June 25, 2009 Calorimetry

Teleconference Time: 11:00 a.m. EST

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Items for followup from previous meeting(s)

1. Resolution studies
   • Study impact of inactive material at the end of BCAL on acceptance.
2. Documentation on fiber first-article
3. Review calibration procedures
4. Update cost estimates
   • light guides (USM)
   • temperature stabilization (Tim and Fernando)
   • summing circuits for SiPMs (Fernando)
5. Impact of gain variations on resolution (especially for summed SiPMs) (Elton)

Tentative Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Review of Action Items
3. Calibration
4. FCAL Update
5. BCAL Fabrication
   • Contract status
   • Construction prototype update
   • Fiber QA: Media:AttenLen_JS001-8_Prelim.png
   • Fiber measurements (Andrei)
6. BCAL Readout
   • Update from USM (Will)
     • Report from Alam/Sergey: Measurements of the effect of cooling on SensL SiPMs
   • VERY Budget comparisons (Elton)
   • Discussion of Bcal Readout Review (July 21)
     • Stefano Miscetti can participate in the review via video. A test of ESNET connection yesterday was very successful.
     • Other reviewers?
     • Agenda
7. Simulations
   • Quick look at Fluka results (Elton)
   • Energy deposition in the BCAL layers for PYTHIA events Media:sector_response.pdf

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