66th INFN ELOISATRON WORKSHOP: New gas mixtures for RPC and MRPC detectors

Europe/Rome
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Marcello Abbrescia, Marco Garbini, Rosario Nania
Description

Global warming is now a planetary emergency. Many efforts are devoted to the reduction of global emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere, to mitigate any related Earth heating effect. In this framework, the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases is being progressively phased out, also in accordance with national and international regulations.

For historical reasons, gaseous detectors used in High Energy Physics experiments often use greenhouse gases. Among them are to be included Resistive Plate Chambers and Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers, widely used for triggering, tracking and timing measurements, whose scientific community readily decided to adhere to the Green Transition in act. For this reason, some years ago, an intense R&D program was started, with the goal of finding new eco-friendly gas mixtures which should, at same time, be capable to guarantee undiminished detector performances.

This workshop aims to present the state of the art of such R&D activities and to indicate directions for potential future efforts.

 

Participants
  • Alessandra Pastore
  • Alessandro Ferretti
  • Antonio Bianchi
  • Antonio Trifirò
  • Barbara Liberti
  • Beatrice Mandelli
  • Corrado Cicalo
  • Cristina Ripoli
  • Daniele De Gruttola
  • Davide Piccolo
  • Despina Hatzifotiadou
  • Ekaterina Kuznetsova
  • Gabriella Pugliese
  • Gabriella Serri
  • Gianluca Rigoletti
  • Giuseppe Mandaglio
  • Imad Laktineh
  • Ingo Deppner
  • Jinsook Kim
  • Livia Terlizzi
  • Luca Quaglia
  • Luis Lopes
  • Luisa Cifarelli
  • Marcello Abbrescia
  • Marco Garbini
  • Marina Trimarchi
  • Martino Gagliardi
  • Michael Tytgat
  • Roberto Guida
  • Rosario Nania
  • Silvia Dalla Torre
  • Xingming Fan
  • Yongwook Baek
Marco Garbini
    • 15:00 22:00
      Arrival & Registration at Rabi Institute-San Rocco

      The Workshop secretariat is located at the Rabi Institute-San Rocco.

    • 09:00 09:30
      Workshop Opening and Welcome 30m Blackett Institute-San Domenico ( ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE )

      Blackett Institute-San Domenico

      ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

      Blackett Institute-San Domenico

      • Welcome 15m
        Speaker: Prof. Luisa Cifarelli
      • Workshop organization 15m
        Speakers: Prof. Abbrescia, Dr Garbini, Dr Nania
    • 09:30 11:00
      Session 1.1: Generalities on greenhouse gases reduction strategies Blackett Institute - San Domenico

      Blackett Institute - San Domenico

      ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

      Convener: Luisa Cifarelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee break 30m Blackett Institute - San Domenico (ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE )

      Blackett Institute - San Domenico

      ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

    • 11:30 13:00
      Session 1.2: Simulations&Measurements Blackett Institute -San Domenico

      Blackett Institute -San Domenico

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      Convener: Luisa Cifarelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:30 16:00
      Session 2.1: R&D Results
      Convener: Marcello Abbrescia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 14:30
        Searches for eco-friendly gas mixtures for the RPCs of the ALICE muon identifier 45m
        Speaker: Luca Quaglia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 15:15
        Eco-frendly gas with MRPCs 45m
        Speaker: Yongwook Baek (LPC, Univ. Blaise Pascal, CNRS-IN2P3, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffee break 30m Blackett Institute - San Domenico (ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE )

      Blackett Institute - San Domenico

      ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

    • 16:30 18:45
      Session 2.2: R&D results
      Convener: Marcello Abbrescia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 16:30
        The SDHCAL calorimeter status: present and future 45m
        Speaker: Imad Laktineh (ipnl)
      • 17:15
        Recent results on environment-friendly gas mixtures for ATLAS Resistive Plate Chambers 45m
        Speaker: Barbara Liberti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 18:00
        CMS Green House Gaseous Reduction strategy: plan and status 45m
        Speaker: Gabriella Pugliese (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    • 18:45 20:00
      Welcome Cocktail 1h 15m Blackett Institute - San Domenico (ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE )

      Blackett Institute - San Domenico

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      Marsala Room

    • 09:15 11:00
      Session 2.3: R&D results
      • 09:30
        Ecological gases studies in CMS experiment 45m
        Speaker: Davide Piccolo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 10:15
        Transition to eco-friendly RPC detectors for HEP: the experience of the Bari LHCb/SHiP group 45m
        Speaker: Alessandra Pastore (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee break 30m Blackett Institute - San Domenico (ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE )

      Blackett Institute - San Domenico

      ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

    • 11:30 13:00
      Session 2.4: R&D results
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:30 16:15
      Session 2.5: R&D results
    • 16:15 16:45
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:45 17:30
      Session 2.6: R&D results
      • 16:45
        Possible CF4 reduction or replacement in the gas mixture of the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers 45m
        Speaker: Ekaterina Kuznetsova
    • 20:00 22:30
      Social Dinner 2h 30m
    • 09:30 11:00
      Open discussion and future perspectives: Round table
      Convener: Marcello Abbrescia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
      • 09:30
        Open Discussion and future perspectives 1h 30m
        Speakers: Alessandra Pastore (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Alessandro Ferretti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Barbara Liberti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Davide Piccolo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Closing of the workshop