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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  • Monday 27 October 2014
    • 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'
      • 10:45From MWPC to the MPGD 45'
        Speakers: Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay)
        Material: slidesppt file
    • 11:30 - 12:00Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 12:40MRPC based Muon Tracking Detector at STAR 20'
        Speakers: Zubayer Ahammed (VECC)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 13:00Developement and characterisation of bakelite RPC in VECC, Kolkata 15'
        Speakers: RAJESH GANAI (TIFR, MUMBAI)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 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: slidesppt file
    • 13:30 - 14:30Lunch (VECC ( Lounge ) )
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 15:10Effect of Geometry on RPC Characteristics 15'
        Speakers: Abhik Abhik Jash (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 15:25Study of float glass as Electrodes for RPC 15'
        Speakers: Raveendrababu Karnam (Resaerch Scholar)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 15:40Performance simulation of a MRPC-based PET Imaging System 15'
        Speakers: Arnab Banerjee (VECC,India)
        Material: slidespdf file
    • 15:55 - 16:15Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
    • 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: slidespdf file
      • 16:55Numerical Study of electrostatic distortions in a TPC based on micromegas modules 20'
        Speakers: Deb Sankar Bhattacharya (Research Fellow)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 17:15Electron transparency studies with an exchangable mesh Micromegas chamber 20'
        Speakers: Fabian Kuger (CERN / University of Wuerzburg)
        Material: slidesppt file
      • 17:35Investigations on Ion backflow in Micromegas Detectors 20'
        Speakers: Purba Bhattacharya (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
        Material: slidespdf file
    • 18:30 - 20:00Cultural Programme
      By Shuchi Chhandam Dance Academy, Kolkata
      Location: VECC ( Saha Auditorium )
    • 20:00 - 21:00Dinner (VECC Guest House ( Lounge ) )
  • Tuesday 28 October 2014
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 10:15GEM based Polarimeter Detector for Proton EDM Measurement 20'
        Speakers: Seongtae Park (IBS)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 10:35Experimental and Numerical investigations on GEM detectors 20'
        Speakers: Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 10:55Test and Characterization of a Prototype Silicon-Tungsten Electromagnetic Calorimeter 20'
        Speakers: Sanjib MUHURI (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India)
        Material: slidesppt file
    • 11:15 - 11:35Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 12:10GEM Detector Development for CBM experiment at FAIR 25'
        Speakers: Anand Kumar Dubey (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre)
        Material: paperppt file
      • 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: slidespdf file
      • 12:55First test of the HGB4 (twin GEM-TPC) for the SuperFRS at GSI 30'
        Speakers: Francisco Garcia (HIP)
        Material: slidespdf file
    • 13:30 - 14:30Lunch (VECC ( Lounge ) )
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 15:10Detectors for neutron tagging for position sensitive detection of explosive 30'
        Speakers: Amar SINHA (BARC)
        Material: slidesppt file
      • 15:40Development of Digital Medical Imaging Systems at BARC, Mumbai 20'
        Speakers: Partha Sarathi Sarkar (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai)
        Material: slidesppt file
    • 16:00 - 16:20Tea / Coffee (VECC ( Ajay Divatiya Lecture Hall ) )
    • 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: slidesppt file
      • 16:45An application of GEM detectors for XRF imaging 25'
        Speakers: Bartosz Mindur (AGH Univesity of Science and Technology)
        Material: slidespdf file
      • 17:10PANEL DISCUSSION 50'
        Speakers: Leszek Ropelewski (CERN)
        Material: slidesppt file
    • 19:00 - 21:00BANQUET