Muon Physics and Forward Upgrades Workshop

Radisson Santa Fe, Tewa-Nambe Room
750 N Saint Francis Dr.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 992-5800 or (866) 244-9330
June 21-23, 2004


TIME
TOPIC
SPEAKER/Chair
     
MONDAY, 21 JUNE    
8:45 Welcome and Announcements Dave Lee
     
J/Psi and Continuum Dimuon Physics Mike Leitch, Melynda Brooks
9:00 - 9:30 J/Psi Overview (pdf) Mike Leitch
9:30 - 9:50 Proposed J/Psi Polarization Study for Run-4 AuAu/pp Data (pdf) Hai Qu
9:50 - 10:15 J/Psi From dAu (pdf) Raphael Granier
10:15-10:45 30 Minute Break  
10:45-11:45 Theory Talk: Quark Energy Loss (pdf) Magdalena Djordjevic (Columbia)
11:45-12:30 J/Psi From AuAu (pdf) /Parallel Theory Discussion Hugo Pereira/Non-PHENIX Collaborators+
     
12:30-2:00 1.5 HOUR LUNCH BREAK  
     
2:00-3:00 Dileptons from Strongly Coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma (pdf) Edward Shuryak
3:00-3:20 Continuum Dimuons (pdf) Sebastien Gadrat
3:20-3:40 Reaction Plane (AuAu) (pdf) Ben Norman
3:40-4:00 20 Minute Break  
4:00-4:20 Software Performance (pdf) ViNham Tram
4:20-4:50 In Medium Mass Modifications of Resonances at RHIC Christian Fuchs
Spin Physics   Doug Fields
4:50-5:25 W Production Pavel Nadolsky
5:25-6:00 Experimental Spin (pdf) Doug Fields
     
TUESDAY, 22 JUNE    
     
Single Muons and Hadrons Ming Liu
8:30-9:30 Theory Talk: saturation, shadowing, (pdf) Yuri Kovchegov
9:30-9:50 Single Muon Overview (pdf) Ming Liu
9:50-10:10 Monte Carlo/Software Tools (pdf) Xiaorong Wang
10:10-10:30 nDST QA for Muon Data (pdf) Woojin Park
10:30-10:50 20 Minute Break  
10:50-11:20 Road Map Toward Open Charm Analyses (pdf) Ken Read
11:20-11:40 Open Charm from pp (pdf) Kazuya Aoki
11:40-11:50 10 Minute Break--Leave for Parallel Session  
11:50-12:10 Hadrons via the Muon Arms/Parallel Theory Discussion (pdf) Chun Zhang/Non-PHENIX Collaborators+
12:10-12:30 Open Charm from pp (AuAu)/Parallel Theory Discussion (pdf) Ken Read/Non-PHENIX Collaborators+
     
12:30-2:00 1.5 HOUR LUNCH BREAK  
     
Detector and Trigger Status Hubert van Hecke, Jamie Nagle
2:00-2:20 Report from the Muon Software Coordinator (pdf) Raphael Granier de Cassagnac
2:20-2:35 Run 4 Muon Hardware Performance (pdf) MinJung Kweon
2:35-2:50 Shielding of MuID (pdf) Ken Read
2:50-3:05 MuTr Shutdown Work (pdf) Rusty Towell
3:05-3:20 Multi-Event Buffering (pdf) Imran Younus
3:20-3:35 MuTr Alignment System , (pdf) Atsushi Taketani
3:35-4:00 25 Minute Break  
     
4:00-4:15 Triggers for Run 5 (pdf) Jamie Nagle
4:15-4:35 Lvl-1 Triggers (pdf) John Lajoie
4:35-5:05 Lvl-2 Triggers Hugo Pereira
5:05-5:35 Trigger Rates Tony Frawley
     
5:35-6:00 Summary and other thoughts (pdf) Vince Cianciolo
     
6:30- Banquet at Dave Lee's House
directions
 
     
WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE  
     
Upgrades and Future   Gerd J. Kunde, Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, Richard Seto
9:00-9:30 The Forward Physics Case (pdf) Axel Drees
9:30-9:45 15 Minute Break  
9:45-10:15 p-p Physics (pdf) Xie Wei
10:15-10:45 d-Au Physics (pdf) Pat McGaughey
10:45-11:15 Heavy Ion Physics (pdf) Richard Seto
11:15-11:30 15 Minute Break  
11:30-12:15 The Forward Upgrade Proposal (pdf) Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
12:15-12:30 First Simulations (pdf) Kazuya Aoki
     
12:30-2:00 1.5 HOUR LUNCH BREAK  
     
2:00-2:30 The STAR Resistive Plate Chambers W. J. Llope
2:30-3:00 The Endcap Silicon (pdf) Gerd J. Kunde
3:00-3:20 20 Minute Break  
3:20-3:40 The Nosecone Calorimeter (pdf) Edouard Kistenev
3:40-4:00 Silicon -Tungsten Calorimeters (pdf) Mirko Boboesio
4:00-4:20 Nosecone Readout System (pdf) Gianluigi Zampa
4:20-4:40 More Nosecone Simulations (pdf) Vasily Dzhordzhadze
4:40-5:00 20 Minute Break  
Collaboration and Funding:    
5:00-5:10 Status, plans for silicon (pdf) Dave Lee
5:10-5:20 Status, plans for NCC+trigger (pdf) Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
5:20-6:00 Discussion and Closeout Issues Axel Drees


Last updated: Friday, 25-Jun-2004 08:17:59 MDT