Run 9 Preparation and Jobs List

Green = complete Red = currently critical

Run 9 Preparation Tasks (includes commissioning at startup
- ZDC SMD hardware preparation Whitten
  - planning and analysis - Hal, Valpo, LBL
  - install DAQ and testing - Aihong
  - Calibration and monitoring - Ramon
- VPD as polarimeter - LBL
- Trigger plan
  - L0, L2 optimization - TAMU
  - FMS
  - coordination with other PWGs
- L0 trigger monitor from trigger data - Pibero
- DSM replacements - Hank
- Analyze 2008 data to:
  - check triggers etc.
  - BSMD operation, gains
  - influence of low mass on gammas
- L2 algos
  - coordination - Corliss
  - endcap gamma-jet - Ilya
  - barrel gamm-jet - Betancourt
  - dijet algo - Page
  - Peds - Page
  - monitoring web pages - Betancourt
  - Upsilon - Haidong Liu
  - Ws - Seele
  - Calibration - Corliss
  - High energy - Corliss
- BEMC gain equalization
  - Eta = 1 and -1
  - E/W balance and phi dep in east
- BSMD, BPRS readout upgrade and data compression
  - Hardware - Visser, Jacobs
  - hardware tests post delivery
  - zero suppression, peds
  - software infrastructure and monitor - Leight
- BPRS Calibration and readiness
  - Characterization from previous runs - Balewski
  - FPGA fixes for cap ID - Visser
  - HV adjustments, fiber fixes
- Resolve hole in East Barrel trigger - Pibero
- Shielding additions at top of tunnel - Bill, Al, Jim
- Pplot upgrades to match changes - G. Webb, Tsai and Trentalange
  - Daq reader - core group
  - EMC - Walker
  - BSMD compression
  - trigger changes
  - DSM changes
- DSM wiring modifications and test
  - Rewire - Engelage, Gagliardi
  - tests - G. Webb, Grebenyuk
- High luminosity monitoring
  - L measurement planning - Hal
  - Scalers - Ernst, Jim, Joe, Hal, Dave, Chuck
  - L measurement implementation
- TPC monitor FGT prototype - ANL, Majka
- 500 GeV preparation
  - BSMD staturation studies
    - W program - Seele
    - gamma, pi0
  - Trigger differences from 200 GeV - Carl
  - Other
- ESMD->DDL data path and necessary software changes
- EEMC maintenance - Jacobs, Sowinski
- BEMC maintenance - Tsai, Trentalange
- FMS trigger work
  - Remap cabling for cluster triggering - Jim Drachanberg and/or
  - rebuild pre-shower system - Jim Drachanberg and/or

Run 9 Startup and During Run Tasks
- Scaler check out - Bridgeman
- Luminosity monitor checkout
- Real time monitor of lumi/local pol - LBL
- CDEV monitoring - Sowinski
- AGS polarimetery - Spinka, Underwood, Haixin Huang
- RHIC polarimetry - Spinka, Underwood, Qinghua/student
- RHIC polarimeter monitor and recording - Jones
- ZDC SMD tuneup
- Commission BEMC - Grebenyuk, Cendejas, Tsai, Trentalange
  - check calibration
  - check ADC timing
  - on call expert
- Commission EEMC - IU with help
  - check calibration
  - check ADC timing
  - on call expert
- Commission FMS
- Commission BBC
- Trigger setup
  - EMC trigger bit timing - Hank et al
  - Rates and thresholds scans and settings
  - confirmation good to go
  - L2 testing
  - L2 monitoring and updating
  - L2 on call expert

Preparation for analysis
- Luminosity -Jones
- runlist and QA - Page/Sowinski
  - Spin data base
  - Fill by fill spin patterns - Page
  - Bunch offsets and load DB
- Calorimeter Readiness
  - EEMC - IU
    - peds and status
    - claibrations
  - BEMC
    - peds and status
    - calibrations

Ongoing Service Work
- EEMC hardware maintenance - IU
- EEMC software coordinator
- EEMC calibrations
  - Sampling fraction MC studies
  - pi0, eta, electron, mips
- BEMC hardware maintenance - Tsai and Trentalange
- BEMC software coordinator
- BEMC calibrations - Tsai and Trentalange
  - pi0 - Renee
  - time dependence - Renee
- BEMC GEANT model refinements - Tsai and Trentalange
  - Other GEANT model refinements
  - TPC endcap and electronics - ANL
- FMS
  - Calibrations
  - run 9 - Zagreb
  - Root framework software - PSU,TAMU
  - FPD++ calib. - Poljak
- Common analysis software
  - Trigger simulator software - Fatemi, Grebenyuk?
  - L0 - Fersch
  - EEMC codes - Gagliardi/Huo
  - L2 ported to simulator incl. data base of params
  - Vertex finding and tracking
  - Jet finder
  - gamma maker
  - pi0 algos BEMC
  - pi0 algos EEMC
- FGT project - Simon, MIT, IU, KU, ANL, Valpo
- Tier 2 simulations - Btancourt