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[http://evo.caltech.edu EVO]: [http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=M2MvMB2a28DID8999nDM92 direct meeting link]<br>
 
[http://evo.caltech.edu EVO]: [http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=M2MvMB2a28DID8999nDM92 direct meeting link]<br>
 
Conference Group: 800-377-8846, participant code: 77438230<br>
 
Conference Group: 800-377-8846, participant code: 77438230<br>
'''Slides''': talks can be deposited in the directory <code>/group/halld/www/halldweb1/html/talks/2009-08</code> on the JLab CUE (you have to be a member of the "halld" group). This directory is accessible from the web at https://halldweb1.jlab.org/talks/2009-08/ .
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'''Slides''': talks can be deposited in the directory <code>/group/halld/www/halldweb/html/talks/2009-08</code> on the JLab CUE (you have to be a member of the "halld" group). This directory is accessible from the web at https://halldweb.jlab.org/talks/2009-08/ .
  
 
=Agenda=
 
=Agenda=
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=Minutes=
 
=Minutes=
  
simon, sascha, beni, mark, eugene
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FSU: Chuck Bryant, Sasha Ostrovidov<br>
Sasha and Chuck
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JLab: Eugene Chudakov, Mark Ito (chair), Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Beni Zihlmann
paul on way to jlab
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with local engineer, will talk to time
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chuck has done additional measurement
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on to hamamtsu pmt
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2.1 sigma = 124 ps
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photonis was 142 ps
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hamamatsu run at 1700, 1750 the maximum
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photonis, 300 v below nominal
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plan to to back to photonis 2600 nominal voltage
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plateau
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=Announcments=
hamamatsu
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left does not plateau as easily as right
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done with trigger paddles in middle
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try at the ends
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switch the tubes
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trapezoidal shape light guide used in test
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final design fishtail will not fit
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meeting with werner, after bcal review
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* Sasha O. told us that Paul Eugenio is on his way to JLab. He is traveling with the FSU engineer and they will be talking to Tim Whitlatch, among others next week.
start bending early
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* Sasha also told us that an Nathan Sparks, an FSU graduate student, will be working on GlueX, initially doing software (he is also working on CLAS).
werner submitted new version of geometry
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chuck's drawings a starting point for him, need to decide what he should draw next
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mechanical discussion
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support concept
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understand regions in drawing
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match up with what is in the Monte Carlo
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get limitations from target
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werner planning measurements from prototypes this month
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sipm's for read-out
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dose estimate needed, perhaps something from collimator cave (sascha)
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sipm's avoid long light guides, 1.4 m
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Chris Keith
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graduate student, working on gluex, nathan park, software work
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=Time-of-Flight Work=
working on clas as well
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* Chuck has done additional measurements; he has started to look at the Hamamasu PMT. He is getting resolution on the time difference between the two end of 124 ps. This compares with 142 ps from the Photonis tube. Note that the Hamamatsu was run at 1700 V, 50 V below the recommended maximum, whereas the Photonis was run at 2300 V, 300 V below '''nominal'''. They plan to go back to looking at the Photonis at nominal voltage.
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* Plateau curves show that the right end does not go to 100% as does the left (plateau done with ratio of 4-fold coincidence to 3-fold concidence (2-ends of the counter, 2 trigger scintillators). This was seen with both the Hamamatsu and Photonis tubes.
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* The trapezoidal light guides were used in all of these tests. The final design fishtail will not fit in the dark box.
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=Start Counter=
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Sascha S. reported on a meeting with Werner Boeglin, shortly after the BCAL review.
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* Werner submitted a new version of geometry where the bend started more upstream, shortening the barrel section. We also looked at [http://www.jlab.org/~huttonc/SC%20CONE%20DETAIL.pptx Chuck's drawings]. We need to reconcile the geometry in the Monte Carlo with Chuck's drawings and with the Target Group's nominal design. Mark agreed to look at this.
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* SiPM's are a possibility for read-out. They avoid the long light guides needed with the fine-mesh PMT's (about 1.4 m long).
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* We need to understand any mechanical/support with both read-out schemes.
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* Werner is planning measurements from prototypes this month.
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* Sascha thought that another round of dose estimates is needed. There might be background from the collimator cave.
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=Action Items=
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* Reconcile target are geometry version: Mark
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* Further tests on prototype: Sasha O. and Chuck

Latest revision as of 06:05, 1 April 2015

Location, Time

Friday, August 7, 2009
3:00 pm EDT
JLab: CEBAF Center, Room F326/7
ESNet: 8542553
EVO: direct meeting link
Conference Group: 800-377-8846, participant code: 77438230
Slides: talks can be deposited in the directory /group/halld/www/halldweb/html/talks/2009-08 on the JLab CUE (you have to be a member of the "halld" group). This directory is accessible from the web at https://halldweb.jlab.org/talks/2009-08/ .

Agenda

  1. Minutes from the last meeting
  2. Time-of-Flight Status
  3. Start Counter Status
  4. Action Items

Minutes

FSU: Chuck Bryant, Sasha Ostrovidov
JLab: Eugene Chudakov, Mark Ito (chair), Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Beni Zihlmann

Announcments

  • Sasha O. told us that Paul Eugenio is on his way to JLab. He is traveling with the FSU engineer and they will be talking to Tim Whitlatch, among others next week.
  • Sasha also told us that an Nathan Sparks, an FSU graduate student, will be working on GlueX, initially doing software (he is also working on CLAS).

Time-of-Flight Work

  • Chuck has done additional measurements; he has started to look at the Hamamasu PMT. He is getting resolution on the time difference between the two end of 124 ps. This compares with 142 ps from the Photonis tube. Note that the Hamamatsu was run at 1700 V, 50 V below the recommended maximum, whereas the Photonis was run at 2300 V, 300 V below nominal. They plan to go back to looking at the Photonis at nominal voltage.
  • Plateau curves show that the right end does not go to 100% as does the left (plateau done with ratio of 4-fold coincidence to 3-fold concidence (2-ends of the counter, 2 trigger scintillators). This was seen with both the Hamamatsu and Photonis tubes.
  • The trapezoidal light guides were used in all of these tests. The final design fishtail will not fit in the dark box.

Start Counter

Sascha S. reported on a meeting with Werner Boeglin, shortly after the BCAL review.

  • Werner submitted a new version of geometry where the bend started more upstream, shortening the barrel section. We also looked at Chuck's drawings. We need to reconcile the geometry in the Monte Carlo with Chuck's drawings and with the Target Group's nominal design. Mark agreed to look at this.
  • SiPM's are a possibility for read-out. They avoid the long light guides needed with the fine-mesh PMT's (about 1.4 m long).
  • We need to understand any mechanical/support with both read-out schemes.
  • Werner is planning measurements from prototypes this month.
  • Sascha thought that another round of dose estimates is needed. There might be background from the collimator cave.

Action Items

  • Reconcile target are geometry version: Mark
  • Further tests on prototype: Sasha O. and Chuck