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  • JLEIC Detector and IR Study Group

    • Brindza, Paul
    • Camsonne, Alexandre
    • Diefenthaler, Markus
    • Elouadrihiri, Latifa
    • Ent, Rolf
    • Fenker, Howard
    • Furletova, Julia
    • Gaskell, Dave
    • Hyde, Charles (ODU)
    • Horn, Tanja  (CUA)
    • Hoskins, Joshua (UVA)
    • Kalicy, Greg  (CUA)
    • Keppel, Cynthia
    • Lawrence, David
    • Lin, Fanglei
    • Montgomery, Rachel (Glasgow)
    • Morozov, Vasiliy
    • Nadel-Turonski, Pawel (Stony Brook)
    • Park, Kijun (HU)
    • Ploen, Christine (ODU)
    • Rossi, Patrizia
    • Sullivan, Michael (SLAC)
    • Ungaro, Maurizio
    • Wei, Guohui
    • Weiss, Christian
    • Yoshida, Rik
    • Zhao, Zhiwen (Duke)
    • Zhang, Yuhong

    The affliations of the mebers are Jefferson Lab, unless otherwise noted.

     

  • EIC Center Advisory Board

    Name Affiliation
    Alberto Accardi Hampton University
    Peter Arnold University of Virginia
    Ian Cloet Argonne National Laboratory
    Rolf Ent Jefferson Lab
    Keith Griffioen College of William and Mary
    Charles Hyde Old Dominion University
    Mark Pitt Virginia Tech
    Christian Weiss Jefferson Lab
    Yuhong Zhang Jefferson Lab
  • How to use Superscripts, Subscripts, and Greek Characters, EIC2 Ω

    To add Super or Sub Scripts to the page body:

    1. At the bottom of the text editor, make sure Text format is set to "Full HTML"
    2. Use the Superscript and Subscript button in the editor (2nd line, 5th and 6th button)
    3. Example:   EICH2O

    To add Super or Sub Scripts to the page title:

    1. To use sub script in the title, Use <sub> tag. For Eg: "This text contains <sub>subscript</sub> text."
    2. To use super script in the title, Use <sup> tag. For Eg: "This text contains <sup>subscript</sup> text."

    To add Greek Characters to page body: 

    1. To greek characters, copy past from the URL: https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_utf_greek.asp   Ex, Ω β ψ

    To add Greek Characters to page Title: 

    1. Copy and paste the characters into the title just as the above step. 

     

     

     

     

     

  • Detector Testing Capabilities in Hall B

    Detector testing capabilities in Hall B (Summer 2020)

    Space available is indicated on the drawing: https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/eiccenter/HallBTesting.png

    - Area A and B are non-invasive or minimally invasive which can run with CLAS12 simultaneously. Area A is for small setups. Area C is for dedicated tests which cannot run simultaneously with CLAS12.  

    - For parasitic noninvasive or minimally invasive tests.

    Small setups can be placed upstream of CLAS12 target at the location of BAND. If BAND is used they can be placed just upstream of it or just downstream. They will see particles coming from the target at large angles. In principle some small detectors can be placed in front of  FTOF where we don't have LTCC or RICH installed, at the edges of the sector.

    - Larger setups can be installed on the platform between the forward carriage and downstream alcove with some modifications of the downstream beam line. In this case they will see what is going at small angles and/or additional scattering chamber with thin target could be installed there.

    - For dedicated test in addition to this location we can use space between the tagger and the solenoid.

    Space downstream of the CLAS12 detectors. For example, behind the calorimeters, we have enough space to test any type of muon detectors (small ones can be mounted directly on the forward carriage, large ones on some platform downstream of the forward carriage). Another good space we have is between R3 drift chambers and FTOF for sectors that do not have LTCC or RICH. In both places, we know particle type and momentum before the detector. Nice place for a tracking detector test.

    Some caveat:

    - In location A the composition of particles is not really known. This place can be used if they want to test detector operation in magnetic field. This place is for small detectors only.

    - In  location B the secondary target (foil or wire) can be installed. This will allow to estimate flux of particles. This place can be used for instance to test tracking detectors.

    Space between CTOF/CND PMTs and BAND. It is a high magnetic field area, and close to sensitive SVT electronics. Not so simple to do tests of a detector that may require frequent access or may generate electronic noise. 

    Engineering support: Bob Miller can provide engineering support and design support stands for these experiments.  We do have a couple of stands left over from CLAS that may be useful.  

    DAQ: Hall-B staff could provide  full support for daq/trigger. Depending on actual setup we may need to buy some hardware

    HV power supplies to operate PMT-based detectors: we can provide some if number of channels is not too large

     

     

  • HUGS Summer School

    Hampton University Graduate Studies Program (HUGS) in association with EIC2 will organize its 2018 program around the physics of the Electron-Ion Collider.  

     

    HUGS 2018
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
    May 29 - June 15, 2018

    With support from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Jefferson Science Associates (JSA), lectures at the 33rd Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program at Jefferson Lab are scheduled to run from Tuesday, May 29 to Friday, June 15, 2018. Students will arrive on Monday, May 28 and depart on Saturday, June 16.

    The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is a summer school designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience in these fields. Students who are well into a research project are also encouraged to apply. The program is simultaneously intensive, friendly, and casual. All lecturers are internationally renowned and leaders in their fields. The students will be housed on site at Jefferson Lab, and there will be many opportunities to interact with Jefferson Lab staff, as well as the lecturers, other graduate students and visitors. Acceptance into the program is competitive, and a limited number of scholarships is available. Deadline for scholarship application is March 16, 2018.

     

    Speakers and Topics:

    The 2018 school will focus on experimental and theoretical topics of high current interest in strong interaction physics. In particular, students will receive excellent insight into the physics to be studied at Jefferson Lab and at the Electron-Ion Collider in the upcoming years, as well as related topics of interest in nuclear and particle physics. Speakers and topics for this year include:

    • Instructors and topics to come -- for now, please look at the HUGS archives

    In addition to the main lectures, the school will offer topical seminars by Jefferson Lab researchers, and an opportunity for the students to present their research in a short seminar.

     

    Student Support:::

    Thanks to a grant from the United States Department of Energy, we will be able to offer a limited number of standard HUGS fellowships that will cover lodging at the SURA residence facility, where kitchen facilities are available, and a contribution towards meal expenses. Students interested in this opportunity should note so in the registration page, and address their financial need in the appropriate field.

    In addition to these, a JSA/HUGS fellowship for Graduate Students from Developing Countries supported by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program was separately announced and circulated, and applications are now closed. Under this fellowship, that supplements the standard one, we will be able to support one or two graduate students from a developing country, fully covering travel expenses (including international airfare), room, board and from 1 to 3 additional week at Jefferson Lab to meet with laboratory researchers and users, and to initiate or strengthen a research collaboration.

     

    Physics Careers Workshop:

    As part of the HUGS school, but open to all interested graduate students and post-docs from the Jefferson Lab community, we will also organize a mini-workshop on Physics Careers.

    The organization of this mini-workshop is in progress, and more detail will be made available later. Information on previous editions can be found in the HUGS archives 

     

    Application:

    To apply to HUGS 2018, please follow the link on the sidebar, and arrange for one letter of recommendation (ideally from your Ph.D. advisor) to be separately sent to the address below. Submission received before the deadline will automatically place the student in the standard fellowship competition.

    The deadline for application submission is March 16, 2018. Applications will still be accepted after this date but will not be included in the fellowship competition. Students will be notified by March 28, 2018 of acceptance.

    Please forward all queries to

    HUGS 2018
    Jefferson Lab
    Attn: Mary Fox, Suite 1, MS-12H2
    12000 Jefferson Avenue. Newport News, VA 23606
    Phone: (757) 269-6263 Fax: (757) 269-7002
    e-mail: hugs@jlab.org

     

    https://www.jlab.org/intralab/calendar/hugs/index.html 

  • For Physicists

    Jefferson Lab EIC (JLEIC) Design Parameter (Apr. 2019 update: 100 GeV CM)

    EIC Detector Simulations

    Laboratory Directed R&D Pages

    JLEIC Public Documents

     

    EIC Ad-hoc Meeting Series

    JLEIC email lists

     

    JLEIC Detector and IR Study Group

     

  • Visitors Program

    The US Electron Ion Collider (EIC) has received the endorsement of the National Academy of Sciences committee last year – an important milestone along the path to realizing an EIC in the US.  With this in mind, the Jefferson Lab EIC Center (EIC2, see www.eiccenter.org) established a Visitors-Program for summer 2019 to help begin to investigate, more quantitatively than previously, various aspects of the EIC. This Program will occur under the auspices of Jefferson Lab’s EIC Center; proposals for projects can be EIC site independent. Efforts have been underway to simulate science opportunities and detector performance within a generic EIC software umbrella, and similarly collaborative efforts are ongoing related to accelerator and detector R&D.

     

    The envisioned visits to Jefferson Lab would take place between now and mid-September and would be 1 to 2 weeks duration with travel expenses including hotel and airfare covered by the laboratory.  The visitors will be chosen by the EIC2 Director and Co-Directors based on a written proposal that outlines:

    1. Proposed project to be accomplished during the visit.
    2. The deliverable for the project.
    3. Collaborators and/or resources required while at Jefferson Lab.
    4. Preferred dates for the visit.

     

    The possible projects to be proposed include (but are not limited to)

    • Physics studies related to the EIC
    • Detector studies related to the EIC
    • Accelerator studies related to the EIC
    • Aspects of EIC considered as pre-project planning

     

    Examples of project deliverables can be a plot with EIC-projected conceptual data illustrating EIC energy, polarization, luminosity or versatility needs; a detector conceptualization including possible channel count and requirements; conceptualization towards polarization, luminosity and background measurements at an EIC; conceptualization of accelerator elements for diagnostics and beam transport and manipulation; and other such examples. We request the project deliverable, in the form of a one-to-two page document, to be submitted latest the last day of the visit.

     

    If interested, please send a written proposal containing points 1 to 4 above in no more than two pages, to Douglas Higinbotham <doug@jlab.org>.

    We are currently open to receive proposals and will continue to be so contingent upon funding availability.

    PDF version of this announcement

  • EIC Center Fellowships

    APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR 2023

    ( next round of applications will be requested in fall 2023 )

    The EIC Center at Jefferson Lab, EIC2, is pleased to announce opportunities for graduate and post-doctoral fellowships.

    These fellowships will be awarded for a period of one year to fund EIC related research, including innovations to maximize scientific output of the EIC and studies to expedite both scientific and experimental readiness for EIC operations. The areas of research include theory, simulations, detectors, and computing, and fellows are encouraged to spend at least half their fellowship year on site at Jefferson Lab. Each graduate fellowship will provide the awardee’s home institution with a $13,000 stipend. For postdoctoral fellows, $36,000 will be provided. Limited travel support is also available during the fellowship period. The awardee’s home institute must agree to provide the remaining support for the awardees.  

    Eligible students must be enrolled full-time in a relevant doctoral program. Postdocs must have a full-time position with a relevant university or laboratory research program. The awardees must devote at least half of their time for the proposed research during the fellowship period. The awardees may not concurrently hold another major full-time fellowship or internship.  The award is limited to one year though awardees can reapply for an additional year.

    To apply, a research plan for the duration of the fellowship must be provided according to the guidance provided below. The plan should be written by the applicant together with their university or laboratory advisor. The plan should contain clear goals and deliverable to be accomplished by the end of the Fellowship.   Working with the EIC group at Jefferson Lab is encouraged.  

    The EIC2 fellows are also expected to help organize the Early Career Workshops for the EIC User Group.

    The applications will be evaluated by a committee according to the following criteria:

    • Merit and quality of proposed research
    • Relevance of the proposed research to the Electron-Ion Collider
    • Likelihood that the proposed research can be successfully accomplished within the Fellowship period.
    • Letters of recommendation.

    The following application materials are due by 30 June 2022.

    • Proposed research plan as described above. Maximum 3 pages with 11-point type.
    • CV of the candidate
    • Letters of recommendation 
      • Graduate Student applicant: One recommendation letter from their graduate research advisor.
      • Post-doctoral applicant: One recommendation letter from their supervisor or sponsor, and at least one additional letter

    The application materials must be sent by email to Jennifer Finch (finch@jlab.org) by the deadline.

    The start date of the fellowship is a bit flexible; though projects typically start around the start of the US federal fiscal year in October.

    Inquiries about the fellowship program should be directed to: Douglas Higinbotham (doug@jlab.org)

    Press releases about past winners can be found at the following links:

    2021 Fellowship Recipients

    2020 Fellowship Recipients

    2019 Fellowship Recipients

    2018 Fellowship Recipients

  • Detector Testing

    Jefferson Lab has a rich history of doing parasitic detector tests in the experimental halls to ensure successful future experiments. One very high impact example was the test of neutron detector shielding in Hall A, which demonstrated how to clearly best shield the neutron detector and allow the triple coincidence short-range correlation experiment to proceed. This led to Hall A's first publication in the journal, Science.

    Areas at Jefferson Lab where parasitic testing is possible are the high luminosity Halls A and C, and the low luminosity Hall B and Hall D. Dedicated testing is possible using the upgraded injector test facility, a 10 MeV electron beam area.

    To order to do tests in any of these areas, the following must occur:

    • Permission must be obtained from the hall leader and the area work coordinator.
    • All required trainings must be obtained, with all required safety documentation provided.

    It is expected that the group doing the test will provide the detectors and electronics. Minimum help is needed from hall technical staff. 

    A copy of the Jefferson Lab beam schedule to the four experimental halls can be found here.

    To facilitate outside groups who wish to test detectors for the future EIC in an electron beam environment, the EIC center is accepting requests and will help in determining which area at the lab would be best suited for a particular test. The EIC center will also help explain the training and safety requirement of Jefferson Lab to new users.

    Further details about the areas and equipment avaliable in Hall B can be found here

    Contact Douglas Higinbotham for more details.