CALET TIM

20 Nov 2013, 08:00 → 22 Nov 2013, 18:00 US/Central

Compton hall 241 (WUSTL)

Slides CALET member picture

Wednesday 20 November

10:00 → 11:30 Opening

10:00 New members/Discussion for meeting plan

10:30 CALET Development Status including Q&A

Speaker: Tetsuya Honda

Slides CALET status overview

11:30 → 15:30 Data Handling & Analysis: Progress reports

Convener: Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda University (JP))

11:30 Updates on ISS data telemetry system and ground system in JAXA

Speaker: Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda University (JP))

Slides 131120WU_TIM-DHA_Japan-1.pdf

11:40 WCOC status

Speaker: Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda University (JP))

Slides 131120WU_TIM-DHA_Japan-2.pdf

12:00 Level 1 format

Speaker: Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda University (JP))

Slides 131120WU_TIM-DHA_Japan-3.pdf

12:10 Test data volume compatibility and internet transfer results

Speakers: T Gregory Guzik (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US)), T. Gregory Guzik (Louisiana State University)

Slides Results_of_Data_Volume_Testing_v110813.pdf

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Test on the readout and transfer of Level1 data volumes

Speaker: Gabriele Bigongiari (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Slides Data transfer test

14:10 The LSU CALET Ground Data System

Speaker: Bethany Broekhoven

Slides LSU_Ground_Data_System_v1.5.pdf LSU_Ground_Data_System_v1.5.pptx

14:30 Needs/Requirements for Level 1 Data Analysis

Speaker: Michael Stewart (LSU)

Slides Requirements_for_L1_Data_Analysis_Presentation_v11.18.13-2.pdf Requirements for L1 data analysis

14:45 The CALET Document Logger / Server

Speaker: Doug Granger (Louisiana State University)

Slides

• CALET_Document_Server_1.5.pdf
• II_08_CALET_Document_Server_1.5.pdf
• II_08_CALET_Document_Server_1.5.pptx

14:55 CALET document handling system based on Indico

Speaker: Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Slides indico_document_handling_system_maestro.pdf Indico document server

15:05 Level 1 Data Quality Checking

Speaker: Bethany Broekhoven

Slides Data_Quality_Checking_Presentation_v1.3.pdf Data_Quality_Checking_Presentation_v1.3.pptx

15:20 The CALET Data Processing and Quality Checking Forums

Speaker: Doug Granger (Louisiana State University)

Slides CALET_Forum_Presentation.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 18:00 Data Handling & Analysis: Discussion

Convener: Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda University (JP))

16:00 Level 1 data format

Speaker: all

16:30 Ground system test plan

Speaker: all

17:00 Level 1 data processing

Speaker: all

17:30 Level 1 Data Quality Checking

Speaker: all

19:00 → 22:00 Collaboration dinner party

Thursday 21 November

08:30 → 12:20 Calibration and Testing

Convener: Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University (JP))

08:30 Characterization of the CHD response using heavy ion beam test data

Speakers: Pier Simone Marrocchesi (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT)), Simone Bonechi (INFN)

Slides

• Charge tagging with beam tracker
• Estimate of r.l. in the beam tracker
• Hi-Z CHD analysis

08:55 A combinatorial Kalman filter algorithm for track reconstruction in CALET

Speaker: Nicola Mori (INFN)

Slides Mori-KalmanFilter-expanded.pdf Mori-KalmanFilter.odp

09:20 Validation of the IMC tracking with beam test data

Speakers: Paolo Brogi (Sezione di Pisa (INFN)), Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Slides kalman validation with test beam data

09:45 Outline of the analysis status

Speaker: Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University (JP))

Slides outline of JC analysis

09:55 Energy resolution, angular resolution, and e/p and e/gamma separations

Speaker: Yosui Akaike (University of Tokyo (JP))

Slides beam test analysis

10:25 Analysis of charge resolution and charge dynamic range with the CHD

Speaker: Tae Niita (Waseda University (JP))

Slides 131120_Niita_CERN2013.pdf JC CHD analysis

10:45 Coffee break

11:05 Charge determination with IMC

Speaker: Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University (JP))

Slides Charge identification with IMC

11:25 Estimation of materials in front of the detector & r.l. of the PWO

Speaker: Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University (JP))

Slides Estimate of materials upstream

11:40 Future prospects for beam tests: Fermilab

Speaker: John William Mitchell (Goddard Space Flight Center)

11:50 Future prospects for beam tests: detectors to be tested

Speaker: Tadahisa Tamura (Kanagawa University (JP))

Slides Future beam tests

12:00 Request for beam time at CERN SPS/Fermilab in 2014

Speaker: John William Mitchell (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US))

12:20 → 13:50 Lunch

13:50 → 18:40 Modeling and Simulation

Convener: Kenji Yoshida (Shibaura Institute of Technology (JP))

13:50 Activity status of the Japan M&S group

Speaker: Kenji Yoshida (Shibaura Institute of Technology (JP))

14:10 CAL CAD model in Epics

Speakers: Kenji Yoshida (Shibaura Institute of Technology (JP)), Yosui Akaike (University of Tokyo (JP))

Slides cad model

14:30 Epics/Cosmos new version

Speakers: Katsuaki Kasahara (Waseda University (JP)), Yosui Akaike (University of Tokyo (JP))

Slides Epics/cosmos update

14:40 On-board calibration simulation of proton and helium

Speakers: Tae Niita (Waseda University (JP)), Yosui Akaike (University of Tokyo (JP))

Slides 131121_Niita_Calibration.pdf On orbit calibration

15:00 Epics Issues

Speaker: John Krizmanic (USRA/CRESST/NASA/GSFC)

Slides Epics issues tasc asymmetry G4 vs. Fluka vs. Epics

15:15 Results of CALET Backscatter Studies

Speakers: Amir Javaid (CALET), T Gregory Guzik (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US)), T. Gregory Guzik (Louisiana State University)

Slides LSU_CALET_Backscatter_Progress_Report_-_v111813.pdf

15:45 Status of Ultraheavy Nuclei studies

Speaker: Dr Brian Flint Rauch (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US))

Slides B_Rauch_WUSTL_TIM.pdf B_Rauch_WUSTL_TIM.pptx

16:05 Coffee break

16:25 Model of FEE electronics and digitization variables

Speaker: John Krizmanic (USRA/CRESST/NASA/GSFC)

Slides CALET FEE electronics variables

16:45 NASA Computer Resources available for CALET Simulation Production Runs and Data Archiving

Speaker: John Krizmanic (USRA/CRESST/NASA/GSFC)

Slides NASA computer resources

17:00 Validation of the IMC tracking with simulated data

Speakers: Paolo Brogi (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT)), Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Slides Kalman algorithm with MC data

17:30 Update on e/p discrimination (implementing IMC tracking and hit digitization)

Speakers: Francesco Palma (Universita e INFN Roma Tor Vergata (IT)), Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Slides ep discrimination

18:00 Event viewer for MC data

Speaker: Nicola Mori (INFN)

Slides Mori-EventViewer.odp Mori-EventViewer.pdf

Friday 22 November

08:30 → 11:00 CGBM

08:30 LIGO/VIRGO MOU Status

Speaker: Dr Sergio Bruno Ricciarini (INFN)

Slides LVC MOU

09:00 CGBM status: hardware, software, and plan of performance tests on the ground

Speaker: Atsu Yoshida

Slides CGBM status CGBMstatus_WashingtonU20131121a.pdf

09:30 CGBM Quick-Look-Results and their dissemination through GCN/ATel (data flow etc) / discussions about the author list

Speakers: All, Atsu Yoshida

Slides CGBM quick look CGBM_Quick-Look.pdf

11:00 → 12:30 Summary and Action Items