Name: US HFCC Detector - L1+L2+L3 steering meeting
Start: 2026-08-07T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-07T21:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

- 20:00 → 20:10
  
  News 10m
  
  Speakers: Charlie Young (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Christoph Paus (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
  
  HFCC Detector 2026-08-07.pdf
- 20:10 → 20:20
  
  AIM report 10m
  
  Speakers: Jim Hirschauer (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Julia Lynne Gonski (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
- 20:20 → 20:30
  Calorimetry report 10m
  
  Speakers: Bob Hirosky (University of Virginia (US)), Dr Michael Begel (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
  Dual Readout
  
  DR ECAL: The CalVision was dropped with the shipper for its trip to Hamburg for beam starting on 24-Aug. (UVa, UMd, FNAL, UMich, CUA, Baylor, Rutgers, ...)
  The Carnet paperwork also received today.
  
  DR HCAL: 2nd test beam recently completed by TTU
  
  LAr: Mechanical Mockup being constructed at UAz
  
  Si-W: Power studies for LGAD designs in progress
- 20:30 → 20:40
  
  TDAQ report 10m
  
  Speakers: Alexander Paramonov (Argonne National Laboratory (US)), Zeynep Demiragli (Boston University (US))
  
  We are making progress on the digitization framework. The ddsim output ntuple now contains pixel hits from the vertex detector. Validation of the ntuple is mostly complete. The code will be shared as a git branch and instructions how to use it.
- 20:40 → 20:50
  
  Muons report 10m
  
  Speakers: Bing Zhou (University of Michigan (US)), Marcus Hohlmann (Florida Institute of Technology (US))
  
  Muon-Report-Aug7-2026.pdf
  
  Muon-Report-Aug7-2026.pptx
  
  Drift Tubes:
  
  MPGDs: A new multi-channel (100 ch.) PICOSEC-uRWELL prototype with an updated photocathode was produced at CERN and assembled by the JLAB team. A problem with establishing signal for this prototype is currently under investigation.
- 20:50 → 21:00
  
  Tracker report 10m
  
  Speakers: Carl Haber (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Yuta Takahashi (University of Zurich (CH) / University of Florida (US))
  
  Junjie
  Analyzing 2016 beam test data -> improve pico-finding algorithm to improve the efficiency
  Regarding 24 channel straw tube tracker, we are performing several tests (gas, HV) as well as designing faraday cage (v2) with the goal of finalizing it by the end of this month.
  
  Caterina
  65 nm Towerjazz -> discussing plans now. Will discuss at the 4th US FCC meeting.