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STAR Management Meeting

2009-03-12 11:00
2009-03-12 12:00
Etc/GMT-7
Thursday, 12 March 2009
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

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   Time:  11am - 12noon EDT

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  Agenda:

    1)    Run9 Status - Bill
    2)   
HLT LoI - Aihong (HLT LoI, pdf file)
    3)    pp2pp 500 GeV request (pdf file)

    4)    FMS issues - Nu (Brief summary of March 10th discussion)

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    Brief Summary:

   0) Attending: Aihiong, Olga, Helen, Jerome, Jamie, Bill, Bedanga, Bernd, Nu, Zhangbu

   1) HLT LoI: Most agreed it is an interesting project, will form a committee to determine: (i) Run9 trigger; (ii) Run10 R&D

   2)  

 

  Notes:
   
1) STAR Collaboration meeting: March 23-27, 2009, BNL

    2) China-STAR ToF meeting: April 26-29, Hangzhou, China

    3) STAR Regional meeting: May 6-9, 2009, Pusan, Korea

 

Catalog centralized load management, resolving slow querries

General problem

The FileCatalog management from an administrator stand point (i.e.

2009.03.09 Application of the LDA and MLP classifiers for the cut optimization

Cut optimization with Fisher's LDA and MLP (neural network) classifiers

ROOT implementation for LDA and MLP:

How to operate HV of pp2pp system

1) log into one of the Slow Controls computer (sc.starp.bnl.gov or sc5.starp.bnl.gov) under sysuser (the password is in the red folder in control room)

Cu+Cu and Au+Au 62.4 GeV cross check

In preperation for QM, I've recently ran over the 62 GeV data in order to cross-check Jun and Marcelo' work.

P08id (Lambda->PK)

 

Initial ZDC Local Polarimetry Results (Run 9)

Beam polarization values and spin pattern used were determined using cdev files.

ZDC Pol Analysis: runs 10063009-10063016

Introduction

STAR pion RAA

Recent precision comparisons between data and energy loss/jet quenching calculations are making serious use of systematic and statistical uncertainties.

BNL shift accounting, Run 9

Number of shift due by an institution is proportional to the number of authors minus the number of experts.

BSMD and BPRS timing runs 10060041-54

Introduction

 

Timing data were taken for the barrel preshower and shower max early Sunday morning.  From the elog:

03 Mar

March 2009 posts

 

ZDC Pol analysis: runs 1060035-37

Introduction

 

How to get PV name and alarm limits

 

Run 9 SSA Scaler Reading Problem

I'm noticing something disturbing in how I've been reading scaler files from board 11 and board 12.  The inputs to these boards are the same as in Run 6, so I should be able to use the same co

Testing Run 10049077

I ran the BEMC & EEMC timing makerS on the MuDsts produced from run 10049077.  Below are 2-d histograms of ADC vs. soft id for each layer of the calorimeters.

 

STAR abstract for W production at CIPANP2009

2/27/09

latest/final post in .pdf below with fonts fixed, etc.

ZDC Code Check with Trigger Files (Plus Detailed Instructions)

Introduction

STAR Management Meeting

2009-02-25 10:00
2009-02-25 11:00
Etc/GMT-7
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
BNL, 50-I-189, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

Conference Phone Number: 510 486 7720

   Time:  10 - 11 am EDT

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  Agenda:

    1)    Run9 Status - Bill
    2)   
Upgrade management - Nu
    3)    Shift singup for 10 more weeks(?) - Olga
    4)    BulkCorr convener & the third conveners for HF PWG(?) - Nu
    5)    QM09 poster QA list - Nu/Bedanga
    6)    TPC Review committee - Nu

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    Brief Summary:

   0) Attending: Jerome, Bernd, Olga, Jamie, Nu, Bill

   1) Upgrade Management: Flemming to replace Zhangbu. Inform ADBoard and the Council.

   2) Today, Olga will inform the council about the possible 11 additional weeks for run9 and prepare for the shift sign up page with Jerome

   3) Conveners: (i) BulkCorr: proceed with the results of the polling; (ii) HF: needs more work.

   4) QM09 Poster QA list from Bedanga is good, proceed.

   5) TPC review committee: Nu to ask Tim to chair the committee.

   6) New day/time for the management meeting: Thursday, 11am - 12 noon.  

  Notes:

    1) CBM/RHIC meeting: March 9-10, 2009, GSI, Poster pdf file (2MB)

    2) STAR Collaboration meeting: March 23-27, 2009, BNL: Draft Agenda

    3) China-STAR ToF meeting: April 27-29, Hangzhou, China

    4) STAR Regional meeting: May 6-9, 2009, Pusan, Korea

 

QM Repeat Talk - I