[Halld-cal] Notes of Bcal Readout meeting 7/15/2010

[Elton Smith]

Minutes of the Bcal Readout meeting have been posted on the wiki and
copied here for easy access.

Attendees: Fernando, Elton, Yi, Eugene, Beni, Chuck, Tim, John (JLab);
Andrei (UofR); Alam, Will (USM)

# Announcements
#* USM has shipped signed MOU via TNT Express, should arrive later this
week.
#* USM connected using ESnet and voice communication was excellent. (ESnet
dropped out once at the JLab end but unrelated to USM connection).
# Review of Action Items
# Update - USM
#* No report
#* Statement of work is now needed to be worked out in detail. It needs to
be accompanied by a Fasttrack Schedule with milestones. Will to revisit
early draft and update for next meeting.
# Simulation runs
#* Simulation of cosmic-ray runs are ongoing and will be ready in time to
analyze data.
# Cosmic-ray setup at UofR
#* 3rd point completed, will add 2 more points and repeat measurement at
center of module.
#* Measurements take long time to accumulate the data and are being
impacted by power outages in Regina
#* Overall spectra look reasonable and roughly scale by anticipated
factors.
#* Extraction of the npe/MeV numbers will require careful analysis and
checks of data quality.
# Geometry
# [[SiPM Radiation Hardness Test]]  (Update from Yi)
#* 1x1 and 3x3 mm2 samples were intially tested by Carl and are now being
irradiated by the AmBe neutron source from Radcon.
#* Ji has updated his web links to reflect latest calculations by Pavel
and his interpretation of those calculations.
# Light guides

Elton Smith
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