[Halld-pid] Time-of-Flight Meeting Minutes, May 9, 2018

[Mark Ito]

Folks,

Please find the minutes below and at

https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/GlueX_TOF_Meeting,_May_9,_2018#Minutes

   -- Mark

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    GlueX TOF Meeting, May 9, 2018, Minutes

Present:

  * *JLab: * Thomas Britton, Mark Ito (chair), Simon Taylor, Beni Zihlmann

There is a recording of this meeting <https://bluejeans.com/s/QgH4H/> on 
the BlueJeans site. Use your JLab credentials.


      Review of minutes from the April 11 meeting

We went over the minutes from the April 11 
<https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/GlueX_TOF_Meeting,_April_11,_2018#Minutes>. 


  * The TOF threshold scan has not been fully analyzed yet.
  * Beni reminded us that in addition to the change in ADC threshold, we
    changed the NSA read-out parameter from 25 to 15. This occurred a
    bit after the threshold change. He thinks we may want to move to NSA
    = 10 in the future.
  * With these changes (threshold and NSA) the monitoring plots show
    significant improvement in efficiency (based on charge track
    projections). The efficiency curves as a function of distance of
    radius are wider and flatter than they used to be.
  * Beni also mentioned that if he can get all of the software ready, he
    may make a presentation on comparing TOF efficiency between data and
    Monte Carlo.


      Calibration Status

Beni gave the report.

  * A significant portion of the first half of the run has been calibrated.
  * The first run after the read-out parameter changes is missing from
    the set of calibrated runs.
  * Calibration of the second half is waiting on production of the input
    ROOT files.
  * Calibrations should appears soon after appearance of the ROOT files.
    The process has been automated and does not take long to run.
  * New constants have not been added to the database.


      Amplified Base Prototype

Beni gave the report.

  * Beni has not been able to get decent calibration results from the
    amplified base channel. The problem is not known at present.
  * Mark speculated that these difficulties may have something to do
    with the large baseline shift in this channel, and software that
    does not accommodate this shift.


      Re-configuring the TOF

Beni has been reviewing the concept for a TOF upgrade, in particular a 
new counter arrangement near the beamline, that Paul Eugenio presented 
<https://halldweb.jlab.org/doc-private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=3432> at 
the collaboration meeting in October 2017. The design has a larger beam 
hole than the current TOF.

Beni thinks that if we go to the new configuration, we can go to high 
rates without having to resort to the amplified bases. The counters that 
/would/ have been overwhelmed at high rate would simply no longer be there.

He outlined some issues /assuming/ we go this way:

  * A decision has to be made soon to allow time for procurement and
    construction in advance of installation during the Summer, 2019.
  * New paddles would have to be constructed. Some are of dimensions we
    have not made before.
  * Light guides would have to be redesigned for the half-width paddles.
    The current design will not accommodate more that two such counters
    in a row and we will have fourteen consecutive half-width'ers in the
    new design.
  * More electronic read-out and HV channels will have to be procured.
  * The software geometry will have to be changed. Also both
    reconstruction and simulation software will have to be modified
    (unless the software engineering for the TOF portions are already of
    professional-grade quality).

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Mark Ito, marki at jlab.org, (757)269-5295

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