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an FVTX PR picture
Four umbrella silicon
planes for one endcap


diagram of secondary vertex D meson seen by the FVTX
Intro and Physics

The Forward Silicon Vertex Detector (FVTX) for PHENIX will allow robust identification of heavy-quark (charm and beauty) production in the forward and backward rapidity regions in A+A, p(d)+A, and polarized p+p collisions. It provides new coverage in the small-x region where gluon saturation is thought to be important and greatly extends the range over which PHENIX can examine the gluon structure functions and their polarization.

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Project management and collaboration:
  • FVTX Project manager: Melynda Brooks (mbrooks@lanl.gov)
  • Deputy FVTX Project manager: Dave Lee (dlee@lanl.gov)
  • FVTX Mechanical Engineer: Walt Sondheim (sondheim@lanl.gov)
  • FVTX Electrical Engineer: Eric Mannel (mannel@nevis.columbia.edu)
  • LANL LDRD DR leader: Pat McGaughey (plm@lanl.gov)
  • LANL, BNL, Columbia Univ., ISU, NMSU, UNM, Charles Univ., Czech Tech Univ., Academy of Science, Prague and many more ...? (insert your institution here :-) )


 
  FVTX proposal
  • FVTX DOE proposal, and the NCC proposal, both submitted 3 March 2006.
  • The current plan is to complete the proposal by mid February, for BNL to get it to DOE before the March DOE retreat, and then a BNL review in mid March will provide further input to DOE.
  • DOE proposal final draft in MSWord, (LA-UR-06-0888) editor -- Mike Leitch, leitch@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov (last update 3/7/06 11:00 am).
  • Slides from the DC update given on January 13, 2006.
  • Slides from the December 6, 2005 PHENIX FVTX Review and Mike Leitch's list of homework following that review.
  • Addendum to barrel VTX proposal in MSWord and in pdf (March 2005).
  • Barrel VTX proposal in pdf (July 2004).
  • Letter of intent for PHENIX silicon vertex detector in MSWord and in pdf (March 2003).
 
  LDRD
  • Pat's LDRD DR web pages.
  • LDRD DR proposal (pdf).
  • Presentation given to the LDRD committee?
  • Presentation given to Alan Biship, tom Bowles, Susan Seestrom, ppt (April 1, 2005).
  • Wednesday 11AM presentations
 
  Talks
 
  Meetings
  • LDRD team: Tuesdays 1 PM in A234 (at LANL)
  • Simulation phone meeting: Tuesday 9:30 AM MST
  • LANL HI team calendar
  • Also look under talks
 
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  Front End Electronics
 
  Mechanical
 
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Last update 18 April 2007 - HvH