RD51 mini week

Sep 23, 2009, 8:00 AM → Sep 25, 2009, 8:00 PM Europe/Zurich

IT auditorium (except Thursday afternoon!) (CERN)

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), maxim titov

September 23 (Wednesday)

09:00 - 13:00 WG4 - Simulation and software
14:00 - 19:00 WG1 - Technological aspects and development of new structures

September 24 (Thursday)

09:00 - 13:00 WG5 - Electronics
14:00 - 17:00 WG7 - Common test facilities

September 25 (Friday)

09:00 - 13:00 WG2 - Common characterization and physics issues
14:00 - 17:00 WG6 - Production

Wednesday, September 23

2:00 PM → 7:00 PM WG1 - Technological aspects and development of new structures

Title: RD51 mini week - WG1
Description: Working Group 1 - Technological aspects and development of new structures
Community: Universe
Password: miniWG1

Meeting Access Information:
- Meeting URL
http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=MMMeMn2I2nDvDB9M98D29M

• Password: miniWG1
• Phone Bridge
  ID: 1255146
  Password: 6728

Central European Summer Time (+0200)
Start 2009-09-23 13:30
End 2009-09-23 20:00
Japan Standard Time (+0900)
Start 2009-09-23 20:30
End 2009-09-24 03:00
Eastern Daylight Time (-0400)
Start 2009-09-23 07:30
End 2009-09-23 14:00
Pacific Daylight Time (-0700)
Start 2009-09-23 04:30
End 2009-09-23 11:00

EVO Phone Bridge Telephone Numbers:
- USA (Caltech, Pasadena, CA)
+1 626 395 2112
- Switzerland (CERN, Geneva)
+41 22 76 71400
- Slovakia (UPJS, Kosice)
+421 55 234 2420
- Italy (INFN, several cities)
http://server10.infn.it/video/index.php?page=telephone_numbers
Enter '4000' to access the EVO bridge
- Germany (DESY, Hamburg)
+49 40 8998 1340
- USA (BNL, Upton, NY)
+1 631 344 6100
- United Kingdom (University of Manchester)
+44 161 306 6802
- Australia (ARCS)
+61
Adelaide 08 8463 1011
Brisbane 07 3139 0705
Canberra 02 6112 8742
Hobart 03 623 70281
Melbourne 03 8685 8362
Perth 08 6461 6718
Sydney 02 8212 4591
- Netherlands (Nikhef, Amsterdam)
+31 20 7165293
Dial '2' at the prompt
- Canada (TRIUMF, Vancouver)
+1 604 222 7700
- Czech Republic (CESNET, Prague)
+420 95 007 2386

2:00 PM CMS upgrade plans for forward muon tracking

Speakers: Archana Sharma (CERN), Nicolas Zaganidis (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki-Unknown-Unknown)

Slides RD51-Sep09-AS[1].pdf

2:20 PM Micromegas + GEM tests

Discharge probability and energy resolution studies for this hybrid amplification structure.

Speaker: Mr Marco Villa (CERN)

Slides 2009.09.23_MM+GEM.pdf 2009.09.23_MM+GEM.ppt

2:50 PM Resistive MPGD studies

Speaker: Gabriele Croci (INFN, Sezione di Milano - Universita & INFN, Milano)

Slides Resmpgd.pdf Resmpgd.ppt

3:10 PM Muon tomography for Earth sciences

Speaker: Mr Pierre Salin

Slides Tomography_CERN_Talk.pdf Tomography_CERN_Talk.ppt

3:30 PM coffee break

4:00 PM Resistive protection for Micromegas detectors and status of large size detectors

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides rd51-0909.pdf rd51-0909.pptx

4:20 PM Somacis PCB company

This PCB manufacturer is interested in collaborating with R&D groups to manufacture large area Micromegas.

Speaker: Ms Roberta Sbodio (Somacis)

more information http://www.somacis.com/

Slides CERN_20090923.pdf

4:50 PM RD51 proposal for the EU FP7 programme

Speaker: Mr Hans Taureg (CERN)

Slides AIDA.pdf AIDA.ppt

Thursday, September 24

9:00 AM → 1:00 PM WG5 - Electronics

9:00 AM Welcome

Speakers: Hans Muller (CERN), Jochen Kaminski

9:05 AM Status of Medipix-3, plans for TimePix-2

Speaker: Xavier Llopart Cudie (CERN)

Slides Xavi_MP3.pdf Xavi_MP3.pptx

9:30 AM SRS (Scalable Readout System) status and targets

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

Slides Scalable-Readout-System-Updated.pdf

9:45 AM DATE via Gigabit Ethernet, status

Speaker: Filippo Costa (Valencia, CERN)

Slides DATE_porting_to_Gigabit_Ethernet.pdf

10:00 AM Chip matrix past and outlook for SRS

Speaker: Sorin Martoiu (CERN)

Slides ChipMatrix2.pdf ChipMatrix2.pptx

10:15 AM Firmware for the SRS

Speaker: Z. Yin (CCNNU Wuhan)

Slides RD51_240909.pdf RD51_240909.ppt

10:30 AM break

11:00 AM towards the scalable readout system: FEC electronics for APV25, AFTER and Timepix

Speaker: Jose Toledo (U. Valencia)

Slides Towards_the_scalable_readout_system.pdf Towards_the_scalable_readout_system.ppt

11:30 AM APV25 based readout system, VME based for GEM tracker for JLab

Speaker: Paolo Musico (INFN Rome)

Slides RD51-WG5_Musico_240909.pdf RD51-WG5_Musico_240909.ppt

12:00 PM A TPC for the Crystal Ball Experiment at Mainz

Speaker: Jochen Kaminski (U. Bonn)

Slides TPC_CrystalBall.pdf

12:15 PM Status of GOSSIPO-3

Speaker: Jochen Kaminski (U. Bonn)

Slides RD51_Sept09_Gossipo3.pdf

12:25 PM Status of micro HV

Speaker: Fred Hartjes

Slides Hartjes-uHV-23-9-09.pdf Hartjes-uHV-23-9-09.ppt

12:35 PM Status of IfLink

Speaker: Harry van der Graaf (NIKHEF)

Slides IfLinkHarry.pdf IfLinkHarry.ppt

12:45 PM Discussion

2:00 PM → 6:10 PM WG7 - Common test facilities

2:00 PM Presentations of groups joining October test beam

Slides

• Bonn.pdf
• ILC-TPC Micromegas + T2K electronics
• RD51WG7_tests_october2009_resistMM.pdf

3:00 PM Next testbeam in October: tentative setup

Speaker: Dr Matteo Alfonsi (CERN)

Slides RD51-WG7-2009-XII.pdf RD51-WG7-2009-XII.ppt

3:20 PM PVSS slow control for HV/LV

Speaker: Konstantinos Karakostas (NTUA)

Slides currentmonitor.pdf pvss_controler_prez.pdf

3:40 PM Discussion about October TB

4:00 PM June Testbeam - NTUA

Speaker: Eleni Ntomari (INP "Demokritos" & NTUA)

Slides RD51_june09_first_data_analysis3.pdf RD51_june09_first_data_analysis3.ppt

4:20 PM June Testbeam - CERN GDD: Analysis preliminary results

Slides JuneTBAnalysis.pdf JuneTBAnalysis.ppt

4:40 PM June Testbeam - INFN-LNF & INFN-Ba: Readout studies with Planar GEM

Speaker: Gianfranco Morello (Dipartimento di Fisica-Univ. degli Studi della Calabria-Unknown)

Slides Talk2409.pdf

5:10 PM A new gas system for MPGDs

Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)

Slides Hartjes_MPGD_gas_system_24-9-09_final.pdf Hartjes_MPGD_gas_system_24-9-09_final.ppt

Friday, September 25

9:00 AM → 1:00 PM WG2/WG4 Joint session

9:00 AM " Which RICH detector with a CsI photocathode is the best: MWPC or TGEM?"

Slides Which_detector_is_the_best_for_RICHn_in_RICH.pdf Which_detector_is_the_best_for_RICHn_in_RICH.ppt

9:20 AM An experiment for LHeC: detector specifications and the application of gaseous tracker

Speaker: Alessandro Polini (INFN, Sezione di Bologna - Universita & INFN, Bologna)

Slides lhec-polini-rd51-2009.pdf lhec-polini-rd51-2009.ppt

9:40 AM Recent test beam results from GridPix/Gossip MPGDs

Speaker: Martin Fransen (Unknown)

Slides RD51_CERN_2009.pdf RD51_CERN_2009.ppt

10:00 AM A photon sensitive GridPix MPGD

Speaker: Martin Fransen (Unknown)

Slides RD51_CERN_2009.pdf RD51_CERN_2009.ppt

10:20 AM GRID access for RD51 - organizational issues

Speaker: maxim titov

Slides RD51_WG_4_24092009.pdf RD51_WG_4_24092009.ppt

10:40 AM Simulations of primary electron statistics in a thin layer of gas

Speaker: Willem Koppert (NIKHEF-Unknown-Unknown)

Slides RD51meeting2509.pdf RD51meeting2509.ppt

11:00 AM Vinny Polychr./Theo Alexopoulos: 'The ATLAS Upgrade Muon Chambers'

Speakers: Theodoros Alexopoulos (National Technical University of Athens), Venetios Polychronakos (Department of Physics)

Slides rd51-mw-theo.pdf rd51-mw-theo.ppt

11:20 AM First operation of a double phase pure liquid Argon THGEM-TPC

Speaker: Alessandro Curioni (Sezione Particelle Elementari)

Slides RD51-THGEM.pdf RD51-THGEM.ppt

2:00 PM → 5:00 PM WG6 - Production

2:00 PM Update on CERN workshop upgrade

Speakers: Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva), Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides update-workshop.pdf update-workshop.pptx

2:20 PM ‘Post-processing capabilities at LAAS-Toulouse, in view of SiProt and InGrid manufacturing

Speaker: Paul Colas

Slides LAAS-WG6.ppt.pdf LAAS-WG6.ppt.ppt