SiD Calorimeter Sessions at Snowmass 

contacts: Jose Repond or Ray Frey
Tue Aug 16 8:30 -12 SiD plenary; 15 min Calorimeter talk - Jose Repond, ANL - ppt

1:30-2:30 SiD mini-plenary
  • SiD concept discussion - Marty Breidenbach, SLAC - ppt
  • LC simulation tools for SiD - Norman Graf, SLAC - ppt

2:30-3:30 SiD calorimeter parallel session
  • Schedule and overview - Jose Repond, ANL
  • Current Particle Flow (PFA) status, goals for Snowmass - Steve Magill, ANL - ppt
Wed Aug 17 8:30 - 9:30 SiD calorimeter parallel session

ECal pattern recognition/clustering algorithms - Series of 10 minute talks:

  • Chris Geraci, Colorado - comparing existing algorithms - ppt
  • Mathew Phillips, Colorado - pi0 clustering - ppt
  • Niels Meyer, Iowa: MST for the ECal - ppt
  • Graham Wilson, Kansas - H-matrix clustering and pi0's - ppt

10:00 - 12 SiD calorimeter parallel session

HCal/hadron clustering algorithms - Series of 10 minute talks

  • Steve Kuhlmann, ANL - neutral clustering - ppt
  • Guilherme Lima, NIU - density weighted clustering - pdf
  • Mathew Charles, Iowa - MST in the HCal - pdf
  • Lei Xia, ANL - hadron clustering - ppt
HCal response and technology choices/tradeoffs
  • Lei Xia, ANL - neutral hadron response with Geant4 - ppt
  • Steve Magill, ANL - A Compact Detector for the LC - 15'
  • Dhiman Chakraborty, NIU - The case for a scintillator HCal for SiD - pdf

1:30 - 3:30 Joint MDI session with all concepts

4:00 - 5 SiD calorimeter parallel session

Forward calorimeter issues and technologies

  • Wolfgang Lohmann, DESY - technology options - ppt
Thur Aug 18 8:30 - 12 Detector parallel sessions (see cal web page)
  • 30 min talks on calorimetry for each concept - SiD: Jose Repond, ANL - pdf
  • detector or test beam talks for people not attending week 2
Mon Aug 22 8:30 - 12 Joint PFA session with other concept groups: agenda   talks

1:30 - 3 Joint test beam session - agenda and talks

3:30 - 5 Detector parallel sessions - calorimeter
Tue 8:30 - 5 Detector parallel sessions - calorimeter
Wed 10:00-12
 Joint PFA session with LDC and GLD, location tba    talks
otherwise unstructured work time
Thur 8:30 - 5 SiD plenary - conclusions; 15 min calorimeter talk at 8:30 - Ray Frey, Oregon - ppt
Fri 8:30 - 5 General plenary
Sat 8:30 - 12 General closing plenary