RPC 2018 - THE XIV WORKSHOP ON RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS AND RELATED DETECTORS

from Monday, February 19, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Friday, February 23, 2018 (6:00 PM)
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 22, 2018
Feb 23, 2018
AM
9:00 AM
Inscription (until 10:30 AM)
10:30 AM
Welcome (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM
Key talk - Elsa Fabiola Vazquez Valencia (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 12:30 PM)
9:00 AM
Upgrade & Longevity - Elsa Fabiola Vazquez Valencia (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 9:40 AM)
9:00 AM The BIS78 Resistive Plate Chambers upgrade of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer for the LHC Run-3 - Alessandro Polini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
9:20 AM The ATLAS RPC system upgrade for the High Luminosity LHC and beyond - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
9:40 AM
Poster Session - Salvador Carrillo Moreno (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 11:40 AM)
10:40 AM CMS RPC efficiency measurement using the Tag and Probe method - Junghwan Goh (Hanyang University (KR))  
11:00 AM MRPC readout from one side - Mr Woosung Park (GWNU(KR))  
11:20 AM A neural network based algorithm for MRPC time reconstruction - Fuyue Wang (Tsinghua University)  
11:20 AM Beam test of CBM-ToF MRPC prototype - Mr Xinjian Wang (USTC)  
11:20 AM Beam test study of the MRPC-based T0 detector for the CSR external-target experiment - Dr Dongdong Hu (USTC)  
11:20 AM CMS RPC Condition Data Automation - Osvaldo Miguel Colin (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX))  
11:20 AM CMS RPC Integrated Charge - Osvaldo Miguel Colin (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) Martha Cecilia Duran Osuna (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (MX))  
11:20 AM RPC Background Simulations in the CMS Experiment at the HL-LHC - Severiano Carpinteyro Bernardino (Autonomous University of Puebla (MX))  
11:20 AM RPC Detector Simulation Based on CST - Mr Zhengwei Xue (University of Science and Technology of China)  
11:20 AM Simulation and optimization of RPCs read-out panel used in high-rate experiment - Elio Alunno Camelia (INFN e Università Roma Tor Vergata)  
11:20 AM The CMS RPC system calibration - Rogelio Reyes Almanza (C) Rogelio Reyes Almanza (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (MX))  
11:20 AM The MRPC3b mass production for CBM-TOF and eTOF at STAR - Mr Dongdong Hu (USTC Heidelberg unvierity)  
11:40 AM
Social Event (until 3:40 PM)
10:00 AM
Upgrade & Longevity - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)) (until 10:20 AM)
10:00 AM RPC upgrade project for CMS Phase II - Maria Isabel Pedraza Morales (Autonomous University of Puebla (MX))  
10:20 AM
High Rate / Infraestructure - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)) (until 10:40 AM)
10:20 AM The upgrade of the RPC-based ALICE Muon Trigger - Alessandro Ferretti (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
10:40 AM
High Luminosity / High Rate - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)) (until 11:40 AM)
10:40 AM Performance Study of HL-LHC ATLAS RPC Prototype - Quanyin Li (University of Science and Technology of China (CN), State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics)  
11:00 AM R&D results of iRPC tested at GIF++ for CMS Phase II upgrade - Jae Hoon Lim (Korea University (KR))  
11:20 AM Longevity studies for the CMS-RPC system - Andrea Gelmi (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
11:40 AM
Key talk - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)) (until 12:30 PM)
11:40 AM Mathusla - Erez Etzion (Tel Aviv University (IL))  
9:40 AM
APPLICATIONS: Theraphy - Cristina Oropeza Barrera (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 10:20 AM)
9:40 AM Feasibility study for development of a PET device based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers - Mohammad Nizam (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)  
10:00 AM Measurements of beam-induced photons for particle therapy - Kyong Sei Lee (Korea University (KR))  
10:20 AM
RPC Detectors - Cristina Oropeza Barrera (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 11:40 AM)
10:20 AM MRPC3b for CBM-ToF - Jian Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)  
10:40 AM Development of 6 gap Bakelite Multi-gap Resistve Plate Chamber. - Zubayer Ahammed (Department of Atomic Energy (IN)) Mitali Mondal (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre,Kolkata) Dr RAJESH GANAI (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)  
11:00 AM Construction of multi-gap resistive plate chambers at the detectors lab of the National University of Mexico - Antonio Ortiz Velasquez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma (MX))  
11:20 AM Construction and testing of an RPC in Puebla - Guillermo Tejeda Munoz (Autonomous University of Puebla (MX))  
11:40 AM --- Coffee Break ---
8:00 AM
New Ideas - Alexis Fagot (Ghent University (BE)) (until 12:00 PM)
8:50 AM Status of MRPC TOF technology - Yi Wang (Tsinghua University)  
9:10 AM Performance of a real-size Mosaic MRPC developed for CMS upgrade - Yancheng Yu (Tsinghua University (CN))  
9:30 AM Study of high spatial resolution MRPC for muon tomography - X.L Chen (Tsinghua University)  
9:50 AM Study on Cosmic Test and QC method of high-rate MRPC for CBM-TOF - Pengfei Lyu (Tsinghua University)  
10:10 AM Development of gaseous particle detectors based on semi- conductive plate electrodes - Alessandro Rocchi (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)) Dr Alessandro Rocchi (INFN e Università Tor Vergata) Dr Alessandro Rocchi (INFN e Università Roma Tor Vergata)  
10:30 AM Characteristic Study and Development of Surface Resistivity Measuring Device for Resistive Plate Chamber Detector - Mr MUTHU N.MARI (Banaras Hindu University,Research and Post Graduate Department of Physics, The American College)  
10:50 AM --- Coffe Break ---
11:00 AM A Timing RPC with low resistive ceramic electrodes - Dr Lothar Naumann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)  
11:20 AM Neutron imaging with 10B4C-lined thin-gap RPCs: A multilayered architecture for high detection efficiency - Dr Luís Margato (LIP-Coimbra, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal)  
11:40 AM CALPRO, a unconventional calorimetry project - Prof. Michele Iacovacci (Unversity "federico II" amd INFN - Naples)  
PM
12:30 PM
Lunch (until 2:00 PM)
2:00 PM
Performance Reports - Gabriella Pugliese (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) (until 4:00 PM)
2:00 PM Status of the present ATLAS RPC system and overview towards HL-LHC. - Gian Luigi Alberghi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
2:20 PM The CMS RPC Detector Status and Operation at LHC - Mehar Ali Shah (National Centre for Physics (PK))  
2:40 PM PID performance of the MRPC-based ALICE-TOF detector - Francesca Carnesecchi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
3:00 PM Performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the Extreme Energy Events Project - Daniele De Gruttola (Centro Fermi and Salerno INFN (IT))  
3:20 PM CMS RPC background studies during LHC run II - Raul Iraq Rabadan Trejo (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (MX))  
3:40 PM Performances of the ATLAS RPC Level-1 Muon trigger during the Run-II data taking - Gian Luigi Alberghi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
4:00 PM
New Physics Experiments - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE)) (until 6:00 PM)
4:00 PM Test of Resistive Plate Chambers as a tracking device for the MATHUSLA experiment - Paolo Camarri (University of Roma "Tor Vergata")  
4:20 PM The RPC technology in the SHiP experiment - Giovanni De Lellis (Universita e sezione INFN di Napoli (IT))  
4:40 PM The upgrade of the Extreme Energy Events experiment - Marcello Abbrescia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Marcello Abbrescia (Bari Physics Department and INFN)  
5:00 PM Search for Heavy Stable Charged Particles in the CMS Experiment using the RPC phase II upgraded detectors - Gabriel Ramirez Sanchez (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (MX))  
5:20 PM The CBM Time-of-Flight wall - Ingo-Martin Deppner (Physikalisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg)  
5:40 PM Long term Experience in Autonomous Stations and production quality control - Mr L. Lopes (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Departamento de física da Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal)  
7:00 PM
Social Event (until 9:00 PM)
5:00 PM
Special Mexican Invited Session (until 6:30 PM)
12:30 PM
Lunch (until 2:00 PM)
2:00 PM
Eco Friendy Gases - Salvatore Buontempo (INFN Napoli (IT)) (until 4:40 PM)
2:00 PM Search for new RPC gases - Dr Barbara Liberti (INFN "Tor Vergata")  
2:20 PM MRPC with eco-friendly gas - Yongwook Baek (Inha University (KR))  
2:40 PM Investigation on RPC Performance with Argon-based Gas Mixtures - Mr Jaydeep Datta (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute)  
3:00 PM R&D studies on eco-friendly gas mixtures for the ALICE Muon Identifier - Antonio Bianchi (Università e INFN Torino (IT))  
3:20 PM Effect of variations in the gas mixture compositions on the timing and charge of glass RPC - Prof. Prafulla Behera (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))  
3:40 PM New Eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans - Dr Silvia Pisano (Centro Fermi e INFN)  
4:00 PM Streamer studies in RPCs - Alessandro Paoloni (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)) Dr Alessandro Paoloni (INFN-LNF)  
4:20 PM Development of new gas recirculation and recuperation systems for Resistive Plate Chamber operation with new environmental friendly gases - Roberto Guida (CERN)  
4:40 PM
GAS Studies - Salvatore Buontempo (INFN Napoli (IT)) (until 6:00 PM)
4:40 PM Study of flow and control of gas mixture for the Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) performance - Prof. Prabhakar Hunagund (Gulbarga University) Dr Suresh Kalmani (INO Cell, TIFR)  
5:00 PM Gas mixture quality monitoring for the RPC detectors at the LHC experiments - Beatrice Mandelli (CERN)  
5:20 PM Precise Measurement of Gas Parameters in RPC Probes with Laser Induced Electrons - Dr Lothar Naumann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)  
5:40 PM Study of outgassing in the resistive plate chamber detectors for the INO-ICAL experiment. - Mr AMAN PHOGAT (UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)  
6:00 PM --- GROUP PICTURE ---
6:15 PM
Social Event (until 9:15 PM)
12:00 PM
Key talk - Cristina Oropeza Barrera (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 12:30 PM)
12:00 PM About the possibility of an international ground-based Very High Energy particle detector experiment in Ecuador - Dr Dennis Cazar Ramirez (Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EC))  
12:30 PM
Lunch (until 2:00 PM)
2:00 PM
High Rate / New electronics - Kyong Sei Lee (Korea University (KR)) (until 4:20 PM)
2:00 PM Development of a new Front-End electronics in Si and Si-Ge technology for the Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) detector for high rate experiments - Luca Pizzimento (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
2:20 PM Design a TDC in SiGe for the Front-end electronics for the RPCs used in a high-rate experiment. - Salvatore Bruno (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
2:40 PM ZDAQ a light data acquisition system for beam and laboratory tests - Laurent Mirabito (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I (FR))  
3:00 PM Fast timing measurement for CMS RPC Phase II upgrade - Christophe Combaret (Inst. Nat. Phys. Nucl et Particules (FR))  
3:20 PM High rate, high time precision RPC detector for LHC - Francois Lagarde (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I (FR))  
3:40 PM RPC performance v.s. Front-End electronics and detector parameters - Roberto Cardarelli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
4:00 PM Development of seminconductor solid-state detectors with sub-100ps time resolution. - Lorenzo Paolozzi (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
4:20 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:40 PM
Simulation: Imaging and Muon Tomography - Cecilia Uribe Estrada (Autonomous University of Puebla (MX)) (until 5:40 PM)
4:40 PM Material Identification with Cosmic Ray Muons using RPCs - Mr Sridhar Tripathy (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics) Jaydeep Datta  
5:00 PM Muon Tomography imaging improvement using optimized scattering tracks data based on Maximum Likelihood Method. - Dr Xiaodong Wang (University of South China)  
5:20 PM Muon Scattering Tomography of Spent Fuel Dry Storage - Mr Yulei Li (University of South China)  
5:40 PM
Simulations and Modeling - Cecilia Uribe Estrada (Autonomous University of Puebla (MX)) (until 6:20 PM)
5:40 PM Garfield simulation to study the improvement of time response of RPC in different configurations - Abhik Jash (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)  
6:00 PM A Geant4 simulation to estimate the RPC sensitivity to neutral radiation - Gian Luigi Alberghi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
7:00 PM --- International Committee meeting ---
12:00 PM
Key talk - Salvador Carrillo Moreno (Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)) (until 12:30 PM)
12:00 PM Highlights and summary - Roberto Cardarelli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
12:30 PM
Social Event (until 1:00 PM)
1:00 PM
Lunch (until 2:30 PM)