TPC sector

TPC sector

TPC sector

TPC Review Talk on spacecharge in pp500

Please choose the latest version of the talk.

Corrections to Simulation

The geometry and luminostiy asymmetries that showed up on the last post were do to a bug in the code.  Fortunately while looking for it I came across a couple other mistakes and was able to co

What's next ?

Speaker : ALL (moderated by Helen Caines) ( STAR )


Talk time : 17:45, Duration : 00:30

Theoretical interpretations of the ridge

Speaker : Raju Venugopalan ( BNL )


Talk time : 16:45, Duration : 01:00

Is the ridge connected to hard scattering?

Speaker : Fuqiang Wang ( Purdue )


Talk time : 16:00, Duration : 00:45

Coffee Break

What we know experimentally about the low pt ridge so far and are the two ridges connected

Speaker : Lanny Ray ( UTA )


Talk time : 14:45, Duration : 00:45

What we know experimentally about the high pt ridge so far

Speaker : Joern Putschke ( Yale )


Talk time : 14:00, Duration : 00:45

Future Upgrades Plenary Session

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00STAR heavy ion program in the next decade. ( 00:25 ) 2 filesJamie Dunlop (BNL)
09:25Spin Physics Perspectives ( 00:30 ) 1 fileElke Aschenauer (BNL)
09:55Overview of STAR upgrade Program ( 00:20 ) 1 fileF.Videbaek (BNL)
10:15
coffee break ( 00:30 )
 
10:45TPC in the high luminosity era ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJim Thomas (LBL)
11:05Status and Prospects for Heavy Flavor Tracker ( 00:20 ) 1 fileSpiros Margetis (KSU)
11:25Forward Gem Tracker ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJan Balewski (MIT)
11:45Prospects for STAR with the Muon Tracking Detector ( 00:20 ) 1 fileLijuan Ruan (BNL)
12:05Forward Physics with FHC and FMS ( 00:20 ) 1 fileQinghua Xu (Shandong Uni.)
12:25HLT - getting to rare processes ( 00:20 ) 1 fileAihong Tang (BNL)
12:45Concluding remarks ( 00:05 ) 0 filesBernd Surrow (MIT)

HFT/FGT Upgrade Session

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00introduction : HFT status & schedule ( 00:10 ) 1 fileF.Videbaek
09:10Assembly plan for beampipe, cone and detectors ( 00:30 ) 0 filesEric Anderssen
09:40Plan for insertion and extract of pixel in HFT ( 00:20 ) 0 filesHoward Weiman
10:00Cones, models and analysis ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJason Bessuilie
10:20FGT status - Assembly and installation schedule - Needs at BNL ( 00:20 ) 1 fileBernd Surrow
10:40SSD/FGT cable interface ( 00:20 ) 1 fileHoward Matis
11:00AOB & Discussion ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll

New Results Plenary Session

TimeTalkPresenter
14:00Observation of hypertriton and anti-hypertriton ( 00:35 ) 1 fileDeclan Keane (KSU)
14:35Status of Non Photonic Electron studies ( 00:35 ) 1 fileHuan Huang (UCLA)
15:10Status of pp2pp program ( 00:35 ) 1 fileWlodek Guryn (BNL)
15:45
Coffee Break ( 00:30 )
 
16:15Indtified hadron v2 measurements from run7 Au+Au 200 GeV ( 00:35 ) 1 fileShusu Shi (LBNL)
16:50Update on W measurement ( 00:35 ) 1 fileJoe Seele (MIT)
17:25Full jet reconstruction in HI collisions ( 00:35 ) 1 fileJoern Putschke (Yale)

HFT Upgrade Session

FGT Upgrade Session

TimeTalkPresenter
14:00Opening remarks: Funding / Schedule / Reviews ( 00:15 ) 0 filesBernd Surrow (MIT)
14:15HV Tests of GEM Foils ( 00:15 ) 0 filesRoss Corliss (MIT)
14:30CCD scans of GEM foils ( 00:15 ) 1 fileJoe Seele (MIT)
14:452D readout board design status and schedule ( 00:15 ) 1 fileDoug Hasell (MIT)
15:00Status of mechanical design (WSC / Quarter Section / Readiness / Schedule) ( 00:30 ) 0 filesJason (MIT)
15:30
Coffee Break ( 00:15 )
 
15:45Assembly sequence, QA and preparation ( 00:30 ) 1 fileBernd Surrow (MIT)
16:15APV Bench test setup : Status and plans ( 00:20 ) 0 filesDoug/Ben/Gerrit (MIT)
16:35APV module design status ( 00:20 ) 0 filesBen/Doug (MIT)
16:55Wafer dicing status ( 00:15 ) 1 fileGerrit van Nieuwenhuizen (MIT)
17:10DAQ Readout board design status and schedule ( 00:20 ) 1 fileGerard Visser (IUCF)
17:30Crate Master board design status and schedule ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJohn (IUCF)

Properties and physics of "ridge" in STAR

TimeTalkPresenter
14:00What we know experimentally about the high pt ridge so far ( 00:45 ) 1 fileJoern Putschke (Yale)
14:45What we know experimentally about the low pt ridge so far and are the two ridges connected ( 00:45 ) 1 fileLanny Ray (UTA)
15:30
Coffee Break ( 00:30 )
 
16:00Is the ridge connected to hard scattering? ( 00:45 ) 1 fileFuqiang Wang (Purdue)
16:45Theoretical interpretations of the ridge ( 01:00 ) 1 fileRaju Venugopalan (BNL)
17:45What's next ? ( 00:30 ) 0 filesALL (moderated by Helen Caines) (STAR)

HFT Upgrade Session

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00Project Status ( 00:20 ) 1 fileF.Videbaek
09:00Introduction : HFT status & schedule ( 00:05 ) 0 filesF.Videbaek
09:30Status and Plans for CDR document and material ( 00:30 ) 1 fileHans Georg Ritter
10:00PIXEL - Report, plans and schedule ( 00:20 ) 1 fileHoward Wieman
10:30IST Report, plans and schedule ( 00:20 ) 3 filesGerrit van Nieuwenhuizen II (MIT)
11:00SSD Report, plans and schedule ( 00:20 ) 1 fileHoward Matis (MIT)
11:30Integration, Cone , Assembly ( 00:30 ) 1 fileE. Anderssen (MIT)
12:00integration - beampipe ( 00:15 ) 1 fileDana Beavis (MIT)
12:15Progress and key plots for CDR simulations ( 00:45 ) 1 fileSpiros Margetis (MIT)
13:00
Lunch ( 01:00 )
 

QCD Physics

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00Conclusions from STAR spin program ( 00:35 ) 1 fileJames Sowinski (IUCF)
09:35The Future of the STAR Spin Physics Program ( 00:35 ) 1 fileBernd Surrow (MIT)
10:10The two spin sum rules ( 00:55 ) 1 fileRobert Jaffe ( MIT)
11:05
Coffee Break ( 00:30 )
 
11:35Lattice QCD Constraints on Nucleon Spin Structure ( 00:55 ) 0 filesJohn Negele (MIT)
12:30QCD effects in observations from HI collisions in STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 fileLijuan Ruan (BNL)
13:00
Lunch ( 01:00 )
 

Beam Energy Scan Physics Working Group

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00Half field option ( 00:30 ) 1 fileDan and Evan
09:30Using ToF - involvement in calibration, using data, coll. with TOF group ( 00:30 ) 1 fileDeclan and Yadav
10:00Discussion of run plan - consequences of reduced time of running at each energy ( 01:00 ) 0 files
11:00
COFFEE BREAK ( 00:15 )
 
11:15Finishing Helen's long BES document ( 01:15 ) 1 file

Beam Energy Scan Physics Working Group

TimeTalkPresenter
09:00Welcome, agenda changes (if any) ( 00:15 ) 0 filesGrazyna Odyniec
09:15Trigger options for BES ( 00:30 ) 1 fileJamie Dunlop
09:45Monitoring of run progress ( 00:30 ) 0 filesAihong Tang
10:15Background estimates ( 00:30 ) 1 fileFlemming Videbaek
10:45
Coffee Break ( 00:15 )
 
11:00Preparation for discussion in joint Bulk/LF Spectra meeting ( 01:30 ) 1 fileAll
13:00
Lunch ( 01:00 )
 
14:00Joint session with Bulk corr and LF spectra. See joint schedule ( 04:00 ) 0 files