Hawaii Muon Beamline v3

Chris Ketter, Henry Korver, Mudit Mishra, Aleczander Paul, Richard Peschke, Harsh Purwar, Shivang Tripathi, Gary Varner

Emeritus: Oskar Hartbrich, Salvador Ventura

Resources
HMBv3 Elog
HMBv3 GitHub Repo
Meeting link

Meeting [18-APR-2022]

ARICH SiPM readout

Presentation slides [Gary]

Meeting [18-APR-2022]

TARGET Firmware modules

Presentation slides [Chris]

Meeting [28-MAR-2022]

SCROD Rev A ScintBlock readout dedicated

Presentation slides [Shivang]

Meeting [21-MAR-2022]

ScintBlock readout dedicated

ScintBlock readout/Task list Update [Gary]

Meeting [14-FEB-2022]

Presentations

Detailed HMB muon source and DUT presentation [Gary]

Meeting [14-FEB-2022]

Presentation

Pre-amp testing [Zander]

ScintBlock Planning Session [8-FEB-2022]

Presentation

ScintBlock Strategy [Gary]

Meeting [13-DEC-2021]

Presentation

HMBv3 Trigger Update [Gary]
TARGETX ASIC presentation (IEEE/NSS) [Gary]

Meeting [6-DEC-2021]

Presentation

HMBv3 Trigger and Timing Card [Gary]

Meeting [8-NOV-2021]

Presentation

HMBv3 Priorities and pynq intro [Gary]
Calorimeter Readout and Vivado introduction [Shivang]

Meeting [1-NOV-2021]

Presentation

HMBv3 Overview [Gary]
Task Priorities [Gary]

Meeting [2-AUG-2021]

Presentation

ARICH and Photonis MCP-PMT update [Gary]

Meeting [14-JUNE-2021]

Progress

Reminder: Oskar will give SiPM presentation at 3pm
Sci-Fi MPPC tuning update [Richard]
Draft EIC HMB talk (21-JUN-2021) [Gary]

Trigger and Data format dedicated Meeting [10-JUNE-2021]

Presentations

EUDET overview [Richard]
Trigger, data format proposals, prioritized steps for discussion [Gary]
Discussion [all]

Meeting [7-JUNE-2021]

Progress

CRY generator and simulation update (supercedes 10-MAY-2021 presentation) [Harsh]
Plans for completion/hand-over of tasks [Salvador]

Meeting [10-MAY-2021]

Operations

MPPC HV/trigger threshold tuning [Richard]

Plans

CRY generator and simulation update [Harsh]
Initial thoughts on summer plans [Gary]

Meeting [26-APR-2021]

Operations

MPPC HV/trigger threshold tuning [Richard]

Nice References from Chris

Hamamatsu MPPC performance generally [Note: Apr 2021 date]
S10362-11-100p [reference]

CRY generator distribution smoothing [Harsh]

Meeting [22-MAR-2021]

Operations

Data taking update [Richard]
Trigger v2 update [Gary]

Next generation items

Winston cone simulations [Chris]
Oral updates: DDR4hep [Harsh], Calorimeter readout [Salvador], v2 trigger [Gary]

Meeting [7-DEC-2020]

Operations

Light baffling (10') [Salvador]
Data taking update (10') [Richard]

Next generation items

Oral updates: DDR4hep [Harsh], Calorimeter readout [Salvador], v2 trigger [Gary]

Meeting [23-NOV-2020]

First operations

Light baffle box (10') [Salvador]
Readout overview and first efficiency estimate (10') [Richard]

Next generation items

Winston Cones for light coupling (5') [Chris]

presentation slide
reference bachelor's thesis (Merz)

v2 trigger update (10') [Gary]

Meeting [2-NOV-2020]

Toward first operations

Scintillator trigger timing performance (10') [Oskar]
Power supplies, bracketing, laundry list of tasks (10') [Salvador]
HV trim for gain, threshold setting, testing for light leaks (10') [Richard]

Meeting [26-OCT-2020]

Toward first operations

Power supplies, bracketing, laundry list of tasks (10') [Salvador]
HV trim for gain, threshold setting, testing for light leaks (10') [Richard]
Light yield and options [Gary]
DDR4hep updates [Harsh]

Meeting [19-OCT-2020]

Toward first operations

Scintillator paddle timing performance (10') [Oskar]
Power supplies victory lap? (5') [Salvador]
SciFi Trackers (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

Mechanics update [Salvador]
Optimizing HV, HV trim and thresholds? [Richard]
Coupling in scintillators [Richard]

Meeting [12-OCT-2020]

Toward first operations

MPPC HV wiring victory lap (5') [Chris]
Power supplies victory lap? (5') [Salvador]
SciFi Trackers (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

Mechanics update [Salvador]
Optimizing HV, HV trim and thresholds? [Richard]

Anything else?

Meeting [5-OCT-2020]

What needed for very first data run?

Scint paddle trigger completion (10') [Oskar]
SciFi Trackers and RHIC+MB+cabling (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

mechanics and power update [Salvador]

MPPC HV [Chris?]

Anything else?

Next generation items

Calorimeter readout update (5') [Salvador]

EIC PID readout update (5') [Shivang]

Beamline optimization simulation (5') [Harsh]
DD4hep update (5') [Shivang]

v2 trigger update (5') [Gary]

Meeting [28-SEP-2020]

What needed for very first data run?

Scint paddle trigger update (10') [Oskar]
SciFi Trackers and RHIC+MB+cabling (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

readout update [Richard] -- example root file to be provided to start script development

ribbon cabling victory lap [Chris]

mechanics update [Salvador]

PCIe media converter located? [Richard] -- found during meeting

Anything else?

Meeting [21-SEP-2020]

What needed for very first data run?

Excelsys Power [Gary] --> re-purpose iTOP power module?

MB+RHIC power requirements [Chris] {ods} {xls}

SciFi Trackers and RHIC+MB+cabling (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

readout update [Richard]

ribbon cabling update [Chris]

mechanics update [Salvador]

media converters [Richard] (locate, as we do have a 4 SFP PCIe card)

Scint paddle trigger update (10') [Oskar]

Meeting [14-SEP-2020]

SciFi Trackers and RHIC+MB+cabling+power [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

synchronized readout update (link above for github repo) [Richard]
cabling plans update {oral} [Chris]
mechanics update (including coordinate system) [Salvador]

Scint paddle trigger update [Oskar]
EIC PID readout and DD4hep update [Shivang]
GEANT4 initial input {oral} [Harsh]

Meeting [7-SEP-2020]

Which project repository [FW, SW, ...] (10') [All] --> GitHub chosen (at least to start with)
SciFi Trackers and RHIC+MB+cabling+power (10') [Chris, Salvador, Shivang, Richard]

cabling scheme schematic [Chris]
initial mechanics [Salvador]

EUDAQ setup update (5') [Richard]
Scint paddle trigger update (10') [Oskar]
Task list (10') [Gary]
"Generic fast timing DUT" (5') [Oskar]
Version 2 trigger (fall-back or longer term) (5') [Gary]

Meeting [31-AUG-2020]

EUDAQ update (30') [Richard]
SciFi tracker + KLM readout set-up and cabling (10') [Chris/Salvador/Shivang]

SciFi reconfiguration [Salvador]

First version scint paddle trigger discussion (10')

Which paddles? [Oskar]
Initial trigger distribution [Gary]

First Weekly Meeting [24-AUG-2020]

Calorimeter Readout (20') [Salvador]
EIC PID Readout (20') [Shivang]
HMBv3 Nomenclature and Resources (20') [Gary]

Kick-off Meeting [21-AUG-2020]

Task List v1 (discussion intro) [Gary]
EUDAQ overview [Richard]

HMBv3 Overview [17-AUG-2020] [PDF] (Gary)

Resources (old):
    1. HMB Github Repository
    2. SCROD to Daughtercard Cable and Net Translation Table:
            a. Live Google Drive Spreadshee t
            b. Excel File (Work in Progress)

Archive [old documents to be added]

James Bynes (HMBv2) [Thesis]

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Last modified: 4/19/2022