[Halla12_software] Fwd: [Sphenix-emcal-l] New sPHENIX

Thu May 7 15:25:28 EDT 2015

Hi HallA12 software group:

Prior to starting up our meeting, I chatted with Ole about the fact that
much of the PHENIX software (some of which we like) had recently been
divorced from the old PHENIX framework and placed into separate
repositories (anticipating a clean break between PHENIX and sPHENIX).  This
means that now is an opportune time to snatch copies of any "core" codes
that we might wish to copy/steal; or simply browse through framework
software before the repositories get overly cluttered with reconstruction
and analysis code.

I'm pretty sure that the lists and web links below don't require BNL
accounts or PHENIX passwords (let me know if they do and I'll have that
fixed).  Additionally, if you want to sign up for any of the list servers
to catch the occasional talk of interest and download the slides from the
appropriate link), please feel free to do so.

All the best,
Tom

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Haggerty <haggerty at bnl.gov>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:07 PM
Subject: [Sphenix-emcal-l] New sPHENIX
To: "sphenix-emcal-l at lists.bnl.gov" <sphenix-emcal-l at lists.bnl.gov>, "
sphenix-hcal-l at lists.bnl.gov" <sphenix-hcal-l at lists.bnl.gov>

With the successful outcome of the Science Review last week thanks to
the excellent presentations by Jamie, Dave, Tony, Mike, and Dennis, and
reports of a positive reception in the NSAC Long Range Plan, it is clear
that we are about to enter the next phase of developing the sPHENIX
proposal in which it will be necessary to demonstrate that the detector
we propose to build will be able to deliver the physics we propose to
address.  Even though sPHENIX builds on the PHENIX experiment and
collaboration, this seems to be a good time to break some of the
connections to old forms of communication and documentation for a new
experiment going forward, so this message will describe them.

MAILING LISTS

The listservers have provided the central forum for discussion of the
experiment, so the following new lists have been created exclusively for
the use of sPHENIX discussion.  Everyone on phenix-nextmid-l and
phenix-nextfor-l have been subscribed to these lists, so no action is
necessary if you want to continue to send and receive messages on them.
  You can unsubscribe (or tell your friends to subscribe) by going to
the admin pages of the lists:

 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-tracking-l
 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-emcal-l
 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-hcal-l
 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-electronics-l
 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-software-l

For completeness, there is another list which is somewhat more
specialized which has a somewhat more limited subscription list:

 > https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/sphenix-magnet-l

I used this message to emcal-l and hcal-l to test the delivery.

MEETING AGENDAS

There is an sPHENIX category on the BNL Indico page which we should use
as much as possible for future meetings:

> https://indico.bnl.gov/categoryDisplay.py?categId=65

WIKI

There is a new Wiki which we should use for documenting the detector
hardware and software:

> https://wiki.bnl.gov/sPHENIX

You need to log in to see anything except the top pages; the username is
sphenix and there is no password.

Unfortunately, there is no centralized authentication scheme for this
wiki yet (which is operated by ITD);
we added a small list of users to get started; if you are subscribed,
you should find an email a few weeks
ago from Dave Cortijo (dcortijo at bnl.gov) which will allow you to edit
the wiki.  If you don't have an account,
please email Hyon-Joo (kehayias at bnl.gov)
or the ITD Service Desk (itdhelp at bnl.gov) if she's not available.

There is a link to the Indico agenda under meetings, and to a Google
Calendar of sPHENIX meetings.  The direct link to the Google calendar is
this:

>
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=rjmgqjsdcihldomnvrcc5ccue8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

DOCUMENTS

We have started a document database here:

 > https://docdb.sphenix.bnl.gov/

with Tom Throwe's help.  When you go to that site, you'll get a message
about the security certificate, which arises from
self-signed certificates used on Physics Department servers--it is safe
to click through the dialog.  docdb has the concept
of groups, and we have started with one group--sphenix.  You'll need
secure credentials, which can be constructed by
combining the name of the experiment the solenoid was built for (all
lower case) with the building number we envision
operating the magnet in sPHENIX.  You can add yourself as an author.

REDMINE

I'll mention for completeness that Dave set up an instance of Redmine,
which can be used for documentation and issue tracking.  It doesn't seem
a great match for our needs to me, but maybe someone out there would be
interested in working with it:

> https://redmine.racf.bnl.gov/phenix/projects/sphenixpm

SOFTWARE

Chris Pinkenburg posted last week the creation of a new software
universe for sPHENIX; I'll also include his description of that here:

 > sPHENIX now has it's own afs areas, setup scripts, code repository and
 > nightly build. To get the sPHENIX setup source the sphenix_setup.csh
script:
 >
 > source /opt/sphenix/core/bin/sphenix_setup.csh
 >
 > sets you up to work on sPHENIX (use -n to switch from a PHENIX setup -
 > and vice versa). Just like for PHENIX, OFFLINE_MAIN points to the new
 > build. The code repository resides on githup - the checkout command is
 >
 > git clone https://github.com/sPHENIX-Collaboration/coresoftware.git
 >
 > The code base contains everything needed to run sPHENIX simulations as
 > well as analyzing test beam data More on all this on Fridays simulation
 > meeting (with documentation coming soon to a wiki near you).

By the way, it is expected that next week's sCore week on Monday/Tuesday
May 11/12 will have a software tutorial component,
and hopefully we can add those slides or video to the wiki.

CDR

One of the most essential next steps is to write a Conceptual Design
Report which will describe in detail the detector we propose to build
and demonstrate that it will be capable of making the physics
measurements we envision.

We're thinking to created the document on Overleaf (the site formerly
known as writelatex):

 > https://www.overleaf.com/

The CDR as it currently stands is here:

 > https://www.overleaf.com/2657127qghjbm

but we're currently investigating with Overleaf our financial obligations.

Thanks to Chris, Martin, Achim, and Don for beta testing that they can
reach these sites, but of course any errors are mine.  If you didn't
receive this message and think you should have, send me an email.

--
John Haggerty
email: haggerty at bnl.gov
cell: 631 741 3358
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