X. Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors

from Tuesday, 9 February 2010 (08:00) to Friday, 12 February 2010 (18:00)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Hörsaal GSI)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Feb 2010
10 Feb 2010
11 Feb 2010
12 Feb 2010
AM
09:00
Status and performance of wide-gap RPC systems (I) (until 11:00) (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00 Welcome - Prof. Norbert Herrmann (UNI Heidelberg)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:20 Introduction - Prof. Rinaldo Santonico   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:40 Performance of the ATLAS Resistive Plate Chambers - Mr Giordano Cattani (Department of Physics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, INFN Rome “Tor Vergata”)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:00 The CMS RPC project, results from 2009 cosmics data taking - Mr Camilo Carrillo (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:20 Commissioning of the Resistive Plate Chambers for the ALICE muon arm - Dr Martino Gagliardi (INFN Torino)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:40 RPC based Muon Trigger Upgrade for the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC - Dr Young Jin Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Status and performance of wide-gap RPC systems (II) (until 13:10) (Hörsaal GSI)
11:30 Performance and aging of OPERA bakelite RPCs - Dr Alessandro Paoloni (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:50 Performance of the RPC L1 Trigger during CRAFT09 - Dr Alberto Orso Maria Iorio (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:10 Design and Performance of the Detector Control System of the ATLAS RPC Muon Spectrometer - Dr Alessandro Polini (INFN Bologna)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:30 ATLAS RPCs operation and performance tuning through the Detector Control System at the startup of 2009 LHC run - Dr Marcello Bindi (University and INFN of Bologna)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:50 Offline monitoring and data quality of the ATLAS Resistive Plate Chambers at CERN Tier0 facility - Mr Angelo Guida (INFN Lecce & Physics department of Salento University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00
Status and performance of narrow-gap RPC systems (until 11:00) (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00 The MRPC-based ALICE Time-Of-Fight detector: commissioning and first performance - Dr Andrea Alici (INFN Bologna and Physics Department of Bologna University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:20 Multigap RPCs in the STAR Experiment at RHIC - Prof. William J. Llope (Rice University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:40 RPC HADES-TOF wall cosmic ray test performance - Mr Alberto Blanco Castro (LIP-Coimbra)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:00 FOPI MMRPC ToF Barrel - Dr Mladen Kiš (RBI Zagreb, UNI Heidelberg)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:20 Study of the cosmic data taken with the ALICE TOF detector at the LHC - Dr Daniele De Gruttola (University and INFN of Salerno)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:40 Cosmic tests of the ALICE TOF system - Mr Dmitry Malkevich (ITEP, Moscow)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
R & D in narrow-gap RPCs (I) (until 13:10) (Hörsaal GSI)
11:30 Progress of R&D and production of timing RPC in Tsinghua University - Prof. Yi Wang (Tsinghua University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:50 A prototype of high rate MRPC for CBM-TOF - Dr Jingbo Wang (Tsinghua University, Beijing)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:10 Ceramics high rate timing RPC - Dr Lothar Naumann (FZD, Dresden-Rossendorf)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:30 Understanding the ageing process in RPC materials from an ion conductivity approach - Mr Miguel Morales (University of Santiago de Compostela)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:50 Quantification and inhibition of the gas polymerization process in timing RPCs - Ms Sílvia Gramacho (LIP-Coimbra)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00
New applications (until 11:00) (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00 A study on the spatial resolution of human RPC-PET - Mr Miguel Couceiro (LIP Coimbra)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:20 Study on the Performance of Large Area MRPC with High Position Resolution - Prof. Qian Yue (Tsinghua University, Beijing)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:40 Resistive Electrode Approach in Micropattern Gaseous Detectors - Prof. Vladimir Peskov (CERN, Geneva)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:00 Construction of a Digital Hadron Calorimeter with Resistive Plate Chambers - Dr Lei Xia (ANL, Chicago)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:20 Tests of a Digital Hadron Calorimeter with Resistive Plate Chambers - Dr Jose Repond (ANL, Chicago)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:40 Advanced diamond materials for timing applications - Mrs Elèni Berdermann (GSI Darmstadt)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Simulations and fundamentals (until 13:10) (Hörsaal GSI)
11:30 RPC Simulation in Avalanche and Streamer Modes Using Transport Equations for Electrons and Ions - Dr Ahmad Moshaii (Tarbiat Modares University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:50 RPC Performances versus Front-End Electronics - Dr Roberto Cardarelli (INFN "Tor Vergata")   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:10 A Monte Carlo simulation to study the surface roughness effect on RPC performance - Ms Tapasi Ghosh (VECC, Kolkata)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:30 Time structure measurement of the ATLAS RPC gap current - Dr Giulio Aielli (University and INFN of Roma "Tor Vergata")   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:50 TimTrack A new algorithm for the tracking of particles with timing detectors - Prof. Juan A. Garzon (University of Santiago de Compostela)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00
Gas systems and ageing (I) (until 11:00) (Hörsaal GSI)
09:00 A new approach in modeling the response of RPC detectors - Mr Stefano Colafranceschi (INFN-LNF, Frascati)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:20 Results from the PHENIX RPC R&D and Long-Term Performance Monitoring - Prof. Xiaochun He (Georgia State University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
09:40 Aging Study for BESIII-type RPC and New development of Bakelite electrode - Mr Changguo Lu (Princeton University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:00 Decomposition and Removal of Effluent Freon-SF6 Mixture by RF Plasma - Mr Avinash Joshi (Alpha Pneumatics)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:20 New gas mixtures for Resistive Plate Chambers operated in avalanche mode - Prof. Marcello Abbrescia (Physics Dept. and INFN - Bari)   (Hörsaal GSI)
10:40 Optimization of the closed loop gas system for the Resistive Plate Chamber operation at the Large Hadron Collider experiment - Mr Roberto Guida (CERN)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Gas systems and ageing (II) and digital systems (until 13:10) (Hörsaal GSI)
11:30 Performance of the Prototype Gas Recirculation System with built-in RGA for INO RPC system - Mr Suresh Kalmani (TIFR, Mumbai)   (Hörsaal GSI)
11:50 A multipurpose Trigger Readout Board - Mr Marek Palka (Universität Frankfurt)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:10 High Resolution TDC ASIC for CBM-ToF - Dr Holger Flemming (GSI Darmstadt)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:30 Development of High Resolution Readout Electronics for MRPC - Dr Zhi Deng (Tsinghua University, Beijing)   (Hörsaal GSI)
12:50 Summary & Closing   (Hörsaal GSI)
PM
13:10 --- Lunch break ---
14:30
Status and performance of wide-gap RPC systems (III) (until 16:30) (Hörsaal GSI)
14:30 Commissioning and first operation experience of the CMS RPC Detector Control System at LHC - Dr Giovanni Polese (University of Bari)   (Hörsaal GSI)
14:50 RPC monitoring and results from the ARGO-YBJ experiment - Dr Paolo Camarri (University of Roma "Tor Vergata" and INFN Roma Tor Vergata)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:10 Monte Carlo evaluation of CMS L1 muon trigger with p-p collisions using data-driven methods - Ms Archana Sharma (Panjab University, Chandigarh)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:30 Commissioning of the ALICE Muon Spectrometer Trigger at LHC - Mr Aurelien Blanc (LPC, Clermont-Ferrand)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:50 Quality Control of RPCs for the PHENIX Trigger Upgrade - Prof. Rusty Towell (Abilene Christian University)   (Hörsaal GSI)
16:10 Calibration of the RPC charge readout in the ARGO-YBJ experiment - Dr Xiangdong Sheng (Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing)   (Hörsaal GSI)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
R & D in wide-gap RPCs (until 19:00) (Hörsaal GSI)
17:00 Oiled Multigap-Gap Resistive Plate Chambers for High-Rate Particle Triggers - Prof. Kyong Sei Lee (Korea University, Seoul)   (Hörsaal GSI)
17:20 Characterization of CMS end-cap RPCs assembled in India - Dr Lalit Pant (BARC, Mumbai)   (Hörsaal GSI)
17:40 Production of Bakelite RPC Gas Gaps for the PHENIX Muon Trigger Upgrade - Prof. Sung Park (Korea University, Seoul)   (Hörsaal GSI)
18:00 Development of 2m x 2m size Glass RPCs for INO - Mr Satyanarayana Bheesette (TIFR, Mumbai)   (Hörsaal GSI)
18:20 Cosmic Ray test of INO RPC stack - Prof. Naba Mondal (TIFR, Mumbai)   (Hörsaal GSI)
18:40 Performances of silicone coated high resistive bakelite RPC - Mr Saikat Biswas (VECC, Kolkata)   (Hörsaal GSI)
19:00 --- Dinner ---
20:30 --- Shuttle transfer ---
13:10 --- Lunch break ---
14:30
R & D in narrow-gap RPCs (II) (until 16:30) (Hörsaal GSI)
14:30 Toward a high granularity, high counting rate, differential read-out RPC - Dr Mariana Petris (NIPNE, Bucharest)   (Hörsaal GSI)
14:50 The CBM Time-of-Flight wall - Mr Ingo Deppner (Universität Heidelberg)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:10 Progress in the simulation of Resistive Plate Chambers with multi-strip read-out - Dr Diego Gonzalez-Diaz (GSI Darmstadt)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:30 NeuLAND: MRPC-based time-of-flight detector for 1 GeV neutrons - Dr Daniel Bemmerer (FZD, Dresden-Rossendorf)   (Hörsaal GSI)
15:50 Development of MMRPC prototype for R3B, FAIR - Prof. Ushasi Datta Pramanik (Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta)   (Hörsaal GSI)
16:10 Some results of the R&D of a ToF-Wall to identify relativistic ions - Dr Enrique Casarejos (Universidad de Vigo)   (Hörsaal GSI)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Poster session (until 20:30) (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 A closed‐circuit gas system for RPC detectors - Mr Dominic Rossi (GSI Darmstadt)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Determination of the electron scattering cross section set in tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F4) based on measurements of electron transport coefficients - Jaime de Urquijo (Instituto de Ciencias Físicas)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 L1 Trigger effciency estimation of RPC detector in CMS experiment - Ms Monika Jindal (Panjab University Chandigarh)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 NeuLAND MRPC prototypes tested at ELBE/Dresden - Mr Dmitry Yakorev (FZD Dresden-Rossen)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 NeuLAND MRPC-based detector prototypes tested with fast neutrons - Christoph Caesar (GSI Darmstadt)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Performance of Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber in Streamer and Avalanche Mode - Mr Masayoshi Shoji   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Some results of the R&D of a ToF-Wall to identify relativistic ions - Dr Enrique Casarejos (Universidade de Vigo)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Study of gas purifiers in the CMS RPC detector - Dr Giovanna Saviano (INFN-LNF Frascati)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Study on two-dimension induced signal readout of MRPC - Dr Yu-Cheng Wu (Tsinghua University, Beijing)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Systematic study of gas mixtures for timing RPCs - Dr Luís Lopez (LIP Coimbra)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Testing timing RPC’s at ELBE/Dresden using 32MeV single-electron bunches with picosecond time resolution - Mr Daniel Stach (FZD Dresden-Rossendorf)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 The Slow Control System of the HADES RPC wall - Mr Alejandro Gil Ortiz (IFIC-Valencia)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 TRASGO An innovative stand-alone detector with full timing and tracking capabilities - Mr Georgy Kornakov (University of Santiago de Compostela)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 Velocity measurement of cosmic muons using INO RPC detector stack - Mr Sumanta Pal (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)   (Sideroom GSI)
17:00 VME based DAQ system for INO RPC stack - Mr Samuel Deepak (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)   (Sideroom GSI)
20:30 --- Shuttle transfer ---
13:10 --- Lunch break ---
14:30 --- Excursion ---
19:00 --- Banquet ---
13:10 --- Lunch break ---