sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[eric mannel <mannel AT bnl.gov>]

Folks-

I have set up a doodle poll to allow people to indicate which days they 
will be at FNAL and able to participate in data taking activities at 
FNAL.  Please do not indicate travel dates, unless you are able to 
spend  a significant portion of that day at FTBF. The expectation is 
that we will install on Feb 21, have our ORC inspection on Feb 22 and 
first beam the afternoon of Feb 23.  Data taking will finish on March 27.

Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/poll/9enexwmp6t2bvqqs

Some comments on the schedule:

T-1044 will be the primary user from Feb 21 to Mar 4 and Mar 17-27 and 
operate during the day/evening shifts. A number of sPHENIX parasitic 
operations (INTT, MVTX, TPC, other gas detectors...) will be running 
parasitically or during the over night shift during those times. For the 
period of Mar 5-Mar 16, we will be sharing the beam during the day with 
the EDIT school, having the evenings and night shifts during the week 
and 24 hour operation during the weekends.

As in past iterations of T-1044, we will not have a set shift schedule, 
but rather work out schedules on daily basis, based on who is around, 
what needs to be done and what other activities are going on.

There is no shift training, rather folks are encouraged to show up and 
be proactive in getting involved with test beam activities.

Finally, a reminder that you can find the details for getting FNAL IDs 
and training on the sPHENIX T-1044 Wiki page: 
https://wiki.bnl.gov/sPHENIX/index.php/T-1044-2018

Eric


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Eric J. Mannel, Ph.D.
PHENIX Group
Physics Dept.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
631/344-7626 (Office)
914/659-3235 (Cell)