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REPORT IX RD51 CB meeting 20 /2/2012. AGENDA Approval of the agenda Approval of the minutes of the VIII CB meeting in Kobe, 2/9/2011 (Minutes circulated via e-mail on 7/2/2012 – revised version) Communications MoU signature, status (H. Taureg ) RD51 new members (H. Taureg )
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REPORTIX RD51 CB meeting 20/2/2012 AGENDA • Approval of the agenda • Approval of the minutes of the VIII CB meeting in Kobe, 2/9/2011(Minutes circulated via e-mail on 7/2/2012 – revised version) • Communications • MoU signature, status (H. Taureg) • RD51 new members (H. Taureg) • Common funds, status and planning (H. Taureg) • AoB
RD51 common TEST BEAM Test beam in 2012 • requested: • Three test beam period have been requested for 2012: • June, • end of July/ beginning of August • end of October / beginning of November. • EACH PERIOD be two weeks long. No period should be shorter than 10 days. • The test beam request to SPS exceed by a large factor (~3 !?!) the availabilities RD51 MUST defend its needs • More news as soon as available RECALL: new possibility of financial support from AIDA for test beam ( http://aida.web.cern.ch/aida/activities/access/ )
RD51 NEWS, more Meetings, documentation: • CB minutes, avialable in https://espace.cern.ch/test- RD51/CB%20meeting%20minutes/Forms/AllItems.aspx • MB minutes, avialable in https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/MB%20meetings/Forms/AllItems.aspx
RD51 Calendar • Industrial Applications of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors – Annecy – April 26-27 • RD51 Mini-Week – CERN – June 13-15 • RD51 presentation to LHCC – June 13 • RD51 Collaboration Meeting – Stony Brook – October 1 - 4 • 2 strong proposals, difficult decision, gratitude to both proponets: • SUNY Stony Brook • SINP/VECC Kolkata • RD51 Mini-Week – CERN – November/December
RD51 Common Projects 4 projects financed in 2011 NEW call for 2012 Dead-line 15/6 in order to have the output by the next Collaboration meeting
RD51 FUTURE 1/3 RD51, a success ! Nevertheless, still a lot of work in front of us Continuation after 2013 ?
RD51 FUTURE 3/3 A first list of items for RD51 continuation: • New structures and detectors • MPGD Industrialization (GEM, Microgemas, Thick GEM) • Further Support of the LHC Upgrade Projects (ATLAS MAMMA, CMS GEM, ALICE TPC, …) • R & D Developments for Future Projects: • Software Support • RD51 Common Projects • Maintenance of the RD51 Test-Beam Infrastructure • Schools … CALL FOR MORE INPUTS, dead-line 1/6/2012 DEDICATED CB meeting at the June miniweek !
MOU signatures & NEW Collaborators • MOU signatures: 59 of 78 member institutes have signed the MoU • Two new applications, both accepted: • Department of Physics, NYSU Stony Brook, USA Klaus DEHMELT, contact person • Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Karl GIBONI, contact person WELCOME !