HPS Collaboration Meeting

May 29, 2019, 8:00 AM → May 31, 2019, 6:00 PM US/Eastern

Wednesday in Auditorium, then F224/225 (Jefferson Lab)

Maurik Holtrop (JLab), Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab), Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

Wednesday, May 29

8:30 AM → 10:00 AM HPS-1

Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

8:30 AM Welcome

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides Stepanyan_Welcome.pdf

8:40 AM Update from JLAB

Speaker: Robert McKeown (Jefferson Lab)

Slides BMCK_HPS_May19_v0.pptx

9:05 AM Accelerator status, HPS summer run

Speaker: Michael Tiefenback (JLab)

Slides 2019-05-29_HPS_AcceleratorUpdate.pdf

9:30 AM Update on Hall-B

Speaker: Dr Volker Burkert (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS-Collaboration-Meeting-0529_2019_red.pptx

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM → 12:00 PM HPS-2

Convener: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

10:30 AM HPS Update

Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

Slides HPS_Overview_May29_2019.pdf

11:05 AM HPS installation and run plan

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS_installation_runplan.pdf

11:40 AM Run documentation and shifts

Speaker: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

Slides 2019_05_29_HPS_PDL.pdf

12:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM HPS-3

Convener: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

2:00 PM ECal overview and the commissioning plan

Speaker: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

Slides baltzell-ecalcomm-20190529.pdf

2:35 PM Hodoscope overview and the commissioning plans

Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

Slides HPS_Colab_05_29_19.pdf

3:00 PM Software for trigger studies and the trigger design

Speaker: Ms Samantha McCarty (University of New Hampshire)

Slides A talk discussing the HPS hodoscope readout simulation upgrades and trigger studies.

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee break

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM HPS-4

Convener: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

4:00 PM SVT overview and commissioning plans

Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

Slides SVT_overview_1905.pdf

5:00 PM SVT DAQ update

Speaker: Dr Cameron Bravo (SLAC)

Slides svtDAQupdate.pdf

Thursday, May 30

10:30 AM → 12:00 PM HPS-5

Convener: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

10:30 AM DAQ overview

Speaker: Sergey Boyarinov (jlab)

Slides Sergey_HPS_DAQ_30_may_2019.pdf

11:00 AM Trigger system readiness

Speaker: Benjamin Raydo (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS_May2019_Raydo.pdf

11:30 AM Physics triggers and the trigger commissioning plans

Speaker: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

Slides 2019_05_29_trigger.pdf

12:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:40 PM HPS-6

Convener: Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

2:00 PM Vertexing from 2016 data and SIMPs

Speaker: Matthew Solt (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides 2016_Vertexing_Analysis_Update.pdf

2:50 PM Radiative fraction for vertexing

Speaker: Bradley Yale (UNH)

Slides 2019SpringCollab_radfrac.pdf

3:15 PM Bump hunt form 2016 data

Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

Slides BumpHunt_Rafo.pdf

3:40 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee break

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM HPS-7

Convener: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

4:00 PM SVT hit and tracking efficiency in 2016 data

Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides hps-svt-hit-and-track-efficiency-May2019-collab.pdf

4:30 PM Trident and WAB rates in 2016 data

Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

5:00 PM Offline tracking status and plans for 2019 run

Speaker: Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides 190530_HPS_TrackingOverview_Graf.pdf

6:30 PM → 8:30 PM Meeting dinner

Friday, May 31

8:30 AM → 10:00 AM HPS-8

Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

8:30 AM Software update

Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

Slides SoftwareUpdate.pdf

9:05 AM Plans for calibration and analysis of 2019 data

Speaker: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

Slides baltzell-calibana-20190531.pdf

9:30 AM Reach of HPS-2019 detector

Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides hps-reach-May2019-collab.pdf

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM → 11:45 AM HPS business

10:30 AM PPC report

Speakers: Dr Andrea Celentano (INFN-Genova), Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides PPCupdateMay19.pptx

10:50 AM EC report and elections

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides Collaboration_meeting_May2019_HPS_EC.pdf

11:25 AM General discussions