WP1 Meeting

Wednesday 10 Sept 2025, 15:00 → 16:25 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 → 15:10 Update on project funding and TFS submission

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

-TFS: on hold, it would great to submit what we have preppared. STFC programmes may have an answer about the funds before 31/03/2026 and they may be keen to distribute the funds. 

-Life support funds: 01/10/2025 - 31/03/2026, using analogous method w.r.t bridging funds: top priority to keep in post people employed in grant; to match no-growth scenario like in bridging funds; to cover costs at Nat.Labs. for period 01/07/2025 -  30/09/2025.

-L'pool: fully covered by no-cost extension.

-Brun: covered by no-cost extension until 31/12/2025.

-Oxf: [TBC] minimal no-cost extension (1 month).

-Bham: several key posts fully employed by this grant (?).

-Nat.Labs: same as bridging funds.

-Consumbles: important to include consumables!!!

-T&S: less important than consumables?

-Paul Aden (PM) is attending our meeting today and he will give a verbal update to complement this info.

Bham + Brun: to return the forms to Daria, Paul A and myself.

15:10 → 15:25 Update on layout and global model status

Speakers: Huddart Adam (STFC - RAL), James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (UK))

15:25 → 15:40 Update on module design and prototyping

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

20250910-epicSvtDetectorModuleV0-rep-2021a01.pdf

Update on MPW2-SLDO: desing of test system for SVT-WP2 is complete; quotations with J.Glover to place an order;

Note: The test system enables to test multiple SLDOs in series.

15:40 → 15:55 Update on stave prototyping

Speakers: Adam Huddart (STFC - RAL), Georg Viehhauser (member@ox.ac.uk;staff@ox.ac.uk)

stave prototyping status.pptx

15:55 → 16:10 Updates on simulation

Speakers: Samuel Austin Henry, Samuel Henry (University of Oxford)

Simulation_Update_10-Sept-2025.pdf

16:10 → 16:25 SVT WP2 testing software

Speakers: Liliana Teodorescu (Brunel University London), Liliana Teodorescu

SLDO tests DB.pdf

UK_WP1_10_Sept_2025.pdf