May 28, 2009 Calorimetry

Teleconference Time: 11:00 a.m. EST

• EVO session
• Phone:
  • +1-800-377-8846 : US
  • +1-888-276-7715 : Canada
  • +1-302-709-8424 : International
  • then enter participant code: 39527048# (remember the "#")

Items for followup from previous meeting(s)

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.)
3. Documentation on fiber first-article
4. Design goals for SiPM electronics
5. Preliminary specifications for Bcal readout

Tentative Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Review of Action Items
3. Calibration
4. FCAL Update
5. Simulations
6. BCAL Fabrication
   • Preparations for construction
   • Report on First-article fibers (Andrei)
7. BCAL Readout
   • Update from USM (Will)
   • SiPM electronics (Fernando)
   • Review of specifications for readout (Elton)
   • Rates in the Bcal (Sasha)
   • Light guide efficiency for fm pmts (Elton)