Workshop on fast Cherenkov detectors - Photon detection, DIRC design and DAQ

from Monday, 11 May 2009 (09:00) to Wednesday, 13 May 2009 (19:05)
University Giessen

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 May 2009
12 May 2009
13 May 2009
AM
09:00 --- Bus from Giessen to Rauischolzhausen ---
10:00
DIRC design I (until 13:00) (-)
10:00 The Babar DIRC - Joe Schwiening, SLAC   (-)
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10:50 --- Coffee ---
11:10 Development of time of propagation counters - Kenji Inami, Nagoya   (-)
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12:00 ATLAS Forward Proton Time-of-Flight Detectors - Andrew Brandt, Arlington   (-)
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09:00
Front-end electronics and data acquisition (until 11:30) ()
09:00 The Panda front-end electronics and data acquisition - Igor Konorov, TU Munich   (Hörsaal III)
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09:45 Plans for PANDA online computing - Dr Sören Lange   ()
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10:15 --- Coffee ---
10:40 Front-end electronics at ATLAS-AFP - Anatoli Astvatsatourov, Giessen   ()
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11:00 Microelectronics for SiPM readout - Joel Pouthas (Orsay)   ()
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11:30
PANDA-DIRC Front-end electronics and DAQ (I) (until 11:50) ()
11:30 Panda Barrel DIRC - Carsten Schwarz, GSI   ()
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11:50 --- lunch break (Sandwiches) ---
PM
13:00 --- Welcome coffee and registration ---
14:00
Photon detection (until 19:00) (Hörsaal IV)
14:00 Welcome and scope of the workshop - Michael Düren, Univ. Giessen   (Hörsaal IV)
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14:15 Overview on APDs and SiPMTs - Dieter Renker, PSI   (Hörsaal IV)
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15:00 Application and detection of Cherenkov radiation - Peter Krizan, Ljubljana   (Hörsaal IV)
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15:45 --- Coffee ---
16:00 Report by Hamamatsu - Siegfried Schmid (Hamamatsu, Germany)   (Hörsaal IV)
16:20 Report by Photonique - David McNally (Switzerland)   (Hörsaal IV)
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16:40 Report by Photek (Diamond PMTs) - Jon Howorth, UK   (Hörsaal IV)
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17:00 MCP detectors for picosecond timing - Wolfgang Plaß, Giessen   (Hörsaal IV)
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17:20 Studies of MCP properties - Albert Lehmann, Erlangen   (Hörsaal IV)
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17:40 Studies of APD properties - Hannes Marton, Vienna   (Hörsaal IV)
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19:30 --- Dinner at the brewery ---
13:00 --- Lunch and break (park of castle) ---
14:30
DIRC design II (until 19:00) ()
14:30 The Panda Barrel DIRC - Carsten Schwarz, GSI   ()
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15:10 The Panda time-of-propagation DISC DIRC - Michael Düren, Giessen   ()
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15:50 --- Coffee ---
16:10 The focussing-lightguide DISC DIRC design - Klaus Föhl, Giessen   ()
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16:40 The Panda focussing-lightguide DISC DIRC - Matthias Hoek, Glasgow   ()
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17:10 The Wasa focussing-lightguide DISC DIRC - Wolfgang Eyrich, Erlangen   ()
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17:30 Discussion and brainstorming on design options - all   ()
19:00 --- Dinner in Rauischolzhausen ---
21:00 --- Bus back to Giessen ---
12:35
PANDA-DIRC Front-end electronics and DAQ (II) (until 13:15) ()
12:35 Panda FL-DISC DIRC - Tibor Keri, Glasgow   ()
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12:55 Panda TOP-DISC DIRC - Avetik Hayrapetyan, Giessen   ()
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13:15
Reconstructon methods (until 14:30) (Room)
13:15 Panda Barrel DIRC - Carsten Schwarz, GSI   (Room)
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13:30 Panda TOP-DISC DIRC - Oliver Merle, Giessen   (Room)
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13:45 Panda FL-DISC DIRC - Gordon Hill, Glasgow   (Room)
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14:00 DIRC reconstruction studies - Hartmut Machner, Jülich   (Room)
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14:15 Discussion   (Room)
14:30 --- Coffee ---
14:45
PANDA DIRC planning meeting (until 18:00) (Room 511 (5th floor))
14:45 Progress report from GSI - Roland Hohler   (Room 511 (5th floor))
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15:00 Progress report from Erlangen - Alexander Britting   (Room 511 (5th floor))
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15:15 Progress report from Glasgow - Euan Cowie   (Room 511 (5th floor))
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15:30 Further progress reports from the contributing institutes - Edinburgh, Erlangen, Krakow, Giessen, Glasgow, GSI, Jülich, Tübingen, Wien   (Room 511 (5th floor))
15:45 Steps towards the Technical Design Report - Klaus Föhl, Giessen   (Room 511 (5th floor))
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16:05 Planning of the Panda test experiments - Avetik Hayrapetyan, Giessen   (Room 511 (5th floor))
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16:25 Open Issues and ToDo lists   (Room 511 (5th floor))
17:05 AOB   (Room 511 (5th floor))