Registration Open: June 13-24, 2022 Graduate Instrumentation and Detector School @ TRIUMF

[Marcello Pavan]

Dear Colleagues,

This message is intended supervisors of graduate students who think their students would benefit from introductory hands-on experience with detectors and associated instrumentation technology in particle and nuclear physics. Please pass this information on to graduate students who might be interested in such a school.

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The 2022 Graduate Instrumentation and Detector School (GRIDS2022) sponsored by TRIUMF and the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (McDonald Institute) will take place at the TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada from June 13-24, 2022.

About the School
GRIDS2022 (grids.triumf.ca<applewebdata://72C8ACBF-4BFB-42AF-BDD6-A0AB47B657F8/grids.triumf.ca>) is aimed at graduate students for whom particle and radiation detection plays an important role in their work, and who would like to gain hands-on experience with detectors and associated instrumentation technology. The goal of the school is to provide an introduction to practical aspects of detection principles and operations in nuclear, particle, and astroparticle physics as well as in nuclear medicine, such that participants achieve a working knowledge of the origin of data produced by commonly employed detector systems.

GRIDS will offer a diversified program from leading experts, combining plenary lectures with hands-on laboratory experience with typical detector and instrumentation technologies.

Participants will develop a basic understanding of the interactions of particles with matter that are relevant to radiation detection, and of the physical mechanisms for collecting energy deposited by radiation. Operational principles will be covered for commonly employed detectors suitable for measurements of energy, momentum, timing, and particle identification. Low background environments and radio-frequency and electronic techniques will be discussed. Participants will explore design and decision-making in the field of radiation detection with focus on the rationale, limitations, and breadth of detector applications and development.

Participants will also develop laboratory skills to operate commonly used equipment for radiation detection in a safe and effective manner, identify common problems associated with operating particle physics detectors, and work as a team to experiment using a detector assembly.

Application and Registration Procedure
The school will be accepting a limited number of participants. Applications along with letters of reference will be accepted via the GRIDS website<http://grids.triumf.ca/>.

Partial support will be available from MI and other agencies.

The application process is now open through the website http://grids.triumf.ca. Applications, including letters of reference, will be given full consideration if received by Friday, April 22nd, after which we will consider accepting applications until all spots are filled. Successful applicants will be notified shortly thereafter, and all applicants will be notified of their status by early May.


Confirmed plenary speakers

  *   Viktor Zacek (UofM) : The History and Future of Radiation Detectors
  *   Claude Leroy (UofM) : Basic Physics of Detectors
  *   Daniel Santos (Grenoble) : Gas Detectors
  *   Etiennette Auffray (CERN) : Scintillation Detectors
  *   Daniela Bortoletto (Oxford) : Solid State Detectors
  *   Kate Pachal (TRIUMF) : Calorimeters and Particle Identification
  *   Kim Palladino (UW) : Noble Liquid Detectors
  *   Pia Loaiza (LAL) : Low-Background Techniques
  *   Stefan Ritt (PSI) : DAQ and Electronics
  *   Karoline Schaeffner (TUM) : Cryogenic Detectors




Laboratory experiments will include

  *   Bismuth polonium detectors
  *   High purity germanium detectors
  *   Pion/muon beams on M11 beamline
  *   PIN Diode detectors.
  *   Stopping muon detector
  *   Prototype TACTIC Time Projection Chamber


For further information
Visit the school website at http://grids.triumf.ca for more information, including travel and accommodations.

Additional questions can be forwarded to grids at triumf.ca<mailto:grids at triumf.ca>.


Important Note regarding COVID Pandemic Response
To the best of our abilities, we will be able to hold GRIDS 2022, whose format requires in-person participation. All accepted applicants will be required to show proof that they have received a full dose regimen of a COVID-19 vaccine more than 14 days before the start of GRIDS. In the event of new public health guidance or requirements, other restrictions may be set in place.

All applicants from outside of Canada are encouraged to consider any travel restrictions or requirements that exist with your home country, and with Canada, before traveling. This may include testing. We recommend you consult https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid. Upon acceptance into the program. we also encourage you to find travel insurance that covers travel costs in the event of required quarantine, or delayed travel, due to COVID.

Organizing Committee:
• Doug Bryman, UBC
• Ken Clark, McDonald Institute/Queen’s/TRIUMF
• Philippe Di Stefano, Queen's
• Pietro Giampa, TRIUMF (co-chair)
• Dana Giasson, TRIUMF
• Guillaume Giroux, McDonald Institute/Queen’s
• Tony Noble, McDonald Institute/Queen’s (co-chair)
• Marcello Pavan, TRIUMF (co-chair)
• Wolfgang Rau, TRIUMF
• Mark Richardson, McDonald Institute/Queen’s (co-chair)
• Alan Robinson, University of Montreal (co-chair)
• Aleksey Sher, TRIUMF
• Isabel Trigger, TRIUMF



Marcello Pavan, Ph.D.
Head, Academic and User Programs
TRIUMF
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A3
Canada

www.triumf.ca<http://www.triumf.ca>
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