sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

["Markert, Christina" <cmarkert AT physics.utexas.edu>]

Dear MAPS detector group,

I am sorry we (UT Austin) couldn’t participate at the Kickoff meeting.
We would like to contribute to the detector effort.

We put a short summary together of our expertise and area of interest.

Best Regards,

Christina + Jo

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UTA (UT Austin)
Extensive experience in MAPS readout electronics, worked on STAR HFT and 
ALICE ITS upgrade. Test setup for development readout electronics the ALICE 
MAPS upgrade project. Group is involved in heavy flavor physics in STAR and 
ALICE
 

The UT Austin group has many years of experience in the construction of MAPS 
detectors from our participation in both the STAR HFT project and the ALICE 
ITS project. We have been working extensively on the readout electronics for 
the HFT PXL detector, which is based on MAPS technology developed at the 
Strasbourg IPHC group. Together with LBNL we developed the readout board for 
this detector and implemented the firmware and software for operating this 
board within the STAR HFT detector, and lead the effort to integrate these 
electronics into the STAR DAQ, trigger, and slow controls systems. We also 
constructed several smaller mechanical pieces for this detector in our 
excellent machine shop in the UT Physics department, which was available to 
us at very little cost to the project.

For the ALICE ITS, we are a strong member of the Work Package 10, which is 
responsible for the development of the readout electronics for the whole ITS 
detector within ALICE. J. Schambach is the co-convener of this work package, 
and has already worked on the development of a set of prototype boards for 
the readout electronics. We have a test setup at UT, which we are using to 
develop firmware and software. This test setup is also used to test various 
components that are proposed to be used for the ITS readout.

As the sPHENIX MAPS detector is proposed to be basically a copy of the ALICE 
ITS detector, we feel that we could make strong contributions to this project 
based on our own experience in working on this detector development in the 
electronics area, especially the firmware and software development. 
Additionally, our machine shop would also be available to take on production 
of various mechanical components for the sPHENIX MAPS project at very little 
cost to the project, as the cost of the machine shop is heavily subsidized by 
both the University and our Physics department. In addition to being very 
cost effective, the machine shop also brings the advantage of a very 
experienced team of machinists.

In terms of Physics interest, our group is already heavily involved in the 
ALICE heavy flavor and the STAR HFT data analysis. We can bring our data 
analysis and simulation skills to this project and feel that we can make 
great contributions to the development of the Physics proposal of the sPHENIX 
MAPS project.

 

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Christina Markert                         
Associate Professor                       
The University of Texas at Austin 
Physics Department 
1 University Station, C1600 
Austin, TX 78712-0264

phone: +1 512 471 8834
email: cmarkert AT physics.utexas.edu

CERN  587 R-008
phone +41 22 76 77585

> On Aug 21, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Cesar Luiz da Silva <slash AT rcf.rhic.bnl.gov> 
> wrote:
> 
> Here are the minutes of our first MAPS collaboration meeting last Friday. I 
> modified the organization chart and collaboration slides posted in Indico 
> according to what we learned in the meeting. You can also find this minutes 
> in the indico page: https://indico.bnl.gov/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2341
> 
> Goals of the meeting:
>  1. Formation of MAPS detector group
> 2. Preparation for September MAPS C&S review, roles of each institution etc 
> 3. Future Plan discussion 
>  
> 22+ people from LANL, LBNL, BNL, MIT, Colorado, ISU, UNM, NMSU, GSU, FSU 
> dialed in for the discussion. 
> 
> After some general discussions of the MAPS project scope and schedule, we 
> went through each institution about interest, resources, capabilities and 
> manpower.
> Following is a brief summary:
> 
> 1. LANL:  
> Supported by LDRD (FY17-19), will develop a 4-stave MAPS prototype to fully 
> test the readout chain from MAPS to sPHENIX DAQ, and also initial 
> mechanical design. 
> Provide electronics and mechanical engineering support through LDRD at 
> least. 
> 
> 2. MIT:
> Both HI and ME groups are joining the MAPS efforts, strong physics and 
> engineering capabilities (Bates Center); extensive experience on technical 
> integration and cooling system, worked on STAR HFT in collaboration with 
> LBNL.
>  already have many students and postdocs working at CERN, could help on 
> MAPS stave assembly and testing at CERN; 
> Could lead the stave assembly and testing at CERN and BNL, cooling and 
> mechanical integration effort
> 
> 3. LBNL:
> Extensive experience in mechanical carbon structure and MAPS readout 
> electronics, worked on PHENIX/FVTX carbon frame supporting structure, 
> already have test stand developed for the on-going ALICE MAPS upgrade 
> project, will make a decision soon on joining the sPHENIX project. 
> Could lead the mechanical carbon support structure, assembly and testing of 
> staves etc 
> 
> 4. BNL:   
>  Strong technical capabilities in mechanical structure and DAQ, computing, 
> slow control, safety and tech support,  could  lead the MAPS “Services” 
> tasks; 
> 
> 5.   Univ. of Colorado
> Extensive experience with DAQ electronics, DCM-II and slow controls, close 
> to LANL for collaborative work, excellent physics and simulation 
> capabilities   
> Could lead the DAQ DCM-II integration effort  and simulation work
> 
> 6. ISU
> Plan to add one postdoc to work on various MAPS related tasks and 
> simulations, have several students 
> Could take a major role on simulation effort, and testing MAPS 
> 
> 7. FSU
> Could continue to lead the tracking software effort, one graduate student
> 
> 8. UNM
> Extensive experience through PHENIX Muon Tracker and FVTX projects on 
> cabling, LV distribution and high density cables etc. 
> Could lead effort on LV and cabling, design, testing and integration 
> 
> 9. NMSU
> Extensive experience with software and simulations, LV/HV control system 
> etc. 
> Could play a major role on simulations, heavy-flavor tagging  and physics 
> analysis, provide manpower for testing and assembly work
> 
> 10. GSU
> Strong physics interest in heavy flavor, could play a major role on 
> simulations and analysis, capable to develop small electronics control 
> system        
> 
> 11. UCLA
> Interested in MAPS hardware and heavy flavor physics, could play a major 
> role on MAPS prototype R&D work and simulations, will send one student to 
> work on LANL’s LDRD project 
> 
> 12. UCR/UCDavis
> Interested in MAPS project, heavy flavor physics, have local "very cost 
> effective" machine and electronics shop to fabricate small structures and 
> devices    
> 
> 13. Yonsei/Korea
> Leading ALICE MAPS QA, could contribute to the production QA of MAPS chips, 
> simulations and analysis 
> 
> 14.RIKEN/RBRC
>  Interested in MAPS project, from simulation to stave assembly and testing. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Ming Liu (ming AT bnl.gov) <ming AT bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> In case today's sPHENIX general meeting runs overtime, we will start late 
>> after the general meeting. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Mike, Cesar and Ming
>> -- 
>> Ming Xiong Liu
>> P-25, MS H846                        TEL:            505-667-7125 
>> Physics Division                                     631-344-7821(BNL)
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>> 
>> From: <sphenix-tracking-l-bounces AT lists.bnl.gov> on behalf of "Ming Liu 
>> (LANL)" <ming AT bnl.gov>
>> Date: Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 3:40 PM
>> To: sphenix-tracking <sphenix-tracking-l AT lists.bnl.gov>, 
>> "sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov" <sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov>
>> Subject: [Sphenix-tracking-l] Formation of MAPS Detector Group - Kickoff 
>> meeting tomorrow 8/19(Fri) 2:00PM (EST)
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> According to Doodle Poll, the best time for our first kickoff phone 
>> meeting is tomorrow, 8/19 Friday, 2:00PM.  
>> We will focus on the discussion of possible roles of each institution in 
>> the MAPS project, manpower, resources and time scale and how your 
>> institute be presented at September MAPS review.  
>> 
>> Slides can be posted at:
>> https://indico.bnl.gov/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2341
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Mike, Cesar and Ming
>> 
>> ——
>> 
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>> -- 
>> Ming Xiong Liu
>> P-25, MS H846                        TEL:            505-667-7125 
>> Physics Division                                     631-344-7821(BNL)
>> LANL                                                 630-840-5708(FNAL)
>> Los Alamos, NM 87545 FAX:    505-665-7020
>> 
>> From: <sphenix-tracking-l-bounces AT lists.bnl.gov> on behalf of "Michael P. 
>> McCumber" <mccumber AT bnl.gov>
>> Date: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 1:53 PM
>> To: sphenix-tracking <sphenix-tracking-l AT lists.bnl.gov>, 
>> "sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov" <sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov>
>> Subject: [Sphenix-tracking-l] Formation of MAPS Detector Group
>> 
>> Hello MAPS enthusiasts,
>> 
>> I would like to formally canvas for interest in participating the MAPS 
>> detector. We also have an immediate need to plan what we tell the 
>> reviewers about our forming detector group at the September tracking 
>> review. Many people have been discussing roles to Ming and me 
>> privately---I've BCC'd some of you here---but to organize this process and 
>> ensure we find all interested parties, I drew up a web form at: 
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1qQwmsENIaVfUiSyzR-6ITgn-krZgUC6x1JoqIeLBphc/edit
>> that will let you to report what resources and manpower you might be 
>> willing to contribute, what you need from us, and what you'd like us to 
>> say about your participation at the next review.
>> 
>> We should also plan a first phone meeting where we discuss the fit into 
>> roles for the project, so I've created a Doodle poll here for that meeting 
>> time:
>> http://doodle.com/poll/xe84ikzyc5284qku#table
>> 
>> We look forward to working with you!
>> Mike
>> 
>> --
>> Michael P. McCumber, PhD
>> Los Alamos National Laboratory
>> 505-709-8161
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