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Revision as of 13:06, 3 December 2021
This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 1812415
Student pages
Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning
- Tagger Microscope Status - Alex Barnes
 - Microscope Installation Pictures - Alex Barnes, Brendan Pratt, James McIntyre
 - Fiber Installation - Alex Barnes, Brendan Pratt, James McIntyre
 - Fiber geometry and numbering scheme - Richard Jones
 - Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project
 
Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction
- Moving the Tagger Microscope - James McIntyre
 - Tagger Microscope Construction - James McIntyre, Alex Barnes
 - Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope - Ann Marie Carroll, James McIntyre, Jonathan Kulakofsky, Liana Hotte, Kenny Brand, John Bartolotta, Aaron Carta
 - Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings - James McIntyre
 - Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment - Micah Warren
 
Tagger Microscope Electronics
- Microscope Electronics - Alex Barnes, Igor Senderovich, Jonathan Kulakofsky
 - Euro Card Connectors - Alex Barnes, James Mcintyre
 - Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup - Alex Barnes
 
Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning
- Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator - John Bartolotta
 - Active Collimator Installation Pictures - Alex Barnes
 
Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting
- Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser - Brendan Pratt
 - Diamond Mounting - Brendan Pratt
 - Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration - Jessica Hyde
 - Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds - Fridah Mokaya
 
Detector Development
Hadron Spectroscopy
- Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review - Igor Senderovich
 - Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis - Igor Senderovich
 
Radphi Data Analysis
- UNDER CONSTRUCTION -- η Meson Cross Section Analysis - James McIntyre
 - Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation
 
GPU Computing
- GPU/CPU Cooling System - James McIntyre, Alex Barnes
 - Cooling System Specification - John Bartolotta
 - GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction - Andy Wang
 - GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls - Frances Yu, Jeremy Prema, Sabrina Shen, Amar Sinha, Varun Yetukuri
 
Presentations and Posters
Conferences and Workshops
- Hall D & GlueX Update, Alex Barnes - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
 - Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV, Fridah Mokaya - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
 - Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
 - High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment, Fridah Mokaya - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
 - High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX, James McIntyre - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
 - GlueX at JLab, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
 - Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
 - Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
 - Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
 - The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
 - Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment - Brendan Pratt - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
 - CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
 - Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
 - Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline, Igor Senderovich - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
 - Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment, Emily Briere - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
 - Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX, Igor Senderovich, Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla, Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.
 
Other Venues
- Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors (PowerPoint, video), Alexander Ercolani, Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
 - Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV, Fridah Mokaya, poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
 - Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt, poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
 - Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment , Christine Ploen, poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
 - Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Liana Hotte - poster at Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
 - Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
 - Posters and talks from past years
 
Completed Projects
Undergrad Honors Projects
- Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
 - Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
 - Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
 - Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment, Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
 - Listing of past undergraduate research projects
 
High School Mentored Projects
- CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021 - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
 - CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020 - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
 - Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19 - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
 - Mentor Connection 2014 - Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman, 7/2014.
 - Mentor Connection 2014 - Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman, 7/2014.
 - Mentor Connection 2014 - Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman, 7/2014.
 - Mentor Connection 2013 - Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood, 7/2013.
 - all past years
 
Theses
- Alexander Ercolani, Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
 - Fridah Mokaya, High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment, PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
 - Brendan Pratt, Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment, PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
 - Alex Barnes, Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment, PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
 - Liana Hotte, Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
 - Igor Senderovich, Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX, PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
 - Chris Pelletier, Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
 - Mitchell Underwood, Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.
 
Help
- How to 3D Print - James McIntyre, Ben Willis
 - Administrative Guide for New Group Members
 - How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux
 - How to print a poster in P403
 - Notes on distributed authoring software tools
 - Example page - Richard Jones
 - Test page - testing
 
References
- Group Photos
 - Physics References
 - Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule 2014-2016, 2016-2018
 - JLab VME Module Manuals