eSTAR Task Force biweekly meeting

2012-05-22 12:00
2012-05-22 13:00
America/New York
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
EVO 123569, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

Agenda:

 

1) simulation progress (Ming et al.)

2) R&D progresses

   a) FSC calorimeter

   b) BSO crystal calorimeter

   c) TRD progress

 

3) EIC R&D review and closeout

4)FSC and iTPC LoI discussions

5) PAC Decadal plan input (Carl et al.) 

   Physics motivations:
   polarized pp/pA: Spin Structure, CGC
   AA: BES phase II, large-eta correlations, heavy-flavor jets?

    MIE: FSC and iTPC in near term

   Capital equipment: Roman Pot for 3He^?

   R&D toward EIC: FSC and TRD 
  

6) June workshop preparation

TimeTalkPresenter
11:00Crystal test ( 00:20 ) 1 fileYifei Zhang
12:40GEM based TRD ( 00:20 ) 1 file
13:00Add new geometry documents ( 00:20 ) 1 fileMing Shao

eSTAR Task Force biweekly meeting

2012-04-24 12:00
2012-04-24 13:00
America/New York
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
EVO 123569, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

eSTAR Task Force biweekly meeting

2012-04-17 12:00
2012-04-17 13:00
America/New York
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
EVO 123569, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

CIPANP PT Dependence

Curent State of my CIPANP talk.

Current Version: 

Analysis update, single photon simulation in GSTAR

Understading single photon reconstruction is important since it sets the baseline for pion analysis. The main purpose of single photon simulation is to evaluate to what extent our knowledge

LDA Results with Additional Classifiers

Pulse Shapes in disc3 quadrant B for 200V and base Voltage (13066101)

Mean pulse shape in phi plane at base voltage. Signal in sig ped RMS for the strip with the highest charge in a cluster.

FGT Efficiency with "sum3" Clustering ver. 2

 FGT Efficiency with "sum3" Clustering ver. 2

 

NEW pixel hit structure proposal

Speaker : jonathan


Talk time : 12:50, Duration : 00:20

Weighted Water mark file deletion

Problem statement

This blog documents the issue of cleaning of our public disks (like data05) using a new water-marking algorithm.

HyperCache integration, phase I report

First part of the StHyperCache addon integration into to StDbLib

 

SSD Shroud Clearance vs Z

Speaker : Jim Thomas


Talk time : 10:20, Duration : 00:20

SSD Alignment Update

Speaker : Howard Matis


Talk time : 10:00, Duration : 00:20

2012 500GeV Spin QA: Beam Crossing Analysis

 The attached pdf (and PowerPoint if you prefer) outlines steps taken to determine the beam crossing locations for run 12 500GeV longitudinal data using the bx7 counter spectrum. 

STAR Management Meeting

2012-05-24 11:00
2012-05-24 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 24 May 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

              EVO: Title: STAR Management Meeting // Community:  STAR // Password:  star

              Phone Bridge: +1 626 395 2112 (CA) / +1 631 344 6100 (NY) // ID: 13 5382 // Password: 0952

 Time:  11 - 12 noon EDT

 *--===================================================================--*

I.  Agenda:

               1) Run12 Status: Bill

               2) STAR paper: "Anomalous centrality evolution of minijet structure ..." Nu

               3) FGT schedule and Cu+Au test: Flemming / Bill

               4) QM talks:  Parallel: 22 // Plenary 6

*--===================================================================--*

             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Participants: Bernd, Scott, Jamie, Nu, Bedanga, Gene, Bill, Ernst,

              2) Run12: is going well. FMS data needs to be looked at.

              3) Correlation paper: send to the Collaboration for inputs/suggestions.

              4) FGT summer activity: management will track it monthly. Special tools might be needed for in-position installation of the last disk.

                 FGT Cu+Au test: data collected, need micro-DSTs. // Gene will look into FGT software.

             5) Nu mention to Steve about Chep.

 III. Note:

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu XU

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

*--===================================================================--*

 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews:

  ► STAR Topical Meeting: Fluctuations and Particle Identification, Rice University, May 23 - 25, 2012

  ► Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, San Antonio, May 27 - June 1, 2012.

  ► Hard Probes, Gagliari, May 27 - June 1, 2012.

  ► STAR HF Meeting, UIC,  Chicago, June 17-18, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Weihai, China,  July 22 -25, 2012

  ► STAR Collaboration Meeting, BNL, August 5 - 10, 2012

  ► Quark Matter Conference, Washington, August 12 - 17, 2012.

  ► xQCD, Washington, August 20 - 22, 2012

  ► QCD Phase Structure I, Wuhan, October 7 - 20, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, October 24 - 26, 2012

STAR Management Meeting

2012-05-31 11:00
2012-05-31 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 31 May 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

             EVO: Title: STAR Management Meeting // Community:  STAR // Password:  star

              Phone Bridge: +1 626 395 2112 (CA) / +1 631 344 6100 (NY) // ID: 13 5382 // Password: 0952

 Time:  11 - 12 noon EDT

 *--===================================================================--*

I.  Agenda:

               1) Run12 Status: Bill

               2) Tribble Committee discussion: Nu

              3) BUR Presentation discussion ( June 4th version, Cleck here for pdf file and here for pptx file): Nu

              4) TT issue: All. We need to prepare a response.

*--===================================================================--*

             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Participants: Scott, Ernst, Jamie, Carl, Nu, Bill, Bedanga, Jerome, Gene,

 III. Note:

1) Tribble Presentation: speakers: (1) Soft probe: Bedanga; (2) Hard probe: If comes to STAR, Jamie; (3) eRHIC: Elke, Thomas, Deshpande, Marcu, Raju, Vogelsang

    ask Steve regarding the division of the science topics.

2) BUR discussion:

3) TT issue: prepare a response to TT

4) Run status: remind Steve and CAD 

 

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu XU

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

*--===================================================================--*

 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews:

  ► STAR Topical Meeting: Fluctuations and Particle Identification, Rice University, May 23 - 25, 2012

  ► Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, San Antonio, May 27 - June 1, 2012.

  ► Hard Probes, Gagliari, May 27 - June 1, 2012.

  ► STAR HF Meeting, UIC,  Chicago, June 17-18, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Weihai, China,  July 22 -25, 2012

  ► STAR Collaboration Meeting, BNL, August 5 - 10, 2012

  ► Quark Matter Conference, Washington, August 12 - 17, 2012.

  ► xQCD, Washington, August 20 - 22, 2012

  ► QCD Phase Structure I, Wuhan, October 7 - 20, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, October 24 - 26, 2012

STAR Management Meeting

2012-06-07 11:00
2012-06-07 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 7 June 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

PAC talk version June 5th. Click here for pdf file and click here for pptx file.

STAR Management Meeting

2012-06-14 11:00
2012-06-14 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 14 June 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

STAR Management Meeting

2012-06-21 11:00
2012-06-21 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 21 June 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

              EVO: Title: STAR Management Meeting // Community:  STAR // Password:  star

              Phone Bridge: +1 626 395 2112 (CA) / +1 631 344 6100 (NY) // ID: 11 4064 // Password: 0952

 Time:  11 - 12 noon EDT

 *--===================================================================--*

I.  Agenda:

               1) Run12 Status: Bill

               2) SPC for next Collaboration meeting (8/5-10): Xin/Nu

               3) Analysis meeting date/location and Upgrade issues: Nu

               4) STAR whitepaper-II: Nu / Bednaga

               5) HI Town Meeting (Geneva, 6/29): Jamie

               6) TBD

*--===================================================================--*

             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Participants: Bill, Flemming, Jerome, Bedanga, Carl, Xin, Nu, Ernst, Scott, Zhagbu, Huan

              2) Run12 is fine.

              3) SPC and collaboration meeting website will be set up soon. 

              4) Next Analysis meeting: date: Nov. 28, 29, 30, Dec. 1 // Place: Texas A&M or UCLA

              5) STAR Whitepaper-II committee: will be chaired by Bedanga. Outline will be ready by mid-July and full text ready by Feb. 2013.

 III. Note:

 2012 RHIC/AGS Thesis Award: Congratulations to Len Eun, full citation.

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu XU

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

*--===================================================================--*

 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews:

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Weihai, China,  July 22-25, 2012

  ► STAR Collaboration Meeting, BNL, August 5-10, 2012

  ► Quark Matter Conference, Washington, August 12-18, 2012

  ► xQCD, Washington, August 20-22, 2012

  ► SPIN2012, Dubna, Russia, September 17-22, 2012

  ► QCD Phase Structure I, Wuhan, October 7-20, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, November 5-7, 2012

STAR Management Meeting

2012-06-28 11:00
2012-06-28 12:00
America/New York
Thursday, 28 June 2012
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

             EVO: Title: STAR Management Meeting // Community:  STAR // Password:  star

              Phone Bridge: +1 626 395 2112 (CA) / +1 631 344 6100 (NY) // ID: 13 5382 // Password: 0952

 Time:  11 - 12 noon EDT

 *--===================================================================--*

I.  Agenda:

               1) Run12 is over. Many thanks to All especially Bill!!!

               2) Summer Shutdown Plan and Needs: Bill

               3) Analysis meeting date/location and Upgrade issues: Nu

               4) STAR whitepaper-II: Bedanga / Nu

               5) TBD

*--===================================================================--*

             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Participants: Bill, Gene, Nu, Bedanga, Scott, Ernst, Zhangbu, Xin, Huan,

              2) Summer shudown activities: issues: (i) HFT parts, schedule; (ii) FGT should be ready by Aug. 13th. FGT may not be ready by end of Aug. Next

                  week, Bill will call a meeitng with Bernd and Flemming in terms of the scheduling.

              3) Next Analysis meeting and Upgrade meeting: Nov. 28-30: Analysis meeting // Dec. 1-2: Upgrade meeting

              4) Whitepaper-II: HI physics and Spin physics: Charges to committee, Nu

              5) Collaboration meeting: Day 1: Junior's day // Day 2-3: PWG parallel sessions // Day 4-5: Plenary sessions.

 III. Note:

 2012 RHIC/AGS Thesis Award: Congratulations to Len Eun, full citation.

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu XU

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

*--===================================================================--*

 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews:

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Weihai, China,  July 22-25, 2012

  ► STAR Collaboration Meeting, BNL, August 5-10, 2012

  ► Quark Matter Conference, Washington, August 12-18, 2012

  ► xQCD, Washington, August 20-22, 2012

  ► SPIN2012, Dubna, Russia, September 17-22, 2012

  ► QCD Phase Structure I, Wuhan, October 7-20, 2012

  ► STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, November 5-7, 2012