2nd milliQan Collaboration Meeting

15 Dec 2016, 02:30 → 16 Dec 2016, 15:30 US/Eastern

NYU

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

This is our second collaboration meeting - to discuss the proposed MilliQan experiment, searching for milli-charged particles produced in LHC pp collisions. We will focus on progress of R&D for the experiment, plans for soliciting funding, and schedule looking forwards.

Thursday, 15 December

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_NYU_121416.pdf

15:30 Coffee, juice, water, cookies

Scintillator, Tubes, Readout

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

3 NYU setup

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

MilliQuan_Kaplan_15Dec.pdf

4 OSU setup

Speakers: Brian Francis (Ohio State University (US)), Chris Hill (Ohio State University (US))

bfrancis_MilliQanNYU_Dec15.pdf

5 Integration with LHC (and CMS?)

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

BristolReport-2016-12-12.pdf

6 Discussion on future trigger/readout work

Speaker: Andrew Haas (New York University)

18:30 Dinner

Friday, 16 December

Site/infrastructure/mechanics

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

7 Review of CERN site and mechanics

Speakers: Albert De Roeck (CERN), Albert De Roeck (CERN)

deroeck_MilliQan_MoEDAL.pdf

deroeck_MilliQan_MoEDAL.pptx

8 Integration with CMS/LHC

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

BristolReport-2016-12-12.pdf

9 Cavern measurements

Speakers: David Stuart (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US)), Frank Golf (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US)), Jae Hyeok Yoo (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

Jae_MilliQan_NYU_16Dec2016.pdf

10:10 Coffee and "quick start" breakfast

Power, calibration, etc.

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

10 HV and LED calibration

Speakers: David Miller (University of Chicago (US)), Maximilian J Swiatlowski (University of Chicago (US))

power_and_led.pdf

11 Intro to FNAL

Speaker: Jim Hirschauer (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

hirschauer_milliQan_16dec2016.pdf

12:00 Lunch (catered - "Village sandwich buffet")

Simulations, offline, analysis

Convener: itay Yavin (McMaster University/Perimeter Institute)

12 Simulations

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

NYmilliQan2016.Talk.pdf

13 Offline

14 Analysis

Speaker: Gabriel Magill (McGill University)

Wrap-up

Convener: Andrew Haas (New York University)

15 Organization and next steps

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