Name: RD51 collaboration meeting and topical workshop on New Horizons in Time Projection Chambers
Start: 2020-10-05T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-10-09T20:20:00+02:00
Location: virtual vidyo room

Monday, 5 October 2020
10:00
10:00 - 10:50
Contributions

10:00 Welcome to the RD-51 Collaboration Meeting - Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Silvia Dalla Torre (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))

10:05 Limits of spatial resolution of GEM-based detectors - Timofei Maltsev (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU))

10:25 Electron and Ion Transport in Triple GEM detectors - an update - Aritra Bal (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

10:40 Signals in Resistive MPGDs: an introduction - Djunes Janssens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))
10:50 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
11:10 - 13:00
Contributions

11:10 Optimization of gaseous detectors for low energy XRF - Geovane Grossi Araujo De Souza (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))

11:30 Simulation of micro-structures for GEM optimization - Thiago Badaró Saramela (nstitute of Physics of University of São Paulo)

11:50 Simulation of Space-charge in MPGDs with Elmer - Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

12:10 a Monte-Carlo simulation tool for gas scattering processes - Dan Andrei Ciubotaru (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Enginee) Michele Renda (IFIN-HH)

12:30 Numerical study on the gain variation due to the gas-gap non-uniformity in large scale Micromegas production. - Deb Sankar Bhattacharya (Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE)) Thorben Swirski (Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE))
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Foreword - David Nygren

14:10 Transport of primary particles and ionization electrons in Garfield++ - Heinrich Schindler (CERN)

14:40 A modern approach to electron transport: a crash course in Pyboltz/MagBoltz - Austin McDonald

15:10 Ions backflow in TPCs: simulations, measurements and suppression - David ATTIE (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SPP)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:40
Contributions

16:00 Ion Mobility - André Cortez (LIP-Coimbra)

16:40 Transfer reactions leading to Penning effect - Ozkan Sahin (Uludag University (TR))

17:10 Transfer reactions leading to scintillation - Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))
19:00

19:00 - 19:30
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
09:00
09:00 - 11:05
Contributions

09:00 Ion backflow suppression by the passive bi-polar grid - Evgeny Shulga (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

09:25 First results of the µRWELL prototypes made by new techniques — PEDF, PEDP, DEF, DEP - Yi Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China (CN)) You Lyu (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

09:50 Developement of RWELL detectors for large area & high rate application - Guofeng Song (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

10:15 A spectrometer composed of GEM-based TPCs for the measurement of the X17 boson. - Hugo Natal da Luz (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))

10:40 Optimized GEMs with micro-additive fabrication technique - Tiago Fiorini Da Silva (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))
11:05 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:05 - 11:20
11:20
11:20 - 13:00
Contributions

11:20 A new imaging technology based on Compton X-ray scattering - Angela Saa Hernandez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)) Angela Saa Hernandez (Paul Scherrer Institute)

11:45 GEM-based detector for neutrons: a first prototype - Lucas de Arruda Serra Filho Lucas de Arruda Serra Filho (University of Sao Paulo)

12:10 Status of the GE11 Project - Brendan Regnery (University of California Davis (US))

12:35 CEPC TPC status and requirements from IHEP - Huirong Qi (IHEP) Huirong Qi (Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS) Huirong Qi (IHEP,CAS)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 From the First TPC to the future: High-pressure gas TPCs - Alan Bross (Fermilab)

14:30 Low-Pressure TPCs: techniques and Applications - Dinesh Loomba (University of New Mexico)

15:00 Towards current Active Targets & TPCs for Nuclear Physics - Emanuel Pollacco (CEA)

15:30 Electroluminescence TPCs - Ben Jones (UTA)
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
16:20 - 18:20
Contributions

16:20 Optical TPC: current and future developments - Alexander Deisting (Royal Holloway University of London (GB))

16:50 Status and prospects of the argon Dual-phase TPCs - Roberto Santorelli (Centro de Investigaciones Energéti cas Medioambientales y Tecno)

17:20 Xenon dual-phase TPCs - Vitaly Chepel

17:50 Development of a Tetramethylsilane TPC - Shuoxing Wu (ETH Zurich (CH))
19:00

19:00 - 19:30
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

10:00 A new technique to establish the uniformity in induction gaps of GEMs - Mohit Gola (University of Delhi (IN)) Mohit Gola (University of Delhi (IN))

10:20 Assembly of a full SRS Eurocrate for 8 FECs and VMM readout - Michael Lupberger (University of Bonn (DE)) Michael Lupberger (University of Bonn) Michael Lupberger (CEA Saclay)

10:40 Firmware development for the Scalable Readout System (SRS) with VMM3a - Patrick Schwäbig (University of Bonn)
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:20
11:20
11:20 - 13:00
Contributions

11:20 VMM3 Hybrid quality test sytem - Test results of 24 hybrids - Finn Jaekel (University of Bonn)

11:40 VTC - a system for functional testing and validation of VMM3a hybrids - Marek Hracek (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))

12:00 Status report of the WG5.1 subgroup - Lucian Scharenberg (CERN, University of Bonn (DE))

12:15 SAMPA SRS integration status report - Tarciso Alvim Martins (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Front End Electronics for future TPCs - Marco Bregant (Universidade de Sao Paulo (BR))

14:30 Optical readout of TPCs with frame-based imaging sensors - Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)

15:00 Solving common readout, DAQ and trigger problems with online digital techniques - Jose F. Toledo Alarcon (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) Raul Esteve Bosch (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:50
15:50
15:50 - 17:50
Contributions

15:50 Evolution of TPCs in accelerator experiments - Chilo Garabatos Cuadrado (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

16:20 GridPix for future experiments - Cornelis Ligtenberg (CERN)

16:50 Charge spreading with a Resistive-Capacitive coating - Paul Colas (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
Thursday, 8 October 2020
10:00
10:00 - 11:20
Contributions

10:00 Experimental evidence of neutral bremsstrahlung in Xe - Carlos Henriques (University of Coimbra)

10:20 Neutral Bremsstrahlung in Xe: Theory and Simulations - Pablo Amedo Martinez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))

10:40 Study of the influence of surface condition of anode and mesh shape of Micromegas detectors on their performance - Théo Bossis (CEA Saclay - Irfu)

11:00 Improving the position response of MPGDs - Lucian Scharenberg (CERN, University of Bonn (DE))
11:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:20 - 11:40
11:40
11:40 - 12:40
Contributions

11:40 Testing large size triple GEM chambers in mCBM experiment at SIS18 facility of GSI - Ajit Kumar (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre)

12:00 Common mode and ion tail analysis of the GEM upgrade of the ALICE TPC - Marian Ivanov (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) Mesut Arslandok (Yale University (US)) Panagiota Chatzidaki (Ruprecht Karls Universitaet Heidelberg (DE))

12:20 Discharge and crosstalk mitigation for the GE21 system in CMS - Jeremie Alexandre Merlin (INFN-Bari)
12:40

12:40 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Physics of discharges in gaseous media, from the point of view of MPGD detectors - Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

14:30 Techniques for TPC calibration: application to liquid and dual-phase Ar-TPCs - Jose Maneira (LIP Lisboa)

15:00 dE/dx measurement - Emilio Radicioni (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:50
15:50
15:50 - 17:50
Contributions

15:50 Calibration of space-charge effects and distortions of the electric field in the ALICE TPC - Ernst Hellbar (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

16:20 Track reconstruction and performance in high density environment - Marian Ivanov (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

16:50 Multiplexing and track reconstruction in a TPC - Maxence Vandenbroucke (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

17:20 The spherical proportional gaseous detector and comparisons - Ioanis Giomataris (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
Friday, 9 October 2020
09:00
09:00 - 10:50
Contributions

09:00 R&D progress on resistive DLC - Yi Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

09:20 CBM GEM Muon detector assembly and discussion on the opto-coupler based HV system - Anand Kumar Dubey (VECC india)

09:40 Results of cosmic characterization of T2K MM1 and ERAM prototypes - Marion Lehuraux (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

10:00 Gaseous Detector R&D for Medical Physics at LMU - Jona Bortfeldt (CERN)
10:50 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
11:10 - 13:00
Contributions

11:10 Update on the planarity of the Picosec Micromegas board - Antonija Utrobicic (CERN)

11:30 Update on the status of the housing and future sealed housing of the Picosec module - Marta Lisowska (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (PL))

11:50 A highly segmented pad plane for the Active Target Time Projection Chamber (ACTAR TPC)" - Thomas ROGER

12:10 Preliminary results on the response linearity and spatial resolution performances with the 1cmx1cm capacitve sharing pad readout for MPGDs - Kondo GNANVO (Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fl, USA)

12:30 GEM-production scheme for sPHENIX TPC - Klaus Dehmelt (Stony Brook University USA)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 A Compact TPC for the sPHENIX Experiment at RHIC - Klaus Dehmelt (Stony Brook University USA)

14:30 The TPCs of the T2K experiment - Claudio Giganti (LPNHE Paris (IN2P3/CNRS))

15:00 A high pressure TPC for the DUNE Near Detector - Xianguo Lu (University of Oxford)

15:30 Directional Dark Matter searches with the CYGNO experiment - Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
16:20 - 18:20
Contributions

16:20 The ARIADNE Photographic LArTPC: status and future directions - Konstantinos Mavrokoridis (University of Sheffield)

16:50 OTPC for the observation of the Migdal effect in nuclear scattering - Pawel Majewski (STFC/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

17:20 Closing talk