The STAR experiment

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I.  Agenda:

               1) News: (1) Run status: Bill; (2) HFT: Flemming
               2) FGT status: Bernd
               3) Transition to eRHIC LOI discussions: All
               4) AOB

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             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Attandance: Bedanga, Jerome, Carl, Gene, Enst, Bernd, Jamie, Elke, Huan, Flemming, Xin, Zhangbu, Thomas, Nu, Bill

              2) Run13 status: HFT installed.
 
             3) FGT performance: Bernd. Disk 1 and 2 performed well, AVP chip problem for disk 3,4,5,6 / The efficiency of working disks is in
                  the order of 0.9 but fee problem will reduce overall efficiency of the FGT. / FGT is NOT planned for run14, but will be used in run15.
                  FGT performance in AuAu collisions has not been studied. / reparing of the fee will require funding to MIT / removing FGT from star
                  need Jason and Ben and requiring funding from BNL. / Software: need to experienced FTE for STV. / Q: Huan, using low lum data to
                  check the tracking, efficiency, resolutions ...? Low lum run is planned, 15 hrs / Urgetn need manpower fro software / In two weeks,
                  Bernd will discuss with the management

                  Huan: move the management meeting to 11am EDT

             4) LOI fro transition from RHIC to eRHIC:  Q: Zhangbu, who will pay for the eSTAR costs? First we need to establish the concepts of
                 physics measurements, for ep, eA upto 10 GeV. What physical quantity could be extracted? / Need manpower to run MC and identify
                 physics observables / Elke: Q^2 coverage and resolutions for eSTAR / Prioroties: what to MC, what to measure,  / Clarify the first
                 paragraph of the charges. / Calorimeters are good for eloss measurement in eA collisions. / Nu will talk to people to form the LOI
                 committee during the next few weeks.

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 III. Note:

  ► Charges for Transition to eRHIC: B. Mueller, 5/8/2013
  ► Tribble Committee Presentation, 1/28/2013
  ► RHIC WhitePaper: The Case for Continuing RHIC Operations 9/2/2012
  ► DNP HI WhitePaper: Hot and Dense QCD Matter
  ► RHIC Spin WhitePaper: The RHIC Spin Program
  ► EIC WhitePaper: Electron Ion Collider: The Next QCD Frontier

  ► 2012 RHIC/AGS Thesis Award: Congratulations to Len Eun, full citation.

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu Xu

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

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 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews

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I.  Agenda:

               1) News: (1) Run status: Bill; (2) two more week shifts: Renee and Jerome
               2) HFT installation: Flemming
               3) Run13 issues: Nu
               4) RP II* proposal: All
               5) AOB

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             II. Brief Summary and action Items:

              1) Attandance: Xin, Bedanga, Jerome, Jamie, Gene, Flemming, Carl, Renee, Huan, Nu
              2) Run status: Bill things are going well. MTD trigger is not ready. 
              3) Run13 two more week shifts: Renee and Jerome: non-US institutes not need to full fill the additional shifts this year, but they
                  should do it in next run.
              4) Run14: perhaps we will request the 15GeV AuAu at the beginning even it is a 15-cryo-week run. MTD program need tobe discussed.
              5) RP II* proposal: Nu send the proposal to Berndt and request Bernd to call a meeting including BNL management, C-AD, STAR to discuss 
                  about the details of the proposal and the funding issues.
              6) PAC talks: STAR should request a talk on 'medium term physics program'. Speakers will be decided later.
              7) FGT: need clear evidences for the success of FGT, we will decide if we need to reinstall the FGT in the near future.

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 III. Note:

  ► Tribble Committee Presentation, 1/28/2013
  ► RHIC WhitePaper: The Case for Continuing RHIC Operations 9/2/2012
  ► DNP HI WhitePaper: Hot and Dense QCD Matter
  ► RHIC Spin WhitePaper: The RHIC Spin Program
  ► EIC WhitePaper: Electron Ion Collider: The Next QCD Frontier

  ► 2012 RHIC/AGS Thesis Award: Congratulations to Len Eun, full citation.

  ► Charges to eSTAR Task Force, co-Chairs: Ernst Sichtermann and Zhangbu Xu

  ► STAR FMS Review: Sept. 1-2, BNL. P. Jacobs (chair). Review Report

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 IV. Future Meetings and Reviews