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