JEF meeting, July 14, 2023

Meeting time and location:

• 9:30 am EST (JLab time) remote only
• Connection information

Agenda

• Preparation of parts for ECAL modules -- Sasha
  • Crystals:

    - Received all crystals from CRYTUR [1].

    - Spare crystals

  • Received all long signal cables from the first order (1200). Received 450 short signal cables
  • Procurement parts for the LMS:

    - Waiting for 7,600 ft of optical fibers (August/September)

• Module fabrication -- Sasha
  • All modules have been fabricated, proceed with the final inventorization (about 1610 modules in total)
• Ongoing projects -- Sasha, all
  • Visual inspections of fabricated modules [2] - done
  • Tested, labeled, and bundled 53 bundles (out of 100) of signal cables connected from the flash ADC to the patch panel [3]
  • Removing signal cables from the FCAL and rearranging signal cables in the hall [4] [5]

    - 400 signal cables removed, need to re-label and bundle

    - all cables have been re-arranged, two VXS crates can be removed (will be used by the ECAL)

  • Cutting optical fibers (800 fibers have been cut), gluing plastic caps (380 recently glued)[6]
  • Report from students
  • Test fabricated modules using LMS
• Testing of PMT dividers -- Sasha / Vlad
  • All dividers have been ordered; will send all electronics components to the company to fabricate dividers on Monday next week (Chris)
  • Preparing setups for testing modules and dividers
• Proceedures
• Installation of the FCAL2 detector & integration to GlueX -- Sasha / Arshak / Vlad / Hakob
  • Detector installation page
  • Updates from the meetings with Tim's group [7]
  • Discussion of the FCAL2 installation procedures [8]
  • Final mapping of low-voltage cables
  • Projects for summer students
  • Summer Students (2023)
• Light monitoring system -- Arshak
• Simulations/Analysis