1. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 1 Analysis Meeting 2007: Welcome and Overview James Dunlop Brookhaven National Laboratory

2. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 2 Outline Paper production –Publication record to date –Track of future publication Upcoming conferences: QM2008 Datasets available, and timelines Immediate future: run 8

3. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 3 Paper Publication Record Total: 76 papers published –39 PRL, 26 PRC, 1 PRD, 6 PLB, 3 J. Phys. G, 1 Nucl. Phys. A 5648 citations in Spires as of Oct. 5, 2007 –6 “Famous” papers (250-499) Whitepaper: 382 Disappearance of Back-to-Back Correlations: 335 Elliptic Flow:326 d+Au High Pt Suppression:305 High Pt Suppression at 200 GeV:296 High Pt Suppression at 130 GeV:289 –11 “Very well-known” (100-250), 16 “Well-known” (50-99) World-Class and dominant position in Nuclear Physics

4. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 4 Comparisons of Publication Record PHENIX: 63 papers, 4976 citations –41 PRL, 19 Phys. Rev, 2 PLB, 1 NPA –5 Famous, 11 Very Well-Known, 12 Well-Known Most cited paper at RHIC: jet quenching paper at 398 STAR has –More papers:72 vs. 63 –More Famous papers:6 vs. 5 –More citations:5648vs. 4976 STAR has many more long papers (26 Phys. Rev.), but –With push after QM2006, PHENIX has caught up on PRL this year Comparison with experiments from other colliders –CDF: 362 (PRL+PLB+Phys. Rev.), 20223 citations 3 “Renowned” (500+ cites), 3 Famous Citation rate: 56/paper, rather than 73/paper in STAR’s case Publishing since 1994, rather than 2001; still >~ double rate of papers/year –D0: 191 (PRL+PLB+Phys. Rev.), 8350 citations 1 Renowned paper, 0 Famous

5. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 5 Papers by Year Maturation of program: shift from PRL to PRC over time –Noticed in report at a collaboration meeting in 2004 Submitted papers this year to date on track –5 submitted papers in advanced process of review, 1 recently submitted to PRL Submitted and in advanced stages of referee review

6. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 6 Keeping paper publication going 7 papers with the journals –Most recent: 2005 jet A LL 2 papers in collaboration review –d+Au resonance paper –Charm production paper –Institution review has started 14 papers in God Parent Committee Rate is on track, but hope to see a burst of new papers next year after run 7 data fully available Institutional review instituted –Appears to be working: more people read the papers –Needs a bit of tweaking to ensure timeliness

7. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 7 Conferences: Upcoming Recent release of 2006 A LL measurement at DNP Quark Matter 2008 in February: must and will make a good showing Thursday discussion: QM plans from PWGs

8. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 8 Datasets 2005 Cu+Cu (P07ib): finished production this summer –Full dataset: 200 GeV and 62 GeV –SVT and SSD calibrated –However, overwrite bug from BEMC to SSD makes use questionable 2007 Au+Au: Dramatic increase in luminosity and quality –75M minbias events with tight vertex cut (5 cm online) Should have ~90% acceptance to pass through all layers of silicon 75M “minbias” events (6 b?) is ~13 ub -1 –600 ub -1 integrated: equivalent to 24 pb -1 p+p events (with caveats) Vertex cut and detector sets changes luminosity per trigger Upsilon (30 cm vertex): 300 ub -1 Btag (4 GeV+tight vertex): 50 ub -1 Comparison to run 4: 50 ub -1 ½ barrel BEMC HT with wide vertex; central trigger integrated 30 ub -1 Continual need to access older datasets –With Xrootd issues, periodic need to reassess data distribution

9. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 9 2007 Dataset Express streams –Gamma: 1 M –MTD: 0.5 M –Upsilon: 5 M –UPC: 2 M (fast) –UPC-Jpsi: 7k –Btag*: 1.5M 2007Production2*: 19 M 2007ProductionMinBias*: 62 M * Requires SVT and SSD calibration Timescale: express stream w/o SVT now, Btag November, rest ~4 months For QM2008: gamma, upsilon safe; Btag possible; rest not possible Estimate from past June is ~20M events/month

10. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 10 Run 8 BUR goals: –d+Au: 10 weeks, 30 nb -1 slow/60 nb -1 fast sampled Saturation search primary goal –p+p: 12 weeks, 30 pb -1 slow sampled Spin running primary goal for first measurement of x dependence of  G –Other goals with an eye towards run 9 Reference triggered datasets: electrons with low material budget, Upsilon, gamma-jet Collision rates are high (500 kHz d+Au, 1 MHz p+p) and we do not have DAQ1000 Discussion Friday: keep deadtime low –d+Au: Estimate ~160 nb -1 delivered, need to keep deadtime to ~50% to achieve 30 nb -1 sampled –p+p: Estimate ~90 pb -1 delivered, need to keep deadtime to 35% to achieve 30 pb -1 sampled –Current sum of requests: > 100% dead. Hard decisions needed.

11. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 11 Future initiatives Number of committees to investigate specific issues –Shorter term: DSM (today), VPD (Thursday) –Longer term: FTPC and PMD plans (Thursday) Beam energy scan of growing interest for run 10 –New focus group formed –Parallel meeting Wednesday, plenary Thursday Heavy Flavor Tracker a major detector upgrade for the future –Parallel session Tuesday

12. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 12 Future runs Current plans in the 2007 BUR –Run 9: DAQ1000 + large fraction of TOF Au+Au: electrons, dileptons, photons, Upsilon; large datasets and luminosity with minimal material p+p: Finish 200 GeV longitudinal running –Run 10: Full TOF brings Beam Energy Scan Au+Au: search for the critical point with identified particle correlations p+p: first run for 500 GeV. FGT? Beyond run 10: time to start thinking –Great opportunities with upgraded detectors and luminosity –Run 11: EBIS should be online. U+U? –HFT installation and ramp-up of RHIC II luminosity

13. 10/15/2007Dunlop, Welcome and Overview, Analysis Meeting 2007 13 Cross-PWG Discussions Analysis meeting: time to get everybody together in one room to hash out analysis issues Friday morning: attempt on a few focused topics –V2, correlations and fluctuations –Triggered correlations at high pt: electrons, photons, etc. –Cu+Cu vs. Au+Au: strangeness and spectra Additionally, a number of joint PWG meetings Encourage cross-PWG discussions: this is the point