ATHENA PID weekly regular meeting (4 April 2022)

Name: ATHENA PID weekly regular meeting
Start: 2022-04-04T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-04-04T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Zoom

- 12:00 → 12:05
  
  Weekly news 5m
  
  Conveners briefly update with news, comments and new directions from the Steering Committee (if any).
- 12:05 → 12:45
  Presentations
  
  This is time devoted to a longer discussion with a presentation of work done or to be done, if there is any and if there is the need for that.
  - 12:05
    
    Report from LAPPD Workshop 20m
    
    Speaker: Alexander Kiselev (BNL)
    
    ayk-2022-04-04-athena-pid-wg-meeting.pdf
  - 12:25
    
    Barrel-TOF in tracking 20m
    
    Speaker: Zhenyu Ye (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- 12:10 → 12:58
  Roundtable updates
  
  Updates from the main efforts with details about the progress in the activity. Please, be short and prepare a few (maximum three) slides focusing on what has been achieved since the last meeting.
  - 12:10
    
    DIRC 3m
    
    Advice on design, simulation, performance issues
    
    Speakers: Grzegorz Kalicy (CUA), Joe Schwiening (GSI)
  - 12:13
    
    mRICH 3m
    
    Simulation & performance studies
    
    Speaker: Murad Sarsour (Georgia State University)
  - 12:16
    
    dRICH 3m
    
    Speakers: Christopher Dilks (Duke University), Evaristo Cisbani (Italian National Institute of Heath and Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics)
  - 12:19
    
    Low momentum PID with GridPix 3m
    
    Speaker: Prakhar Garg (Stony Brook University)
  - 12:22
    
    Low momentum PID with TOF 3m
    
    Speakers: Wei Li (Rice University), Prof. Zhenyu Ye (University of Illinois at Chicago), Zhangbu Xu (BNL), Wenqing Fan, Frank Geurts (Rice University)
  - 12:25
    
    B field impact on forward RICH 3m
    
    Speakers: Chandradoy Chatterjee (INFN Trieste (IT)), Roberto Preghenella (INFN Bologna)
  - 12:28
    
    DAQ 3m
    
    Gathering DAQ requirements from PID WG
    
    Speakers: Alexandre Camsonne (JLAB), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  - 12:31
    
    LGADs for TOF-PID 3m
    
    simulation & performance studies, design, cost estimate etc.
    
    Speakers: Shuai Yang (Rice University), Prof. Wei Li (Rice University)
  - 12:34
    
    SiPM for RICH optical readout 3m
    
    R&D on SiPM as an option for the readout of the forward RICH
    
    Speaker: Roberto Preghenella (INFN Bologna)
  - 12:37
    
    Pressurised argon for the gaseous RICH 3m
    
    mechanical studies and simulations for a pressurised argon vessel for the forward gas RICH
  - 12:40
    
    LAPPD option for photon readout 3m
    
    R&D on LAPPD detectors must not be forgotten
    
    Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)
  - 12:43
    
    Barrel eCal with tracking and timing capability 3m
    
    Speakers: Maria Zurek (Argonne National Laboratory), Paul E Reimer (Argonne National Laboratory)
- 12:55 → 13:00
  
  AoB 5m
  
  In case there is any other business to discuss, we can take it here. If discussion takes longer than 5 minutes, it means that it needs a proper space and will be point for next week.

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