BNL NPP 2024 PAC Meeting (Hybrid-in person & Zoom)

16 Oct 2025, 08:30 → 17 Oct 2025, 15:00 America/New_York

Bldg. 510, Physics Dept. Large Seminar room

Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL), John Harris (Yale University)

Thursday 16 October

08:30 Executive Session - PAC & ALD (45 m)

• Welcome and Introduction Abhay Deshpande
• Discussion and Orientation. John Harris

Run-25 Performance: RHIC, sPHENIX and STAR

1 Machine performances and challenges so far

(25+10)

10:30 Lunch Break and Executive Session -PAC [&ALD on request] (60m)'

2 sPHENIX Beam Use Request Run 25/26 (20 & 28 weeks)

(30+15)

Speaker: Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder)

dvp-PAC-11-7-24.pdf

3 STAR Beam Use Request Run 25/26 (20 & 28 weeks)

(30+15)

Speakers: Prof. Frank Geurts (Rice University), Lijuan Ruan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

BUR25_Ruan.pdf

PAC24-STAR-PhysicsHighlights.pdf

4 RHIC Data preservation – planning (15+5)

Speaker: Eric LANCON (BNL)

Lancon-DAP-PAC-Nov-2024.pdf

15:05 Break (15m)

15:20 Executive Session (90m)

• Send homework questions to the Collaborations.

17:30 Dinner by Invitation only : for PAC and Speakers - Berkener Hall, lobby, building 488

Friday 17 October

5 Responses on homework questions by the Collaborations (60m) CLOSED SESSION in 2-160

This will be a closed session with PAC and the collaboration representatives who have been given homework. There will be no Zoom Link.

Speakers: Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder), James Dunlop (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Lijuan Ruan (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Michiko Minty (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Wolfram Fischer (BNL), Yasuyuki Akiba (RIKEN)

AnswersToPAC_BUR2025_STAR.pptx

HW C-AD.pdf

pAeA.eca.v3.pptx

PHENIX DAP.pdf

sPHENIX-PACHW-11-8-24.pdf

10:00 Executive Session - Report Writing (2.5hr)

12:30 Executive Session with Lunch Break (60m)

13:30 Executive Session continued if needed

6 Closeout (30m)

7 End of the PAC meeting