Mar 5, 2009 Calorimetry

Teleconference Time: 11:00 EST/10:00 CST

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Items for followup from Feb 19 meeting

1. Resolution studies (Blake)
   • Develop criteria for evaluating resolution studies
   • Study impact of inactive material at the end of BCAL on acceptance.
   • Check what configuration (thresholds, step sizes, stack? parameters for secondaries, etc) is being used for the Hall D simulations (Regina)
2. Review options for import/export to Chile (loans, donations, transfers, etc.)

Documents to Review

1. Fibers
   • Kuraray measurements of light output
   • Kuraray measurements of attenuation length
2. APDs
   • An improved Shashlyk calorimeter
   • Development of Shashlyk calorimeter for KOPIO

Tentative Agenda

1. Announcements
2. FCAL Update
   1. MOU
   2. rad-hard glass insert
   3. magnetic shield tests (Field Sensitivity Plots)
3. Simulations
4. BCAL Update
   1. Preparations for construction
   2. Fiber measurements (Beni) GlueX Doc 1225
   3. Acceptance date for fibers (fiber arrival at JLab on Feb 13).
5. BCAL Readout
   1. SiPM and cooling GlueX-doc-1214(Elton)
   2. FM pmts (USM?)
   3. APD option (Eugene)
6. Review of Action Items