MPGD2011

2nd International Conference on Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors
29 August - 1 September 2011, Japan

Program

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RD51 Program on CERN Indico Server

Oral program[pdf] Poster program[pdf]

Book of abstracts[pdf]

MPGD2011 Conference Program (updated on 25 August, 2011)

8/28 From To
Registration 15:00 19:00 Registration will be opened at 15:00
Dinner 19:00 21:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F) Welcome Reception
8/29 From To Ref. Name Institute Presentation title
Chair: Ioannis Giomataris (CEA Saclay) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Welcome 9:00 9:20 Hiroshi Takeda Kobe University Welcome to Kobe
Talk 9:20 9:45 31 Georges Vasseur CEA Saclay, IRFU Operation of the T2K Time Projection Chambers
Talk 9:45 10:10 77 Claudio Giganti IFAE, Barcelona ND280 TPC contribution to recent T2K results
Talk 10:10 10:35 35 Archana SHARMA CERN An overview on the design, construction and performance of large area triple- GEM prototypes for future upgrades of the CMS forward muon system
Talk 10:35 11:00 3 Serge Duarte Pinto CERN GEM-based beam profile monitors for the antiproton decelerator
Coffee 11:00 11:20
Chair: Harry van der Graaf (NIKHEF) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 11:20 11:45 68 Jochen Kaminski University of Bonn Gaseous Detectors with Micropattern Gas Amplification Stages and CMOS Pixel Chip Readout
Talk 11:45 12:10 73 Takeshi Fujiwara The University of Tokyo Study on New Glass Gem
Talk 12:10 12:35 19 Hongbang Liu Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Study on thinner-THGEM and some applications
Lunch 12:35 14:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F)
Chair: Takeshi Matsuda (KEK/IPNS) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Review 14:00 14:40 51 Rui De Oliveira CERN Cern Photolithography workshop leader
Talk 14:40 15:05 52 Akifumi Yoshikawa RIKEN / Tokyo Univ. of Sci. Development of Resistive Electrode Gas Electron Multipliers (RE-GEM)
Talk 15:05 15:30 27 Harry van der Graaf Nikhef Characterizing discharge protection and improving drift time resolution for Gridpix
Talk 15:30 15:55 33 Joany Manjarrés CEA-Saclay, IRFU Performances and sparking rate of anode-resistive Micromegas for HL-LHC environment
Poster 15:55 16:25 Slot A Room "Suma" (Main Build. 3F)
Coffee 16:25 16:45
Chair: Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 16:45 17:10 24 Hironobu Ishiyama KEK GEM-MSTPC: An active-target type detector in low-pressure He/CO2 mixed gas
Talk 17:10 17:35 25 Evaristo Cisbani INFN Roma Sanità group and Italian National Institute of GEM tracker for high luminosity experiments at the JLab Hall A
Talk 17:35 18:00 20 Emilia Basile Italian National Institute of Health An online proton beam monitor for cancer therapy based on ionization chambers with micro pattern readout
Talk 18:00 18:25 1 Rafael M Gutierrez Universidad Antonio Nariño MPGD for Breast cancer prevention: a high resolution and low dose radiation medical imaging
Discussion 19:00 21:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F) Night discussion with dinner
8/30 From To Ref. Name Institute Presentation title
Chair: Junji Haba (KEK/IPNS) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Review 9:00 9:40 78 Marcel Demarteau Argonne National Laboratory Links of detectors and physics
Talk 9:40 10:05 12 Joseph Parker Kyoto University Neutron Imaging Detector Based on the µPIC Micro-Pixel Gaseous Chamber
Talk 10:05 10:30 8 Lev Shekhtman Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics GEM-based detectors for SR imaging and particle tracking.
Poster 10:30 11:00 Slot B Room "Suma" (Main Build. 3F)
Coffee 11:00 11:20
Chair: Joerg Watschack (CERN) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 11:20 11:45 9 Takayuki SUMIYOSHI Tokyo Metropolitan University Development of gaseous photomutipliers with Micro Pattern Gas Detectors
Talk 11:45 12:10 76 Amos BRESKIN WEIZMANN INSTITUTE Further investigations of a cryogenic gaseous photomultiplier for noble-liquid scintillation
Talk 12:10 12:35 61 Shunsuke Kurosawa Tohoku University Development of a new imaging device using a VUV scintillator and a gas photomultiplier with a μ-PIC and GEM
Lunch 12:35 14:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F)
Chair: Andy White (University of Texas at Arlington) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Review 14:00 14:40 4 Alexey Buzulutskov Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Advances in GEM-based cryogenic avalanche detectors
Talk 14:40 15:05 14 Joerg Wotschack CERN Spark-resistant large-area micromegas for the ATLAS upgrade
Talk 15:05 15:30 71 Hidetoshi Komai Kobe University Performance studies of Micro Pixel Chamber for ATLAS upgrade
Talk 15:30 15:55 29 Sverre Dørheim Technische Universität München A prototype GEM-TPC for PANDA
Poster 15:55 16:25 Slot C Room "Suma" (Main Build. 3F)
Coffee 16:25 16:45
Chair: Rachel Chechik (Weizmann Institute of Science) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 16:45 17:10 26 Kiseki Nakamura Kyoto University Direction-snesitive dark matter search with MPGD
Talk 17:10 17:35 10 Thomas Papaevangelou CEA Saclay A very-low-threshold & ultra-low-background microbulk Micromegas detector for solar axion and dark matter searches.
Talk 17:35 18:00 46 Denis Bernard LLR CNRS/IN2P3 High-angular-precision gamma-ray astronomy and polarimetry above the pair-creation threshold.
Talk 18:00 18:25 65 Toru Tamagawa RIKEN Laser Etched LCP-GEMs and Their Applications to Space Missions
Discussion 19:00 21:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F) Night discussion with dinner
8/31 From To Ref. Name Institute Presentation title
Chair: Theodoros Geralis (NCSR Demokritos) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 9:40 10:05 75 Amos BRESKIN WEIZMANN INSTITUTE THGEM-based potential active elements for DHCAL: Laboratory and Beam results
Talk 10:05 10:30 32 Silvia Dalla Torre INFN - Trieste Detection of single photons with ThickGEM-based counters
Poster 10:30 11:00 Slot D (A+B+C) Room "Suma" (Main Build. 3F)
Coffee 11:00 11:20
Chair: Atsuhiko Ochi (Kobe University) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 11:20 11:45 7 Giovanni BENCIVENNI LNF-INFN Design and Construction of a Cylindrical GEM Detector as Inner Tracker Device at KLOE-2
Talk 11:45 12:10 34 Andy White University of Texas at Arlington Digital Hadron Calorimetry for the International Linear Collider using GEM technologies
Talk 12:10 12:35 54 Ryo Yonamine KEK R&D of MPGD-readout TPC for the International Linear Collider experiment
Lunch 12:35 14:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F)
Chair: Tatsuo Kawamoto (ICEPP, University of Tokyo) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Talk 14:00 14:25 2 Sebastien Procureur CEA-Saclay Origin and simulation of sparks in MPGD
Talk 14:25 14:50 74 Harry van der Graaf Nikhef Production, progress and application of GridPix detectors.
Talk 14:50 15:15 66 Atsuhiko Ochi Kobe University Development of Micro Pixel Chamber with higher resistive electrodes
Talk 15:15 15:40 40 Maxence Vandenbrouck CEA Saclay Performances of Micromegas detectors with discharge reduction technologies for high hadron flux environments.
Talk 15:40 16:05 41 Shoji Uno KEK New flexible resistive GEM foil without metal
Coffee 16:05 16:40
Chair: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN Sezione di Trieste) Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Special 16:40 17:10 Amos Breskin WEIZMANN INSTITUTE Homage to George Charpak 1
Special 17:10 17:40 Fabio Sauli TERA Foundation Homage to George Charpak 2
Special 17:40 18:10 Ioannis Giomataris CEA-Saclay Homage to George Charpak 3
Closing 18:10 18:20
Banquet 19:00 22:00 Barbecue Terrace Banquet and award presentation ceremony for George Charpak Award
9/1 From To
Excursion 7:30 18:00 Excursion to Awaji Island and Kotohira-gu
Discussion 19:00 21:00 Room "Rokko" (Main Build. 2F) Night discussion with dinner

9/2-9/3 RD51 collaboration meeting. Detailed program is prepared by RD51.

9/2 RD51 Collaboration meeting (Room "Fuji")
Session1 9:00 13:00 Parallel sessions for WG7(Test beam) and WG4(Simulation & Software)
Lunch 13:00 14:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F)
Session2 14:00 18:00 Parallel sessions for WG1(Technology & new structures) and WG6(Electronics)
CB 18:00 19:00 Collaboration board
Discussion 19:30 21:00 Room "Shunjuu" (Annex 2F) RD51 discussion with dinner
9/3 RD51 Collaboration meeting (Room "Fuji")
Session3 9:00 13:00 Parallel sessions for WG2(Physics issues) and WG6(Production)
Lunch 13:00 14:00 Room "Maiko" (Main Build. 3F)
Plenary 14:00 17:30 Summary of WGs and plenary talks.
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