5th RD51 Collaboration Meeting

24 May 2010, 13:00 → 27 May 2010, 15:00 Europe/Zurich

Lecture Room (Freiburg, Germany)

Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay)

Dear Colleagues, The 5th RD51 Collaboration meeting will take place in Freiburg, Germany from May 24th to May 27th, 2010. The program will consist of plenary sessions and parallel working group (WG) meetings on techniques, detector physics issues, simulations, applications, electronics, and common production and test facilities. The opening plenary session will take place on Monday, May 24th in the afternoon. Based on your feedback and experience from the previous meetings there will be only two WG parallel sessions scheduled at the same time on Tuesday and on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, May 27th there will be closing plenary sessions with the reports from the working group conveners, short presentations of industrial companies and Collaboration Board news. If you are planning to attend the meeting and present your work please contact the corresponding working group convener and register. We are looking forward to see you in Freiburg ! Best regards, Ulrich, Leszek and Maxim.

Monday, 24 May

14:00 → 18:00 Plenary Session

14:00 Welcome

Speakers: Ulrich Landgraf (University of Freiburg), Ulrich Landgraf (Physikalisches Institut-Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg-Unk)

Slides WELCOME_TO_FREIBURG!.pdf WELCOME_TO_FREIBURG!.pptx

14:20 RD51 collaboration news

Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay)

Slides 201005_5thRD51_CollabNews_24052010.pdf 201005_5thRD51_CollabNews_24052010.ppt

14:50 Summary of the RICH2010 conference

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))

Slides RICH2010_report_dallatorre.pdf RICH2010_report_dallatorre.pptx

15:35 Coffee break

16:00 Large-volume spherical detector and its applications (Cancelled!)

Talk was CANCELLED because speaker couldn't come

Speaker: Ioanis Giomataris (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA-Saclay))

16:45 Calculation of streamer development in MPGDs in an axisymmetric hydrodynamic model

Speaker: Paolo Fonte

Slides Calculation_of_streamer_development.pdf Calculation_of_streamer_development.ppt

17:30 Manufacturing large resistive surfaces by a spray technique

Speaker: George Mikenberg (Department of Particle Physics)

Slides Freiburg_slides.pdf Freiburg_slides.ppt

Tuesday, 25 May

09:00 → 13:00 WG2: Common Characterization and Physics Issues

09:00 Test of protections against sparks

Speaker: Renaud Gaglione (Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Praticules - Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3)

Slides gaglione_wg2.pdf

09:20 Study of gain fluctuations with InGrid and TimePix

Speaker: Michael Lupberger (Irfu, Saclay)

Slides RD51Freiburg2010_MLupberger.pdf RD51Freiburg2010_MLupberger_pdfVersion.pdf

09:40 Ion back flow reduction in THGEM cascades using THCOBRA: first experimental results

Speaker: joao veloso (university of aveiro)

Slides COBRA_veloso.pdf

10:00 Photoelectron extraction efficiency from CsI photocathodes in noble gases up to 10 bars

Speaker: Daniel Covita (Aveiro)

Slides CsI_extr_effic_Ar&Xe_Covita.pdf

10:20 GEM in a double phase liquid xenon detector

Speaker: Vladimir Solovov (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumacao e Fisica Experimental de Particul)

Slides Solovov_-_GEM_in_2_phase_Xe.pdf

10:40 Coffee break

11:00 THGEMs: very recent results towards applications in DCAL & LXe detectors readout

Speaker: Marco Cortesi (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Slides Freiburg_Cortesi.pdf Freiburg_Cortesi.ppt

11:20 Update on the micromegas R&D for the ATLAS muon upgrade

Speaker: Venetios Polychronakos (Department of Physics)

Slides MM_Update_RD51_Freiburg.pdf MM_Update_RD51_Freiburg.pptx

11:40 Update about the Geant4 simulation of a Single GEM setup irradiated by a neutron beam

Speaker: Gabriele Croci (CERN and University of Siena, Siena, Italy)

Slides G4Neutrons_Rd51CollabMeeting_Fribourg.pdf G4Neutrons_Rd51CollabMeeting_Fribourg.ppt

12:00 Recent results from a TPC with resistive Micromegas

Speaker: Ms Wenxin WANG (CEA/Irfu Saclay)

Slides Recent_results_from_a_TPC_with_resistive_Micromegas.pdf Recent_results_from_a_TPC_with_resistive_Micromegas.ppt

12:20 Micromegas-TPC Z resolution measurements with charge dispersion

Speaker: Alain Bellerive (Carleton University)

Slides Freiburg_2010.pdf

09:00 → 13:00 WG7: Common Test Facilities

09:00 Test beam schedule and organization, safety issues

Speaker: Matteo Alfonsi (CERN)

Slides RD51_WG7_2010_V_FreiburgCM.pdf RD51_WG7_2010_V_FreiburgCM.ppt

09:20 CMS GEM - test beam goals and programme

Speakers: Archana Sharma (CERN), Stefano Colafranceschi (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF) - Istituto Nazionale Fisi)

Slides cms-higheta-beam-2010.pdf cms-higheta-beam-2010.pptx

09:40 THGEM photodetectors for RICH application - test beam goals and programme

Speaker: Stefano Levorato (Universita & INFN, Trieste-Unknown-Unknown)

Slides S_levoratord51collaborationmeeting_Freiburg.pdf

10:00 Micromegas TPC for ILC - test beam goals and programme

10:20 Coffee break

10:40 Micromegas for DHCAL (CALICE) - test beam goals and programme

Speakers: Catherine Juliette Adloff (Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et des Particules (IN2P3)), Maximilien Chefdeville

Slides 100525rd51_wg7.pdf

11:00 Gossip/GridPix testbeam experiment

Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)

Slides Gossip_testbeam_(NIKHEF)-1.pdf Gossip_testbeam_(NIKHEF)-1.ppt

11:20 GEM-TPC for FAIR - test beam goals and programme

Speaker: Francisco Garcia Garcia Fuentes (Helsinki Institute of Physics HIP)

Slides RD51GEM-TPC_meetingFG.pdf RD51GEM-TPC_meetingFG.pptx

11:40 First Results of October CERN testbeam with postprocessed Timepix chips in a TPC

Speaker: Martin Johannes Schultens (Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms- Univ.-Univ. Bonn, Physikalisches)

Slides rd51_talk.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 18:00 WG1: Technological Aspects and Development of New Detector Structures

14:00 MAMMA: spark-protected Micromegas

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides rui1.pdf rui1.pptx

14:20 Status update of the CMS-GEM feasibility study

Speaker: Archana Sharma (CERN)

Slides CMS-UPGRADE-MAY2010-AS.pdf CMS-UPGRADE-MAY2010-AS.pptx

14:40 Large GEMs for DHCal

Speakers: Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington), Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington)

Slides GEM_Digital_HCal_AW_4.pdf GEM_Digital_HCal_AW_4.pptx

15:00 First m^2 Micromegas chamber for DHCal

Speaker: Maximilien Chefdeville (LAPP, Annecy)

Slides chefdeville_wg1.pdf

15:20 Results on a large area triple-GEM detector at LNF

Speaker: Danilo Domenici (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF))

Slides largeGem.pdf largeGem.ppt

15:40 The PHENIX hadron blind detector

Speaker: Dr Craig Woody (Brookhaven National Lab)

Slides Woody_HBD_RD51_5-25-10.pdf Woody_HBD_RD51_5-25-10.ppt

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 GEM foils made by laser micromachining

Speaker: Vincenzo Berardi (Politecnico di Bari)

Slides pdf format powerpoint slides

16:50 The CBM-GEM project for FAIR

Speakers: Anand Kumar Dubey (Institute of Physics), Schmidt Hans Rudolf (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI))

Slides CBM-GEM_RD51.pdf CBM-GEM_RD51.ppt

17:10 Development of MPGDs with resistive foils in Japan

Speaker: Atsuhiko Ochi (Department of Physics)

Slides ochi_100525_v2.9.pdf ochi_100525_v2.9.pptx

17:30 New results of microbulk detectors

Speaker: Francisco Iguaz (CEA)

Slides HPTPC_Freibourg.pdf

14:00 → 18:00 WG5: MPGD Related Electronics

14:00 Welcome, Announcements etc

Speakers: Hans Muller (CERN), Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn)

14:05 Status of the Scalable Readout System

Speaker: Hans Muller (CERN)

Slides Status__Scalable_Readout_System_Freiburg_Mai_2010.pdf Status__Scalable_Readout_System_Freiburg_Mai_2010.pptx

14:30 News on GEM muon tomography

via EVO

Speaker: Marcus Hohlmann (Florida Tech)

Slides Hohlmann_GEM-MuonTomography_RD51_coll-meeting_May25_2010_Final.pdf Hohlmann_GEM-MuonTomography_RD51_coll-meeting_May25_2010_Final.ppt

14:55 Status of the APV hybrid and Digitizer card for SRS

Speaker: Sorin Martoiu (CERN)

Slides Status_of_the_APV_Hybrid_and_Digitizer_card.pdf

15:15 First data with APV25 hybrid

Speaker: Sorin Martoiu (CERN)

Slides First_Data_with_APV25_Hybrid.pdf

15:30 Spark effects on integrated circuits

Speaker: Renaud Gaglione (Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Praticules - Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3)

Slides gaglione_wg5.pdf

15:50 Status APV25 electronics for the GEM Tracker at JLab

Speaker: Evaristo Cisbani (INFN Rome Gruppo Sanità)

Slides RD51_WP5_cisbani.pdf RD51_WP5_cisbani.ppt

16:10 Coffe Break

16:30 News on the NIKHEF microHV

Speaker: Frederik Hartjes (NIKHEF)

Slides Hartjes-uHV-25-5-10.pdf Hartjes-uHV-25-5-10.ppt

16:50 A new FPGA-based readout for Timepix Chips

Speaker: Christian Khara (University of Mainz)

Slides Freiburg-100525.pdf

17:10 Calibration of Timepix chip and pad enlargement chips

Speaker: Mr Markus Köhli (University of Freiburg)

Slides RD51_koehli_25_05_2010.pdf

17:30 News on TPC with triple GEM and Timepix

Speaker: Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn)

Slides Bonn_2.pdf

18:00 → 19:30 RD51 Collaboration Board Meeting

Wednesday, 26 May

09:00 → 12:30 WG4: Simulations and Software Tools

09:00 Electroluminescence in noble gases

Speaker: Carlos Alberto Bastos De Oliveira

Slides coliveira.pdf

09:30 Feedback mechanisms

Speaker: Ozkan Sahin (Uludag University)

Slides Ozkan_RD51_FREIBURG_2010.pdf Ozkan_RD51_FREIBURG_2010.ppt

10:00 Avalanche statistics

Speaker: Heinrich Schindler (Technische Universitaet Wien)

Slides Freiburg.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Gas flow

Speaker: Stefano Colafranceschi

Slides GEM_RD51mini_week.pdf GEM_RD51mini_week.ppt

11:30 Status C++ and workshop

Speaker: Alain Bellerive

Slides Freiurg_cpp.pdf Freiurg_cpp.pptx

09:00 → 12:30 WG6: Production

09:00 CERN workshop upgrade

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides rui2.pdf rui2.pptx

09:30 Systematic studies with micro Bulk detectors

Speaker: Arnaud Giganon (Saclay)

Slides giganon.pdf giganon.pptx

10:00 Micromega production at CIRE (firm)

Speakers: Michel Billant, Yann Duigou

Slides CIREA_MicroMegas260510.pdf

10:30 GEM production at MicroMetal (firm)

Speaker: Michael Sillmann (MicroMetal)

Slides MicroMetal_10056_RD51_Freiburg.pdf

11:00 Coffee Break

11:20 Status of the MPGD pilot offer for the Technology Transfer Network

Speaker: Hartmut Hillemanns (CERN)

Slides rd51collaboration260510.pdf rd51collaboration260510.pptx

11:50 Qualitative simplified model of a Bulk Micromegas detector

Speaker: Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides rui3.pdf rui3.pptx

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 18:30 Excursion

19:30 → 23:00 Collaboration Dinner

Thursday, 27 May

09:00 → 15:00 Plenary Session

09:00 Collaboration board meeting summary

Speakers: Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington), Andrew White (University of Texas at Arlington), Silvia Dalla Torre (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))

Slides CB_Report_AW.pdf CB_Report_AW.pptx

09:20 WG1 summary

Speakers: Paul Colas (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay), Paul Colas (CEA/Irfu), Serge Duarte Pinto (CERN)

Slides 100527SummaryWG1.pdf 100527SummaryWG1.ppt

09:50 WG2 summary

Speakers: Harry Van Der Graaf (NIKHEF), Maximilien Chefdeville (LAPP, Annecy)

Slides wg2_summary_may_10.pdf wg2_summary_may_10.pptx

10:20 WG4 summary

Speakers: Alain Bellerive (Carleton University), Rob Veenhof

Slides Freiburg_WG4_overview.pdf

10:50 Coffee break

11:20 WG7 summary

Speakers: Matteo Alfonsi (CERN), Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)

Slides RD51_WG7_Plenary_FreiburgCM.pdf RD51_WG7_Plenary_FreiburgCM.ppt

11:50 WG5 summary

Speakers: Hans Muller (CERN), Jochen Kaminski (Universität Bonn)

Slides summaryWG5.pdf

12:20 WG6 summary

Speakers: Hans Taureg (CERN, Geneva), Ioanis Giomataris (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA-Saclay)), Rui De Oliveira (CERN), Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Slides wg6summary.pdf

12:50 Announcement of 6th RD51 Workshop Bari

Speaker: Vincenzo Berardi (Politecnico di Bari)

Slides rd51Bari2010.pdf

12:55 Closing remarks

Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maksym Titov (IRFU-cea - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay), Dr Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay), maxim titov