Timetable
STAR Collaboration Meeting (BNL Spring 2009)
Monday, 23 March 2009 :: day 1
Juniors Morning Session
Conveners: Larry Tarini (Before Coffee Break) / Christine Nattrass (After Coffee Break)
(Large Seminar Room : 09:30 - 12:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Correcting for Z-Vertex Variation in Two Particle Number Correlations ( 00:20 ) 2 files | Larry Tarini (Wayne State) |
| 10:30 | CAD Spin ( 01:00 ) 1 file | Mei Bai (BNL) |
| 11:30 | The STAR W program ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Brian Page (Indiana University) |
| 11:40 | Local Polarimetry at STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Ramon Cendejas (UCLA) |
11:50 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) |
Lunch and Post doc panel
(Berkner Hall : 12:00 - 14:00)
Juniors Afternoon Session
Conveners: Sarah LaPointe (Before Coffee Break) / Terry Tarnowsky (After Coffee Break)
(14:00 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Quark-Gluon Plasma in QCD, at RHIC, and in String Theory ( 01:00 ) 1 file | Krishna Rajagopal |
| 15:00 | STAR's Near Future Physics Program ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Nu Xu |
15:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
| 16:00 | Phi meson measurements via K+K- and e+e- decays in run8 d+Au 200GeV collisions ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Xiaoping Zhang |
| 16:20 | Phi meson production and Cronin effect in d+Au collisions ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Chitrasen Jena (LBL/IOPB) |
| 16:40 | Rho0 vector meson production in CuCu collisions@200 & 62.4 GeV data at RHIC ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Prabhat Pujahari (IITB) |
| 17:00 | The Physics of Ultra Peripheral Collisions at STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Yury Gorbunov (Creighton University) |
| 17:00 | J/psi production in minimum-bias d+Au collisions at sNN =200 GeV in STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Chris Powell (LBL) |
| 17:40 | PID v_2 and v_4 from Au+Au Collisions at 200GeV at RHIC ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Na Li |
Social event
(19:00 - 22:00)
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 :: day 2
STAR Status / BUR
Conveners: Jamie Dunlop
(Large Seminar Room : 09:00 - 10:45)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome ( 00:10 ) 1 file | Nu Xu (LBNL) |
| 09:10 | Run 9 Preparation and status of STAR ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Bill Christie (BNL) |
| 09:30 | STAR Analysis Status ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bedanga Mohanty (VECC) |
| 10:00 | BUR Discussion Run 10/11 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Jamie Dunlop (BNL) |
10:30 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) |
Jet-like correlation Physics Working Group
Conveners: Jana Bielcikova, Lanny Ray, Fuqiang Wang
(the room near Liz's office : 11:00 - 01:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Looking forward for Color Glass Condensate signatures with STAR STAR ( 00:45 ) 0 files | Ermes Braidot (Utrecht) |
| 11:45 | Addressing the physics of the ridge by 2- and 3-particle correlations at STAR ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Pawan Netrakanti (Purdue) |
| 12:30 | Is the ridge formed by alignment of jet propagation and medium flow direction? ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Joshua Konzer (Purdue) |
STAR Upgrades
Conveners: Helen Caines / Zhangbu Xu
(Large Seminar Room : 11:15 - 13:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Overview ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Helen Caines (Yale University) |
| 11:15 | FGT ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Bernd Surrow (MIT) |
| 11:30 | HFT+SSD ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Yifei Zhang (LBNL) |
| 12:00 | Report from Integration Working Group ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bill Christie (BNL) |
12:30 | Lunch Break ( 01:15 ) | |
| 13:45 | TOF ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Dylan Thein (UT Austin) |
| 14:00 | GMT ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Dick Majka (Yale University) |
| 14:15 | MTD ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Lijuan Ruan (BNL) |
| 14:30 | FHC - Forward Hadron Calorimeter ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Les Bland (BNL) |
| 14:45 | High-Level-Tracking ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Aihong Tang (BNL) |
| 15:00 | Shift report ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Olga Barannikova (UIC) |
Jet-like correlation Physics Working Group
Conveners: Jana Bielcikova, Lanny Ray, Fuqiang Wang
(Room 2-160 : 14:00 - 15:20)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Universal centrality and collision-energy trends for the azimuth quadrupole (elliptic flow) from 2D angular correlations at STAR ( 00:30 ) 0 files | David Kettler (UW) |
| 14:30 | Anomalous centrality variation of two-particle angular correlations associated with minijets in Cu-Cu and Au-Au collisions at 62 ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Duncan Prindle (UW) |
| 15:00 | Detailed studies of untriggered two-particle correlation structures in CuCu collisions ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Chanaka DeSilva (WSU) |
Heavy flavor Physics Working Group
Conveners: Manuel Calderon, Xin Dong and Alexandre Alarcon Suaide
(Small Seminar Room : 15:30 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | STAR Measurements of Non-photonic Electron Production in d+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV ( 01:00 ) 1 file | Wei Xie (Purdue University) |
| 16:30 | Non-photonic electron-hadron azimuthal correlation for AuAu, CuCu, dAu and pp collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV ( 01:00 ) 0 files | Bertrand Biritz (UCLA) |
| 17:30 | Upsilon production in d+Au collisions at STAR ( 01:00 ) 0 files | Haidong Liu (UC Davis) |
Jet-like correlations Physics Working Group
Conveners: Jana Bielcikova, Lanny Ray and Fuqiang Wang
(2-160 : 15:30 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | Exploring jet properties in p+p collisions at 200 GeV with STAR ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Helen Caines (Yale) |
| 16:15 | Measurements of jet structure and fragmentation from full jet reconstruction in heavy ion collisions at RHIC STAR ( 01:00 ) 0 files | Elena Bruna (Yale) |
| 17:15 | Inclusive cross section and correlations of fully reconstructed jets in 200 GeV Au+Au and p+p collisions ( 01:00 ) 1 file | Mateusz Ploskon (LBNL) |
Bulk correlations Physics Working Group
Conveners: Subhasis Chattopadhyay,Mike Lisa,Paul Sorensen
(2-78 : 15:30 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | QM09 Oral Presentation: Differential Transverse Momentum Correlation Functions ( 00:50 ) 0 files | Monika Sharma (Wayne State) |
| 16:20 | QM poster: Possible background effects on Parity Violation signals ( 00:10 ) 0 files | Ilya Selyuzhenkov (Indiana University) |
| 16:30 | QM poster: Measurement techniques and backgrounds Parity Violation signals ( 00:10 ) 0 files | Evan Finch (Yale) |
| 16:40 | Parity Violation studies ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Dhevan Gangadharan (UCLA) |
| 17:00 | QM09 Oral Presentation: Experimental study of the spontaneous strong parity violation ( 00:45 ) 2 files | Sergei Voloshin (by EVO) (Wayne State) |
| 17:45 | Update from GPC Parity Violation ( 00:10 ) 0 files | Carl Gagliardi (Texas A&M) |
Spin Physics Working Group
Conveners: James Sowinski and Ernst Sichtermann
(3-192 : 15:30 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | Jet Cross Section ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Matt Walker |
| 16:00 | Di-jet Analysis ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Joe Seele |
| 16:30 | 2006 Neutral Pion Analysis Update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Alan Hoffman |
| 17:00 | Gamma-Jet analysis update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Ilya Selyuzhenkov |
| 17:30 | Non-photonic Electron Analysis update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Priscilla Kurnadi |
18:00 | End of Session ( 00:00 ) |
Light Flavour Spectra Physics Working Group
Conveners: Lijuan Ruan and Jun Takahashi
(Orange Room : 15:30 - 18:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | Anthony QM2009 rehearsal talk: Strangeness production in heavy-ion collisions at STAR ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Anthony Timmins |
| 16:15 | Xianglei QM2009 rehearsal talk: Strange Hadron Production in d+Au Collisions at RHIC ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Xianglei |
| 17:00 | Yichun QM2009 rehearsal talk:Measurements of $K^{0}_{S}$ and $K^{\pm}$ production at high $p_{T}$ at STAR as a sensitive probe f ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Yichun |
| 17:45 | Subhasis QM2009 poster: Photon multiplicity measurements at forward rapidityies in dAu collisions at root(s) = 200 GeV ( 00:25 ) 0 files | Subhasis |
Beam Energy Scan Physics Working Group
Conveners: Grazyna Odyniec,Paul Sorensen,Declan Keane
(15:30 - 18:00)
Ultra Peripheral collisions Physics Working Group
Conveners: Yury Gorbunov and Wlodek Guryn
(1-189 : 15:30 - 18:00)
Advisory Board Meeting
(1-189 : 19:00 - 22:00)
Wednesday, 25 March 2009 :: day 3
Beam Energy Scan Physics Working Group
Conveners: Grazyna Odyniec,Paul Sorensen,Declan Keane
(09:00 - 12:30)
Spin Physics Working Group
Conveners: James Sowinski and Ernst Sichtermann
(Large Seminar Room : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Eta analysis update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Len Eun |
| 09:30 | Quark transversity via the Collins mechanism in mid-rapidity jet production ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Robert Fersch |
| 10:00 | Inclusive jet paper status ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Carl Gagliardi, PAs |
10:15 | coffee break ( 00:15 ) | |
| 10:30 | Neutral pion paper status ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Oleksandr Grebenyuk, PAs |
| 10:45 | Charged pion paper status ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Adam Kocoloski, PAs |
| 11:00 | Hyperon spin transfer paper status ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Ernst Sichtermann, PAs |
| 11:30 | Local Polarimetry ( 00:20 ) 4 files | Oleksandr Grebenyuk, Ramon Cendejas, Alice Bridgeman |
| 12:00 | Towards W measurements ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Joe Seele, Jan Balewski |
12:30 | End of Session ( 00:00 ) |
Ultra Peripheral collisions Physics Working Group
Conveners: Yury Gorbunov and Wlodek Guryn
(1-189 : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Simulations of Central Production ( 00:40 ) 1 file | J.H. Lee |
| 09:40 | Pedestal analyis ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Kin Yip (11727) |
| 10:10 | Comparisons of pedestals ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Donika Plyku |
| 10:30 | Plans for this run ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Wlodek Guryn |
| 11:10 | rho prime analysis status and paper updates ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Boris Grube |
| 11:40 | starlight upgrade ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Joseph Butterworth |
| 12:00 | dAu/62 GeV data analysis ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Yury Gorbunov |
Jet-like correlations Physics Working Group
Conveners: Jana Bielcikova, Lanny Ray and Fuqiang Wang
(2-160 : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Direct gamma-charged hadron azimuthal correlation measurements from STAR ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Ahmed Hamed (Texas A&M) |
| 09:45 | Jet fragmentation in STAR via di-jet triggered (2+1) multi-hadron correlation ( 00:45 ) 0 files | Kolja Kauder (UIC) |
| 10:30 | Gamma triggered 2+1 correlation ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Hua Pei (UIC) |
| 10:45 | Decomposing p+p Events at 200 GeV with STAR ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Helen Caines (Yale) |
| 11:15 | Initial state nuclear effects for jet production measured in 200 GeV d+Au collisions by STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Jan Kapitan (Czech NPI) |
| 11:45 | Di-Hadron fragmentation function in p+p collisions at 200 GeV at STAR ( 00:15 ) 2 files | Muhammad Elnimr (WSU) |
| 12:15 | Jet reconstruction ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Joern Putschke (Yale) |
| 12:30 | Jet reconstruciton ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Sevil Salur (LBNL) |
Heavy flavor Physics Working Group
Conveners: Manuel Calderon, Xin Dong and Alexandre Alarcon Suaide
(Small Seminar Room : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | $J/\psi$ production in minimum bias Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV at STAR ( 01:00 ) 0 files | Daniel Kikola (LBNL) |
| 10:00 | J/Psi Production in p+p and d+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at STAR ( 01:00 ) 0 files | Chris Perkins (UC Berkeley) |
11:00 | Coffee Break ( 00:15 ) | |
| 11:15 | Non-photonic Electron tagged $D^0$ measurement in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions @ $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV at RHIC ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Raghunath Sahoo (SUBATECH) |
| 11:35 | D-Meson Measurements in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV at STAR Using the Silicon Inner Tracker ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Sarah LaPointe (Wayne State University) |
| 11:55 | D0 in CuCu with the SVT and uVertex code ( 00:20 ) 0 files | Joe Vanfossen (Kent State University) |
| 12:15 | Others ( 00:20 ) 0 files | (Kent State University) |
Bulk correlations Physics Working Group
Conveners: Subhasis Chattopadhyay,Mike Lisa and Paul Sorensen
(3-192 : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | QM09 Oral Presentation: Event anisotropy in Cu+Cu ( 00:45 ) 0 files | Shusu Shi (LBL) |
| 09:45 | Review of four flow posters ( 00:25 ) 0 files | Claude Pruneau (Wayne State) |
| 10:10 | Update from GPG on v2 and deviation from ideal hydro ( 00:10 ) 1 file | Christina Markert (by EVO) (UT Austin) |
| 10:20 | Update from GPC on Balance Functions from Au+Au, d+Au, p+p ( 00:10 ) 0 files | Mike Lisa (Ohio State) |
| 10:30 | HBT relative to the highest-pT particle ( 00:10 ) 0 files | Chris Anson (Ohio State) |
10:40 | coffee break ( 00:15 ) | |
| 10:55 | QM09 Oral Presentation: Fluctuations of Conserved Quantities Using Higher Order Moments ( 00:50 ) 0 files | Tapan Nayak (VECC, Kolkata) |
| 11:45 | Review of five fluctuations posters ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Jim Thomas (LBL) |
| 12:10 | Review of two HBT posters ( 00:15 ) 0 files | Declan Keane (Kent State) |
Light Flavour Spectra Physics Working Group
Conveners: Lijuan Ruan and Jun Takahashi
(Orange Room : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Lokesh QM2009 rehearsal talk: Bulk properties in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 9.2 GeV in STAR experiment at RHIC ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Lokesh Kumar |
| 09:45 | Patrica QM2009 rehearsal + Prahbat QM2009 poster ( 00:59 ) 1 file | Patricia & Prahbat |
| 10:45 | Xiaoping QM2009 poster:phi meson measurements via K+K- and e+e- decays in d + Au 200 GeV collisions at RHIC ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Xiaoping |
| 11:10 | Chitrasen QM2009 poster: $\phi$ meson production in the $K^+K^-$= decay channel and Cronin effect in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{ ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Chitrasen |
| 11:35 | Jinhui hypertriton update ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Jinhui |
| 12:05 | Michal Sumbera: hadron production and nuclear suppression at forward rapidities at RHIC ( 00:25 ) 0 files | Michal |
QM Rehearsal Session
Conveners: Bedanga Mohanty
(Large Seminar Room : 14:00 - 18:00)
Council Meeting
(2-160 : 19:00 - 22:00)
Thursday, 26 March 2009 :: day 4
Theory Session
Conveners: Jamie Dunlop
(Large Seminar Room : 09:00 - 12:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Viscous Hydrodynamics and QGP Viscosity ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Ulrich Heinz (Ohio State University) |
| 09:45 | QCD Phase Transition at Finite Density with Canonical Ensembles ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Keh-Fei Liu (University of Kentucky) |
10:30 | Coffee Break ( 11:00 ) | |
| 11:00 | On the Critical Point and Number Fluctuations ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Sourendu Gupta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) |
| 11:45 | Observation of hypertriton and anti-hypertriton at RHIC ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Jinhui Chen (Kent State University) |
Spin Plenary Session
Conveners: Bernd Surrow
(Large Seminar Room : 14:00 - 15:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Recent STAR spin results ( 00:45 ) 0 files | Renee Fatemi (University of Kentucky) |
| 14:45 | Run 9 plans and expectations ( 00:45 ) 2 files | Jan Balewski (MIT) |
QM Rehearsal Session
Conveners: Bedanga Mohanty
(Large Seminar Room : 16:15 - 18:15)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 16:15 | Bulk properties in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 9.2 GeV in STAR experiment at RHIC ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Lokesh Kumar (Panjab University) |
| 16:45 | Fluctuations of Conserved Quantities in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at RHIC Energies Using Higher Order Moments in STAR ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Tapan Nayak (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre) |
| 17:15 | Event anisotropy $v_2$ in Cu + Cu collisions at RHIC --- particle type, beam energy and centrality dependence ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Shusu Shi (Institute of Particle Physics) |
| 17:45 | $\rho^0$ production in Cu+Cu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$ = 200 and 62.4 GeV in STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Patricia Fachini (Brookhaven National Laboratory) |
Wine and Cheese
(18:00 - 20:00)
Friday, 27 March 2009 :: day 5
QM Rehearsal Session
Conveners: Bedanga Mohanty
(Large Seminar Room : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | STAR Measurements of Non-photonic Electron Production in d+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Wei Xie (Purdue University) |
| 09:30 | Non-photonic electron-hadron azimuthal correlation for AuAu, CuCu, dAu and pp collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Bertrand Britz (Uinversity of California, Los Angeles) |
| 10:00 | Upsilon production in d+Au collisions at STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Haidong Liu (University of California, Davis) |
10:30 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) | |
| 11:00 | $J/\psi$ production in minimum bias Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV at STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Daniel Kikola (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 11:30 | J/Psi Production in p+p and d+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at STAR ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Chris Perkins (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 12:00 | Looking forward for Color Glass Condensate signatures with STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Ermes Braidot (NIKHEF and Utrecht University) |
QM Rehearsal Session
Conveners: Bedanga Mohanty
(Large Seminar Room : 14:00 - 19:00)
Saturday, 28 March 2009 :: day 6
QM Rehearsal Session
Conveners: Bedanga Mohanty
(Large Seminar Room : 09:00 - 12:30)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Measurement of initial temperature and radial flow from thermal photon to dilepton ratio ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Bikash Sinha (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre) |
| 09:30 | QM Repeat Talk - I ( 00:20 ) 0 files | |
| 09:50 | Repeat Parallel Talk - II ( 00:20 ) 0 files | |
| 10:10 | Probing the early medium in heavy ion collisions - Repeat STAR Plenary talk - I ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Gang Wang (University of California, Los Angeles) |
10:55 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) | |
| 11:25 | Probing the energy loss mechanisms - Repeat STAR Plenary Talk - II ( 00:45 ) 0 files | Joern Putschke (Yale University) |
12:10 | Lunch Break ( 01:00 ) | |
| 13:10 | Probe for the spontaneous strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions at RHIC ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Sergei Voloshin (Wayne State University) |
PWG Summary and Closeout
Conveners: Olga Barannikova
(Large Seminar Room : 14:00 - 16:00)
| Time | Talk | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | NN ( 00:20 ) 0 files |