Participation in the International conference on High Energy Physics

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Rimsky Rojas, a young researcher of the Anillo 1406 Project participated in the 38th international conference on High Energy Physics in Chicago, United States. Rimsky, who is currently working in the ATLAS Upgrade project, presented the subject:  Small-StripThin Gap Chambers for the Muon Spectrometer Upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment.

This conference is considered to be the most important conference of it’s type in the world and is held once every two years.

 

 

FLASY 2016 in UTFSM

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FLASY 2016: 6th Workshop on Flavour Symmetries and Consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology

FLASY 2016 is the sixth workshop on flavor symmetries. The workshop brings together researchers in the fields of flavor symmetries, neutrino physics, phenomenology, and cosmology.

This year’s edition is hold at the Federico Santa María University in Valparaiso-Chile, a city with a spectacular architecture, intriguing cultural atmosphere and cradle of great writers like Pablo Neruda.

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Topics

* Flavor and CP symmetries interplay
* Flavor symmetry models
* Model building alternatives to flavor symmetries
* Symmetry characterization of CKM and lepton mixing
* 0νββ decay and neutrino oscillation experiments
* Lepton flavor violating processes
* Higgs LFV decays
* Flavor and cosmology
* The 750 GeV diphoton excess
* Sterile neutrinos and neutrino anomalies
* Current B anomalies

 

International Advisory Board
G. Bhattacharyya (Saha Institute Kolkata)
A. Buras (T. U. Munich)
G. Burdman (U. Sao Paulo)
G. Hiller (U. Dortmund)
T. Kephart (U. Vanderbilt)
S. King (U. Southampton)
M. Lindner (Max Planck Inst. Heidelberg)
E. Ma (University of California Riverside)
M. Mondragon (UNAM, Mexico)
S. Morisi (Naples U.)
Y. Nir (Weizmann Institute)
H. Päs (T. U. Dortmund)
M. Tanimoto (Niigata U.)
J. W. F. Valle (IFIC/CSIC-Universidad de Valencia)

Organizing Committee
Carolina Arbeláez (Universidad Santa María)
Antonio Carcamo (Universidad Santa María)
Claudio Dib (Universidad Santa María)
Juan Carlos Helo (Universidad Santa María)
Sergey Kovalenko (Universidad Santa María)
Markos Maniatis (UBB Chillan)
Maximiliano Rivera (Universidad Santa María)
Iván Schmidt (Universidad Santa Maria)
Jose W. F. Valle (IFIC/CSIC-Universidad de Valencia)
Alfonso Zerwekh (Universidad Santa María)

Workshop Secretaries: Victoria Lobos (victoria.lobos@usm.cl) and Patricia Alvarado Torres (patricia.alvarado@usm.cl)

Starts 28 sept. 2016 08:00
Ends 30 sept. 2016 16:00
America/Santiago
Valparaiso
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Avenida España 1680,Valparaíso

Module#0 at CERN

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  • The Module#0, which had been shipped to CERN earlier this month has finally arrived in perfect conditions and is now in hands of our team members.

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Team members in CERN: Rimsky Rojas and Gerardo Vasquez

  • Now the team has completed the first steps in order to perform a radiation test in CERN facilities, they have also developed a procedure to wield the “adaptor board” electronics to the sTGC.

Module#0 shipped

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  • The Module#0 has been already sent to CERN, once there it will undergo several tests.

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7 day sTGC test complete for Module-0

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  • The 7 day test for the module-0 has finished. The objective of this test was to see how does the sTGC responds to irradiation and different levels of high voltage.
  • For the x-ray scan, the x-ray generator is placed in a Kuka Robot arm that moves automatically covering every space of the sTGC. This test is performed while applying voltages of 2.5kv and 2.9kv. The objective of this test is to measure the gain uniformity.
  • After the x-ray scan is complete, the chambers are connected and a high-voltage of 3.3kv is applied for 7 days to see how the sTGC responds and to find out if there are any hotspots. The objective of this is to test the detector’s stability.
  • Both tests are performed with a mixture of n-pentane and CO2

In the video it is showed how the kuka robot moves . The results obtained by this test will be presented to the ATLAS collaboration members soon.

New technicians hired for sTGC fabrication

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Three new technicians have been hired to work in the sTGC fabrication.

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Initially, they will be learning about the whole fabrication process, and then they will start polishing the cathodes until a superficial impedance of 100k has been achieved.

The ACT1406 Anillo Project Webpage

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The ACT1406 Anillo Project Webpage has been created. This site will be updated at a regular basis and will contain all information related to the project, from image galleries to publications. This is a responsive site, which means it will be automatically adapted when opened in tablets or cell phones.

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