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STAR Collaboration Meeting
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Monday, 14 October 2013 :: day 1

Junior Session
Conveners: Alice Ohlson, Hui Wang, Grant Webb
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 09:00 - 16:30)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Spokesperson welcome ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Nu Xu |
09:15 | EIC Physics (lecture) ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Feng Yuan |
10:00 | calibration of PXL detector ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Michael R. Lomnitz |
10:30 | Coffee break ( 00:15 ) | |
10:45 | Transverse Spin Asymmetry in STAR (lecture) ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Mriganka Mouli Mondal |
11:30 | Alignment calibration of STAR HFT pixel detector ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Long Ma |
12:00 | Color String Percolation analysis ( 00:30 ) 1 file | David Garand |
12:30 | Lunch Break ( 01:30 ) | |
14:00 | Hard and Soft Probes of Dense Matter in Heavy-ion Collisions (lecture) ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Xin-Nian Wang |
14:45 | Things I wish someone had told me about Linux and RCF ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Anthony Kesich |
15:15 | Coffee Break ( 00:15 ) | |
15:30 | v3 of pi, k, proton at 39 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Xu Sun |
16:00 | Mini Session on career development ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Hans Georg and others |
Reception
Conveners: Alice Ohlson, Hui Wang, Grant Webb
(Berkeley Marina, Cesar Chavez Park : 17:00 - 20:00)
Tuesday, 15 October 2013 :: day 2



Bulk Correlations PWG --- Session I
Conveners: Daniel Cebra, Shusu Shi, Hui Wang
(Bldg 70A - 3377 : 08:30 - 12:30)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | 200 GeV multi-strange hadrons v2 (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Md. Nasim (NISER) |
09:30 | An update of proton femtoscopy (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Hanna Zbroszczyk (Warsaw University of Technology) |
10:00 | Kaon-Kaon Femtoscopy (EVO) ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Martin Girard (Warsaw University of Technology) |
10:20 | Current status of pion-kaon femtoscopy (EVO) ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Katarzyna Poniatowska (Warsaw University of Technology) |
10:40 | Morning Break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:10 | pi-mu femtoscopic correlations ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Kefeng Xin (Rice University) |
11:30 | Color String Percolation Analysis ( 00:30 ) 1 file | David Garand (Purdue University) |
Light Flavor Spectra PWG parallel session (I)
Conveners: Frank Geurts, Lokesh Kumar, Xianglei Zhu
(08:45 - 12:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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08:45 | Update of hypertriton paper status (EVO) ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Yifei Xu (SINAP) |
09:05 | Update on dielectron in Au+Au 200 short and long paper status (EVO) ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Jie Zhao (SINAP/LBL) |
09:30 | Direct photon analysis update (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Chi Yang (Lijuan Ruan) (USTC/BNL) |
10:00 | Run 10 & run 11 dielectron analysis update ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Yi Guo (USTC/LBL) |
10:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:00 | Dielectron in Au+Au 27 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Joseph Butterworth (RICE) |
11:30 | Dielectron in Au+Au 19.6 GeV ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Bingchu Huang (BNL) |
Spin I
(09:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | FMS Inclusive Pi0 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Yuxi Pan (UCLA) |
09:30 | FMS Jet A_N ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Mriganka Mondal (TAMU) |
10:00 | Di-hadron Correlations Run6, Run9 ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Keith Landry (UCLA) |
10:30 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:00 | W A_N ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Salvatore Fazio/Dmitri Smirnov (BNL) |
11:30 | Mid-rapidity Jet TSSAs ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Kevin Adkins (UKY) |
Heavy Flavor I
Conveners: Daniel Kikola, Wei Xie, Yifie Zhang
(2-100B : 09:00 - 12:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | J/psi in U+U with HT triggered data (EVO) ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Guannan Xie (USTC) |
09:40 | Paper proposal: J/psi production vs beam energy ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Wangmei Zha |
10:10 | Coffee break ( 00:20 ) | |
10:30 | J/psi in U+U 193 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Ota Kukral |
11:00 | Upsilon in U+U 193 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Robert Vertesi |
11:30 | Upsilon Spin-Alignment (p+p 500 GeV Run-11 BHT1) (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Matthew Cervantes |
Physics case for forward upgrade
Conveners: Huan-Zhong Huang
(50-5014 : 14:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:00 | p+p, p+A charge, goals ( 00:15 ) 1 file | All |
14:15 | Drell-Yan physics discussion ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bowen Xiao |
14:45 | p+p, p+A physics goals ( 00:15 ) 2 files | Anselm Vossen |
15:00 | A+A physics goals ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Zhangbu Xu |
15:15 | Forward upgrade: calorimeter ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Oleg Tsai |
15:30 | Afternoon break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | Forward upgrade: GEM-based tracker ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Xuan Li |
16:15 | Forward upgrade: Si-based tracker ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Zhenyu Ye |
16:30 | Forward upgrade: simulation status ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Yuxi Pan |
16:45 | discussion - next steps, observables, outline(s) ( 01:00 ) 0 files | All |
Heavy Flavor II
Conveners: Daniel Kikola, Wei Xie, Yifei Zhang
(2-100B : 14:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:00 | D0 in U+U Run 12 ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Zhenyu Ye |
14:40 | D mesons in p+p 200 GeV Run 12 ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Mustafa Mustafa |
15:20 | D0 analysis in p+p 200 GeV Run 12 data ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Hao Qiu |
16:00 | D0/D* in p+p 200 GeV run 12. ( 00:20 ) 1 file | David Tlusty |
Bulk Correlations PWG --- Session II
Conveners: Daniel Cebra, Shusu Shi, Hui Wang
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 14:00 - 17:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:00 | Centrality and Energy Depence of V2 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Alex Schmah (LBNL) |
14:30 | Balance Function paper updates ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Gary Westfall (Michigan State University) |
15:00 | Higher Moments of Average Transverse Momentum ( 00:30 ) 1 file | John Novak (Michigan State University) |
15:30 | Afternoon Break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | V3 analysis ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Xu Sun (LBNL) |
16:30 | LPV Update ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Gang Wang (UCLA) |
17:00 | Strange V0 and Charge Hadron Correlation Analysis ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Feng Zhao (UCLA) |
Light Flavor Spectra PWG parallel session (II)
Conveners: Frank Geurts, Lokesh Kumar, Xianglei Zhu
(14:00 - 17:30)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:30 | Muonic Atom Search in STAR ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Kefeng Xin (RICE) |
15:00 | BES identified particle RAA ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Evan Sangaline (UC Davis) |
15:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | BES charged hadron Rcp analysis (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Stephen Horvat (Yale) |
16:30 | Fixed target analysis ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Chris Flores (UC Davis) |
17:00 | PID spectra for Au+Au 19.6 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Daniel Cebra (UC Davis) |
Junior Session : Future in STAR
Conveners: Hui Wang
(50-Auditorium : 19:00 - 21:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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19:00 | Pizza & Drink ( 00:15 ) | |
19:15 | Discussions ( 01:45 ) 0 files |
Wednesday, 16 October 2013 :: day 3



Bulk Correlations PWG --- Session III
Conveners: Daniel Cebra, Shusu Shi, Hui Wang
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 08:30 - 12:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:30 | Kaon-Kaon correlation Femtoscopy in p+p collisions (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Grigory Nigmatkulov (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) |
10:00 | BES vn and three particle correlators ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Paul Sorensen (BNL) |
10:30 | Morning Break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:00 | update of flow studies (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Yadav Pandit (UIC) |
11:30 | New Particle Search ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Mike Lisa (Ohio State University) |
Light Flavor Spectra PWG parallel session (III)
Conveners: Frank Geurts, Lokesh Kumar, Xianglei Zhu
(08:45 - 12:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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08:45 | discussion of QM14 topics ( 00:30 ) 0 files | All |
09:15 | BES strangeness short paper status (EVO) ( 00:15 ) 1 file | Xiaoping Zhang (Tsinghua/MUST) |
09:30 | Strangeness update in 39, 11.5 and 7.7 GeV (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Xianglei Zhu (Tsinghua) |
10:00 | strangeness update in 27 and 19.6 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Feng Zhao (UCLA) |
10:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:00 | strangeness in pp & CuCu 62 GeV (EVO) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Geraldo Vasconcelos (UNICAMP) |
11:30 | photon multiplicity in BES ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Dronika Solanki (Rajasthan U.) |
UPC Parallel Session
Conveners: Janet Seger and Wlodek Guryn
(09:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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08:30 | ANN, ASS analysis and publcation plans ( 00:30 ) 0 files | Igor Alekseev, Dmitry Svirida + All |
09:00 | Pion Pair Production in DPE MC Update ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Radek Kycia and Jacek Turnau |
09:30 | Elastic Scatt Analysis Update ( 00:25 ) 0 files | Bogdan Pawlik |
09:55 | pp2pp GEANT4 update ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Leszek Adamczyk, Lukasz Fulek, Rafal Sikora |
10:25 | Break ( 00:10 ) | |
10:35 | Luminosity for Run 2009 ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Janusz Chwastowski |
11:00 | J/Psi update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Chanaka de Silva |
11:30 | SDD update ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Lukasz Fulek |
12:00 | Break ( 02:00 ) | |
14:00 | Elastic scattering analysis update ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Rafal Sikora |
14:30 | Central Production Update ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Leszek Adamczyk |
15:00 | Phase II* Design Status ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Wlodek Guryn |
15:30 | Phase II* Safety Review Update ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Kin Yip |
Spin II
(09:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Run 9 inclusive jets ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Xuan Li (Temple) |
09:30 | Jet Studies in Run 9 @ 500 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Grant Webb (UKY) |
10:00 | Run 12 inclusive jet A_LL @ 500 GeV ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Zilong Chang (TAMU) |
10:30 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:00 | Run 12 pion(EEMC) - jet (BEMC) correlations ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Yaping Wang (UIC) |
12:00 | Lunch ( 02:00 ) | |
14:00 | Gamma (EEMC)-Jet (BEMC) Run 6 + Run 9 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Hal Spinka (ANL) |
14:30 | Dijet A_LL/x-sect Run 9 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Brian Page (IU/CEEM) |
15:00 | Di-Jet Theory Calculations for Di-Jet Run 9 paper ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bernd Surrow (Temple) |
15:30 | Coffee Break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | Run 13 Dijet A_LL ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Daniel Olvitt (Temple) |
16:30 | W A_L, Run 13 ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bernd Surrow/Devika Gunarathne (Temple) |
17:00 | W x-section ratio, Run 12 ( 00:30 ) 2 files | Maxence Vandenbroucke (Temple) |
Heavy Flavor III
Conveners: Daniel Kikola, Wei Xie, Yifei Zhang
(2-100B : 09:00 - 12:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | NPE-hadron correlations in Au+Au 200 GeV run 11 ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Jay Dunkelberger |
09:40 | NPE in Au+Au 62 GeV ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Mustafa Mustafa |
10:20 | Coffee break ( 00:20 ) | |
10:40 | NPE papers status (NPE v2 and spectra in Au+Au 200 GeV) ( 00:30 ) 3 files | Daniel Kikola |
11:10 | Low-pT NPE in Au+Au 200 GeV run 10 ( 00:50 ) 1 file | Kunsu Oh |
Jetcorr PWG Session
Conveners: Fuqiang Wang, Saskia Mioduszewski
(Theory Lounge : 09:00 - 11:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Discussion of QM Topics ( 00:30 ) 0 files | All |
09:30 | Inclusive jet analysis with a mixed event technique ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Alexander Schmah |
10:00 | Full Jet Reconstruction ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Jan Rusnak |
10:30 | Update on paper (dihadron correlation in p+p and d+Au) ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Mriganka Mondal |
11:00 | Near-side jet-like correlation in d+Au and Au+Au from Hijing and AMPT ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Li Yi |
Conveners-Management Lunch Meeting
(Pers Annex : 12:00 - 14:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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12:00 | Discussion ( 02:00 ) 1 file | All |
Joint session: BES II focus
Conveners: Daniel Cebra
(14:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:00 | RHIC low energy capabilites with electron cooling ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Daniel Cebra (University of California - Davis) |
14:30 | Physics capabilities with iTPC ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Hui Wang (BNL) |
15:00 | The trigger detector ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Alex Schmah (LBNL) |
15:30 | Afternoon Break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | Phi yields and flow in BES II (evo) ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Xiaoping Zhang (Tsinghua University) |
16:20 | A fixed-target program for BES II ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Chris Flores (University of California - Davis) |
16:40 | Di-electrons physics in BES II ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Frank Geurts (Rice University) |
17:00 | J/psi in BES II ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Daniel Kikola (Purdue University) |
HFT focus
Conveners: Flemming Videbaek
(14:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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13:30 | HFT Project Overview ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Flemming Videbæk |
13:50 | PXL Status and Plans ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Leo Greiner |
14:10 | IST status and Plans ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Yaping Wang |
14:30 | SSD status and Plans ( 00:20 ) 2 files | Jim Thomas |
14:50 | Discussion on Project Planning ( 00:30 ) 1 file | F.Videbæk, BNL and all |
15:20 | Break ( 00:20 ) | |
15:40 | Software overview ( 00:20 ) 2 files | Spiros Margetis (EVO) |
16:00 | PXL software ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Hao Qiu |
16:20 | IST software ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Yaping Wang |
16:40 | SSD Software ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Long Zhou |
17:10 | Alignment I ( 00:20 ) 3 files | Spiros Margetis, Long Ma |
17:20 | Alignment II ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Xin Dong |
17:40 | Simulation Chain ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Jonathan Bouchet |
18:00 | QA and analysis software ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Shusu Shi |
Jetcorr PWG Session
Conveners: Fuqiang Wang, Saskia Mioduszewski
(Theory Lounge : 14:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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14:00 | high-pt correlations at large delta-eta ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Martin Codrington |
14:30 | Higher harmonics and Pomeron models ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Lanny Ray |
15:00 | Two-Particle Correlations of Identified Particles in Run 10. ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Prabhat Bhattarai |
15:30 | d+Au Correlations (for Hard Probes) ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Fuqiang Wang |
16:00 | K0-triggered correlations ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Zillay Khan |
16:30 | Direct Photon v2 Measurement ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Ahmed Hamed |
Thursday, 17 October 2013 :: day 4



Plenary Sessions
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 09:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Spokesperson welcome ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Nu Xu |
09:30 | Run preparation ( 00:25 ) 0 files | Bill Christie |
09:55 | Paper status ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Xin Dong |
10:20 | Coffee break and earthquake drill ( 00:30 ) | |
10:50 | Net proton paper status ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Daniel Cebra |
11:15 | eSTAR overview ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Zhangbu Xu |
11:45 | Physics for forward upgrade ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Ernst Sichtermann |
12:15 | Lunch break ( 01:45 ) | |
14:00 | Heavy flavor production ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Ramona Vogt |
14:45 | EIC science ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Feng Yuan |
15:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | Heavy flavor jets ( 00:45 ) 1 file | Miklos Gyulassy |
16:45 | Multipoles and coherent gluon radiation ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Lanny Ray |
17:15 | Quenching of Quarkonium decay in strong EM fields ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Peter Filip |
Conference Dinner
(Bacheesos Restaurant : 18:00 - 22:00)
Friday, 18 October 2013 :: day 5



Plenary Sessions
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 09:00 - 18:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Computing overview ( 00:35 ) 1 file | Jerome Lauret (presented by F. Videbaek) |
09:35 | Stv status update ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Jason Webb (BNL) |
10:00 | HLT tracking and VF algorithms and Xeon/Phi ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Ivan Kisel (FIAS) |
10:20 | HLT status and plan forward ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Hongwei Ke (BNL) |
10:40 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:10 | HFT software status ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Hao Qiu (LBNL) |
11:30 | HFT engineering run ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Giacomo Contin (LBNL) |
11:50 | HFT project status ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Flemming Videbaek (BNL) |
12:10 | Lunch break ( 01:50 ) | |
14:00 | MTD software status ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Bingchu Huang (BNL) |
14:20 | MTD performance report ( 00:20 ) 2 files | Lijuan Ruan (BNL) |
14:40 | MTD physics ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Frank Geurts (Rice) |
15:00 | FGT physics and performance ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Bernd Surrow (Temple) |
15:30 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
16:00 | iTPC status ( 00:25 ) 2 files | Jim Thomas (LBNL) |
16:25 | Roman Pots Phase II* ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Wlodek Guryn (BNL) |
16:50 | BES + BES II ( 00:40 ) 1 file | Daniel Cebra (UC Davis) |
17:30 | U+U overview ( 00:30 ) 1 file | Hui Wang (BNL) |
Saturday, 19 October 2013 :: day 6

Plenary Sessions
(Bldg 50 - Auditorium : 09:00 - 13:00)
Time | Talk | Presenter |
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09:00 | Council report ( 00:20 ) 1 file | Gary Westfall |
09:20 | Spin PWG summary ( 00:25 ) 2 files | Anselm Vossen (Indiana Univ.) |
09:45 | Light flavor PWG summary + QM2014 topics ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Frank Geurts (Rice Univ.) |
10:10 | UPC overview ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Chanaka De Silva (Creighton Univ.) |
10:35 | Coffee break ( 00:30 ) | |
11:05 | JetCorr PWG summary + QM2014 topics ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Ahmed Hamed (TAMU) |
11:30 | BulkCorr PWG summary + QM2014 topics ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Shusu Shi (LBNL) |
11:55 | Heavy flavor PWG summary + QM2014 topics ( 00:25 ) 1 file | Daniel Kikola (Purdue Univ.) |
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