Group EB R&D meetings

The Cypress room conference phone number is (650) 926-8779.

Talks at conferences are listed on this web page.

April 17, 2008
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  Initial look at the fDIRC optics with a wedge and cylindrical mirror (Jerry)
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  Conclusions of the BLAB2 review in Argonne (Gary)
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  Comments on Chicaco workshop (Jerry)
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  Comments on Chicaco workshop (Gary)
April 3, 2008
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  Comments on Chicaco workshop and beam tests (Jerry)
- FOCOMM board web page and Setup and usage guide (ppt)
  
  Larry and Andrew
Feb 7, 2008
- (ppt)
  
  Update on the Developments from Hawaii. (Larry)
Jan 31, 2008
- (pdf, directory)
  
  Analysis of 2007 test beam data. (Jerry)
- (ppt, pdf)
  
  First look at Hawaii timing during 2007 beam test. (Joe)
- (ppt)
  
  Update on the New Developments and Analysis from Hawaii. (Larry)
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  Additional material regarding future plans. (Gary)
Oct 4, 2007
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  News on TOF counter development. (Jerry)
- (ppt, pdf)
  
  A collection of thoughts what to present at Trieste RICH2007. (Joe)
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  Update on Hawaii electronics. (Larry)
Aug 16, 2007
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  Beam test conditions and TOF counter experience so far. (Jerry)
- (ppt)
  
  Summary of the beam test statistics and lead glass issues so far. (Joe)
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  Summary of the Hawaii electronics during beam test so far. (Gary)
Aug 9, 2007

Beam test readiness discussion.
Jul 26, 2007
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  Short introduction to the pad interpolation problem (Jerry)
- (pdf, ppt, software description)
  
  Summary of ADC interpolation work (Matthieu)
Jul 12, 2007
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  Summary of TDC calibration work (Matthieu)
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  Update of 2006 beam test analysis (Joe)
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  Status of TOF counter for beam test (Jerry)
Jun 18, 2007
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  Variation of marker TDC value as function of time. (Matthieu)
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  Review of work during spring quarter. (Peter)
Jun 6, 2007 part 1 (pdf, ppt), part 2 (pdf, ppt), part 3 (pdf, ppt), part 4 (pdf, ppt), software description (pdf)

TDC calibration results using new pulser. (Matthieu)
Apr 16, 2007 (pdf)

TDC calibration using new pulser. (Jerry)
Apr 9, 2007 (pdf)

Study of charge sharing using scope. (Jerry)
Mar 26, 2007 (pdf)

Charge sharing in scanning setup - first look at new ADCs. (Joe)
Feb 12, 2007
- (pdf 1) (pdf 2)
  
  thetaC resolution plots and study for Vienna conference. (Jerry)
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  New proposal for pixel thetaC pad assigments. Also, result of flat mirror simulation in G4. (Joe)
Feb 5, 2007
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  N0 measurement. (Jerry)
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  Influence on bin width on thetaC fit results. (Joe)
Jan 12, 2007 (pdf)

Geant 4 study of photons hitting/missing focusing mirror. (Joe)
Dec 4, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Prototype analysis overview for group EB meeting. (Jose)
Nov 17, 2006 (pdf)

Analysis result overview. (Jerry)
Oct 27, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

IEEE talk. (Jose)
Oct 16, 2006 (pdf)

Comparison of run 12b to run 22. (Jerry)
Sep 27, 2006
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  Toy MC study of mirror aberration. (Jose)
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  Status of TDC/ADC correction using calibration data. (Sasha)
Sep 7, 2006
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  Summary of various upgrades in this run. (Jerry)
- (pdf) (ppt)
  
  Calibration and the first look at the 2006 data. (Jose)
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  Study of the hodoscopes. (Brad)
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  Progress on Geant 4 simulation. (Joe)
Aug 29, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Toy Monte Carlo for the Chromatic Correction in the Focusing DIRC Data. (Jose)
June 26, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Background subtraction and likelihood method: first attempt. (Jose)
June 5, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Analysis progress using position dependent angles, epsilons. (Joe)
May 19, 2006
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  Analysis progress from G4 study. (Joe)
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  Start counters, ray tracing, and toy Monte Carlo studies. (Jose)
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  Latest results with Joe's new angles. (Jerry)
March 31, 2006
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  Latest results with Ivan's new angles. (Jerry)
- (ppt) (pdf) (final versions)
  
  Discussion of poster at SNIC06. (Jose)
- (ppt) (pdf) (final versions)
  
  Discussion of talk at SNIC06. (Joe)
March 21, 2006 (pdf) (ppt) (light colors: (pdf) (ppt) )

Summary of DIRC prototype simulation work. (Ivan)
March 17, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Analysis update. (Joe)
March 10, 2006 (pdf)

Analysis status, combined runs. (Jerry)
March 7, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Analysis update, scanning, test beam. (Joe)
March 2, 2006
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  Study of long-term timing stability in PiLas data. (Min)
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  Scan of new 256 channel H9500 MaPMT. (Joe)
February 21, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Implementation of charge sharing in G4. (Ivan)
February 14, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Study of long-term timing stability in PiLas data. (Min)
February 9, 2006
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  Crosstalk study. (Jose)
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  Comparison of beam data to GEANT4 simulation. (Joe)
February 6, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

New features of GEANT4 implementation. (Ivan)
February 3, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Status of new analysis framework design. (Sergey)
January 31, 2006
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  TDC calibration and crosstalk study. (Jose)
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  Study of charge sharing and data/GEANT4 comparison. (Joe)
January 19, 2006
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  Summary of GEANT4 implementation features. (Ivan)
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  Status of test beam analysis. (Jerry)
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  Scanning setup status. (Joe)
January 13, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Summary of GEANT4 implementation features. (Ivan)
Januray 6, 2006 (pdf) (ppt)

Introduction to new analysis framework. (Jon)
December 16, 2005 (pdf)

Basic approach to beam test analysis. (Joe)
December 1, 2005
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  Talk for Japan trip. (Jerry)
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  Monte Carlo simulation progress. (Ivan)
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  Short summary of beam test data set. (Joe)
October 20, 2005 (pdf)

Monte Carlo simulation for the Focusing DIRC. (Ivan)
October 13, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Calibration of the prototype TDCs. (Jose)
September 1, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Stability of TDC calibration. (Jose)
August 25, 2005 (pdf)

Initial results of beam test (enhanced version of MCC talk from 08/22/05). (Jerry)
Remember that all of Jerry's logbook-style presentations at this meeting can be found on his logbooks page.
July 28, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Test beam raw data. (Josef)
June 23, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Stability of peak positions. (Josef)
May 26, 2005
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  Analysis of the quartz bar start counter, Russian MCP and prototype. (Josef)
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  Double-threshold analysis of the Russian MCP. (Mikhail)
Apr 28, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Status of the analysis software. (Josef)
Mar 31, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Report on work this quarter, analysis of quartz bar start counter. (Wells)
Mar 17, 2005 (pdf) (ppt)

Analysis of quartz bar start counter and MA, MCP PMT in the prototype. (Josef)
February 10, 2005

SLAC CFD-TAC-S/H performance. (Joe)
November 18, 2004

SLAC ADC calibration and noise reduction. (Joe)
CFD tests, October 2004

Tests of CFD timing resolution. (Josef)
Results of PMT scans

Long list of 2D PMT scanning results, presented 2003-2004 (Joe)
September 11, 2003 (pdf)

Timing issues in BABAR DIRC - what can we learn for prototype? (Joe)
December 17, 2002 (pdf)

Scans of Hamamatsu PMTs, microscope images, detailed features (Joe)
Thomas' list of talks

Link to web page with Thomas' talks from 2001-2003