sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[Gunther M Roland <rolandg AT mit.edu>]

Dear Collaborators,

As we announced at last Friday's GM we will have a discussion/brainstorming 
meeting this Friday, 5/7, noon-2PM, on the evolution of the sPHENIX physics 
organization. We have sent a special invitation to the current and past TG 
conveners (copied below), but hope for broad participation from the 
collaboration.

In particular, we look for input from the younger members of the 
collaboration, but also from collaborators who served in leadership roles in 
the physics organizations of other RHIC collaborations and the LHC 
experiments.

Any input prior to the meeting, e,g. in the form of an org-chart sketch 
illustrating your ideas, would be particularly helpful! Of course, even more 
interesting would be to hear ideas on non-traditional approaches to 
organizing the physics effort.

Best,

Gunther and Dave


> Dear present and former Topical Group conveners,
> 
> As we get closer to the commissioning and data taking period we should 
> continue the evolution of the collaboration structure, e.g., in terms of 
> physics groups, overall physics coordination, physics object 
> reconstruction, etc etc.
> 
> We would like to call a meeting on Fri, May 7, noon-2PM (*) to start this 
> discussion. As many of you have experience both in the sPHENIX TGs and in 
> other experiments, we look forward to suggestions on ideas and best 
> practices sPHENIX should consider for its overall physics enterprise.
> 
> Some obvious topics to think about:
> - What is the right number of physics/topical groups (PAGs in CMS jargon)?
> - Which topical groups should be added/subtracted/merged?
> - Should there be "physics object groups" (POGs in CMS jargon) responsible 
> for objects like e.g., jets, e/gamma, tracks, centrality, HF?
> - Do we need a formal mechanism coordinating the physics effort (e.g., CMS 
> "Physics coordination" incl. PAG and POG conveners)? how should that 
> operate?
> - Should there be Physics Co-Coordinators? Number, term, charge?
> - What is the mechanism for forming an author team?
> - ....
> 
> To start this discussion with a diverse set of ideas, we would like to ask 
> each of you to individually prepare a sketch (org chart, w/o names) of a 
> possible vision for the sPHENIX physics organization to be presented at the 
> 5/7 meeting. We will also ask other interested collaborators to prepare 
> contributions. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Gunther and Dave
>