EDIT-2012 Detector School at Fermilab

1. “Excellence in Detector and Instrumentation Technology” EDIT-2012 Detector School at Fermilab In 2011, Adam Para and Ariel Cattai surveyed young researchers as to their desire for training in particle detectors. First school at CERN was a response to the strong desire for such, shown in this ICFA survey. EDIT 2011 was a big success, with 88 students participating. Fermilab committed to having next school in February, 2012 For graduate students/early Ph.D.’s 10 days of hands-on detector experience, including two days in the test beam. (We wanted this school to emphasize hands-on activities.) Applications were accepted starting late Summer. 205 applicants for 64 slots! Local Organizing Committee: Dave Christian, Dmitri Denisov, Patty McBride, Elaine Phillips, Erik Ramberg (chair), Luciano Ristori, Aria Soha, Andrew Sonnenschein

2. Logistics (Each color is a different track) 64 students, split into 8 groups of 8 4 comprehensive ‘tracks’, of 2 days each: • Fundamentals of radiation detection • Silicon tracking detectors • Photodetection • Test Beam Stagger groups - only 1 group covers one day’s topic at a time Day started with a single plenary lecture at 8:30, followed by transportation to field locations In-depth tours of FNAL Facilities and Detector Halls on staggered tour day No charge for the school. Students had to pay their own travel and their own lodging. School hotel was at Pheasant Run – good choice

3. Outstanding Lecture Series Particle Physics and Fermilab Young-Kee Kim (FNAL) History of Particle Detection David Nygren (LBL) Hadron Collider Detectors Dan Green (FNAL) Silicon Tracking Detectors Dave Christian (FNAL) Cosmic-Ray and Gamma-Ray Experiments Frank Krennrich (Iowa State) Neutrino Detectors Karsten Heeger (U. Wisconsin) Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Wesley H. Smith (U. Wisconsin) Medical Applications of Detectors Stan Majewski (U. West Virginia) Astronomical Imaging Juan Estrada (FNAL) High Intensity and Rare Decay Detectors Augusto Ceccucci (CERN) Cryogenic Detectors Sunil Golwala (Cal Tech) Lepton Collider Detectors Jim Brau (U. Oregon)

4. Extremely well coordinated day and a half tours Accelerator Source and Main Control: 
 Dan Dwyer, Kyle Hazelwood; Dan Johnson Fermilab Overview: Herman White. Application Specific Integrated Circuits Lab: Al Baumbaugh, Albert Dyer. Remote Operations Center Aron Soha Minos Underground Areas Luke Corwin, Brian Tice, Hedi Schellman, Brian Rebel, Aria Soha NOVA Surface Andrew Norman, Matt Muether, and Martin Frank. Mini BooNE Detector Denis Perevalov and Chris Polly. Super Conducting RF R&D Kermit Carlson, Elvin Harms, Jerry Leibfritz. Magnet Factory Lance Cooley, Dave Harding, Mike Lamm Rodger Bossert and Marie Herman. CDF Kevin Burkett, Jonathan Lewis, Silvia Amerio, Steve Hahn, Eric James, Sergo Jindariani, Ben Kilminster, and Michelle Stancari, Dee Hahn. D0 George Ginther, and Bill Lee.

5. The students LBNL CIEMAT Case Western Nurnberg Indiana Alberta INFN, Pisa JLAB Sao Paolo Tokyo Baylor Darmstadt Delhi CBPF Glasgow Purdue Peking Utah Kansas State Connectictu Syracuse UCLA DESY IPNP Physikzentrum LIST OF INSTITUTIONS: Mich. State Florida Texas Bologna Toronto Miss. State Heidelberg Florida State Zurich Northwestern William & Mary CERN Boston Kansas U. Jozef Stefan Inst. Santiago Wisconsin Yale Weizmann Cornell Fermilab ANL Harvard Chicago Virginia

6. Fundamentals of Radiation Track Electroluminescent Ar TPC designed and built for the schoo! Detectors Studied: Germanium & background radiation Liquid Scintillator & lifetime of muon NaI crystals & speed of light Fluorescent Argon TPC Instructors Andrew Sonnenschein James White (Texas) Hugh Lippincott Fritz DeJongh Lauren Hsu Ben Loer Chris Stoughton

7. Silicon Detectors Track Detectors Studied: Metrology Wire-bonding Probe Station IV and CV curves Laser stations Radioactive source stations Instructors Luciano Ristori Gino Bolla (Purdue) Marco Battaglia (LBNL) Piero Giubilato (Padova) Simon Kwan SungWoo Youn Kirk Arndt (Purdue) Ron Lipton Dave Christian Enver Alagoz Greg Derylo Benedetto Di Ruzza Selcuk Cihangir

8. Photodetectors Track Detectors Studied: PMT studies: • Plateauing • Light leaks • Absolute quantum efficiency • Gain • Shielding Fiber tracker Microchannel Plate Phototube Silicon Photomultipliers CCD studies Instructors: Dmitri Denisov Gaston Guttierez Leah Welty-Rieger (Northwestern) Mandy Rominsky Andreas Jung Bjoern Penning Nork Khalatyan Mike Cooke Juan Estrada Donna Kubik

9. Test Beam Track Detectors Studied: Cerenkov detector Multi-Wire Proportional Counter GEM detector GridPIX (micromegas with Time-Pix) Cosmic ray telescope triggering Lead Glass calorimeter Time-of-Flight 2nd day consisted of lining up these detectors, timing them in, and reading out with real beam Instructors: Erik Ramberg Carsten Hast (SLAC) Doug Jensen Ewa Skup Aria Soha Geoff Savage Kondo Gnanvo (U. Va.) Wilco Koppert & Francesco Zappon (NIKHEF)

10. Results We are still evaluating surveys, but on a scale of 1 to 5, we seem to have a lot of 4’s and 5’s Anecdotal evidence says that this school achieved its aims of introducing detailed detector knowledge to a group of young researchers who had not had that experience Several students indicated that this was a career transforming event Many of the instructors (including myself) were saddened that they could not take the course themselves. However, it was an exhausting experience, not to be undertaken lightly. Junji Haba, detector research head at KEK, came to the last two days and announced that KEK would host the 2013 school.

11. My deep appreciation goes to the Accelerator Division heroes who kept the beam running, Mike Roman for accommodating 40 students every day at SiDet and to the real powerhouse behind the school: Aria Soha