WP1 Meeting

Wednesday 13 Aug 2025, 15:00 → 16:35 Europe/London

Zoom link: https://cern.zoom.us/j/61673440998

Meeting ID: 616 7344 0998 

Pass code is in the invite email

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ePIC indico category: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/402/
EIC/ePIC mailing lists: https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo
ePIC wiki: https://wiki.bnl.gov/EPIC/index.php?title=Main_Page (see in particular “Si Vertex Tracker”, “Background”, “Info from the Project”)

Sharepoint for CAD models and drawings: https://stfc365.sharepoint.com/sites/ePICCADTransfer

Relevant meetings:

SVT DSC - Development of the silicon vertex tracker Fornightly meetings on Tuesday at 5 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/496/
WP2 (Testing) Category: 547	WP3 (Elec Interfaces) Category: 548	WP4 (Local Mech) & WP6 (Global Mech) Category: 596	WP5 (RDO & Powering) Category: 609

 

Technical and Integration Council (TIC) - Overall detector development Weekly meetings on Monday at 2 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/480/

Infrastructure and Integration Meeting (AKA the Rahul Meeting) Weekly, Monday at 3:30 pm (summaries given 1st TIC of the month) Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/581/

 

Track Reconstruction Working Group - Track Reconstruction Software Weekly meetings on Monday at 4 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/463/

Joint track and vertex reconstruction and tracking WG - Tracker layout optimisation (SVT + Gaseous tracker) Weekly meetings on Thursday at 4 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/542/

Background Task Force - Study of backgrounds, radiation levels, dose, occupancy, rates, etc Ad-hoc meetings when there is something to discuss on Tuesday at 6 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/461/

 

General Meeting - Meeting of the collaboration Twice per month, once at a time convenient for Asian colleagues, once a month on Friday at 3:30 pm UK time Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/category/411/

 

15:00 → 15:15 Phase 1: Funds Application Update

Speaker: Marcello Borri (staff@stfc.ac.uk)

-TFS for Unis:

--Bham: PN+PJ, draft complete (TFS costing was successfully reconciled with target value); To implment new wording for Sec.6 TR&I;

--Brun: LT, draft complete (TFS costing was successfully reconciled with target value); To implment new wording for Sec.6 TR&I;

--Lpool: MC, draft complete (TFS costing was successfully reconciled with target value); To implment new wording for Sec.6 TR&I;

--Ox: GV, draft complete (TFS costing was successfully reconciled with target value); To implment new wording for Sec.6 TR&I; [inc. Bruinswick agreement with RAL and Brunel]

Thank you to Marielle, Liliana, Paul,Peter,Georg! (+admin teams at their Institutes)

ToDo: to circulate new wording for Sec.6 Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I); 

ToDo: to check that the management team (DS,MB,PA) are added as "Additional Collaborators" instead of "Core Team"; 

 

-Internal award for NatLabs:

--PPD: FW, engaged;

--TD-RAL: IS, engaged;

--TD-DL: PA, ML,  engaged, preparing Internal Award form with IS and FW;

Meeting on 06/08; FW, IS, PA/ML; No internal bid review for submissions (post-award allocation); Done;

 

Other updates:

Brainstorming on UKRI spending review allocation in Autumn, to consider the impact of staff redeployment; think on how to survive(?) until Christmas 2025(?);

 

MB: A/L 15/08- 02/09

 

15:20 → 15:35 50um silicon removal from GelPaks

Speaker: James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (UK))

25-08-13_DummySilicon_JJG_rev1.pdf

25-08-13_DummySilicon_JJG_rev1.pptx

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