The 197th SiD Optimization Meeting

America/Los_Angeles
Dan Protopopescu
Description

Bi-weekly meeting of the SiD Detector Optimization group. Join this meeting via this link:

https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/91432972122?pwd=U1RGKzFtSEVkdERLV01HQk9vMmFGZz09

Attending: Aidan, Andy, Amanda, Chris, Christian, Dan, Dwayne, Jim, Lucas, Marty, Michael

Minutes:

  • Jim - Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) for SiW ECal - smaller pixel size (50x50micron); could lower material budget and costs; ongoing study with many UO contributors
  • Chris - Higgs to invisible - MVA studies; it is hoped that this analysis will be part of the SiD optimisation; first pass using a TMVA Multilayer Perceptron sees sizeable significance enhancements; more stats needed (simulations ongoing)
  • Amanda - draft slides for LCWS, some inputs still to be included; needs comments/feedback on the abstract by Friday (Feb 19); will give rehearsal talk at the next SiD opt. meet.
  • Lucas - presented structure of his LCWS talk, based on last six months' worth of work on H → τ+τ− CP Violation; comments/feedback on the abstract needed by Friday (Feb 19); about mixing angle precision improvement wrt to ILD as goal - Jim will think about a physics goal by Lucas' rehearsal talk at the next SiD opt. meet.

Next meeting: March 3, 2021

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