Name: Electron Ion Collider UK Gathering
Start: 2024-11-18T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-19T14:00:00+00:00
Location: University of Birmingham

Electron Ion Collider UK Gathering

from Monday, 18 November 2024 (12:00) to Tuesday, 19 November 2024 (14:00)

Monday, 18 November 2024

12:00 Sandwich lunch
Sandwich lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Education G39
13:00 Session 1: Introduction, Infrastructure Project Detector Programme
Introduction, Infrastructure Project Detector Programme
13:00 - 15:15
Room: Education G39
Contributions

13:00 Introduction - Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB))

13:15 ePIC Timepix-based Electron Tagger - Simon Gardner

13:45 ePIC Pair Production Spectrometer - Alex Smith

14:15 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Overview, layout, production and integration - Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

14:35 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Sensors, powering, readout and associated topics - James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

14:55 ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker - Mechanics and Cooling - Adam Huddart
15:15 Tea and Coffee
Tea and Coffee
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Education G39
15:45 Session 2: SVT Working Meeting
SVT Working Meeting
15:45 - 18:00
Room: Education 312
Contributions

15:45 SVT geometry and integration issues - Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

16:00 Stave end region ideas - Adam Huddart Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

16:15 RDO geometry and off-stave FPC routing - James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

16:30 Next steps for stave prototyping - Adam Huddart

17:00 Brainstorming: what would a 4-LAS wide stave look like? - Adam Huddart

17:30 Simulation updates and next steps - Sam Henry (University of Oxford) Sam Henry (University of Oxford) Samuel Austin Henry (University of Oxford (GB))
Session 2: ePIC Physics Studies
ePIC Physics Studies
15:45 - 18:00
Room: Education G39
Contributions

15:45 ePIC Inclusive Physics and Kinematic Reconstruction - Stephen Maple

16:15 ePIC Exclusive Physics Overview - Daria Sokhan (CEA Saclay / Glasgow U.)

16:45 Meson Structure Studies - Stephen Kay (University of Regina)

17:15 Exclusive J/psi decaying to muons in ep - Stuart Fegan (University of York)
19:00 Dinner and drinks somewhere in Birmingham
Dinner and drinks somewhere in Birmingham
19:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
09:00 Session 3: SVT Working Meerting
SVT Working Meerting
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Education 312
Contributions

09:00 Update on sensor and AncASIC - Iain Sedgwick (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

09:30 FPC prototype measurements - Marcello Borri (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB)) Todd Brian Huffman (University of Oxford (GB))

10:00 Sensor and AncASIC bond patterns - Iain Sedgwick (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) James Julian Glover (University of Birmingham (GB))

10:15 FPC mechanical geometry and bond areas - Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))

10:30 Bonding prototypes - Discussion - all
Session 3: Theory, Phenomenology
Theory, Phenomenology
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Gisbert Kapp NG16
Contributions

09:00 Monte Carlo Event Generation for Photoproduction and Diffraction in ep - Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University)

09:30 Underlying Event in Resolved Photon Interactions in PYTHIA - Bradley Pattengale (UCL)

10:00 Proton Structure Functions and PDFs from EIC Data - Paul Newman (University of Birmingham (GB))

10:30 Reaction Aware Dataframes - Derek Glazier
11:00 Tea and Coffee
Tea and Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Gisbert Kapp NG16
11:30 Session 4: UK Activities and Discussion
UK Activities and Discussion
11:30 - 13:30
Room: Gisbert Kapp NG16
Contributions

11:30 Accelerator Work Package Plans - Niklas Templeton

11:50 Photon Sensor Studies for ePIC Cherenkov Detectors - Rachel Montgomery

12:10 Infrastructure Project Proposal Update - Peter Jones (University of Birmingham)

12:40 Discussion Session - UK Physics topics, Future UK meetings, Mailing lists, Plans to host 2026 ePIC Collab Meeting / User Group AGM