastos de Oliveira (Aveiro)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Penning transfers: survey of available data, life-time of excited states, pressure dependence 30m
        Speaker: Ozkan Sahin (Bursa)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        break 15m
      • 15:15
        Charging up of the dielectric in GEMs 30m
        Speaker: Gabriele Croci (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:45
        Micromegas mesh transparency 30m
        Speaker: Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
      • 16:15
        break 15m
      • 16:30
        Status of the GEANT4/GARFIELD Interface 20m
        Speaker: Alain Bellerive (Carleton)
        Slides
      • 16:50
        Field solver and its possible application in the simulation of MPGDs 10m
        Speaker: Supratik MUKHOPADHYAY (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Avalanche statistics (tbc) 30m
        Speaker: Heinrich Schindler
    • 14:00 17:30
      WG6: Production Room C

      Room C

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 14:00
        List of manufacturers 30m
        Speaker: Hans Taureg
        list
      • 14:30
        news on the CERN/EN workshop 30m
        Speaker: Hans Taureg
    • 17:30 19:00
      Collaboration Board meeting Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

  • Wednesday, 17 June
    • 09:00 09:45
      RD51 news and CB meeting summary Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 09:00
        RD51 news 15m
        Speaker: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:15
        RD51 organization issues 15m
        Speaker: maxim titov
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Collaboration Board meeting summary 15m
        Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))
        Slides
    • 09:45 11:15
      Plenary Session - Reports from the Working Groups Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 09:45
        WG1: Technological Aspects and Development of New detector Strucures 30m
        Speakers: Paul Colas (DAPNIA), Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN)
      • 10:15
        WG2: Common Characterization and Physics Issues 30m
        Speakers: Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF), Vladimir Peskov (Pole Universitaire Leonardo de Vinci)
        Slides
      • 10:45
        WG4: Simulations and Software Tools 30m
        Speakers: Alain Bellerive (Carleton University), Rob Veenhof (CERN)
        Slides
    • 11:30 13:00
      Plenary Session - Reports from the Working Groups Room A

      Room A

      Kolympari, Crete, Greece

      • 12:00
        WG6: Production 30m
        Speakers: Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva), Ioanis Giomataris (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA-Saclay)), Rui De Oliveira (CERN)
      • 12:30
        WG7: Common Test Facilities 30m
        Speakers: Matteo Alfonsi (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF)), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)
        Slides
    • 13:00 13:20
      Closing Remarks 20m
      Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), maxim titov
      Slides