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<p>Folks,</p>
<p>Please find the minutes below and at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017">https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017</a>
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-- Mark<br>
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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en"><span
dir="auto">Hall D Staff Meeting, March 20, 2017</span></h1>
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<p>Present: Thomas Britton, Eugene Chudakov (chair), Mark
Dalton, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey Furletov, Mark Ito, David
Lawrence, Paul Mattione, Lubomir Pentchev, Elton Smith,
Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Tim Whitlatch, Beni Zihlmann
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<ul>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Announcements.2C_Eugene"><span
class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Announcements,
Eugene</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Planned_activities_for_the_next_couple_of_months"><span
class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Planned
activities for the next couple of months</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#David"><span
class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span
class="toctext">David</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Sergey"><span
class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span
class="toctext">Sergey</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Simon"><span
class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span
class="toctext">Simon</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Elton"><span
class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span
class="toctext">Elton</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Mark_I."><span
class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span
class="toctext">Mark I.</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Beni"><span
class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span
class="toctext">Beni</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Paul"><span
class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span
class="toctext">Paul</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Sascha"><span
class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span
class="toctext">Sascha</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Tim"><span
class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span
class="toctext">Tim</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Thomas"><span
class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span
class="toctext">Thomas</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Lubomir"><span
class="tocnumber">2.11</span> <span
class="toctext">Lubomir</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Mark_D."><span
class="tocnumber">2.12</span> <span
class="toctext">Mark D.</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_March_20,_2017&printable=yes#Hovanes"><span
class="tocnumber">2.13</span> <span
class="toctext">Hovanes</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcements.2C_Eugene">Announcements,
Eugene</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Please finish your property validation. You know who
you are.</li>
<li> Tornado preparation: please review 2-page instructions
circulated earlier.</li>
<li> Summer students: those supervising students should let
Eugene or Elton know, there are special rules applicable
to undergraduate students</li>
<li> Safety incident: gate to Hall C beam dump was left
unlocked. Take care with application of engineered
controls to areas with potential activation.</li>
<li> Magnet will be warned to 80 K as soon as Cryo is ready
(Tim)</li>
<li> Procurements: let Eugene know if there are needed items
(greater than a few k$) this week.</li>
<li> PAC proposals:
<ul>
<li> JEF to be resubmit</li>
<li> K<sub>L</sub> resubmit</li>
<li> Nuclear targets, color transparency</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> high intensity running review
<ul>
<li> compress mode, already analyzed (Sascha)</li>
<li> explore use of FCAL/BCAL/ST trigger, more stringent
energy threshold</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> extant mystery: why is ρ yield so low? 1% of events,
yet 10% of hadronic cross section</li>
<li> LHCb paper: Ω<sub>c</sub></li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline"
id="Planned_activities_for_the_next_couple_of_months">Planned
activities for the next couple of months</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="David">David</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> JANA optimization</li>
<li> trip map</li>
<li> high intensity work</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sergey">Sergey</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> High intensity running</li>
<li> new event builder</li>
<li> try for 2 GB/s</li>
<li> TRD</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Simon">Simon</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> Simulation for JEF</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Elton">Elton</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> calibrations and monitoring for BCAL</li>
<li> BCAL NIM article</li>
<li> amplitude analysis, ππ</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mark_I.">Mark I.</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> Offline software deployment improvements/extensions</li>
<li> data analysis</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Beni">Beni</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> TOF calibration</li>
<li> general calibration issues with Sean Dobbs</li>
<li> PS calibration with Alex Barnes[?]</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Paul">Paul</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> tracking resolution and efficiency</li>
<li> analysis library refactor</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sascha">Sascha</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> FADC, new firmware</li>
<li> F1TDC test stand</li>
<li> CAEN TDC read-out speed study</li>
<li> trigger: analyze efficiency data</li>
<li> PS acceptance for high-granularity, to CCDB</li>
<li> trigger simulation, RCDB interface issues</li>
<li> JEF simulation</li>
<li> color transparency with nuclear targets</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tim">Tim</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> Solenoid power supply: transistor banks</li>
<li> general maintenance</li>
<li> installations for Fall</li>
<li> Goni:
<ul>
<li> next week, survey by RadCon</li>
<li> put in EEL 126, put through paces</li>
<li> try dis-assembly; evaluate performing maintenance
steps in house</li>
<li> might replace switches</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Thomas">Thomas</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> cross section estimate, φ%arr;KK, DSelector testing</li>
<li> MCwrapper: got Geant4 to work</li>
<li> monitoring: with Dmitry, robustification</li>
<li> event viewer: with Dmitry</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lubomir">Lubomir</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> FDC noise, measurements, discussion</li>
<li> J/ψ: tracking issues</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mark_D.">Mark D.</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> BCAL calibrations</li>
<li> physics with neutrons</li>
<li> fits, proposal for PDFs</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hovanes">Hovanes</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> new TAC options</li>
<li> new beam profiler</li>
<li> follow up on combined scans with Todd Satogata</li>
<li> GlueX data: multiple kaons</li>
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