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HPS collaboration meeting

US/Eastern
F113/L102 (JLAB)

F113/L102

JLAB

Maurik Holtrop (JLab) , Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) , Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab) , Timothy Nelson (SLAC)
Description
The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment at Jefferson Lab completed its first physics run using a 4.56 GeV electron beam and the upgraded detector. During the three months of running, collaboration was able to commission the beamline and the detector and collect the equivalent of 15 beam days of production data at proposed luminosity. This data will be sufficient to explore a significant new region of mass/coupling parameter space and find or exclude heavy photon production there. During the two day meeting, we will discuss the run and the status of the detector calibrations and plans for expedite data analysis. Progress in the analysis of 2016 engineering run data and a path to publication will be discussed as well. Other items on the agenda will include preparations for the next year's jeopardy, plans for future HPS running and new ideas to explore using the HPS data sets. Please join us for an exciting meeting, the last one before the long production run. The meeting will provide an excellent introduction to HPS for any potential new collaborators, who are invited to attend.
  • Monday, November 18
    • Overviews F113

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      Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)
      • 1
        Welcome
        Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 2
        Hall-B Update
        Speakers: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab) , for Marco Battaglieri
        Slides
      • 3
        HPS Overview
        Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 4
        Overview of the first physics run
        Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)
        Slides
    • 10:00 AM
      Coffee break F113

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    • Run-I F113/L102

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      Convener: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)
      • 5
        Update from accelerator
        Speaker: Michael Tiefenback (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 6
        Summary of 2019 data set
        Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)
        Slides
      • 7
        DAQ performance
        Speaker: Sergey Boiarinov (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 8
        Hodoscope: performance and the status of calibrations
        Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch F113/L102

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    • Run-II F113/L102

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      Convener: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)
      • 9
        SVT: performance, lessons learned, plans for repair and upgrades
        Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10
        ECal: performance and the status of calibrations
        Speaker: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee break F113/L102

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    • Software, MC F113/L102

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      Convener: Nathan Baltzell (Jefferson Lab)
      • 11
        Software overview
        Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)
        Slides
      • 12
        Status of HPS MC, 2016/2019
        Speaker: Tongtong Cao (University of South Carolina)
        Slides
      • 13
        New MC framework
        Speaker: Dr Cameron Bravo (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 14
        Beam background merging
        Speaker: Mr Maurik Holtrop (JLab)
        Slides
  • Tuesday, November 19
    • Analysis, 2016 L102

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      Convener: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
      • 15
        Update on 2016 resonance search
        Speaker: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)
        Slides
      • 16
        Resonance search, 2016
        Speaker: Ms Samantha McCarty (University of New Hampshire)
        Slides
      • 17
        Update on 2016 displaced vertex search
        Speaker: Matthew Solt (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 10:00 AM
      Coffee break F113/L102

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    • Tracking L102

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      Convener: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)
      • 18
        Plans for publication of 2016 results
        Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 19
        Tracking overview
        Speaker: Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 20
        Kalman filter
        Speaker: Prof. Robert Johnson (U.C. Santa Cruz)
        Slides
      • 21
        GBL tracking
        Speaker: Pierfrancesco Butti (SLAC)
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch F113/L102

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    • Jeopardy F113/L102

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      Convener: Dr Rafayel Paremuzyan (University of New Hampshire)
      • 22
        PPC report
        Speaker: Dr Andrea Celentano (INFN-Genova)
        Slides
      • 23
        Status of SVT calibration and alignment
        Speaker: Dr Norman Graf (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 24
        Overview of 2019 trigger
        Speaker: Dr Valery Kubarovsky (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 25
        Preparations for jeopardy; targets for future running / update for PAC
        Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee break F113/L102

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    • Collaboration business L102

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      Convener: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)
      • 26
        Plans for 2019 data analysis
        Speaker: Mathew Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 27
        EC report and elections
        Speaker: Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 28
        Discussions