IWAD and 14th RD51 Collaboration Meeting, Kolkata, India
from
Monday 27 October 2014
at 08:00
to
Friday 31 October 2014
at 18:00
(Asia/Kolkata)
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09:15 - 10:00Registration
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
10:00 - 11:30Day - 1, Session - 1
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
10:00Inauguration 45'
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10:45From MWPC to the MPGD 45'
Speakers: Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay) Material: slides 
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10:00Inauguration 45'
- 11:30 - 12:00Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
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12:00 - 13:30Day - 1, Session - 2
Chair: Amit Roy
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
12:00Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) 40'
Speakers: Yogendra Pathak VIYOGI (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata) Material: slides -
12:40MRPC based Muon Tracking Detector at STAR 20'
Speakers: Zubayer Ahammed (VECC) Material: slides 
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13:00Developement and characterisation of bakelite RPC in VECC, Kolkata 15'
Speakers: RAJESH GANAI (TIFR, MUMBAI) Material: slides -
13:15Measurement of Characteristic Impedance of Suitable Dielectric Material, and Surface Resistivity (Automation) for large RPC electrodes 15'
Speakers: Manoj Kumar Manoj (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005,U.P., INDIA) Material: slides
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12:00Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) 40'
- 13:30 - 14:30Lunch (VECC ( Lounge ) )
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14:30 - 15:55Day - 1, Session - 3
Chair: Tapan Kumar Nayak
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
14:30CMS RPC muon detector performance and upgrade 40'
Speakers: Lalit Pant (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai) Material: slides -
15:10Effect of Geometry on RPC Characteristics 15'
Speakers: Abhik Abhik Jash (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics) Material: slides -
15:25Study of float glass as Electrodes for RPC 15'
Speakers: Raveendrababu Karnam (Resaerch Scholar) Material: slides -
15:40Performance simulation of a MRPC-based PET Imaging System 15'
Speakers: Arnab Banerjee (VECC,India) Material: slides
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14:30CMS RPC muon detector performance and upgrade 40'
- 15:55 - 16:15Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
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16:15 - 18:00Day - 1, Session - 4
Chair: Paul Colas
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
16:15The hump in Single Electron Avalanche in Ar, He and Ne gases 40'
Speakers: Rob Veenhof (Uludağ and RD51) Material: slides -
16:55Numerical Study of electrostatic distortions in a TPC based on micromegas modules 20'
Speakers: Deb Sankar Bhattacharya (Research Fellow) Material: slides -
17:15Electron transparency studies with an exchangable mesh Micromegas chamber 20'
Speakers: Fabian Kuger (CERN / University of Wuerzburg) Material: slides -
17:35Investigations on Ion backflow in Micromegas Detectors 20'
Speakers: Purba Bhattacharya (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics) Material: slides
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16:15The hump in Single Electron Avalanche in Ar, He and Ne gases 40'
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18:30 - 20:00Cultural Programme
By Shuchi Chhandam Dance Academy, Kolkata
Location: VECC ( Saha Auditorium ) - 20:00 - 21:00Dinner (VECC Guest House ( Lounge ) )
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09:15 - 10:00Registration
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09:30 - 11:15Day - 2, Session - 1
Chair: V. M. Datar
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
09:30Cryogenic THGEM detectors for dark-matter search and other applications 45'
Speakers: AMOS BRESKIN (WEIZMANN INSTITUTE) Material: slides -
10:15GEM based Polarimeter Detector for Proton EDM Measurement 20'
Speakers: Seongtae Park (IBS) Material: slides -
10:35Experimental and Numerical investigations on GEM detectors 20'
Speakers: Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics) Material: slides -
10:55Test and Characterization of a Prototype Silicon-Tungsten Electromagnetic Calorimeter 20'
Speakers: Sanjib MUHURI (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India) Material: slides
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09:30Cryogenic THGEM detectors for dark-matter search and other applications 45'
- 11:15 - 11:35Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
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11:35 - 13:30Day - 2, Session - 2
Chair: Sailajananda Bhattacharya
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
11:35Large-area micromegas detectors for the ATLAS muon system upgrade On Atlas Micromegas 35'
Speakers: Joerg Wotschack (CERN) Material: slides -
12:10GEM Detector Development for CBM experiment at FAIR 25'
Speakers: Anand Kumar Dubey (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre) Material: paper -
12:35Testing of a 31 cm x 31 cm GEM Chamber at COSY for CBM Experiment at FAIR 20'
Speakers: RAMA PRASAD ADAK (Junior Research Fellow) Material: slides -
12:55First test of the HGB4 (twin GEM-TPC) for the SuperFRS at GSI 30'
Speakers: Francisco Garcia (HIP) Material: slides
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11:35Large-area micromegas detectors for the ATLAS muon system upgrade On Atlas Micromegas 35'
- 13:30 - 14:30Lunch (VECC ( Lounge ) )
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14:30 - 16:00Day - 2, Session - 3
Chair: Sudeb Bhattacharya
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
14:30Photon Detection with MPGDs 40'
Speakers: Silvia DALLA TORRE (INFN - Trieste) Material: slides -
15:10Detectors for neutron tagging for position sensitive detection of explosive 30'
Speakers: Amar SINHA (BARC) Material: slides -
15:40Development of Digital Medical Imaging Systems at BARC, Mumbai 20'
Speakers: Partha Sarathi Sarkar (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai) Material: slides
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14:30Photon Detection with MPGDs 40'
- 16:00 - 16:20Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
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16:20 - 18:00Day - 2, Session - 4
Chair: Subhasis Chattopadhyay
Location: VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) -
16:20Thick GAS Electron Multiplier as UV Photon Detector 25'
Speakers: Baishali Garai (Indian Institute of Science) Material: slides -
16:45An application of GEM detectors for XRF imaging 25'
Speakers: Bartosz Mindur (AGH Univesity of Science and Technology) Material: slides -
17:10PANEL DISCUSSION 50'
Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Material: slides
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16:20Thick GAS Electron Multiplier as UV Photon Detector 25'
- 19:00 - 21:00BANQUET
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09:30 - 11:15Day - 2, Session - 1