CMS SLHC Endcap Muon Upgrade Workshop

January 8, 2008

A full-day workshop to review the current R&D efforts and to begin the organization of collaborative efforts for SLHC upgrades to the CMS Endcap Muon system and trigger. Participants are invited to review the summaries of the previous SLHC workshops and the CMS SLHC proposals
as background information for discussion.

Agenda:

Indico: agenda page is located here

Meeting starts 9am. Please contact Darin Acosta if you are interested in making a presentation.
Topics include the scope of potential upgrades, new technologies evaluated or planned, simulation results, possibilities to seed a tracking trigger, etc.

Location:

Physics Department, room 2205
Corner of Museum Road and Gale Lemerand Drive
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8440

Video conferencing

Video conferencing booked through EVO for a CMS meeting entitled "EMU SLHC Workshop".

Directions:

See here for directions on how to get to the Department. There are several airport options at ever increasing distance: Gainesville Regional airport, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa. The drive times for the latter three vary from 1:45 to 2:15. One update on the directions from JAX: there is a new road that takes you directly to I-295 (follow signs).

Accommodation:

Reitz Union Hotel (on campus, across street from Physics Dept.)
352-392-2151
Block of rooms booked Jan.7 and Jan.8 under "SLHC Conference". The rate of the rooms varies from $84 to $124 per night depending on the room. Please reserve by Dec.13. You are responsible for guaranteeing the room.

Registration and Contact:

List of registrants

Please send an email to Darin Acosta if you plan to attend. There will be a $10 cash registration fee on arrival to pay for refreshments during the breaks.
Email: acosta @ phys.ufl.edu
Tel: 352.846.3144
CERN Portable: +41.76.487.5409