12.28.2018 EC

No report yet from the review committee. Tim reported that at the review he was asked by DOE representatives to come up with HPS budget for upcoming years. We need to communicate to DOE what HPS needs for FY20-21 funding, SALC in particular. Tim will start discussion what to put in the budget briefing next few days. 

Rafo reported that the plan is still to complete construction by Feb.15 and start cosmic tests right after. Work area, EEL 125, has been fully prepared for hodoscope work (after CLAS12 BAND detector was moved out). He started polishing strips and wrapping aluminized mylar. Marzio will join tomorrow or Wednesday, his arrival has been delayed. Hall-B technician will help with gluing and polishing the fibers on PMT side, he will join the group on February 1.

Time reports that checking the qualify of hybrids is essentially done, and they are ready to send out to UCSC for chip mounting and wire bounding. Assembly fixtures look good, everything fits well. Last week some tests were done with the new glue, had mixed success with two part silicon, little bit of home work to be done to make use of this glue. Mechanics is in the last stage of tolerance checks, overall things are moving forward as planned.   

Stepan pointed that we never formally approved use of L0 modules for L1. Everybody agreed that it is the right thing to do and approved the use of L0 modules for L1. Tim said that if we will have good modules, it is only $500 for mechanics to do this change. At the review, acceptance for 5-hit (excluding L0) option with L1 moved-in by 0.4 mm was shown, which increases the acceptance for 5-hit tracks for decay length downstream of 3 cm significantly. With slim edge, module will be farther from the beam than in existing/old L1 case.    

There is an issue with ECal energy corrections, currently problem is under investigation. It holds the processing of data for now. There is also an issue with new DST format that makes all codes obsolete and makes it difficult for quick turn around.