ENDCAP Software Tasks , August 18, 2006

Tasks in blue need attention since progress from last year was 'moderate'.

  1. EEMC calibration of 2005 data
    status report on Task Description Taken by Contact Person
    ? ~3% tower calibration
    use existing pi0 finder, calibration, code/scheme does not exist     		? ?

  2. EEMC calibration of 2006 data
    completion by /
    duration     		Task Description Taken by Contact Person
    will start Sept 1 ~10% accuracy absolute calibration
    using MIP's w/ UxV     		Scott Jan, IUCF
    done ! peds & stat tables for p+p data
    minB- events , most of muDst in hand     		IUCF students Scott, IUCF
    ? ETOW calibration with electrons
    fully operational muDst based code worked 3 years ago     		IUCF Pibero, IUCF

  3. Preparation for 2007 run
    completion by /
    duration     		Task Description Taken by Contact Person
    December'06
    3 days w/ beam     		check/correction of tower HV
    method & code tested last year     		Julie Jan, IUCF
    December'06
    3 days w/ beam     		check/correction of MAPMT HV
    method & code tested last year     		Julie Jan, IUCF
    - L2 algo - nothing
    few days online monitoring software - Jerom/Michael suggested to use onlDB to store plots ? jan

  4. Longer term tasks
    completion by
    /duration     		Task Description Taken by Contact Person
    after SPIN2006 implement generic module approach to Endcap point,pi0-finder code
    make is stand-alone StRoot library
    Provide writeup, tutorial on the web     		Jason
    soon? implement pi0/gamma discrimination based on SMD single peak fit residum (Les algo) in the regular STAR software
    Jasone made few steps in this direction     		? ?
    report on Sept 1 investigate if existing SMD slow simu is god enough Will
    soon? simulation of Endcap L0 trigger
    Extended existing Barrel code over Endcap     		Renee, MIT Steve, IUCF
    1 weeks Simu of L2 di-jet algo offline,
    needs interface to call on-line code off-line     		Jan Jan
    1 weeks Simu of L2 pi0/gamma algo offline,
    needs interface to call on-line code off-line     		Jason Jan
    thesis project pi0/gamma discrimination
    essential for direct gamma A_LL measurement
    New working group meet @ Valpo & MIT - this project should gain momentum.     		IUCF high priority
    thesis project reco of direct gamma in the Endcap ,
    work will start after September '06     		student Bernd, MIT
    thesis project reco of jets for eta [0.8,2.]
    needs to deal with the service gap, MIP/hadron shower corrections, inefficient tracking at eta >1.4     		Xin, IUCF
    Issam?     		Steve, IUCF
    thesis projects e/h discrimination , essential for W, J/Psi reconstruction Naresh Subba Bryon Anderson ,Kent
    The reports have been posted. The task is not completed. donald.koetke@valpo.edu
    1 week reco of the beam background
    (tracks parallel to z-axis), tracker works, integration with BFC is needed.     		Pibero
    1 week reco of prim tracks at eta>1.4
    - a working version exist (can be improved),
    integration with BFC is needed.     		Pibero, Jan
    many months tracking improvements in the region eta > 1.35 using information from the EEMC and possibly the SVD We are working on it Jan. We have a student who is making progress. Report soon... donald.koetke@valpo.edu
    MIT student
    after September '06    		 Bernd, MIT
    started on Aug 18 Endcap embedding
    core software done, in peer review ,
    unsolved issue: integration with TPC embedding
    		Wei-Ming Jan
    1 month trigger bias for Endcap jets

    Not sure what was done, just asked Jim & Renee     		Renee, Jim Jim, IUCF

  5. Tasks for creative friends of Endcap
    completion by
    /duration     		Task Description Taken by Contact Person
    few months
    each     		reconstruction of mesons in the Endcap
    eta-->2gamma, omega-->pi0+gamma, kshort-->2pi0     		Wei-Ming, more welcome
    month..year offline event display
    better perception of reconstructed pi0s or gammas     		open
    1 year tower calibration at high energy
    new ideas expressed in working algos :)     		open
    some day M-C towers sampling fraction puzzle
    Why it is 4% for M-C and 5% for real events ?
    Steve: the MEAN value of the Landau energy loss distribution for MIP is of 1.8 MeV/g/cm2, and NOT the most probable value     		open
    some day tune slow SMD simulator
    add cross talk in fibers, not sure what info can be used to constrain it     		open Hal, ANL
    ? Verify Endcap allignment to 1mm open Jan
    ? embed single thrown gammas (and pi_0's) into data study efficiency
    needs working : emebding, pi0-algo, gamma-algo     		open ?
    ? develop standard TTrees for reco of pi0, gamma
    possibly common for E+B EMC     		open