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May 23, 2007 L. Pinsky-University of Houston ALICE-USA DOE Panel Review
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University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonHeavy Ion GroupHeavy Ion Group
An ab initio Request for Funding to Enable the UH Heavy Ion
Group to Formally join ALICE as a Member of ALICE-USA
May 23, 2007 L. Pinsky-University of Houston ALICE-USA DOE Panel Review
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Summary of This Presentation
• Who Are We?
• What We Have Done So Far wrt ALICE…
• What Is Our Contribution to the RMP…
• What Are Our Contributions to the EMCal Project
• Our Physics Interests in ALICE…
• What Are We Asking For?
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Who Are We?• The Heavy Ion Group at UH is a sub-group of experimental
particle physicists on the Physics Faculty (4 Experimentalists & 1 Theorist). Considerable work in hypernuclear physics (DOE-MEP) & neutrino physics-Daya Bay (DOE-HEP) + new faculty prospects…
• The Heavy Ion Group participating in ALICE-USA includes: 2 Faculty, 1 Post-Doc and 2-3 students…– Larry Pinsky (Professor & P.I.)– Bill Mayes (Professor)– Toni Empl (Post-Doctoral Fellow) -- (Now in US from 5 yrs @ CERN)
– Charo Delgenio (Graduate Student)– Dilan Minthaka (Graduate Student)
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Past Experimental Highlights• E767 & E795 (AGS -- DOE MEP funded) 1981-85
– Antineutron-Proton cross section measurements…– Drift chambers & associated electronics…
• MEGA (LAMPF -- DOE MEP funded) 1988-1996– Rare decays ( e + )– Cylindrical Drift Chambers and associated electronics
• NA47-SMC (CERN -- DOE MEP funded) 1988-1996– Spin dependent neutron structure functions– 32 Coordinates of 4m x 4 m streamer tubes and electronics
• NA49 (CERN -- DOE MEP funded) 1996-1999– Fixed target relativistic heavy ion interactions– Run support (3 yrs) and data analysis (1.5 yrs).
• NASA (AGS, HIMAC & CERN -- NASA funded) 1999-Present– Heavy ion transport Monte Carlo code development (FLUKA)– Medium energy neutron & heavy ion cross section measurements…– Heavy ion event generator development…– LSP is a current member of the FLUKA Scientific Committee @ CERN
Other Efforts:GEM @ SSCMECO @ BNL
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What Have We Done So Far with respect to ALICE & ALICE-USA
• Founding member of ALICE-USA (2000 to present…)
• Supported since 1999 by UH TLC2 “seed funding” for ALICE… (Also contributed computing resources for ALICE Data Challenges and EMCal trigger study calculations…)
• (LSP) Served as ALICE-USA Computing Coordinator 2002-2005, and as Distributed Computing Coordinator since. Also a member of LCG (LHC Computing Grid Project - 2004-present) representing ALICE-USA.
• (LSP) Serving as the first ALICE-USA Council Chair…
• (BWM) EMCal trigger design simulation calculations and analysis.
• (BWM + Student) EMCal Test Beam run support at FNAL.
• (LSP + Post-Doc) ALICE-USA FLUKA interface.
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Our Contributions to the RMP• Test Beam (FNAL) — Mayes[0.05] (run support) + G/S[0.25]
(run support & analysis).• Trigger Simulations — Mayes[0.2] (Deliverable—raw events,
jet trigger strategy studies)• Trigger Design — Pinsky[0.1] (Deliverable—Initial Level 0/1
jet trigger design scenarios)• Offline Software — P/D[0.25] + Grad Student[0.15]
(preliminary p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code development).• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.1] + Grad Student[0.1]
(Continued Grid computing development—proposal support to acquire needed resources—LCG ALICE-USA representation)
• Calibration Database Development — Mayes[0.1] + Pinsky[0.12] + P/D[0.25] (Create and test initial calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework). (Deliverable—EMCal calibration database within the ALICE offline computing infrastructure).
2007
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Our Contributions to the RMP• Test Beam (CERN) — Mayes[0.1] (run support) + G/S[0.25]
(run support & analysis).• Trigger Simulations — Mayes[0.13]• Trigger Design — Pinsky[0.1]• Offline Software — Pinsky[0.1] + Mayes[0.2] + P/D[0.75] +
Grad Student[0.75] (p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code development).• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.1] + Grad Student[0.1]
(Continued Grid computing development—proposal support to acquire needed resources—LCG ALICE-USA representation)
• Calibration Database Deployment — Mayes[0.2] + Pinsky[0.1] + P/D[0.25] (Implement and maintain calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework).
• Install and Commission EMCal — Pinsky[0.1] + G/S[0.2] (Assemble, Calibrate and install super modules at CERN)
• Detector Operation — Pinsky[0.1] + G/S[0.2] (Stand shifts in support of data-taking)
2008
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• Trigger Design — Pinsky[0.1] + Mayes[0.16] (Study trigger efficiencies and performance) (Deliverable—Trigger performance analysis)
• Offline Software — Pinsky[0.26] + Mayes[0.4] + P/D[0.65] + Grad Student[2.0] (p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code improvement and analysis). — (First Ph.D. Thesis)
• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.1] + Grad Student[0.1] (US Grid computing deployment—LCG ALICE-USA rep.).
• Calibration Database Support — Mayes[0.1] + P/D[0.1] (Maintain calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework for const. and deployment support).
• Install and Commission EMCal — Pinsky[0.1] + G/S[0.4] +P/D[0.25] (Assemble, Calibrate-Cosmic Ray Calibration Studies) and install super modules at CERN)
• Detector Operation — Pinsky[0.1] + P/D[0.1] + G/S[0.2] (Stand shifts in support of data-taking)
Our Contributions to the RMP
2009
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• Analysis — Pinsky[0.2] + Mayes[0.5] + P/D[0.65] + Grad Student[2.0] (p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code improvement and analysis). — (Second Ph.D. Thesis).
• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.06] (US Grid computing deployment—LCG ALICE-USA representation). (Deliverable— Improved US Grid analysis infrastructure).
• Calibration Database Maintenance — Mayes[0.06] (Maintain calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework for construction and deployment support).
• Commission EMCal — Pinsky[0.2] + G/S[0.6] +P/D[0.25] (Data-Based Calibration studies).
• Detector Operation — Pinsky[0.2] +Mayes[0.1] + P/D[0.1] + G/S[0.4] (Stand shifts in support of data-taking & maintain EMCal hardware)
Our Contributions to the RMP2011
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Our Contributions to the EMCal Project
• UH will be responsible for the acquisition and fabrication of the LED calibration components and fabrication of wavelength-shifting fiber bundles…
• UH can also offer the support infrastructure to setup an alternate tower assembly site in the event that an accelerated production schedule is feasible.
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The UH/TLC2 Connection• TLC2 (The Texas Learning and Computation Center) is
currently providing ~150 CPUs for ALICE Data Challenges. Support has been recognized at LCG as being among the best.
• TLC2 could offer even more resources as a match to supplement support to fund ~1.5% of ALICE total computing needs (see Soltz computing presentation)…
• In addition, such hardware support would also be matched with 2.0 flexible FTE in support personnel (Middleware software development, sys-admin and maintenance)
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UH Group’s Physics Interests(“Analysis” Focus)
• Jet Quenching (tougher than @ RHIC)– Jet Triggers and Trigger Bias Studies (>50 GeV)– Jet Finding Algorithms– Jet Measuring Algorithms– Background Studies– Fragmentation Modifications
by the medium…– Away-Side Correlations
• Mach Cone Correlations (more complex than @ RHIC)• Interaction Morphology (wrt QGP)• Energy Dependence
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side 2
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Energy Dependence• Measuring as a function of
jet energy and of gluon density can yield substantial EOS information…
• Studying the evolution of as a function of Q2 as a probe of the color density of the medium…
• This requires substantial analysis of p-p jets at ALICE as well…
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What Are We Asking For?
• A grant from the DOE Heavy Ion Physics Office to enable us to:– …Participate in ALICE as a member of the ALICE-
USA Collaboration…– …Provide funding support for 2 faculty members,
1 post-doc and increasing to 3 students…• Summer salary for faculty…• Full salary and stipend support for the post-doc and the
graduate students…• Travel and incidental M & O support for the group.
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RMP Personnel Spreadsheet(Excludes All Project-Supported FTE)
Personnel / Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
L. Pinsky (faculty) 0.3 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67
B. Mayes (faculty) 0.3 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67
A. Empl (post-doc) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
C. Delgenio (grad. s.) 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.0* 1.0* 1.0*
D. Minthaka (grad. s.) 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.0 1.0* 1.0*
Grad. Student (TBD) 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Total FTE (Excl. Proj.) 1.7 3.8 4.84 5.33 5.33 5.33
Total “ALICE” Ph.D.s 3 3 3 3 3 3
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Outreach--Quarknet• UH (in cooperation with Rice) have the
largest Quarknet current program.• High school physics teachers and
students will be able to participate in EMCal Project activities in Houston…
• One to two teachers per summer can travel to CERN to participate in EMCal & other ALICE-related efforts.
• NSF supported…
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Thank You
Questions?Questions?
(RMP Summary Slides and Deliverable Summary Slides for all years are available…)
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Our Contributions to the RMP• Analysis — Pinsky[0.36] + Mayes[0.46] + P/D[0.5] + Grad
Student[2.0] (p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code improvement and analysis—includes final trigger studies).
• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.1] (US Grid computing deployment—LCG ALICE-USA representation).
• Calibration Database Deployment — Mayes[0.1] + P/D[0.1] (Evolve and maintain calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework for construction and deployment support).
• Install and Commission EMCal — Pinsky[0.1] + G/S[0.6] +P/D[0.25] (Assemble, Calibrate-Cosmic Ray Calibration Studies & Begin Data-Based Calibration studies, and install final super modules at CERN)
• Detector Operation — Pinsky[0.1] +Mayes[0.1] + P/D[0.15] + G/S[0.4] (Stand shifts in support of data-taking)
2010
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Our Contributions to the RMP
• Analysis — Pinsky[0.4] + Mayes[0.5] + P/D[0.9] + Grad Student[2.5] (p-p & Pb-Pb jet finding code improvement and analysis). — (Third Ph.D. Thesis).
• Offline Computing — Pinsky[0.06] (US Grid computing deployment—LCG ALICE-USA representation).
• Calibration Database Maintenance — Mayes[0.06] (Maintain calibration database within the ALICE distributed computing Grid framework for construction and deployment support).
• Detector Operation — Pinsky[0.2] +Mayes[0.1] + P/D[0.1] + G/S[0.5] (Stand shifts in support of data-taking & maintain EMCal hardware)
2012
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UHUH Deliverables (2007 &2008)• Trigger Simulations — Deliverable—raw events, jet trigger strategy
studies.• Trigger Design — Deliverable—Initial Level 0/1 jet trigger design
scenarios.• Calibration Database Development — Deliverable—EMCal calibration
database within the ALICE offline computing infrastructure.
• Trigger Simulations — Deliverable—further jet trigger strategy studies.• Trigger Design — Deliverable—Final Level 0/1 jet trigger design
scenarios.• Offline Software — Deliverable—Initial jet analysis codes.• Calibration Database Deployment — Deliverable—Maintained EMCal
calibration database within the ALICE offline-computing infrastructure.
2007
2008
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UH Deliverables (2009 & 2010)• Trigger Design —Deliverable—Trigger performance analysis.• Offline Software — Deliverable—Improving jet analysis codes
and initial analysis results—First Ph.D. Thesis)• Offline Computing — Deliverable— Working US Grid analysis
infrastructure.• Calibration Database Deployment — Deliverable—Maintained
EMCal calibration database within the ALICE offline-computing infrastructure.
• Analysis — Deliverable—Improving jet analysis codes and continuing analysis results.
• Offline Computing — Deliverable— Improved US Grid analysis infrastructure.
• Calibration Database Deployment — Deliverable—Maintained and updated EMCal calibration database within the ALICE offline-computing infrastructure.
2009
2010
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UH Deliverables (2011 & 1012)• Analysis — Deliverable—Improving jet analysis codes and continuing
analysis results—Second Ph.D. Thesis.• Offline Computing — Deliverable— Improved US Grid analysis
infrastructure.• Calibration Database Maintenance — Deliverable—Maintained EMCal
calibration database within the ALICE offline-computing infrastructure.• Commission EMCal — Deliverable—Initial data-based EMCal
calibrations.
• Analysis — Deliverable—Improving jet analysis codes and continuing analysis results—Third Ph.D. Thesis.
• Offline Computing —Deliverable — Stable & updated US Grid analysis infrastructure).
• Calibration Database Maintenance —Deliverable—Maintained EMCal calibration database within the ALICE offline-computing infrastructure).
2011
2012
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UH group’s Physics Interests(“Fundamental”)
• Properties of the QGP– qR (Q2)– …and ultimately the Equation of State.
• Relation to the Big Bang early evolution and the current Large Scale Structure of the visible Universe. (This can lead to collaborations with local cosmologists…) – This is most sensitive to the nature of the QGP/Baryon phase
transition, but this also needs an accurate QGP EOS…
• The “Matter” Problem: How did we get the current matter distribution?– Needs a fairly precise knowledge of the QGP EOS…
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