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["Perepelitsa, Dennis" <dvp AT bnl.gov>]

Hi all,

A reminder of our approvals for PPG-07 Preliminary and tracking performance starting in about 45 minutes: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/27156/ 

Dennis

On Mar 12, 2025, at 12:04 PM, Perepelitsa, Dennis <dvp AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi all,

In lieu of our Physics Coordination Meeting this Friday at 12pm BNL time, we will instead have an approval session at that date and time for:

(1) Preliminary results from PPG-07 for the APS meeting and DIS conference, and

(2) tracking-related Preliminary performance plots in data for the APS meeting

Anne circulated the Indico agenda earlier, but here it is again: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/27156/ - note the different Zoom link than the usual PCM

As a reminder, Invenio links to the draft papers and conference notes in circulation, as well as to the Internal Analysis Notes, can all be found here: https://wiki.sphenix.bnl.gov/index.php?title=AnalysisTracking 

At the end of this week, the Quark Matter conference will be only three weeks away. Here are some reminders about key dates and activities related to the review and approval of physics results:

Remainder of this week (10-14 March):

* The first paper drafts of PPG-02 and -03 have been circulated to the Collaboration, with comment deadline this Friday, 14 March for each. See the AnalysisTracking wiki page above for links to the drafts.

* The conference note draft for PPG-07 has also been circulated (also linked above), with comment deadline also this Friday, 14 March.

* We will have an approval of the PPG-07 Preliminary results this Friday as noted above, followed by an approval of performance plots from the tracking team (circulated last night: https://sphenix-invenio.sdcc.bnl.gov/records/w16sr-tvz49 )

Week of 17-21 March:

* We will have plenary sessions for PPG-02 and PPG-03 to discuss draft-1 comments and approve the results. We are confirming specific dates and times with the PPGs and IRCs, but they are likely to be on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the week.

Week of 24-28 March:

* This is the last week to circulate conference notes with Preliminary results for QM, which could include PPG-04, -08, -09, -11 and -12. Of course, earlier circulation the week before is strongly encouraged if at all possible.

* If ready, the second paper drafts for PPG-02 and -03 could circulate this week in order to make it to the arXiv by QM.

* Draft QM talks and posters should be posted by Thursday, 27 March

* We strongly suggest that TGs and detector groups have approvals for simulation-only plots this week, and also a close “pre-review” of proposed performance plots in data

Week of 31 March - 4 April (pre-QM Week):

* We have a dedicated agenda for this week: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/26857/ 

* Final sign-off and submission of PPG-02 and -03, if ready

* Preliminary approvals for the five conferences notes indicated above

* QM talk rehearsals

* Approval of performance plots with data (streamlined after the pre-review by the TGs and detector groups above)

Please reach out with any needed clarification or for help coordinating all of these review and approval activities!

Dennis, for the SP team

Dennis V. Perepelitsa
Associate Professor, Physics Department
University of Colorado Boulder