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)

Wed, May 29

HPS-1

Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

1 Welcome

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides Stepanyan_Welcome.pdf

2 Update from JLAB

Speaker: Robert McKeown (Jefferson Lab)

Slides BMCK_HPS_May19_v0.pptx

3 Accelerator status, HPS summer run

Speaker: Michael Tiefenback (JLab)

Slides 2019-05-29_HPS_AcceleratorUpdate.pdf

4 Update on Hall-B

Speaker: Dr Volker Burkert (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS-Collaboration-Meeting-0529_2019_red.pptx

10:00 AM Coffee break

HPS-2

Convener: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

5 HPS Update

Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

Slides HPS_Overview_May29_2019.pdf

6 HPS installation and run plan

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS_installation_runplan.pdf

7 Run documentation and shifts

Speaker: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

Slides 2019_05_29_HPS_PDL.pdf

12:00 PM Lunch

HPS-3

Convener: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

8 ECal overview and the commissioning plan

Speaker: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

Slides baltzell-ecalcomm-20190529.pdf

9 Hodoscope overview and the commissioning plans

Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

Slides HPS_Colab_05_29_19.pdf

10 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 Coffee break

HPS-4

Convener: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

11 SVT overview and commissioning plans

Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

Slides SVT_overview_1905.pdf

12 SVT DAQ update

Speaker: Dr Cameron Bravo (SLAC)

Slides svtDAQupdate.pdf

Thu, May 30

HPS-5

Convener: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

13 DAQ overview

Speaker: Sergey Boyarinov (jlab)

Slides Sergey_HPS_DAQ_30_may_2019.pdf

14 Trigger system readiness

Speaker: Benjamin Raydo (Jefferson Lab)

Slides HPS_May2019_Raydo.pdf

15 Physics triggers and the trigger commissioning plans

Speaker: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)

Slides 2019_05_29_trigger.pdf

12:00 PM Lunch

HPS-6

Convener: Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

16 Vertexing from 2016 data and SIMPs

Speaker: Matthew Solt (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides 2016_Vertexing_Analysis_Update.pdf

17 Radiative fraction for vertexing

Speaker: Bradley Yale (UNH)

Slides 2019SpringCollab_radfrac.pdf

18 Bump hunt form 2016 data

Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)

Slides BumpHunt_Rafo.pdf

3:40 PM Coffee break

HPS-7

Convener: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

19 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

20 Trident and WAB rates in 2016 data

Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

21 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 Meeting dinner

Fri, May 31

HPS-8

Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

22 Software update

Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)

Slides SoftwareUpdate.pdf

23 Plans for calibration and analysis of 2019 data

Speaker: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)

Slides baltzell-calibana-20190531.pdf

24 Reach of HPS-2019 detector

Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides hps-reach-May2019-collab.pdf

10:00 AM Coffee break

HPS business

25 PPC report

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

Slides PPCupdateMay19.pptx

26 EC report and elections

Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides Collaboration_meeting_May2019_HPS_EC.pdf

27 General discussions