HFT Software

2012-02-03 13:30
America/New York
Friday, 3 February 2012
510-4867333, at 18:30 (GMT), duration : 00:00

 

Agenda:

-Geometry:

a) get update on PXL sector material (cables etc) Flemming/Jonathan

b) what else is needed i) from our needs and ii) for the rest of STAR (upstream/downstream)

c) what we need in order to set up a simulation to check that by rotating in phi the SST/IST by a few degrees there is no significant impact on tracking efficiency for various pt bins.

- Manpower: Several people are coming onboard and we need to coordinate/match the needs with people. In the next month we will build on this initial discussion.

 

TimeTalkPresenter
13:30Geometry ( 00:20 ) 1 file
13:50Manpower Tasks/People ( 00:20 ) 0 files
14:10Minutes ( 00:20 ) 1 file

Wiring diagrams for the E880/C20 Polrimeter

Wiring diagrams for the E880 (a.k.a C20) polrimeter as it existed January 21st, 2011.  This is after the logic related to the hodoscopes was removed, but before the outputs to the C20 patch panel were removed (Jan 23) and before the additional gate was added before the scalar inhibits (Jan 27).

Minutes


Talk time : 14:10, Duration : 00:20

Complex FGT Ramp-Up

Complex FGT Ramp-Up

HLT/CA in STAR

Speaker : TBC


Talk time : 09:40, Duration : 00:20

HLT in STAR, overview and requirements

Speaker : Aihong Tang


Talk time : 09:20, Duration : 00:20

Status of the HLT/CA project from GSI/Frankfurt

Speaker : Ivan Kisel


Talk time : 09:00, Duration : 00:20

HLT/CA discussions

2012-01-26 09:00
2012-01-26 16:00
America/New York
Thursday, 26 January 2012
1-189, at 14:00 (GMT), duration : 07:00
TimeTalkPresenter
09:00Status of the HLT/CA project from GSI/Frankfurt ( 00:20 ) 1 fileIvan Kisel
09:20HLT in STAR, overview and requirements ( 00:20 ) 1 fileAihong Tang
09:40HLT/CA in STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 fileTBC

Grid/Cloud computing

2012-01-25 14:00
2012-01-25 15:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
, at 19:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

The primary agenda item is a presentation by Evan Sangaline about HDFS performance tests on a small cluster:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=1ytB-bsYnhgndnnm_rzqj80-bBD5FkOruhX6kfn43t_I&start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

or

http://nuclear.ucdavis.edu/~sangaline/protected/research/2012_01_25/SimpleFilesystemBenchmarks.pdf


We'll have an open round-table discussion afterwards for any ongoing work that any one would like to bring up and facility status reports or upcoming maintenance periods.

Room 1-189 at BNL is reserved with the usual Evo/phone bridge:

"STAR S&C weekly", http://evo.caltech.edu/evoNext/koala.jnlp?meeting=MvM2Ml2D2sD8Ds9v9vDe9v

phone bridge ID: 1096183

  • USA (Caltech, Pasadena, CA)
    +1 626 395 2112
  • USA (BNL, Upton, NY)
    +1 631 344 6100

International phone bridge info can be found at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/telephone.jsp

Geometry

Speaker : jonathan


Talk time : 13:50, Duration : 00:20

Survey plans/goals


Talk time : 13:30, Duration : 00:20

Jan schedule


Talk time : 10:00, Duration : 00:20

run 9 theta_xy at IR actual minus calculated using Leff's, a Turtle Study

Speaker : Phil Pile ( BNL )


Talk time : 11:00, Duration : 00:20

run 9 theta_xy at IR actual minus calculated using Leff's, a Turtle Study

Speaker : Phil Pile ( BNL )


Talk time : 11:00, Duration : 00:20

positrons in run 10 Au+Au 62 GeV

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Description

positrons in run 10 Au+Au 62 GeV

40k events

|PVz| < 50 cm

flat Pt distribution for 0 - 2 GeV/c

5% of the multiplicity tracks embedded

rapidity |y| < 1.2

Trigger ID: 270001 & 270011 & 270021 (mb)

Library: SL10k_emb

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Physics Working GroupLight Flavor Spectra
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Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, phuck@lbl.gov
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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BFC tags
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electrons in run 10 Au+Au 62 GeV

Request TypeStandard Embedding request (particle in real events)
Description

electrons in run 10 Au+Au 62 GeV

40k events

|PVz| < 50 cm

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5% of the multiplicity tracks embedded

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Trigger ID: 270001 & 270011 & 270021 (mb)

Library: SL10k_emb

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Physics Working GroupLight Flavor Spectra
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Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, phuck@lbl.gov
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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tbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

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Description

tbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

0.2 < Pt < 4.5 GeV - flat

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15 particle per event

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500K events
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include btofsim

Library: SL10k_emb

|PVz| < 30 cm
 

 

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Requested bytone421
Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, llope@physics.rice.edu
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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Assigned Helper: Not assigned
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dbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

Request TypeStandard Embedding request (particle in real events)
Description

dbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

0.2 < Pt < 4.5 GeV - flat

|eta| < 1.2 - flat

15 particle per event

0 < phi < 2pi

500K events
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1/3rd from day < 42
 
Trigger ID = vpd-mb (260001||260011||260021||260031)

include btofsim

Library: SL10k_emb

|PVz| < 30 cm
 

 

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Priority: EC0
Priority: pwgNormal
StatusClosed
Physics Working GroupLight Flavor Spectra
Requested bytone421
Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, llope@physics.rice.edu
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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Assigned Helper: Not assigned
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BFC tags
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Real Data
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pbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

Request TypeStandard Embedding request (particle in real events)
Description

pbar in run 10 Au+Au 39 GeV

0.2 < Pt < 4.5 GeV - flat

|eta| < 1.2 - flat

15 particle per event

0 < phi < 2pi

500K events
data from days:
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1/3rd from 42 <= day < 64
1/3rd from day < 42
 
Trigger ID = vpd-mb (260001||260011||260021||260031)

include btofsim

Library: SL10k_emb

|PVz| < 30 cm
 

 

General Information
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Priority: EC0
Priority: pwgNormal
StatusClosed
Physics Working GroupLight Flavor Spectra
Requested bytone421
Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, llope@physics.rice.edu
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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Assigned Helper: Not assigned
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BFC tags
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Data Sources
Real Data
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d in run 10 Au+Au 200 GeV.

Request TypeStandard Embedding request (particle in real events)
Description

d in run 10 Au+Au 200 GeV

0.2 < Pt < 4.5 GeV - flat

|eta| < 1.2 - flat

15 particle per event

0 < phi < 2pi

500K events
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include btofsim

Library: SL10k_emb

|PVz| < 30 cm
 

 

General Information
Request ID2012401
Priority: EC0
Priority: pwgNormal
StatusClosed
Physics Working GroupLight Flavor Spectra
Requested bytone421
Contact email(s)tone421@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov, llope@physics.rice.edu
Contact phone(s)
PWG email(s)lfspectra-hn@www.star.bnl.gov
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Assigned Helper: Not assigned
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BFC tags
Production---- SELECT PRODUCTION TAG ----
Geometry: simu---- SELECT GEOMETRY ----
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Detector Set
Data Sources
Real Data
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