SSD weekly meeting

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Thursday, 1 January 1970
, at 00:00 (GMT), duration : 00:00

SSD weekly meeting

2008-01-09 11:00
2008-01-09 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00Implications of shortening current run ( 00:05 ) 0 files
00:05Status of Proposal Committee and Reinstallation ( 00:10 ) 0 files
00:15Plan to repair ladders ( 00:10 ) 0 filesStephan/Christophe
00:25HFT CD0 Proposal Status ( 00:05 ) 0 filesHoward
00:30Comparison real data/ simulation ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJonathan
00:50Anything Else ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-05-14 11:00
2008-05-14 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00Presentation to STAR Integration Meeting ( 00:30 ) 0 filesHoward
00:30AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-09-03 11:00
2008-09-03 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00News ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAnyone
00:10HFT CDR ( 00:20 ) 0 filesHoward M.
00:25STAR R&D Request ( 00:20 ) 0 filesHoward M.
00:28Timeline ( 00:20 ) 0 filesMicheal
00:30SSD Geometry Bug Found ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJonathan
00:50AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-12-24 11:00
2008-12-24 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

SSD weekly meeting

-00-00
Thursday, 1 January 1970
, at 00:00 (GMT), duration : 00:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00SSD Status ( 00:20 ) 0 filesVi Nham
00:20Pulser Runs ( 00:20 ) 0 filesArtemios/Jonathan
00:40Software Status ( 00:20 ) 0 files
01:00Collaboration Meeting ( 00:20 ) 1 file
01:20Shutdown Plans ( 00:10 ) 0 files
01:30AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-01-23 11:00
2008-01-23 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00Volunteer to Schedule Next Meeting ( 00:05 ) 0 files
00:05Detector Status in Nantes ( 00:10 ) 0 filesChristophe/Stefan
00:15Hofman Committee Status ( 00:10 ) 0 filesJim
00:25Analysis ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJohnathan
00:45Anything Else ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-05-21 11:00
2008-05-21 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

SSD weekly meeting

2008-09-10 11:00
2008-09-10 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00

SSD weekly meeting

2008-12-31 11:00
2008-12-31 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00Reinstallation Committee Status ( 00:20 ) 0 filesDavid Hofman
00:20Shipping of Detectors ( 00:10 ) 0 filesMichael
00:30Should this be the last meeting of the year? ( 00:20 ) 0 filesHoward

SSD weekly meeting

-00-00
Thursday, 1 January 1970
, at 00:00 (GMT), duration : 00:00
TimeTalkPresenter
15:00Pulser Runs Status and What to do ( 00:10 ) 0 files
15:10SSD Status Report ( 00:10 ) 0 filesJim/Artemios/Vi Nham
15:20Impression of the Nantes Meeting Schedule ( 00:10 ) 0 filesJim/Micheal/Howard
15:30Summer Shutdown Work on the SSD- Tentatvely Scheduled from July 30th through August 14th ( 00:10 ) 0 files
15:40Anything Else ( 00:10 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2008-02-06 11:00
2008-02-06 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
No meeting today. Most of us are in India ..

SSD weekly meeting

2008-05-28 11:00
2008-05-28 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:10News from Nantes ( 00:10 ) 0 filesStephan/Christophe
00:20Impressions from the Integration Meeting ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJim/Howard
00:40Changing Listservers ( 00:10 ) 0 filesHoward
00:50Recent Simulations II ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJonathan
01:10AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files
01:30Recent Simulations I ( 00:20 ) 2 filesViNham

SSD weekly meeting

2008-09-17 11:00
2008-09-17 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
conference call-in (510) 486-7333, at 15:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00News ( 00:10 ) 0 filesAnyone
00:10CDR Status ( 00:20 ) 0 filesHoward
00:30Schedule ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll
00:50HFT Meeting on Friday ( 00:05 ) 0 files
00:55Software Status ( 00:20 ) 0 files
01:15AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 files

SSD weekly meeting

2007-12-05 11:00
2007-12-05 12:00
Etc/GMT-4
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
TBD, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
00:00Status of the Re-installation Committee (tenative) ( 00:10 ) 0 filesDavid Hofman
00:10Shipping of Detectors ( 00:10 ) 0 filesMichael
00:20Status of Rene's Proposal Committee ( 00:05 ) 0 filesJim
00:25Software : update on the hits residuals ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJonathan
00:45Status of CAEN replacement hardware ( 00:05 ) 0 filesMicheal
00:50AOB ( 00:10 ) 0 files

STAR Council information

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Welcome to the STAR council page.

Chairperson: Jana Bielcikova

Cu+Cu data readiness, last overview

Speaker : Yuri Fisyak ( BNL )


Talk time : 12:50, Duration : 00:10

Looking at this year's distortions: Zerobias data and TPC shorts

Speaker : Gene Van Buren ( BNL )


Talk time : 12:35, Duration : 00:15

TPC Zerobias Data / SpaceCharge

Here's a first look at TPC zerobias data from this year. The data (~10k events) shows a distribution consistent with collisions without significant backgrounds in both the east and west halves of the TPC, and that the two halves are about the same. This data was acquired at ZDC coincidence rates of ~2.2k.
TPC East charge distribution
TPC West charge distribution

Plot details:

  • Top left plot is projection of measured charge vs. radius; black is all, red is on tracks
  • Top righ is same vs. phi
  • Middle left is measured charge vs. R and phi.
  • Middle right is same minus 1/r^n fit in top left plot
  • Bottom right is same, slightly different view.
  • Red hists/curves are for hits on tracks, but tracking in this data is questionable, so just ignore.
  • Sinusoidal model used to fit the azimuthal distrubution is not a strict expectation; for insight only. I have corrected for acceptance (live pad areas) in each bin.

    Fluctuations in azimuth are well below 10%; compare that to 2004 data where notable backgrounds were seen in specific phi regions:
    2004 Day 46
    2004 Day 50
    This is GOOD NEWS! But I should check this again for higher ZDC rates.


    TPC Field Cage Short

    IFC East field cage short has steadily gotten worse over the course of running so far:

    Horizontal axis is seconds since 2007-01-01 00:00:00. Vertical axis is missing resistance in MOhms inside the TPC (the measured current is turned into a resistance and corrected for the external resistance added outside the TPC). Red points are samples taken during runs (black are outside of runs). Sampling rate is generally every 15 seconds. Observed spread is dominated by real fluctuations, not sampling error.

    We are watching this closely as it is assumed that this fluctuating electrical short is between two rings where there is a 3 MOhm resistor (see Field Cage Shorts). If it significantly exceeds 3 MOhms, then we do not understand what is going on.


    Gene Van Buren
    gene@bnl.gov

  • SSD table reshape

    Speaker : Jonathan Bouchet ( Subatech )


    Talk time : 12:25, Duration : 00:10

    Database issues and resolution path

    Speaker : Micheal DePhillips ( BNL )


    Talk time : 12:15, Duration : 00:10