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=Minutes=
 
=Minutes=
 
''Attending: Tim, John, Elton, David, Yi, Beni (JLab); George, Pavols, Christine (Athens); Zisis, George (UofR); Hayk, Will, Orlando, Javiera (USM).
 
''Attending: Tim, John, Elton, David, Yi, Beni (JLab); George, Pavols, Christine (Athens); Zisis, George (UofR); Hayk, Will, Orlando, Javiera (USM).
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# Announcements
 
# Announcements
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## Friday at 2:30pm, 4 30 minute talks.
 
## Friday at 2:30pm, 4 30 minute talks.
 
# Monitoring.
 
# Monitoring.
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#* PC boards shipped  
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#* PC boards shipped to Geneva, before transferring to Athens. Should be populated in a couple of weeks.
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#* George is preparing a test setup
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#* The invoice from Athens has been signed, but the CERN account has changed and this has been corrected. We hope it will not have an impact on payment schedule.
 
# FCAL
 
# FCAL
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## Construction Status: mechanical, bases (notes from Matt)
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## Updates will be presented at the collaboration meeting
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## Beam tests in Hall B (John)
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# BCAL
 
# BCAL
 
## [[BCAL Beam Tests 2012]]
 
## [[BCAL Beam Tests 2012]]
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##* Elton presented the [http://argus.phys.uregina.ca/cgi-bin/private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=1901 beam test request to Hall B] yesterday.
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##* We have been instructed to work with Eugene Pasyuk and Doug Tilles to install equipment.
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##* Elton, John, Tom and Josh went down to the hall this morning to plan where to locate the mini-Bcal ectype and how to place it there.
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##* The beam test will be presented at the collaboration meeting.
 
# USM update
 
# USM update
 
## [https://halldweb1.jlab.org/wiki/images/6/6f/Report_6.pdf Run manager report (Javiera)]
 
## [https://halldweb1.jlab.org/wiki/images/6/6f/Report_6.pdf Run manager report (Javiera)]

Revision as of 14:06, 14 February 2012

Teleconference Time: 11:00 a.m. EST'

  • ESNET (Number is 8542553) and EVO session (GlueX Calorimetry meeting room)
  • Phone connection only upon request.
    • +1-866-740-1260 : US+Canada
    • +1-303-248-0285 : International
    • then enter participant code: 3421244# (remember the "#").
    • or www.readytalk.com (and code without the #)

Participant Direct Lines

  • JLab Phone: in CC F326 is 757-269-6337 (usual room)
  • JLab Phone in CC L207 is 757-269-7084
  • Phone in the Regina Videoconference Suite is 306-585-4204
  • Athens Phone: in Christina's office is 011-30-210-727-6947


Items for followup from previous meeting(s)

  1. Monitoring
    • Send additional SiPMs to Athens for tests (Elton). Electronics is out for fabrication
  2. TDR
    • Create outline to assign writing homework (Elton)

Draft outline

Existing (old) outline

  1. Global Design
  2. Forward Calorimeter
    • The E852 Experience
    • The RadPhi Experience
    • Estimating the GlueX pi0 and eta Mass Resolution
    • Electromagnetic Backgrounds
    • Radiation Damage
    • Heat Curing of Damaged Blocks
    • Assessing Lead Glass Blocks and PMT's
      • Lead glass block evaluation
      • PMT Evaluation
    • Other Issues
      • Electromagnetic Rates in the LGD
      • Magnetic Shielding
      • Monitoring
      • Calibration
      • Triggering
  3. Barrel Calorimeter
    • Design Considerations
    • Pb/Sci Barrel Calorimeter
    • The GlueX BCAL
    • Construction of Prototype Modules
      • Production of Lead Sheets
      • Module Construction
    • Scintillating Fiber Tests
    • Fiber Light Transmission Tests
    • Silicon Photomultiplier Test
  4. Upstream Photon Veto

Proposed outline for revised section

  1. Global Design
  2. Forward Calorimeter
    1. Geometry
    2. Lead Glass Modules
      • Lead glass
      • Photomultiplier tubes
      • Light guide design
      • Module assembly
    3. Support structure
      • Stacking
    4. Calibration
    5. Monitoring
    6. Triggering
    7. Expected Performance
      • The E852 Experience
      • The RadPhi Experience
      • Background, lifetime and rates
      • Energy and time resolution
      • Mass resolution (+ other physics quantities)
  3. Barrel Calorimeter
    1. Geometry
    2. BCAL Module construction
      • Scintillating fibers
      • Lead
      • Fabrication
    3. Readout
      • SiPMs
      • Operation (e.g. temp compensation etc)
    4. Calibration
    5. Monitoring
    6. Expected Performance
      • Prototypes and tests
      • Background, lifetime and rates
      • Energy and time resolution
      • Mass resolution (+ other physics quantities)

Tentative Agenda

  1. Announcements
  2. Review of Action Items
  3. Collaboration Meeting
    1. Friday at 2:30pm, 4 30 minute talks.
  4. Monitoring.
  5. FCAL
    1. Construction Status: mechanical, bases (notes from Matt)
    2. Beam tests in Hall B (John)
  6. BCAL
    1. BCAL Beam Tests 2012
  7. USM update
    1. Run manager report (Javiera)
    2. Update on Station 3 (Hayk)
  8. TDR update
    1. Instructions for the TDR (You must be logged into the wiki to access this page).
    2. We need to start revising Chapter 4 Detector, Section 4.3 Calorimetry. See above for old and new proposed outlines.
  9. Simulations/Reconstruction
  10. Any other business

Minutes

Attending: Tim, John, Elton, David, Yi, Beni (JLab); George, Pavols, Christine (Athens); Zisis, George (UofR); Hayk, Will, Orlando, Javiera (USM).

  1. Announcements
  2. Review of Action Items
  3. Collaboration Meeting
    1. Friday at 2:30pm, 4 30 minute talks.
  4. Monitoring.
    • PC boards shipped to Geneva, before transferring to Athens. Should be populated in a couple of weeks.
    • George is preparing a test setup
    • The invoice from Athens has been signed, but the CERN account has changed and this has been corrected. We hope it will not have an impact on payment schedule.
  5. FCAL
    1. Updates will be presented at the collaboration meeting
  6. BCAL
    1. BCAL Beam Tests 2012
      • Elton presented the beam test request to Hall B yesterday.
      • We have been instructed to work with Eugene Pasyuk and Doug Tilles to install equipment.
      • Elton, John, Tom and Josh went down to the hall this morning to plan where to locate the mini-Bcal ectype and how to place it there.
      • The beam test will be presented at the collaboration meeting.
  7. USM update
    1. Run manager report (Javiera)
    2. Update on Station 3 (Hayk)
  8. TDR update
    1. Instructions for the TDR (You must be logged into the wiki to access this page).
    2. We need to start revising Chapter 4 Detector, Section 4.3 Calorimetry. See above for old and new proposed outlines.
  9. Simulations/Reconstruction
  10. Any other business
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