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STAR Newsletter #90March 2002 |
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Editor: Howard Matis
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STAR Newsletter #90March 2002 |
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Editor: Howard Matis
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Its been several weeks now since the Collaboration meeting, and things are continuing to moving rapidly.Physics Production
With regard to our enterprise for physics production, I have spoken with the people who were physics working group convenors prior to the transition, and asked them to continue as convenors in view of their leadership and service to the STAR scientific program.
At present we have the following physics working groups and convenors:
Strangness: Helen Caines
Spectra: Fuqiang Wang/ Raimond Snellings
EbyE: Gary Westfall
High Pt: Peter Jacobs/ Gerd Kunde
HBT: Sergey Panitkin
Spin: Les Bland/ Geary Eppley
UPC: Janet SegerAs you will note, there are several areas still in need of a co-convenor. It is possible that new areas of interest may be established if they are warranted by our scientific program.
With regard to the Physics Analysis Coordinator, Mike Lisa, has informed me that for personal reasons, he intends to step down from that position once the 01-02 physics analysis production is underway in several weeks. Mike has done an outstanding job in the short period he was Physics Analysis Coordinator, and continues to do so now. He is helping us move towards production in the near future. We will surely miss him in this role, but I know he will continue to play a lead role in the Collaboration and we look forward to that. In the coming weeks, we will seek to find another strong STAR collaborator to help coordinate the technical aspects of our physics production enterprise.
Talks Committee
One of the committees we are going to establish very quickly now is the Talks Committee, as we are receiving a number of requests, and these should be handled appropriately. It is envisioned that the Talks Committee would be an independent committee commissioned under the authority of the office of the Spokesperson.
With regard to the role of the committee, the following is envisioned:
- Requests for speakers received by Spokesman (or anyone) are forwarded to the Talks Committee
- Talks committee makes notification to Collaboration and asks for input and nominations
- Talks committee generates a list of candidates, and considers them
- Candidates are considered according to (in no particular order):
- working knowledge of area the talk will address
- service by person and/or person's institution to the Collaboration
- importance of talk to career of individual
- importance of talk with respect to geographical considerations (e.g., is this talk important for highlighting a STAR institution in its own country or to its funding agency)
- other?
- The Committee makes a decision; the information is transmitted to conference organizers by the Spokesperson
- The information is passed to Liz Mogavero for tracking; once per month a report is made to Council of talks decided. At Collaboration meetings, demographics of talks decisions are updated and reviewed by the Council.
Your comments and suggestions on the role and operation of the Committee are welcome. In particular, for this committee to work well, the Collaboration will need to play an active role in responding to calls for suggestions for speakers from the Committee Chair. I am hopeful everyone will play an active part in making the work of the Committee a success.
New Business
Although the dates haven't been fixed yet, there is a tentative plan to have a Trigger Workshop, and an Analysis Meeting at LBNL (these would be concurrent) in early May. The dates for the meeting will be finalized and announced in the coming week.
In the near term, the annual critique meeting to examine how things went during the last run will be held on March 12th at BNL. A final agenda for the meeting will be sent out soon.
There are 6 papers in Godfather Committee, and 2 that will be released (one of them re-released) for publication this week. We are looking forward to finishing these efforts and moving ahead to the FY2001-2002 data, which will go into production soon. As we saw at the Collaboration meeting, there is some very great physics before us and the next few months should be really exciting in terms of seeing what the new data has in store.
One final comment is that I will be working with the editor of the Newsletter (Howard Matis) to find out what information you find most useful, and what changes you would like to see. In particular, we have thought about highlighting more physics related stories. If you have thoughts about this, please let send them to Howard or myself. Thanks for your input.
No contribution this month.
No contribution this month.
FTPC (from Volker Eckardt)
No contribution this month.
Slow Controls (from Mike Cherney)
Work continues on development of the endcap EMC system, upgrading and integration of barrel EMC and operation of MEDM on PC's (without connections to a SUN workstation)..
EMC (from Alexandre Suaide)
No contribution this month.
TPC (from Blair Stringfellow)
No contribution this month.
Level 3 Trigger (from the commissioning contingent)
No contribution this month.
Endcap EMC (from Will Jacobs)
No contribution this month.
RICH
No contribution this month.
TOFp - (Bill Llope and F. Geurts )
No contribution this month.
This section contains summaries of the status of the physics working groups. These articles are in a protected area for STAR collaboration members only. This link uses the standard STAR account and password for physics results. If you do not have this information, please contact your council representative.
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Postdoctoral Post ion (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
The Relativistic Nuclear Collisions Program (RNC) of the Nuclear Science Division at LBNL is seeking outstanding candidates to fill a postdoc position. The RNC Program plays a leading role in the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at BNL. Candidates having interests in all aspects of heavy ion physics or spin physics at RHIC are invited to apply. In STAR, RNC has major responsibilities for the central TPC detector, TPC electronics, and related software. We also have strong detector and software R & D programs and we are responsible for STAR computing at the National Energy Research Supercomputing Center at LBNL which provides a valuable computing resource for STAR. Interested candidates should have obtained a Ph.D. in nuclear or high energy physics recently. To apply, please send a CV and a list of publications to: Hans Georg Ritter, LBNL MS 70-319, Berkeley, CA 94720 or by E-mail to HGRitter@lbl.gov. Three letters of reference should be sent to the same address.Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Purdue University)
A position is available with the experimental high energy nuclear physics group at Purdue University to perform research with the STAR experiment at RHIC. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out a significant analysis using STAR data. Experience of data analysis in a large high-energy or nuclear physics experiment and expertise with software development using C and C++ in a research environment are desirable. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physics or a related field. A two-year appointment is anticipated, renewable for a third year upon mutual agreement. The successful candidate is expected to start in the summer of 2002. Applicants should send resume, a list of publications, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to Prof. Fuqiang Wang, Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, or E-mail: FQWang@physics.purdue.edu. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (Creighton University)
Creighton, a Jesuit university committed to excellence in the liberal arts tradition, has been rated the #1 comprehensive Midwest university for 5 of the past 6 years. It is located in downtown Omaha, a vibrant community of 600,000. The Physics Department offers both BS and MS degrees. For a tenure-track Assistant Professorship, beginning August, 2002, we seek candidates with effective communication skills who will share our commitment to outstanding teaching and to involving undergraduates in research programs. Preference will be given to experimental condensed matter or quantum electronics physicists. A Ph.D. is required. More information about our department and this position is at http://physicsweb.creighton.edu. Submit a current CV, transcripts of all college-level work, a statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of successful teaching (if available), and a research plan, and arrange to have 3 reference letters sent to Dr. Janet E. Seger, Search Committee Chair, Physics Department, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, JSeger@creighton.edu. Review of applications started Dec. 1. Creighton is an EO/AA employer and seeks a wide range of applicants in support of our core values--gender, ethnic and cultural diversity.
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