Joint LHC Machine-Experiments Workshop on Very Forward Detectors

Europe/Zurich
AT auditorium (CERN)

AT auditorium

CERN

Description
The workshop is the follow-up of the TAN integration workshop of last year extended to all very forward detectors installed in the LHC tunnel. The aim is to review the status of the installation and the plans for commissioning and operation.
    • Morning Session
      • 1
        Welcome
        Speaker: Dr D. Macina (CERN)
        Slides
      • 2
        LHC startup plans for 2007 and 2008
        Speaker: R. Bailey (CERN)
        Slides
      • 3
        Signal and background simulation at the recombination chamber
        Speaker: V. Talanov (CERN, IHEP Protvino)
        Slides
      • 4
        Detectors installation in the TAN at IR1and IR5: status and planning
        Speaker: A L Perrot (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:35
        coffee break
      • 5
        BRAN at IR1 and IR5: status, commissioning and operation (1)
        Speaker: Dr H. Matis (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 6
        BRAN at IR1 and IR5: status, commissioning and operation (2)
        Speaker: Alessandro Ratti (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 7
        LHCf detectors: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr O. Adriani (Firenze Univensity and INFN)
        Slides
      • 8
        ATLAS ZDC: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr S. White (BNL)
        Slides
    • 12:35
      lunch break
    • Afternoon Session
      • 9
        CMS ZDC: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr O. Grachov (University of Kansas)
        Slides
      • 10
        ALICE ZDC: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr M. Gallio (Torino University and INFN)
        Slides
      • 11
        BRAN at IR2 and IR8: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: E. Bravin (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        coffee break
      • 12
        TOTEM Roman Pots: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr M. Oriunno (CERN)
        Slides
      • 13
        ATLAS Roman Pots: status, commissioning and operation
        Speaker: Dr B. Di Girolamo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 14
        FP420: a project for Proton tagging in the 420m region around ATLAS and CMS
        Speaker: Prof. B. Cox (University of Manchester)
        Slides
      • 15
        Conclusions
        Speaker: Dr E. Tsesmelis (CERN)
        Slides