Technical Advisory Committee Review of the STAR Tracking Upgrades

Committee Members:

Rick Van Berg, Martin Cooper, Howard Fenker, Carl Haber, Veljko Radeka

The review will be held in room 2-160 of the Physics building at BNL.

The committee will start on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 8:30am.

The close-out session is scheduled for 2:00pm on Wednesday, Jan. 31.

Useful Documents: (right click to download and save)

Summary Document

The Heavy Flavor Tracker Proposal - 06/08/2006

The Intermediate STAR Tracker

The Forward GEM Tracker

Agenda: (right click on the speakers name to download and save talk)

Tuesday, Jan. 30

8:30 - 9:00	Executive Session
9:00 - 9:45	Overview: Physics motivation Optimization process; proposed configuration SSD status and perspective	T. Hallman (20+10) H. Matis (10+5)
9:45 - 10:25	Mid-Rapidity Tracking	J. Thomas (30+10)
10:25 - 10:45	Mechanical progress on the Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT)	H. Wieman (15+5)
10:45 - 11:05	Progress on Monolithic APS & associated electronics	M. Szelesniak (15+5)
11:05-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-11:50	Intermediate Silicon Tracker design	M. Miller (20+10)
11:50-12:50	Technical implementation, cost, schedule, and R&D plan for Mid-Rapidity Tracking upgrade	B. Surrow (15+10) J. Thomas (25+10)
12:50-2:00	Committee Working Lunch
2:00 - 2:30	Forward Tracking Upgrade: Physics Motivation	E. Sichtermann (20+10)
2:30 - 3:00	GEM progress; optimized configuration	F. Simon (20+10)
3:00 - 3:30	Forward Tracking cost, schedule, R&D plan	B. Surrow (20+10)
3:30 - 3:40	Coffee Break
3:40 - 4:20	Mechanical integration of tracking upgrades	J. Kelsey (30+10)
4:20 - 4:30	Project summary	T. Hallman
4:30 - 6:00	Executive Session
7:00	Dinner at local restaurant

Wednesday, Jan. 31

8:30 - 9:00	Executive Session
9:00 - 10:00	Follow-up meetings with STAR
10:00 - 12:00	Committee: report preparation
12:00 - 1:00	Committee Working Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Committee: report preparation
2:00 - 2:30	Close-out
2:30	Adjourn