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Event Plane Detector

Updated on Thu, 2016-05-05 18:02. Originally created by aschmah on 2014-08-12 12:55. Under:

 

Event Plane Detector group:

  • Daniel Cebra (Davis)
  • Xin Dong (LBNL)
  • Geary Eppley (Rice)
  • Frank Geurts (Rice)
  • Mike Lisa (OSU)
  • Bill Llope (WSU)
  • Grazyna Odyniec (LBNL)
  • Robert Pak (BNL)
  • Alex Schmah (LBNL)
  • Prashanth Shanmuganathan (Kent)
  • Subhash Singha (Kent)
  • Mikhail Stepanov (Purdue)
  • Xu Sun (LBNL)
  • Aihong Tang (BNL)
  • Jim Thomas (LBNL)
  • Isaac Upsal (OSU)
  • Fuqiang Wang (Purdue)
  • Wei Xie (Purdue)
  • Rosi Reed (Lehigh)

Available R&D funds: 30k

R&D proposal: http://www.star.bnl.gov/protected/heavy/aschmah/EPD/STAR_R_and_D_proposal_EPD.pdf

Task Responsible
person		 Timeline Resources
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GEANT4 simulation

  • Detector response function (input of different particles,
  • energies, angles, scintillator materials, scintillator
  • geometries, etc.)
  • Do we need wave length shifting fibres?
  • Light guides.
 Issac Upsal (OSU), Alex Schmah (LBNL) 08/14 - 09/14 none
Tile geometry optimization

  • Minimizing the amount of different tiles.
  • Event plane resolution for new geometry.
  • Centrality resolution for new geometry.
 Subhash Singha (Kent)
Mikhail Stepanov (Purdue)		 09/14 - 10/14 none
Radiation tests of SiPMs

  • Estimation of expected radiation for BES II.
  • Comparison to BNL radiation tests (Akio).
  • Setup of radiation test for prototope detector.
 Daniel cebra (UCD)    
Specifications of scintillators

  • Compare scintillator specs. 
  • Survey of possible vendors.
      
Specifications of SiPMs

  • Compare SiPM specs.
  • Survey of possible vendors.
  • Survey of what other experiments have used.
      
Setup of readout system

  • Simple readout system for basic tests.
  • Advanced readout system for prototype.
  • QT boards, PXL readout,...
      
Setup of basic test system

  • Cosmic tests.
  • Test of readout system.
  • Comparison to GEANT4 simulation.
  Mikhail Stepanov (Purdue)    
Development of wrapping technique

  • Optimized for  about 2000 tiles.
      
Development of techniques to install wave length shifting fibres

  • + connection to light guides and/or SiPMs
      
Mechanical construction for prototype

  • Two sector prototype.
      
Integration into STAR trigger system

  • Survey of requirements.
  • Contact STAR trigger group.
      
Trigger requirements (simulation/calculation)

  • For fixed target collisions.
  • Background suppression.
 Daniel Cebra (UCD)    

Observable/Trigger Detector specification
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v2  
v3  
HBT  
Fixed target  
Centrality  

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