AIDA 8.5.3: GIF++ user infrastructure

1. AIDA 8.5.3: GIF++ user infrastructure Davide Boscherini INFN-Bologna Thanks to the participating institutes for the info provided WP8 Meeting at Kick-off CERN, 17 Feb 2011

2. GIF++ user requests • Results of a survey on the demand of future irradiation facilities at CERN carried out by the CERN Working Group for Future Irradiation Facilities • Twomain interests: • Test radiation hardness properties of small prototype detectors, electronic components, dosimetry under strong photon flux • Characterization and understanding of the long-term behavior of large particle detectors (mainly chambers for LHC and sLHCmuonsystems) under high irradiation background

3. Involved institutes and EU funding • Italy: INFN-Bari, -Bologna, -LNF, -Naples, -Rome2 (150kE) • Israel:Weizmann + Technion(90kE) • Greece: NTUA + AUTh + Demokritos + NCUA (45kE) • Bulgaria:INRNE (45kE)

4. Project items • Large areas cosmic ray set-up • Precise muon tracking set-up • Gas systems • Detector Control System • DAQ • System for active gamma dose measurements • System of environmental sensors • Set of Radiation filters • Scanning table for large area detectors needed by the detector under test as well

5. INFN contribution Large area cosmic ray set-up • Used for efficiency studies when no beam available(~45 weeks/year) • 4 RPC chambers of ~1m2, • equipped with 2-dim readout strips (to be built) • Spatial resolution ~1mm, time resolution <1ns • Provide as well: • Front-end Electronics • Gas and monitoring of gas quality • Power supply (mainframe + HV- and LV-boards + cables)

6. INFN contribution Environmental sensors • Monitor of environmental parameters: • T sensors • P sensors • RH sensors • Readout via ADC board • Sensor type, number and positioning to be defined

7. INFN contribution Dosimetry Build a grid of commercial dosimeters (~10) Readout via ADC board Both environmental and radiation sensors couldbe integrated in DAQ

8. INFN participating personnel Bari(CMS): Anna Colaleo-INFN , Gabriella Pugliese– UNIV. , Giuseppe Iaselli- UNIV. Bologna(ATLAS): Lorenzo Bellagamba-INFN, Marcello Bindi-UNIV.+INFN, Davide Boscherini-INFN, AlessiaBruni-INFN,GrazianoBruni-INFN, Antonio Chiarini-INFN, Massimo Corradi-INFN, Alessandro Polini-INFN Frascati (CMS): Stefano Bianco– INFN, Luigi Benussi- INFN, Giovanna Saviano – UNIV. , Michele Caponero –Enea Napoli (CMS): PierluigiPaolucci –INFN, Salvatore Buontempo– INFN Roma “Tor Vergata”(ATLAS): INFN:  Roberto Cardarelli, Andrea Salamon, Enrico Pastori UNIVERSITY:  GiulioAielli, Paolo Camarri, Anna Di Ciaccio, RinaldoSantonico

9. INFN responsibilities • INFN-Bari • Radiation sensors • INFN-LNF • Gas • Environmental sensors (partly) • INFN-Napoli • Power supply • Environmental sensors (partly) • INFN-Bologna • Detectors • DCS (partly) • INFN-Roma Tor Vergata • DCS (partly) • Front-End Electronics

10. Plan 2011-2012 for cosmic rays set-up Produce prototype chamber and front-end electronics Perform tests with cosmics + radioactive source (GIF) to establish the construction details Exact timing to be defined

11. Beam availability at GIF++: 6-8weeks/year • Reconstruct muontracks using thin-gap chambers • Detector already available, used in R&D for ATLAS upgrade • Foreseenimprovements (adding electronics & read-out). Weizmann-Technion contribution Beam Position Instrumentation for new radiation facility

12. 4 Independent gas gaps with a total thickness of 5cm. • Each gap contains strips (3.5mm pitch), wires (groups of 10mm) and pads of various geometries. • The size of the detector is 100X60cm². • A second generation with better resolution was tested last year. Test at H8 for position resolution on a real size detector

13. The new detectors (4 in one module) have position resolutions of ~65µm, while the previous ones ~150µm. • One would use one package of the newer type (including also pad-readout) and one of the old type. • If new electronics will be available, it will be implemented, otherwise, partial readout of channels will be used. Using time/threshold gives good position resolution

14. Weizmann M. Shoa (Engineer) , V. Smakhtin (Appl. Physicist), B. Iankovski (Engineer), D. Milstein (PhD Student), G. Mikenberg (Physicist). Responsibilities: • Detector and mechanical supports. • Cables • Gas system (partly) • Front–End Electronics (partly) Technion S. Tarem (Physicists), Y Rozen (Physicists), A. Vdovin (Electr. Engineer), N. Lupu (Electr. Engineer). Responsibilities: • Front-End Electronics (partly) • Readout Electronics • Gas System (partly) Participating personnel

15. Perform additional tests under high radiation (May-June 2011) • Perform additional tests, using as a beam monitor at CERN (July-August 2011) • Implement new electronics (March 2012) • Perform new tests with new electronics (July 2012) Plans 2011-2012 for beam position setup

16. Gas systems • Provided by CERN • Users should provide: • gas (except neutral gases) • piping from gas room to detectors

17. Detector Control System Needed for both telescopes and for detector(s) under test Many groups (Technion, NTUA, INRNE) have expertise in DCS INFN-BO + INFN-RM2 have developed and built the totality of the DCS system for the ATLAS RPCs good candidates for this task PVSS will be used, re-use as much ATLAS code as possible

18. DAQ • Integrate information of infrastructure and detector under test • Task to be assigned: • NTUA + INRNE? • CERN? • Another option(?): • external (not in AIDA 8.5.3) institute, • but very active user of test beams and GIF, already using • a DAQ system integrating RPCs and MDTs

19. INRNE participating personnel • Contact person: PlamenIaydjiev • Other members to be communicated • Possible involvement in: • DAQ • monitoring • analysis

20. NTUA et al. participating personnel • Global contact person: E.Gazis • Institute contact person: • NTUA: YorgosTsipolitis, • AUTH: DimosSampsonidis, • Demokritos: TheodorosGeralis • NCUA: DimitrisFassouliotis • Other members to be communicated • Possible involvement in: • DAQ • monitoring • analysis

21. Radiation filters • Different detectors may need very different irradiation • Movable filters needed to attenuate the photon flux by several orders • of magnitude (~105) • Same system design as used at GIF: • adjustable rate via set of filters • lens shaped filters to achieve uniform flux across a plane normal • to the beam axis • Design of GIF filters available, CERN will take responsibility for this task

22. Scanning table for large area detectors Provided by CERN: if needed, available for free (thanks toLHCb)

23. Project deadlines 1 milestone (M8.5.3): Design of GIF++ infrastructure via Activity Report 18 months 1 deliverable (D8.5.3): GIF++ Infrastructure commissioning and utilization lead beneficiary: INFN 44 months

24. Responsibilities in 8.5.3 sub-task • Coordinator: D.Boscherini • Contact persons for institutes: • Weizmann: G.Mikenberg • Technion: S.Tarem • INFN-BA: G.Iaselli • INFN-BO: G.Bruni • INFN:LNF: S.Bianco • INFN-RM2: R.Santonico • INRNE: P.Iaydjiev • Greek institutes coordinator: E.Gazis • NTUA: Y.Tsipolitis, • AUTH: D.Sampsonidis, • Demokritos: T.Geralis • NCUA:D.Fassouliotis

25. Next steps • Assign still uncovered items: • DAQ • monitor • analysis • Appoint a responsible for each item • Collect info on web-pages • (hosted in official AIDA 8.5 web site?)