Name: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop and the 18th RD51 Collaboration Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal
Start: 2016-09-12T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2016-09-14T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Other Institutes

MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop and the 18th RD51 Collaboration Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal

from Monday, 12 September 2016 (08:00) to Wednesday, 14 September 2016 (22:30)

Monday, 12 September 2016

10:00

10:00 - 11:00

10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Session I
Session I
11:00 - 11:30

11:30 Management Board
Management Board
11:30 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 WG1 - New Structures and Technologies
WG1 - New Structures and Technologies
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 News from Gridpix (IZM-7 and CAST detector) - Michael Lupberger (CERN)

14:50 Status of graphene studies - Patrik Thuiner (CERN)

15:20 MPGD structures for reducing IBF - Fernando Amaro (Coimbra)

15:40 R&D on Large GEM for the Forward Tracker at a future Electron Ion Collider - Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia (US))

16:00 Status of NSW Micromegas chambers - Ourania Sidiropoulou (Bayerische Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE))
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 WG1 - New Structures and Technologies
WG1 - New Structures and Technologies
17:00 - 19:00
Contributions

17:00 Modular design of multilayer GEMs - Alexander Milov (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

17:20 The MPGD-based photon detectors for the upgrade of COMPASS RICH-1 - Gergoe Hamar (Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HU))

17:50 Design, construction and performance tests of prototype Micromegas chambers for high-rate environments with limited space in the forward regions of LHC detectors - Eda Yildirim (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))
19:00 Welcome reception/Wine tasting cocktail
Welcome reception/Wine tasting cocktail
19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
09:00 WG2 - Detector Physics and Performance
WG2 - Detector Physics and Performance
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Status of the BESIII cylindrical GEM - Riccardo Farinelli (Universita di Ferrara & INFN (IT))

09:20 Twin GEM-TPC Prototype (HGB4) Beam Test at Jyväskylä – a Development for the Super-FRS at FAIR - Francisco Ignacio Garcia Fuentes (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))

09:50 The Resistive-Plate Well: new materials and measurements - Arindam Roy (Weizmann Institute of Science)

10:10 First X-ray measurement results with the chromium GEM detector - Bartosz Mindur (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 WG2 - Detector Physics and Performance
WG2 - Detector Physics and Performance
11:00 - 12:20
Contributions

11:00 Sub-100ps time resolution for mips using MPGDs: first results - Sebastian White (CERN/Princeton University (US))

11:20 Measurements of Xenon scintillation with enhanced electron cooling - Carlos Henriques (Universidade de Coimbra)

11:40 Optically read out GEM-based TPC operation and preliminary scintillation studies - Gabor Galgoczi

12:00 Ageing studies with GEMs at relatively high gains - Renato Negrão
12:20 A - WG4 - Modelling of Physics Processes and Software Tools
A - WG4 - Modelling of Physics Processes and Software Tools
12:20 - 13:10
Contributions

12:20 Simulations for NEXT - Joshua Renner (UC Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

12:40 Ex(changeable)Me(sh) Micromegas Studies - Transparency and gain dependencies - Fabian Kuger (Bayerische Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE))
13:10 Lunch
Lunch
13:10 - 14:30
14:30 B - WG4 - Modelling of Physics Processes and Software Tools
B - WG4 - Modelling of Physics Processes and Software Tools
14:30 - 16:00
Contributions

14:30 How charging up affects THGEM detectors gain - Pedro Correia (University of Aveiro)

14:50 UV photon detection simulation with Garfield++ for Lyman alpha measurement - Balint Radics (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))

15:10 NA62 straw simulations - Jan Richard Skogeby (University of Umeå (SE))

15:30 Geant 4 - Garfield++ interfacing - Dorothea Pfeiffer (CERN)
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 WG5 - Electronics for MPGDs
WG5 - Electronics for MPGDs
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 VMM frontend for SRS - Michael Lupberger (CERN)

16:50 Performances of the SRS during the PRad experiment - Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia (US))

17:10 AVD high voltage for MPGDs - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Michael Lupberger (CERN)

17:25 Femto current measurements at HV - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Michael Lupberger (CERN)

17:40 APIC pickup and shaper amplifier - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Michael Lupberger (CERN)
18:00 Trip and visit to Costa Nova
Trip and visit to Costa Nova
18:00 - 20:30

20:30 Collaboration Meeting Dinner
Collaboration Meeting Dinner
20:30 - 22:30
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
09:00 WG6 - Production and Industrialization
WG6 - Production and Industrialization
09:00 - 10:40
Contributions

09:00 Status of industrialisation of GEM foil production in Korea - Inkyu Park (University of Seoul, Department of Physics (KR))

09:20 Report on Mcube resistive Micromegas production at ELVIA - Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

09:40 GEM foil production at TECHRA - Piotr Bielowka (TTA Techtra) Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

10:00 CMS GEMGE1/1 detector production status - Michele Bianco (CERN)

10:20 The micro-rwell: from R&D to industrialization - Giovanni Bencivenni (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare Frascati (IT))
10:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 WG7 - Common Test Facilities
WG7 - Common Test Facilities
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 News, Status - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

11:10 RD51 Enviromental Parameter Measurements - Georgios Bakas (NTU Athens)

11:30 T2DM2 Report on the August test beam & Status - Ignacio Lazaro Roche (LSBB - Laboratoire Souterrain a Bas Bruit (FR))

11:50 WIS Report on the August test beam & Status - Artur Cardoso Coimbra (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

12:10 Demokritos Report on the August TB, Status & Plans for September TB - Georgios Fanourakis (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR))

12:30 BES III Status & Plans for September TB - Giulio Mezzadri (Universita di Ferrara & INFN (IT))

12:40 Mini-pad Micromegas Status & Plans for September TB - Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre)

12:50 Picosec Status & Plans for September TB - Filippo Resnati (CERN)
13:00 RD51 Communications
RD51 Communications
13:00 - 13:05
Contributions

13:00 RD51 Communications - Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT))
13:05 Lunch
Lunch
13:05 - 14:30

14:30 Collaboration Board
Collaboration Board
14:30 - 15:30

15:30 Oporto visit
Oporto visit
15:30 - 17:30

17:30 6 brigdes cruise: Boat trip in the Douro river on a "Barco Rabelo"
6 brigdes cruise: Boat trip in the Douro river on a "Barco Rabelo"
17:30 - 18:15

18:15 Offley cellars visit with Porto tasting
Offley cellars visit with Porto tasting
18:15 - 19:00

19:00 Free city walk
Free city walk
19:00 - 22:30