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Agenda

Attendees: Igal,Bill B.,Igor,Chase,Phil,Azizah,Jon,Zisis,Joanna,Arshak,Sasha,Varun,Olga,Jane,S.T.

No update from SICCAS, will organize follow-up meeting in the next 2 weeks
Crytur expressed interest in producing crystals for JEF
Sasha continues rebuilding COMCAL (installed more PMT dividers, LMS ready to go)
No update regarding PMT divider redesign
Sasha starting paperwork for loan agreement with GWU
UNCW students expected at the lab soon (next week?)
Igal gave an update on η→π0γγ
- Looked at 1/3 of spring 2017 data set = ~10% of expected data for JEF 100 PAC days
- Compared data with MC using several different methods for analyzing data
  - all masses constrained vs. π0 mass constrained vs. no mass constraints
  - Chose "best" π0γγ combination based on χ^2 test
- Generated samples for TMVA analysis
  - Simulated 2π0, ω→π0γ, η→3π0,... backgrounds
Being able to test different reaction hypotheses for a given event (for example η→π+π-π0 vs. η→e+e-π0) in the works for DSelector
Azizah gave an update on a new tool to fire 2 photons at the same time to test cluster separation