STAR discussion meeting

on the

inner and forward tracking upgrade

 

November 7 -8, 2003 at MIT

 

 

Proposed structure of the meeting:

 

  • Friday afternoon, November 7, 2003, 14:00 – 19:00: Presentations                                         
  • Friday evening, November 7, 2003, 20:00: Dinner, Hotel@MIT (Sidney’s Grille)
  • Saturday morning, November 8, 2003, 09:00 – 13:00: Discussion

 

 

Location: MIT, Department of Physics, LNS, Building 26, 4th floor (Kolker Room, 26-414)

 

Agenda:

 

A: Friday, November 7, 2003, 14:00 – 19:00

 

1.  Welcome: 14:00

Bernd Surrow (5min.)

 

2. Overview of the STAR future upgrade plans (Review of White paper): 14:05

D. Majka  (30min.+5min.)

 

3. Report on status and future of STAR SVT/SSD: 14:40

D. Lynn (30min. +5min.)

 

4. pp physics topics toward a new inner/forward tracker: 15:15

 

a. W event kinematics: 15:15

Joanna Kiryluk (10min.)

 

b. Overview of  physics topics: 15:25

Steve Vigdor (20min. +5 min.)

 

5. Au-Au physics topics toward a new inner/forward tracker: 15:50

Kai Schweda (20min.+5min.)

 

6. Possible layout of a new STAR tracking system: 16:15

Nikolai Smirnov and B.S. (30min.+5min.)

 

Coffee break (10min.)

 

 

7. Report on three basic technology choices:

 

a. Report on Pixel activities: 17:00

Howard Wieman (30min.+5min.)

 

b. Report on GEM activities: 17:35

Nikolai Smirnov (30min.+5min.)

 

c. Overview of silicon strip detectors: ZEUS (ep) / CMS (pp): 18:10

Bernd Surrow (10min.+5min.)

 

8.  Overview of infrastructure at MIT related to STAR tracking upgrade

 

a. MIT-Department (Silicon laboratory): 18:25

Gerrit van Nieuwenhuizen (20mim.)

 

b. MIT-BATES: 18:45

Richard Milner (15min.)

 

Dinner at Hotel@MIT: 20:00

 

B: Saturday, November 8th, 2003, 09:00 – 13:00

 

9. STAR tracking software: 09:00

Mike Miller (30min.)

 

Discussion session: 09:30 – 13:00

 

Summary of MIT meeting at STAR analysis meeting

 

1. Where do we go from here?

·        Discussion on inner/forward tracker upgrade strategy

·        Optimal sequence and staging of tracking proposals and upgrades

 

2. What needs to be done:

Formulation of task list:

·        Simulation (GEANT, physics simulation)

·        Overall detector layout

·        Detailed specific detector design

 

3. Who is interested to look into what (Institutional responsibilities)?

·        Simulation work

·        R&D activities

·        Detector design and prototype

 

4. Formation of a working group within STAR and coordination?

 

5. Discussion on funding?

 

6. When do we meet again?