Creighton UniversityALICE - USAMichael CherneyMay 23, 2007

Creighton and ALICESlow controls presentation at ALICE September, 2001Membership in ALICEOffered Fall 2001Accepted Fall 2002Primary Source of FundingDOE EPSCoR

Contributions to ALICEHardware ControlsControls InfrastructureITS Alignment System ControlsEMC Hardware Controls

PhysicsEMC Jet Triggering StudiesChristopher Anson, MS Thesis (2006)UPC Triggering

Commitments to STARHardware ControlsResponsible for ControlsMoving Majority of the System from VME to PCsIntegration of Upgrade SubsystemsOn-Site Expert during Setup and RunPhysicsUPC Physics Convener - Janet SegerRho ProductionJ/psi ProductionGiant Dipole ResonancesD* production in pp collisions

Commitments to OutreachCosmic RaysHigh School StudentsCROP NetworkIntroductory StudentsNuclear Science IntroductionGifted Middle School StudentsGifted High School StudentsBoy Scouts

Creighton StaffFacultyMichael Cherney (DOE summer support)Janet Seger (DOE summer support)Thomas McShanePermanent StaffJiro Fujita (Computing Support)Brad Walters (Machinist)PostdocsYury Gorbunov (DOE support)William Waggoner (DOE support)

StudentsGraduate StudentsKimberly Kirchner (DOE support)Lyle SassEric WatsonUndergraduate StudentsAbbie BauerMatt BrnickyJennie BurnsJoseph Butterworth (DOE support)Robert ThomenKristen Wakin (DOE summer support)

Expected Changes in FundingEPSCoR funding will end in DecemberExpected changes in manpowerCurrently 2 postdocs (2.0 grant-funded FTE)Expected 1 postdoc (1.0 grant-funded FTE) and 1 permanent staff (0.2 university-funded FTE)Reduction in outreach effortKeep research efforts at same level

Projected EffortCurrent Distribution of EffortSTAR4.1 FTEALICE1.8 FTEOutreach1.9 FTEProposed Distribution of EffortSTAR4.1 FTEALICE1.8 FTEOutreach1.1 FTE

UPC Physics at ALICEField is Lorentz contractedGSI = 1electronsRHIC = 200rhosLHC = 5500heavy flavorsMuch larger energy density u = 0 E2Production is limited by coherenceSome more massive particlesMany less massive particlesExperiment is leading theoryJoackim Nystrand

J/psi Production in UPCsFull ALICE simulation doneTrigger studies presented at October ALICE meetingJ/ mass spectrum from a month of running at ALICEJ/ mass spectrum from a month of running at STARPreliminaryInv. MassEMC has value in tagging electrons

UPC measurements of Rho cross section as a function of energyExpected to be 10x greater than at RHIC incoherent vs. coherent productionStraight forward Day 1 measurement which does not require pidComes almost at no cost as background in other measurements

Upsilon Production in UPCsSimulated Reconstruction of Muon SignalSimulated Reconstruction of Electron SignalSimulated Reconstruction of TPC Acceptance for ElectronsSimulated Reconstruction of TPC Acceptance for ElectronsSimulated Reconstruction of TPC Acceptance for MuonsSimulated Reconstruction of TPC Acceptance for Muons

Slow Controls for ITSLaser Alignment SystemWith The Ohio State University

EMC Controls

EMC Control High VoltageTest System at CERN (Summer 2006)

EMC Controls - RCUTest System at BNL (Summer 2006)

EMC Controls - TemperatureTest System at Creighton

SummaryReturning to Pre-EPSCoR FundingSeeking Blessing for Continuing Present ProgramControlsUltra-Peripheral CollisionsSeeking Blessing for Continuing Present Division of Experimental EffortSTAR (70% of experimental work)ALICE (30% of experimental work)Outreach will be impacted