[Halld-jlab] Hall D Staff Meeting Notes, May 3, 2021

[Mark Ito]

Folks,

Please find the notes here 
<https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_May_3,_2021> 
and below.

   -- Mark

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    Hall D Staff Meeting, May 3, 2021

Present: Alexander Austregesilo, Eugene Chudakov (chair), Mark Dalton, 
Alexandre Deur, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey Furletov, Mark Ito, Igal Jaegle, 
Keigo Mizutani, Lubomir Pentchev, Patrizia Rossi, Sascha Somov, Simon 
Taylor, Tim Whitlatch, Beni Zihlmann


    Announcements, Eugene

  * Jerry Drayer is retiring as the head of SURA
      o a replacement will be sought
  * EIC: discussion on-going on options for detectors
      o CD-1: official award expected in June
  * Director's Retreat:
      o Patrizia attended
      o 4 pillars of JLab's future:
         1. prosecute the 12 GeV program
         2. directions in high-performance computing
         3. the EIC
         4. technology development
      o discussion on how to retain people
  * Donuts with the Director is getting revived
      o A good opportunity to learn about the Lab and ask questions
      o Patrizia encouraged us to sign-up
  * Impacts of COVID-19 will remain for months going forward
  * An S&T visit will be paid on May 18. Eugene will make a presentation
    on the future of Hall D
      o approved experiments and scheduling them
      o other ideas
  * Lab continues work on a white paper, still collecting information
      o Justin Stevens responsible for spectroscopy section
      o Eugene working on sections on detectors and Hall D
      o should be ready by December
      o possible doubling of CEBAF energy
          + Moller and Solid would have larger asymmetries to work with


    Activities in the Hall, Tim

  * work on DIRC mirrors continues
      o there is a shortage of mirror cutting personnel on the
        Peninsula, onto third company
  * FCAL darkroom mods start this week, for CPP
  * CPP steel plates out for bid
  * PrimEx additional shielding work starting
  * CPP gas system is getting set up for use in testing muon chambers in EEL


    Detector Testing Set Up, Eugene

  * the are around the PS will be upgraded to accommodate detector testing
  * removal of a lead brick will extend energy range to 3--6 GeV
  * a vertical moving stage will allow detector retraction from the beam
    level
  * a horizontal stage will allow calorimeters to be tested at different
    energies
  * will use separate DAQ for read-out
  * perhaps GEMs in front of the PS counters
  * goal: get vertical stage in for August run


    MEDCON Status, Eugene

  * Email from the Director today outlining planning for future
    relaxation of MEDCON level. Please read.


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