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

14:00 → 15:30 Goals for Workshop

Convener: Andrew Haas (New York University)

14:00 Welcome

Speaker: Andrew Haas (New York University)

14:10 Intro

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

milliQan_NYU_121416.pdf

15:30 → 15:50 Coffee, juice, water, cookies

15:50 → 18:00 Scintillator, Tubes, Readout

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

15:50 NYU setup

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

MilliQuan_Kaplan_15Dec.pdf

16:30 OSU setup

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

bfrancis_MilliQanNYU_Dec15.pdf

17:15 Integration with LHC (and CMS?)

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

BristolReport-2016-12-12.pdf

17:40 Discussion on future trigger/readout work

Speaker: Andrew Haas (New York University)

18:30 → 20:30 Dinner

Friday 16 December

09:00 → 10:10 Site/infrastructure/mechanics

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

09:00 Review of CERN site and mechanics

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

deroeck_MilliQan_MoEDAL.pdf

deroeck_MilliQan_MoEDAL.pptx

09:20 Integration with CMS/LHC

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

BristolReport-2016-12-12.pdf

09:40 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 → 10:30 Coffee and "quick start" breakfast

10:30 → 12:00 Power, calibration, etc.

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

10:30 HV and LED calibration

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

power_and_led.pdf

10:50 Intro to FNAL

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

hirschauer_milliQan_16dec2016.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Lunch (catered - "Village sandwich buffet")

12:30 → 14:00 Simulations, offline, analysis

Convener: itay Yavin (McMaster University/Perimeter Institute)

12:30 Simulations

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

NYmilliQan2016.Talk.pdf

13:20 Offline

13:40 Analysis

Speaker: Gabriel Magill (McGill University)

14:00 → 15:00 Wrap-up

Convener: Andrew Haas (New York University)

14:00 Organization and next steps

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