WP1 Meeting

Wednesday 24 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/

 

1 Update on project funding and TFS submission

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

-Input collected form all institutes, thank you; [Key posts secured; T&S OK (minimal); Consumables OK (where to keep it);]

-PA is planing to send the final tables with the costing to Programmes today;

-Programmes should issue an award letter by Friday 26.

-Funds should be transferred to the Instututes next week;

-Open questions: how to address post 31/03/2026 funds? how to deal with growth [what is holding us back]?

2 Update on sensor and AncASIC

Speaker: Iain Sedgwick (UKRI-STFC)

3 Update on module design and prototyping

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

-K.Davies completed the drawings; Drawings are undergoing a final internal approval; Next: to send the drawings (inc. step) to Liverpool for manufacturing;

-To purchase some kapton cut to shape and mock AncAsic and sensors (cheap option in FR4?);

-Module test rig: A.Hill to progress work once B-FPC gets interconnected to interface PCB; [Oxford designing the 3D printed carrier plate/jig]

4 Update on MPW2-SLDO test system

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

-PCBs ordered: 5 control boards (Bham); 5 carrier boards (DL, added to over-spent Jul - Sep);

-Delivery estimated around15 Oct.

-Next to interconnect the ICs on carrier boards; (Bham?)

-List of sited that expressed interested: Bham (1 system); Brun (1 system); DL (3 systems); [Prep can start: select PSU and its control in python?]

-Potential issue: are MWP2 devices not probe tests? If so, expect some yield issue (hopefully very minor);

 

5 Status and plans for readout tests in the UK

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

25-09-24 - Readout Tasks UK_JJG_rev1.pdf