Workshop on timing detectors - Saclay March 8-9


PROGRAMME



Thursday, March 8

TIMING DETECTOR SESSION I:

9:00- 9:15 Welcome - Patrick Le Du / Christophe Royon (15)
9:15- 9:45 Overview of ultra fast time of flight - Henry Frisch (25+5)
9:45-10:15 MCP development and technology - Burle/Photonis - Pascal Lavoute (25+5)
10:15-10:45 MCP development and technology - Hamamatsu - Wolfgang Vogel (25+5)
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:45 ANL test stand and tests performed at FNAL - Karen Byrum (25+5)
11:45-12:15 Timing properties of MCP PMTs - Kenji Inami (25+5)
12:15-12:45 Development of a novel type of MCP based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon - Pierre Jarron (25+5)
12:45-14:00 Lunch at La Rotonde, Saclay

TIMING DETECTOR SESSION II (ELECTRONICS):

14:00-14:30 Fast electronics for timing detectors - Jean-Francois Genat (25+5)
14:30-14:50 Electronics development - Harold Sanders (15+5)
14:50-15:10 Electronics development - Fukun Tang (15+5)
15:10-15:40 Fast analog samplers and timing experience in DAPNIA - Eric Delagnes (25+5)
15:40-16:10 Picosecond instrument with Greenfield technology - Nicolas Hirbec (25+5)
16:10-16:40 Coffee break
16:40-17:10 LHC ALICE TOF performance - Crispin Williams (25+5)
17:10-18:00 Discussion on timing detectors and microelectronics - Henry Frisch
19:30- Workshop dinner in Paris, Auberge du Pot de Terre, rue du pot de Fer

Friday, March 9

SIMULATION AND MEDICAL APPLICATION SESSION:

9:00-9:30 How to optimize the MCP parameters - Jerry Va'Vra/Pascla Lavoute (25+5)
9:30-10:00 Simulation with GATE - Irene Buvat (25+5)
10:00-10:20 The LITRANI package - Francois-Xavier Gentit (15+5)
10:20-10:50 Discussion about simulation (Claude Comtat) (tbc)
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-11:40 Application in Medical imaging and hadron therapy - Paul Lecoq / Patrick Le Du (15+5)
11:40-12:10 PET, TOF PET, SPECT - Chin-Tu Chen (25+5)
12:10-12:40 Discussion of timing at 10 and 100 ps for charged particles and photons in PET cameras - Yves lemoigne (25+5)
12:40-14:00 Lunch in La Rotonde, Saclay

PHYSICS APPLICATION SESSION:

14:00-14:20 220 m pots in ATLAS - Christophe Royon (15+5)
14:20-14:50 Conceptual design studies of TOF endcap DIRC for PANDA - Markus Ehrenfried (25+5)
14:50-15:20 Picosecond timing for application in Cherenkov detectors - Matthias Hoek (25+5)
15:20-15:50 FNAL developments on fast timing - Nguyen Hogan (25+5)
15:50-16:20 Discussion
16:20-16:50 Coffee break
16:50-17:30 Conclusion and next steps - Henry Frisch


Programme