Software and Computing

A look at recent sDCA vs. phi

 I took a look at recent sDCA distributions for good tracks (used in the SpaceCharge calibrations) vs. phi.

FGT Event Display Progress Report

Attached is an early view of the FGT event display.  This is showing every 10th strip.

They should all be in the proper location within the detector.

Run 12 pp510 Beamline 3D vs. 2x2D

Non-root access to MySQL DB nodes

As outlined in Non-user access in our enclaves and beyond, and specifically "Check on all nodes the existence of a mysql account.

Run 12 pp510 SpaceCharge & GridLeak status

Run 12 pp510 SpaceCharge & GridLeak status as of August 1, 2012:

 

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-08-01 12:00
2012-08-01 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00PPV and KFVertex performance comparison based on simulation for y2011 & y2012 pp200 with pile-up ( 00:20 ) 1 fileAmilkar Quintero (KSU)
12:20AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Nodes with CFEngine Deployed

This is a list of nodes that have CFEngine deployed. 

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-07-25 12:00
2012-07-25 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Production status, an update ( 00:15 ) 0 filesLidia Didenko & Levente Hajdu (BNL)
12:15Sector by sector distortion studies ( 00:20 ) 0 filesJan Balewski, Gene Van Buren (MIT,BNL)
12:35TPC calibrations: global T0 ( 00:20 ) 0 filesMaxim Naglis (LBNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 1 fileAll (All)

New DB table for TPC GridLeak variation by sector

The TPC GridLeak distortion is understood to be due ion generated in the high gain region near the TPC anode wires leaking out into the main TPC volume via the gap in ground (cathode) and gated gri

Stv review follow-up meeting #1

2012-07-23 15:00
2012-07-23 16:30
America/New York
Monday, 23 July 2012
1-189, at 19:00 (GMT), duration : 01:30

- review of the data samples we produced last time, refine
  samples.
   http://www.star.bnl.gov/~didenko/TrackDataSamples.html

http://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/blog/jwebb/2011/aug/15/tracker-evaluation-monte-carlo

   Tool are still in place i.e.
     http://www.star.bnl.gov/devcgi/EVALjobStatus.pl
     http://www.star.bnl.gov/devcgi/EvalJobSummary.pl

- review of the ope action items from last review (and noted
  last week)

http://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/blog/jeromel/2012/feb/15/agml-ca-stv-review-findings-and-action-items#STV_STI_CA

  NB: "Status 2012/04/13: Reminded Victor of the DCA truncation,
       sent slide extracts" add a 2012/07/23 date to that ...

- review timeline / problems and constraints ...


Run 12 UU BeamLine vs. luminosity

 Following Jan's study using the 3D BeamLine calibration method on Run 12

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-07-18 12:00
2012-07-18 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Calibration updates ( 00:15 ) 2 filesGrant Webb (UKY)
12:15Embedding progress report ( 00:15 ) 1 fileTerry Tarnowsky (MSU)
12:30Run 12 production time estimates ( 00:15 ) 0 filesLidia Didenko (BNL)
12:45Ongoing production status ( 00:10 ) 0 filesLidia Didenko & Levente Hajdu (BNL)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Kerberos password change: what scheme would you prefer?

A 8 characters minimum with dictionary check and BNL password rule
68% (15 votes)
A long password/passphrase (15 characters) with as only additional requirement at least 3 non-alpha characters
32% (7 votes)
Total votes: 22

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-06-20 12:00
2012-06-20 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00SUMS & Dataset splitting ( 00:15 ) 1 fileLevente Hajdu (BNL)
12:15Caibration status and updates ( 00:20 ) 2 filesGrant Webb (UKY)
12:35AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

STAR CFEngine policies

 

First stab at a CFEngine policy list and applicability.   The complexity is an initial guess at this point.

 

Effects of TPC SC & GL distortions on vertexing

The TPC SpaceCharge & GridLeak distortions lead to effective rotations of tracks about a radial position somewhere in the middle of the TPC.

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-06-06 12:00
2012-06-06 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00STAR Event Generator Framework ( 00:20 ) 2 filesJason Webb (BNL)
12:20HFT code structure reshape, a proposal ( 00:20 ) 1 fileJonathan Bouchet (KSU)
12:40AOB ( 00:20 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Calibrating SC & GL with updated Calib_SC_GL.C

I modified Calib_SC_GL.C to include the alternative calibration fit methods f

Software and Computing Meeting

2012-05-30 12:00
2012-05-30 13:00
America/New York
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
1-189, EVO, at 16:00 (GMT), duration : 01:00
TimeTalkPresenter
12:00Embedding updates ( 00:20 ) 1 fileTerence Tarnowsky (MSU)
12:20Calibration readiness for U+U production ( 00:15 ) 2 filesGrant Webb (UKY)
12:35FCS Simulations in starsim ( 00:20 ) 1 fileYuxi Pan (UCLA)
12:55AOB ( 00:05 ) 0 filesAll (All)

Alternative SpaceCharge calibration

Goal: a more robust SpaceCharge calibration

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