The 4th Workshop on Photosensor Developments for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics  in San Francisco will be a logical continuation of the previous three meetings held on the same subject at:

• Desy-Zeuthen, Germany ( May 18-19 1998)
• Karlsruhe, Germany (March 26-27 1999)
• Paris, France (September 04-06 2000)

Wednesday, 31st of October, 10:00 am

WELCOME
Winston Ko, Chair of the Physics Department, University of California Davis
Daniel Ferenc, University of California Davis

1st Session

MORNING (10:00 am)

Paul Hink, Director, Product Development Burle Industries, Inc.
Recent Developments in Photosensor Technology from Burle Industries

Tony Wright, Electron Tubes
Mike Avery, Electron Tubes
Optimisation of photomultiplier operating conditions for best performance
 

AFTERNOON

Earl Hergert, Hamamatsu Corporation
Nick Cattat, Hamamatsu Corporation
Recent Hamamatsu Developments

Marek Szawlowski, Advanced Photonix
M. Szawlowski, B.L. Zhou, R. Szczebiot
Novel LAAPD quadrant detector

Esso Flyckt, Photonis
Phototubes at Photonis

Henry H. Hogue,  M. Stapelbroek, James W. Stewart, Mark Muzilla, DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Inc.
M. Robinson, Jim Huffman, Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratories, Inc.
Alan Bross, Fermi National Laboratory
Further Development and Application of Visible Light Photon Counters
 

Thursday, 1st of November:

MORNING:

2nd Session: New Photosensors and Their Applications
(Convenor: Marek Szawlowski)

Oswald Siegmund,
O.H.W. Siegmund, A. Tremsin, D. Doliber, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory
Opaque CsTe and RbTe Photocathodes on Microchannel Plate Surfaces

Eckart Lorenz, Max-Planck-Institut Munich
 

Daniel Ferenc, University of California, Davis
Daniel Ferenc, Alvin Laille and Clayton Bratton
Development of the "ReFerence" Photosensor, and the Novel Single-Photon Color-Sensitive Concept "TransReFerence"
 

2:00 pm
AFTERNOON

Paolo Chiggiato, CERN
Non-evaporable getter (NEG) films: production, characterization and vacuum performances

3rd Session: ROUND TABLE: Technology Transfer and Industry-University Collaboration
(Convenor: Eckart Lorenz)
 

Larry Fox, Director, Technology Transfer Center, University of California Davis
General Remarks on Technology Transfer

Michael Procario, DOE-Division of High Energy Physics
Advanced Detector Research (ADR) Programs of DOE

DISCUSSION
 
 

Friday, 2nd of November

4th Session: New Photosensors and their Applications
Convenors: Oswald Siegmund (morning) and Katsushi Arisaka (afternoon)
 

Rudy Benz, Director, ITT Night Vision
ITT Night Vision Products

Katsushi Arisaka, UC Los Angeles
Mega-pixel photon-counting sensors for space-based cosmic-ray
experiments EUSO/OWL

Franco Garibaldi, ISS, INFN, Rome
Applications in Medicine

Arun Tripathi, UC Los Angeles
Katsushi Arisaka, arisaka@physics.ucla.edu, UC Los Angeles
Systematic study of large PMTs for Pierre Auger Shower Detectors

Bayarto K. Lubsandorzhiev, Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Moscow
"Two-channel optical module for the lake Baikal Neutrino Telescope",
"High QE photocathode"

Igor. I.Yashin, Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (Technical University)
Quasispherical combinations of PMs for detection of Cherenkov light in water (conception and practical application)
 
 
 
 
 

Location of the Workshop

List of Workshop Participants (random order)

Winston Ko, ko@ucdhep.ucdavis.edu, Chair of the Physics Department, UC Davis

Daniel Ferenc, Daniel.Ferenc@cern.ch, Ferenc@physics.ucdavis.edu, UC Davis

Eckart Lorenz, ecl@mppmu.mpg.de, Max-Planck-Institut Munich

Razmik Mirzoyan, razmik@mppmu.mpg.de, Max-Planck-Institut Munich

Rudy Benz, rudy.benz@itt.com, Director, ITT Night Vision

Paul Hink, HinkP@burle.com, Director, Product Development Burle Industries, Inc.

Tony Wright, agw@electron-tubes.co.uk, Electron Tubes

Esso Flyckt, so.flyckt@photonis.com, Photonis

Mike Avery, GBMICK@aol.com, Electron Tubes

Earl Hergert, ehergert@hamamatsu.com, Hamamatsu Corporation

Nick Cattat, ncattat@hamamatsu.com, Hamamatsu Corporation

Yuji Yoshizawa, yosizawa@etd.hpk.co.jp, Hamamatsu Photonics Electron Tube Center

Marek Szawlowski, mszawlowski@AdvancedPhotonix.com, Advanced Photonix

Henry H. Hogue, Henry.Hogue@West.Boeing.com,The Boeing Company

M. Robinson , Jim Huffman, JimH@lsrl.com, Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratories, Inc.

Alan Bross, bross@fnal.gov, Fermi National Laboratory

Oswald Siegmund, ossy@ssl.berkeley.edu, A. Tremsin, D. Doliber, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory

Anton Tremsin, ast@ssl.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory

Rachel Chechik, fnchecik@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il, Radiation Detection Physics Laboratory, Department of Particle Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel

Kevin Crawford, Kkrawford@Research.ucdavis.ed,u, University of California, Davis

Alvin Laille, Laille@physics.ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis

Clayton Bratton, Bratton@physics.ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis

Larry Fox, JLFox@Research.UCDavis.edu, Director, Technology Transfer Center, University of California Davis

Procario, Michael, Michael.Procario@science.doe.gov, DOE-Division of High Energy Physics

Glenn Knoll, gknoll@srvr5.engin.umich.edu, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

Stan Majewski, majewski@jeffersonlab.gov, Jefferson Lab

Franco Garibaldi, Franco.Garibaldi@ISS.INFN.IT

Arun Tripathi, arun@physics.ucla.edu, UC Los Angeles

Katsushi Arisaka, arisaka@physics.ucla.edu, UC Los Angeles

Bayarto K. Lubsandorzhiev, lubsand@pcbai10.inr.ruhep.ru, Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Moscow

Igor. I.Yashin, yashin@nevod.mephi.ru, Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (Technical University)

Paolo Chiggiato, paolo.chiggiato@cern.ch, CERN
 
 

Registration

If you still plan to attend the workshop, but you didn't do that so far, or your name is not on the list above, please register a.s.a.p. by sending a mail to ferenc@physics.ucdavis.edu, and please also reserve your room immediately.

For more information, please contact: