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conference Large Area Picosecond Photodetector Collaboration Meeting   from Friday 09 December 2011 (08:00)
to Saturday 10 December 2011 (18:00) (US/Central)
at Argonne National Laboratory ( A-224 )
 

Friday 09 December 2011 toptop

08:30->09:00    Welcome & Introduction
08:30 Welcome (15') Harry Weerts (Division Director, Argonne HEPD)
08:45 LAPPD Overview (15') (pptx) Henry Frisch (Argonne/Univ. of Chicago)

09:00->10:45    Photocathodes (Convener: Gary Varner (Univ. of Hawaii) )
09:00 Status of Bialkali Photocathode Production at SSL (30') (pptx) Ossy Siegmund (SSL/Berkeley)
09:30 Status of Multi-Alkali Photocathod Production & Characterization at Argonne (20') (pdf) Junqi Xie (Argonne HEP)
09:50 Scaling PMT Alkali Photocathode Recipes to Large Area Transfer Cathodes (20') (pdf) Anatoly Ronzhin (Fermilab) / Sasha Paramonov (Argonne)
10:10 Robust Amorphous GaInN Photocathodes (20') (pdf) Jim Buckley (Washington Univ.)
10:30 Ultra-Thin Photocathodes (15') (ppt) Ryan Dowdy (Univ. of Illinois - Urbana)
10:45 
Coffee Break

11:00->12:30    Status of Development & Testing of B33/ALD MCPs (Convener: Bob Wagner (Argonne) )
11:00 ALD-MCP Test Results (SSL) (40') (pptx) Ossy Siegmund (SSL/Berkeley)
11:40 Optimization of 33mm Operational Parameters (15') (pdf) Andrei Elagin (Univ. of Chicago)
11:55 Goals & Technical Issues for Integration of 8" MCPs (15') (pdf) Matt Wetstein (Argonne/Univ. of Chicago)
12:10 Simulation Guided Efforts to Understand MCP Performance (20') (pdf) Matt Wetstein (Argonne/Univ. of Chicago)
12:30 
Lunch (Argonne Cafeteria )

13:30->15:15    Scaleup to Production of 8"MCPs (Convener: Robert Wagner (Argonne National Laboratory) )
13:30 Microcapillary Plate Development (15') (pdf) Chris Craven (Incom, Inc.)
13:45 Microcapillary Development (15') (pdf) Dan Bennis (Incom, Inc.)
14:00 8" Quality Acceptance Procedures (15') () Jason McPhate (SSL) / Bob Wagner (Argonne)
14:15 The Fermilab 8" Evaporation Facility (15') (pdf) Eileen Hahn (Fermilab)
14:30 Scaleup: The Arradiance 8" ALD Tool (20') (pdf) Neal Sullivan (Arradiance, Inc.)
14:50 Scaleup Activities at Argonne (25') (ppt) Jeff Elam (Argonne, ES)
15:15 
Coffee Break

15:30->17:35    Electronics, DAQ, & Integration (Convener: Bernhard Adams (Argonne, XSD) )
15:30 Measurement of Anode Analog Bandwidth & Crosstalk (15') (pdf) Razib Obaid (Chicago) / Herve Grabas (Saclay)
15:45 The 6-Channel PSEC4 Sampling ASIC & Analog Card (20') (pdf) Eric Oberla (Univ. of Chicago)
16:05 The Supermodule Readout Chain: Digital & Central Cards (20') (pdf) Craig Harabedian (Univ. of Chicago)
16:25 Supermodule Software, Firmware & DAQ (15') (pdf) Ed May (Argonne) / Aaron Meyer & Max Hutchinson (Chicago)
16:40 Integration of Front-End Electronics with the Ceramic Detector (25') (pdf) Gary Varner (University of Hawaii)
17:05 Alternative Front-End Electronics for LBNE & PET (15') (pdf) Kurtis Nishimura (Univ. of Hawaii)
17:20 Schedule for a Working SuperModule Electronics System (15') (pdf) Mircea Bogdan (Univ. of Chicago)
18:30 
Informal Dinner at 5636 S. Blackstone Av, Chicago

Saturday 10 December 2011 toptop

08:30->09:50    Hermetic Packaging & Sealed Tube Construction (Convener: Karen Byrum (Argonne) )
08:30 Status of the Production Facility at SSL (30') (pptx) Ossy Siegmund (SSL/Berkeley)
09:00 The Ceramic MCP-PMT Design & Status (30') (pdf) Jason McPhate (SSL/Berkeley)
09:30 Schedule for First Sealed SSL Unit (20') (pptx) Ossy Siegmund (SSL/Berkeley)
09:50 
Coffee Break

10:05->11:35    Hermetic Packaging & Sealed Tube Construction (cont.) (Convener: Karen Byrum (Argonne, HEP) )
10:05 Glass Top Seal Status & Schedule (20') (pdf) Marc Kupfer (Univ. of Illinois - Chicago)
10:25 Getter Plans for Glass Tile (10') (pdf) Dean Walters (Argonne, NE)
10:35 Single Tile Factory at Argonne (30') (pdf) Dean Walters (Argonne, NE)
11:05 Schedule for Single Tile Factory (20') (pdf) Robert Wagner (Argonne National Laboratory)

11:35->12:20    Summary
11:35 Meeting the LAPPD Goals (15') (pptx) Henry Frisch (Argonne/Univ. of Chicago)
11:50 Discussion of Applications & Next Steps (30') () Bernhard Adams, Eric Oberla, Ossy Siegmund, Gary Varner, Bob Wagner, Matt Wetstein
12:20 
Lunch

13:30->16:00    Post Meeting Working Group Discussion - Top Seal (pdf)