NEUGEN-GMINOS working groups

Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 16:55:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Hatcher 
Subject: GMINOS, NEUGEN integration & upgrade "committees"
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Hello all,

  This is the first & last message on this subject I expect to send to
"minos_all", followups should be held using the "minos_sim" distribution list.
I'd like to remind people interested in the simulation effort to sign
up on the "minos_sim" list.  I'd also like to remind people that a *lot*
of useful information (and generally the most current) on collaboration-
wide software (and GMINOS in particular) can be found at:

   http://mimosa.astro.indiana.edu/minos/

At the Lutsen meeting during one of the parallel sessions it was decided
that two committees (more like working-groups) would be formed.

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neugen physics upgrade:
   This group is charged with improving the "neutrino physics".  Some of
   the problem areas are listed in Section 6.3 of the R&D report just
   generated.  They include: nuclear effects (Fermi motion, shadowing,
   the EMC effect), resonance production, forming sigma_tot, DIS at
   low Q2 (including higher twist), hadronization models, charm production.

   The initial list of members (those who spoke up at the time or were
   volunteered) consists of:
      Jorge Morfin
      Hugh Gallagher
      Alan Wehmann
      Maury Goodman
      Robert Hatcher
   This group needs someone to take charge and lead the discussion;
   any volunteers?  Other members of the collaboration are invited
   to join.

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flux - neugen - gminos integration:
   This group is concerned with tying together the three main components:
the flux (knowledge of the beam), neugen (knowledge of physics), and
gminos (knowledge of the detector geometry and composition).  This is
currently a major choke-point in having a complete system.  This group
needs to move forward *quickly* and get real working code delivered and
installed in a timely manner, even it it isn't "correct" down to the
last detail.  In that spirit I direct people's attention to:

  http://mimosa.astro.indiana.edu/minos/simulation/neu_gen_discuss.html

where I plan on documenting the discussion and have written up an
intial strawman proposal.  If this topic interests you please take
the time to read this (and the linked pages) and *comment* on them.
Currently the "minos_sim" list is relatively quiet, I propose that we
conduct our discussions there - people on that list uninterested in
them can delete them unread.  To that end please use an informative
subject line such as "neugen-gminos integration".

    In no particular order, the known interested parties are:
       Robert Hatcher - nominal chair since I volunteered to record the list
       Adam Para
       Alan Wehmann
       Maury Goodman
       Jeff Nelson
       Rob Edgecock
       Hugh Gallagher
       Jim Hylen
       Lynn Miller
    Again, this is open to all interested parties.  But be aware we're
    going to be having discussions at the nitty-gritty nuts-and-bolts
    level concerning subroutine calls and code details, so it will help
    if you've done some homework:  read the documentation that currently
    exists and have available a copy of the code (ie. cvs checkout).

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Final note:

If you have (software) documentation you'd like "served" on the Web
and don't wish to be bothered setting up a page, contact me
(hatcher@astro.indiana.edu) and we'll get it merged in to our structure
here at IU.  It need not be fully HTML'ed: straight text files can be
linked in trivially.  Remember, the whole WWW effort started at CERN
as a means of distributing information amongst collaborations such as ours.
Let's use it!

Sincerely,
 -robert

 Robert W. Hatcher   | Dept. of Physics     | (812) 855-4473 -8247
 Research Associate  | Swain Hall West 117  | hatcher@nebula.astro.indiana.edu
 Indiana University  | Bloomington IN 47405 |
 http://www.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/hatcher/