11–22 Nov 2024
Fermilab
US/Central timezone

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The lectures will cover these topics:

  • History of Particle Detection
  • Noble Element Detectors
  • Silicon Tracking Detectors
  • Quantum Sensing and Controls
  • Photodetection
  • Superconducting Detectors
  • CCDs
  • Calorimetry
  • Data Acquisition Systems
  • Readout Electronics and ASICs
  • Applications outside HEP
  • Putting it all together
  • Intelligent Detectors - AI on Detector

 

All students will get hands-on training in the following areas:

 

SILICON TRACKING AND TIMING DETECTORS


 Students will study the basics of tracking detectors, the detection of minimum ionizing particles with silicon detectors and study the basics of signal processing and data acquisition. Hands-on experiments will be performed using silicon sensors mounted on dedicated readout boards with fast amplifiers, with detector signals read out and digitized using fast oscilloscopes. Students will learn how to perform measurements using Infrared picosecond laser scanning the surface of the sensor to measure signal size and its uniformity, signal detection efficiency, and apply common algorithms for performing these basic measurements.

 

CDD DETECTORS


Students will learn about the working principles of scientific CCDs. They will work with CCD test setups in small cryostats, taking and analyzing data. They can compare different types of CCDs and different ways to read them out, depending on the science application.

 

TEST BEAM


Depending on beam availability, students will work either at the MTest or MCenter beamline. They will make a run plan and work on a Cherenkov and a MPWC detector, including taking and analyzing data. They will learn how the timing of the beams and the detectors works, how to look at signals, build a trigger and the basics of making a DAQ.

 

QUANTUM SENSORS


Students will work with superconducting qubits operated in state-of-the-art Fermilab facilities to learn how to measure and manipulate a quantum chip using Fermilab-developed QICK readout. This tutorial will include an overview of how superconducting qubits work as well as hands on demos operating actual devices in our fridges. These demos will allow students to determine key properties of a qubit chip by putting the qubits in different quantum states and measuring how those states evolve as a function of time. At the end of this demo, students will be familiar with the basics of superconducting quantum systems.

 

NEUTRINO DETECTORS


At the Purity Monitor Setup students will learn about drifting electrons in argon and argon/N2 mixtures, how to pump down the chamber, how to setup a scope and HV . Furthermore, they will be using photodetectors in liquid argon to characterize both Cherenkov light and liquid argon scintillation light. They will characterize dark current vs temperature of the SiPM as we lower it into the liquid argon.

 

SCINTILLATORS AND PHOTODETECTORS


We will discuss different inorganic and organic scintillator designs, including bases and dopants. Students will evaluate the properties of scintillators, such as absorption and emission spectra and timing. They will study basic aspects of SIPMs including forward and reverse bias, breakdown voltage, setting operating point, measuring single photoelectrons, and determining gain. They will explore basic properties of phototubes including base design, termination, application of HV. They will learn how to  find single photoelectron peaks and measure transit times for different PMTs. If time allows, they will take a brief look at APDs.