CMS Gaseous Electron Multiplier School (CMSGEMSchool)

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Introduction

The design of this twiki page relied heavily on the CMS Data Analysis School page; we owe thanks to our fellow collaborators who have worked so diligently to put together such a school. We hope that this school can be as successful!

Our small CMS GEM Collaboration maintains a dedicated twiki page which has some really great information. Other useful information is maintained within the CMS Workbook and the CMS Software Guide (SWGuide). As any veteran member of CMS can tell you, these twiki pages are living documents and may not always contain up-to-date information. However, they usually provide a starting point for a user, and that is our goal with this school!

The first school will be held in June 2014. Two sessions are organized:

• June 23rd 2014 - June 27th 2014, indico link.
• June 30th 2014 - July 4th 2014

A repository of all course materials is located: FILL IN THE BLANK!

This course serves to help both beginners and experts in the practical operation of GEM detectors including their assembly, operation, and data analysis. It also gives links to the actual exercises held during the course.

CMSGEMSchool (CERN)

Several pre-workshop exercises, designed to prepare prospective participants for the school, are given below. Completion of these pre-workshop exercises is considered to be mandatory before coming to the school. Prospective attendees may wish to arrive at CERN early to complete these exercises and to familiarize yourselves with the site if it is your first time at CERN. Veteran CERN visitors are welcome to use their best judgment regarding these exercises (However, please double check to make sure you have performed all the listed items).

The completion of these pre-exercises will allow prospective attendees to take maximum advantage of the long exercises planned here at the school.

Pre-Workshop Exercises

Veteran members of the Collaboration may find they have already gone through the following pre-exercise and may skip this section if that is the case (please double check first). However, newcomers should view the following pre-exercises as mandatory and complete them before the school starts (this may require coming to CERN several business days before the school begins). Some of these items do not require you to be at CERN to complete.

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In completing these pre-exercises it is useful to keep in mind the opening hours of several CERN based offices. The hours of the User's Office (and location) are available on their main website. Particularly we'd like to point out that they are closed every Wednesday morning. Also, the dosimetry service is only open in the mornings (08h30 - 12h00)!

An interactive map of the CERN site which will assist in finding key buildings is available here. We'd like to call your attention:

• building 55: location of card services, IT helpdesk, and dosimetry,
• building 186: location of the TIF,
• building 154: location of the RD51 lab,
• building 500: location of the main restaurant,
• building 61: location of the User's Office,
• and building 40: location of the CMS Secretariat.

Short Exercises

1. Leakage Current Test, exercise link

2. Detector Assembly, exercise

3. Leak Testing, Link to short exercise goes HERE

Long Exercises

1. Gain Calibration, for beginners; link

2. Gain Uniformity, for experts. Link to long exercise goes HERE

Post-Workshop Resources

Several resources are given below. These resources should help you to both familiarize yourself with the GEM project before coming to the school and assist you as you return to your institute after you have participated.

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-- BrianDorney - 26 May 2014