Graduate Student Meetings Updates

Graduate Student Meetings are held on each Monday at 3 PM ET (2 PM CT). This page contains updates on each week from each student. 

Here are some of the topics each student working on as of August 2024. These topics will be updated on a timely basis:

Jay Daniels: 

Polarization tests with crystals and mixed gases for RF studies (NH3/ND3/CH3/CH4, and others)
Required engineering notes and procedures for SpinQuest
Online monitoring of reconstruction and polarization data
Wafer/slug fabrications and beam studies at SpinQuest
QTracker track quality metrics and reconstruction (with Nuwan)
Primary Phd Project: Rad proof survey robot

Nuwan Chaminda:

Sensitivity to target positioning, changes in packing fraction, materials (false asymmetry)
Sensitivity to average beam positioning (false asymmetry study)
Offline Polarization Analysis
Online monitoring event display
QTracker track quality metrics and reconstruction (with Jay)
Primary Phd Project: Sivers Extraction from SpinQuest data (possibly with AMBER too)

Dima Watkins: 

Production of SpinQuest Monte Carlo data for required training applications
Production of generator for noisy Monte Carlo Events (with Devin)
Online monitoring data flow display and chatbot
DNN Simultaneous extraction with both unpolarized and longitudinally polarized real data
Study of CFF and TMD extraction using unbinned (experimental or pseudo) data
Primary Phd Project: Symbolic regression for TMD/GPD representation

Devin Seay: 

NMR DNN extraction with lambda/2 sensitivity (Proton/deuteron)
Implement DNN extraction for polarization online monitoring in PDP
Production of generator for noisy Monte Carlo Events (with Dima)
Online monitoring data flow display and reconstruction
QTracker reconstruction with (Jay, Dima, Nuwan)
Primary Phd Project: Sivers Extraction from SpinQuest data

Sujan Subedi: 

practice python and TensorFlow
get experience in lab

Nisal Vismith: 

practice python and TensorFlow
get experience in lab

Apart from the above topics, the group as a whole is currently working on the following topics as of August 2024. These are also listed on "List of Tasks for SpinQuest Analysis":

• First stage Drell-Yan asymmetry analysis (k/q-tracker)
• QTracker:
  • Configure Q-Tracker for Offline analysis
  • QTracker Progress
  • Q-Tracker Online Monitoring
• Study how to implement profile monitoring to improve (on/off-line) analysis
• Detailed understanding of detector and tracking covariance matrix
• System of skimming and sharing data from different parts of algorithm (Event filter, track finder,...)
• Messy Events (MC) and Mixed Events (MC combinatorial) universalized