STAR Review 2009

4 Jun 2009, 09:00 → 5 Jun 2009, 18:00 Europe/Berlin

Room 2-84 in Bldg 510 (Atlas Videoconference Room (Brookhaven National Lab)

The Star TPC issues will be reviewed in light the upcoming RHIC luminosity upgrade

Agenda 2006 STAR-TPC_Review2006_agenda.doc

Charge to the Committee 2009 ChargeToCommitteeII.pdf

Report 2006 TPC_Review_Report_final.pdf

Review-2006 Presentations

• 10landgraftpcreviewdaq1000.ppt
• 11wiemanTPCImprovments.ppt
• 12lauretsoftware-support.pdf
• 13christieTPC_management.pdf
• 1MajkareviewLuminosity.ppt
• 2DunlopTPCReview.ppt
• 3millerbnltpcReview_10062006.ppt
• 4VanBurenreviewTPCbigDistortions.pdf
• 5fisyakdEdxResolutionSTARTPCREVIEW.ppt
• 6ThomasTPCReview.pdf
• 7vanleeuwenvtxpileup_hi.ppt
• 8wiemanWireAging.ppt
• 9stringfellowSTARTPCREVIEW2006.ppt

Review Committee Report 2009 FinalReportoftheSTARTPCReviewCommittee2009.doc

Star TPC URL http://www.star.bnl.gov/public/tpc/tpc.html

Thursday 4 June

09:00 → 09:20 Welcome and the STAR physics program

Speaker: Nu Xu

Slides nxu_STAR_TPC_Review_4June09.pdf

09:20 → 09:40 The STAR upgrades program and Schedule--TPC reqirements: Availability, time scale, and performance requirements

Speaker: Flemming Videbaek

Slides Upgrade_Plans.ppt

09:40 → 10:20 A brief introduction and present status of the STAR TPC--Recent performance experience with the TPC, relevant 2006 review conclusions

Speaker: Jim Thomas

Slides jtIntroTPC09_.pdf jtIntroTPC09_.ppt

10:20 → 10:45 Coffee

10:45 → 11:15 TPX Electronics Upgrade--Status report

Speaker: Tonko Ljubicic

Slides TPX_for_TPC_Review.ppt

11:15 → 11:35 Integrated Charge on the TPC wires--Trip data and history

Speaker: Alexei Lebedev

Slides 5alexeiAging_vs_Running.ppt

11:35 → 12:00 Estimation of TPC Aging Based on dE/dx Measurements

Speaker: Yuri Fisyak

Slides TpcAgingBaseOndEdxTpcReview2009B.pdf TpcAgingBaseOndEdxTpcReview2009.ppt

12:00 → 12:15 A brief overview of wire aging

Speaker: Richard Witt

Slides Witt_WireAgingIntro.pdf

12:15 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:00 TPC Distortions and Calibrations

Speaker: Gene Van Buren

Slides TPCHandlingDistortions.pdf

14:00 → 14:15 pp500 space charge calibration

Speaker: Joe Seele

Slides sc_pp500_v2.pdf sc_pp500_v2.ppt

14:15 → 14:45 Status of the STAR TPC: 2009

Speaker: Jim Thomas

Slides jtTPCreview2.pdf jtTPCreview2.ppt

14:45 → 15:05 BNL Capabilities to wind new anode wires for the STAR TPC

Speaker: Alexei Lebedev

Slides 11alexeiNew_anode_wires_in_STAR_TPC.ppt

15:05 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 16:15 Alice TPC measurements, expectations and recommendations for STAR

Speaker: Chilo Garabatos

Slides Ageing_STAR_chilo.ppt Ageing_STAR_chilo.ppt

16:15 → 16:40 Comments on Aleph TPC experience and aging work at MPI-Munich

Speaker: Ron Settles

Slides 13ronalk2009review.ppt

16:40 → 17:10 Other issues related to STAR TPC Aging

Speaker: Howard Wieman

17:10 → 18:30 General Discussion

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner at Lombardi’s