Vertex 2010

6 Jun 2010, 09:00 → 11 Jun 2010, 18:00 Europe/London

The Lodge on Loch Lomond

Chris Parkes (Department of Physics and Astronomy), Lars Eklund (University of Glasgow)

Vertex 2010 - 19th International Workshop on Vertex Detectors, 6-11 June 2010, Loch Lomond, Scotland The main conference web site can be found at: http://www.vertex2010.physics.gla.ac.uk/

Sunday 6 June

18:00 → 20:00 Meet in the Park Bar

Members of the local organising committee will be there from 18:00-20:00. So please come along and meet other participants from the workshop before dinner. This is just an informal meeting point, registration will be at the Lodge on Loch Lomond on the Monday morning.

Monday 7 June

10:30 → 11:00 Welcome & Introduction

A warm welcome to Vertex 2010

Conveners: Dr Chris Parkes (Glasgow), Lars Eklund (University of Glasgow)

10:30 Welcome and Introduction

Speakers: Chris Parkes (Glasgow), Lars Eklund (Glasgow)

Slides Vertex2010Welcome_v2.pdf Vertex2010Welcome_v2.ppt

11:00 → 12:30 Future Directions

Discussions on critical challenges for the future of semiconductor detectors in particle physics experiments.

11:00 Future of Low Mass Pixel Systems with MAPS

Speaker: Jerome Baudot (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Strasbourg)

Slides jBaudot_lowMassMaps_Monday_vertex2010.pdf

11:30 Industrialisation of Module Production

Speaker: Alan Honma (CERN)

Avi Movie File 1:40 movie of gantry assembly

Slides

• Industrialization_honma.pdf
• Industrialization_honma_ppt.ppt
• Industrialization_honma_pptx.pptx

12:00 New Concepts in Powering and Services

Speaker: Mitchell Franck Newcomer (Pennsylvania)

Slides InnerDetector_Power_Services_f.pdf InnerDetector_Power_Services_f.pptx

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

Lunch to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

14:00 → 15:30 LHC Silicon Detector Performance 1

The first of two sessions presenting results of the vertex detectors of the LHC based experiments.

14:00 LHCb VELO operations and performance

Speaker: Themis Bowcock (Liverpool)

Slides LHCb_VELO_Vertex_2010_V3.pdf LHCb_VELO_Vertex_2010_V3.pptx

14:30 Atlas Pixel operations and performance

Speaker: Attilio Andreazza (Milano Univ. + INFN)

Slides Andreazza_ATLASPixelPerformance.pdf Andreazza_ATLASPixelPerformance.ppt

15:00 CMS Pixel operations and performance

Speaker: Karl Ecklund (Rice University)

Slides Eckland_CMS_Pixels.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon tea

Tea and coffee break

16:00 → 17:40 LHC Silicon Detector Performance 2

The second of two sessions presenting results of the silicon detectors of the LHC based experiments.

16:00 Alice Pixel operations and performance

Speaker: Rosario Turrisi (Universita degli Studi di Padova-Universita & INFN)

Slides Turrisi.pdf Turrisi.pptx

16:30 LHCb Silicon Tracker operations and performance

Speaker: Matthew David Needham (EPFL)

Slides vertex2010.pdf vertex2010.ppt

17:00 Alice Silicon Tracker (drift detector and strips) operations and performance

Speakers: Mario Sitta (Univ. Piemonte Orientale, Fac. Sci. MFN-Unknown-Unknown), Panos Christakoglou (NIKHEF - Utrecht University)

Slides Vertex2010_100607.pdf

17:40 → 18:20 Early Career Researcher 1

Talks from younger members of the community selected by the IOC

17:40 First Results of the TOTEM Roman Pots

Speaker: Jan Kaspar (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics-Charles University)

Slides Kaspar_vertex2010_JanKaspar.pdf

18:00 Beam Background Effects in the CMS Pixel Detector

Speaker: Hella Snoek (Physik-Institut-Universitaet Zuerich)

Slides Snoek_Vertex_2010_snoek_v4_blue.pdf

19:30 → 20:30 Dinner

Dinner to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

Tuesday 8 June

09:00 → 10:30 LHC Silicon Detector Performance & Tracking, Alignment & Physics 1

The first of two sessions to explore tracking, vertexing and alignment issues and first physics results of LHC silicon detectors.

09:00 Atlas Silicon strips operations and performance

Speaker: Urban Bitenc (Physikalisches Institut-Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg)

Slides bitenc_ATLAS_strips.pdf

09:30 CMS Silicon strips operations and performance

Speaker: Dr ERIK Butz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Slides vertex2010_ebutz.pdf

10:00 LHCb Alignment, Tracking and Physics Performance results

Speaker: Dr Marco Gersabeck (CERN)

Slides lhcb_physics_performance_gersabeck.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Scottish University (SUPA) Student's Posters (& Tea)

Posters from Scottish Universities Physics Alliance(SUPA)PhD students.

10:30 3D Detector Analysis from testbeams at the Diamond Synchrotron and CERN SPS

Speaker: Graeme Douglas Stewart (University of Glasgow)

Poster Vertex_2010_Poster.pdf Vertex_2010_Poster.ppt

10:30 ATLAS Cooling performance

Speaker: Mr Benjamin Michael Wynne (University of Edinburgh)

Slides Poster

10:30 CCE measurements of n-on-p irradiated silicon

Speaker: Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana (Department of Physics and Astronomy - University of Glasgow)

10:30 Conceptual design for a vertex detector at a Neutrino Factory

Speakers: Andrew Laing (University of Glasgow), David Forrest

10:30 Cross Talk in Position Sensitive Photon Detectors

Speaker: Rachel Montgomery (University of Glasgow)

Slides VertexCrossTalkRachelMontgomery.pdf VertexCrossTalkRachelMontgomery.pptx

10:30 LHCb VELO Resolution Sudies: Impact parameters and eta distributions

Speaker: Mr Michael Thomas Alexander (University of Glasgow)

10:30 Plasma Wake Field Accelerator Measurements with Medipix

Speaker: Silvia Cipiccia (University of Strathclyde)

10:30 Simulation of charge multiplication in 3D Detectors

Speaker: Juan Pablo Balbuena Valenzuela (Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (CNM) (CNMIM), visiting student at Glasgow)

10:30 Studies of depletion depth in ATLAS SCT modules

Speaker: Cristina Oropeza Barrera (Department of Physics and Astronomy-University of Glasgow)

Poster cristinaob_Vertex2010_A4.pdf

10:30 Thermal Characterisation of materials for LHC Upgrade Modules

Speaker: Isaac Bonad (University of Glasgow)

Slides Isaac_Vertex.pdf Isaac_Vertex.ppt

10:31 Studies of the temperature of ATLAS SCT modules

Speaker: Nicholas Charles Edwards (University of Glasgow)

Poster http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1269913/files/ATL-INDET-SLIDE-2010-109.pptx

10:51 The evaporative cooling system of the ATLAS SCT

Speaker: Alexander Bitadze (Glasgow University)

10:52 Characterisation of a CMOS MAPS Sensor for Alpha Particle Detection

Speaker: Daniel Hynds (University of Glasgow)

Slides Vertex_2010_Poster_(reworked_on_windows).pdf Vertex_2010_Poster_(reworked_on_windows).ppt

11:00 → 12:30 LHC Silicon Detector Tracking, Alignment & Physics 2

The second of two sessions that explore tracking, vertexing and alignment issues and first physics results of the LHC silicon detectors.

11:00 Atlas Alignment, Tracking and Physics Performance results

Speaker: Giacinto Piacquadio (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))

Slides Presentation5.pdf

11:30 CMS Alignment, Tracking and Physics Performance results

Speaker: Andrea Venturi (INFN, Sezione di Pisa Universita' Degli Studi di Siena & INFN Pisa)

Slides Vertex2010.pdf Vertex2010.ppt

12:00 Alice Alignment, Tracking and Physics Performance results

Speaker: Andrea Rossi (Universita & INFN, Trieste)

Slides

• Vertex2010_Rossi.pdf
• Vertex2010_Rossi_v1.odp
• Vertex2010_Rossi_v1.pdf

12:30 → 12:40 Conference Photo

Conference photo will be take just before lunch on Tuesday, weather permitting

12:40 → 14:00 Lunch

Lunch to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

14:00 → 15:30 Radiation Hardness 1

The first of two sessions presenting results on radiation hardness studies of vertex detectors.

14:00 Silicon Detector Radiation Damage at the Tevatron

Speaker: Sebastian Fernando Carron Montero (Department of Physics-University of Toronto)

Slides Carron_vertex_sebastian_carron_silicon.pdf

14:30 Charge Multiplication in Highly Irradiated Planar Sensors and Simulation

Speaker: Gianluigi Casse (Liverpool)

Slides casse_-vertex2010.pdf casse_-vertex2010.pptx

15:00 Edge TCT Measurements

Speaker: Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute)

Slides Kramberger_ETCT_Vertex2010.pdf Kramberger_ETCT_Vertex2010.ppt

15:30 → 16:00 Scottish University (SUPA) Student's Posters (& Tea)

Posters from Scottish Universities Physics Alliance(SUPA)PhD students.

16:00 → 17:30 Radiation Hardness 2

The second of two sessions presenting results on radiation hardness studies of vertex detectors.

16:00 Fabrication of 3D Silicon Detectors

Speaker: Angela Kok (Unknown)

Slides Kok_010610_ANKO_vertex.pdf Kok_010610_ANKO_vertex.ppt

16:30 Laboratory and Testbeam Results on 3D Detectors

Speaker: Celeste Fleta Corral (CNM, Barcelona)

Slides Fleta_vertex_2010.pdf

17:00 Diamond Detectors

Speaker: Marko Mikuz (University of Ljubljana)

Slides diamond-Vertex10.pdf diamond-Vertex10.pptx

17:30 → 18:10 Early Career Researcher 2

Talks from younger members of the community selected by the IOC

17:30 Charge Multiplication Properties in Highly-Irradiated Epitaxial Silicon Detectors

Speaker: Joern Lange (Hamburg University)

Slides Lange_Vertex10_Joern_Lange_v2.pdf Lange_Vertex10_Joern_Lange_v2.ppt

17:50 LHCb VELO Closing Control, Vertex Resolution and Luminosity Measurement

Speaker: Sophie Redford (University of Oxford)

Slides redford_veloclosing.pdf

18:30 → 20:00 Whisky Tasting

A short talk on whisky tasting followed by the opportunity to try many different single malt whiskies.

18:30 The Malt Whisky Cluster Vortex: Surfing The Flavour Spectrum

Speaker: David Wishart

Slides Wishart_Vertex2010.pdf Wishart_Vertex2010.ppt

20:15 → 21:15 Dinner (Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!)

Dinner to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

Wednesday 9 June

09:00 → 10:30 Non-HEP Applications 1

Applications of silicon detectors outwith particle physics, including synchrotrons, medical and security applications.

09:00 Pixel Detectors for a New Generation of Light Sources

Speaker: Heinz Graafsma (DESY)

Slides VERTEX-June2010-HG.pdf VERTEX-June2010-HG.ppt

09:30 Low Dose CT Scanners and Combined PET with X-ray Photon Counting

Speaker: Patrick Pangaud (Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM))

Transparents LowDoseCT_PET_CT.ppt

10:00 MAMBO -3 an SOI X-ray Counting Chip

Speaker: Farah Khalid (Fermilab)

Slides MAMBO_III_VERTEX_alt.pdf MAMBO_III_VERTEX_alt.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 Morning coffee

Coffee and tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Non-HEP Applications 2

Applications of silicon detectors outwith particle physics, including synchrotrons, medical and security applications.

11:00 Medipix 3 and Timepix 2 Chip and Applications

Speaker: Dr Richard Plackett (University of Glasgow)

Slides plackett_VERTEX2010.pdf plackett_VERTEX2010.pptx

11:30 Development of High -Z Sensors for Pixel Array Detectors

Speaker: David Pennicard (DESY)

Slides HighZPresentation10.pdf HighZPresentation10.ppt

12:00 Neutron Detection for Security Applications

Speaker: John McMillan (University of Sheffield)

Slides jmneutron_loch_2010.pdf jmneutron_loch_2010.ppt

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 18:30 Social outing

19:30 → 20:30 Dinner (BBQ)

Dinner will be a BBQ taken on the hotel's terrace.

Thursday 10 June

09:00 → 10:30 Post-processing & 3D Integration 1

Reviews the progress in the field of 3D integration and post-processing techniques as applicable for particle physics tracking and vertex detectors.

09:00 3D Consortium

Speaker: Dr Gianluca Traversi (University of Bergamo)

Slides traversi.pdf

09:30 SOIPIX Collaboration

Speaker: Kazuhiko Hara (Tsukuba)

Slides vertex2010_hara.pdf

10:00 Atlas Pixel Design Using Two Tiers of Electronics

Speaker: Patrick Pangaud (Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM))

Slides 3DATLAS_pixel_design.pdf 3DATLAS_pixel_design.ppt

10:30 → 11:00 Morning coffee

Coffee and tea break.

11:00 → 12:30 Post-processing & 3D Integration 2

Reviews the progress in the field of 3D integration and post-processing techniques as applicable for particle physics tracking and vertex detectors.

11:00 The Via Revolution

Speaker: Ray Yarema (FNAL)

Slides Yarema_Vertex2010.pdf Yarema_Vertex2010.pptx

11:30 R and D on Interconnection Technology for Belle II and sLHC

Speaker: Hans-Gunther Moser (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut)

Slides Moser_VERTEX2010c.pdf Moser_VERTEX2010c.pptx

12:00 Belle Upgrade Silicon Tracker

Speaker: Thomas Bergauer (Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik (HEPHY))

Slides bergauer_vertex2010.pdf bergauer_vertex2010.pptx

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

Lunch to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

14:00 → 15:30 LHC Upgrades & New Detectors 1

The plans for vertexing and tracking with semiconductor detectors at the LHC experiment's upgrades.

14:00 LHCb Vertex Detector Upgrade

Speaker: Jan Buytaert (CERN)

Slides VELO_upgrade_vertex2010.pdf VELO_upgrade_vertex2010.pptx

14:30 ATLAS Upgrade

Speaker: Daniel Muenstermann (TU Dortmund)

Slides Muenstermann_ATLAS-Upgrade.pdf

15:00 CMS Upgrade

Speaker: Dr Hans-Christian Kaestli (PSI)

Slides Kaestli_Vertex2010.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon tea

Tea and Coffee break.

16:00 → 17:30 LHC Upgrades & New Detectors 2

The plans for vertexing and tracking with semiconductor detectors at new and proposed facilities.

16:00 NA62 Giga Tracker

Speaker: Alex Kluge (CERN)

Slides 20100611kluge2010finalShownSlides_thisOneForWebPage.pdf 20100611kluge2010finalShownSlides_thisOneForWebPage.pptx

16:30 R and D challenges of a CLIC vertex detector

Speaker: Erik Van der Kraaij (CERN)

Slides Vertex2010_CLIC_Erik_vdKraaij.pdf

17:00 FAIR Silicon Tracking Dectector System

Speaker: Christian Schmidt (GSI Darmstadt)

Slides C.J._Schmidt-Vertex2010.pdf C.J._Schmidt-Vertex2010.ppt

17:30 → 18:10 Early Career Researcher 3

Talks from younger members of the community selected by the IOC

17:30 MAPS Based Vertex Detector at STAR

Speaker: Michal Szelezniak (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides vertex2010_szelezniak.pdf vertex2010_szelezniak.ppt

17:50 Timing behavior of the ATLAS Pixel Detector in calibration, cosmic ray and collision data

Speaker: Iskander Ibragimov (Universitaet Siegen)

Slides TimingVertex2010_ibragimov.pdf

19:30 → 21:30 Conference dinner (Fish 'n' Chips @ Inn at Inverbeg)

The conference dinner to be held at the Inverbeg Inn. Transport to and from the Inn is provided.

Friday 11 June

09:00 → 10:30 Trigger

A session dedicated to experience with triggering in initial LHC operations, and track and vertex triggering scenarios for the LHC experiment upgrades.

09:00 Experience from (vertex) triggering at the LHC

Speaker: Martin Van Beuzekom (NIKHEF)

Slides vertex2010_MvB.pdf vertex2010_MvB.pptx

09:30 ATLAS upgrade track trigger

Speaker: Richard Brenner (University of Uppsala)

Slides ATLAS_L1track_Brenner.pdf

10:00 Tracking Trigger Upgrade Plans for CMS at SLHC

Speaker: Mark Pesaresi (Imperial College)

Slides Vertex10-M_Pesaresi.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Morning coffee

Coffee and tea break.

11:00 → 12:00 Summary

Summary and closing remarks for the Vertex 2010 conference.

11:00 Summary Talk

Speaker: Paula Collins (CERN)

Slides

• paula_summary_vertex2010_ver3.pdf
• paula_summary_vertex2010_ver3.pptx
• paula_summary_vertex2010_ver5.pdf
• paula_summary_vertex2010_ver5.pptx

11:45 Concluding Remarks

Speakers: Chris Parkes (Glasgow), Lars Eklund (Glasgow)

Slides VertexFinal_small.pdf

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

Lunch to be taken in the hotel's dining room.

13:30 → 14:30 Departure of bus to Glasgow

A bus has been arranged to take conference delegates to Glasgow Airport and Glasgow City Centre.