TIC meeting - Background challenges, feedback - first session

Monday 30 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 11:35 US/Eastern

Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

Technical and Integration Council Meeting

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https://cern.zoom.us/j/9374314394?pwd=YTFjZjFGcXptMG13cGFQYWFQOWdrZz09

Recording:  https://youtu.be/rviVlyOk6FI

Re_ background challenges, progress of the studies reported at TIC meeting on March 30th - Summary, version 2.pdf

1 Communications

Speakers: Matt Posik (Temple University), Oskar Hartbrich (Oak Ridge National Lab), Prakhar Garg (Yale University), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

2 DSC communications

Speakers: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Alexander Kiselev (BNL), Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Carlos Munoz Camacho (IJCLab, CNRS/IN2P3), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Friederike Bock (ORNL), Grzegorz Kalicy (CUA), Hwidong Yoo (Yonsei University), Jaroslav Adam, Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab), Krzysztof Piotrzkowski (AGH UST), Laura Gonella (University of Birmingham), Dr Leszek Kosarzewski (Ohio State University), Marco Contalbrigo (INFN Ferrara), Maria Zurek (Argonne National Laboratory), Megan Connors (Georgia State University), Miguel Arratia (University of California, Riverside), Nicholas Zachariou (University of York), Oleg Tsai, Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University), Dr Simon Gardner (University of Glasgow), Stefan Bathe (Baruch College, CUNY, & RBRC), Sylvester Joosten (Argonne National Laboratory), Tanja Horn (Cath), Zhangbu Xu (Kent State University)

3 electronics/R-O/DAQ background challenges

Speaker: Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

260330_TIC.pptx

4 Far forward Detector background challenges

Speaker: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

FF_backgrounds_and_rates_Jentsch_3_30_2026_v0.pptx

5 Low Q2 taggers, background challenges

Speakers: Jaroslav Adam, Dr Simon Gardner (University of Glasgow)

TIC_26-03-30_Low-Q2-Tagger_Background-Challanges.pdf

6 Luminosity system, background challenges

Speaker: Stephen Kay (University of York)

TIC_30_03_26_Lumi_BG_Updates.pptx

7 SVT background challenges

Speaker: Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

ShujieLi_SVT_background_TIC_03302026.pdf

8 MPGD background challenges

Speakers: Prof. Annalisa D'Angelo (University of Rome Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Francesco Bossu (CEA-Saclay), Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab)

2026_03_30_background_rate_TIC.pdf