21 st ALICE RRB l Collaboration Status Funding

21 st ALICE RRB l Collaboration Status ð Funding ð New Institutes l Project Status ð Installation & Planning ð Detector construction 25 October 2006 21 st ALICE RRB J. Schukraft CERN-RRB-2006 -086

Funding News l US participation: EMCAL for jet physics ð LHCC: Technical Proposal recommended for approval in September ð DOE: Project Review (Sept. 2006) recommends CD 1 approval µ scope: 13 -16 M$, 40 -50 Ph. D, ~10 new Institutes (~ 10 MCHF CORE value) µ full project needs European participation, activities in France & Italy started µ aim for completion before 2010 Pb run (3 rd HI run) (cash flow may be problematic) ð EMCAL support structure in production, installation April 2007 l Japanese participation: PHOS funding approved (TRD funding not approved) ð ~ 1. 1 MCHF for APD’s/preamps + 150 k. CHF Common Fund ð PHOS status: 3 modules funded, 2 modules partially funded (FEE + APD) µ crystals + mechanics for final 2 modules requested from Russia in 2007 – 2010 l Other funding news: 2 ð Germany (5 M €): TRD completion funds approved, end of construction by 2009 µ funding and construction for staged TRD part started already in 2006 ð Korea (300 k. CHF): TOF, Computing, Common Fund. 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft µ Mo. U signed October 2006

Funding 2007 -2010 TRD 60%->100% coverage Germany agreed: 5 M € EMCAL US Italy France Russia PHOS crystals & mechanics modules 4/5 CD 1 approved: 13 -16 M $ initial discussions : ~1 M € requested: ‘deliverable’ l Common Fund ð currently estimated to be ~ 800 k. CHF negative at end of construction µ mostly offset by additional income expected from new institutes (500 - 700 k. CHF) l other cost issues or funding requests: ð two issues related to CERN responsibilities under discussion with CERN (service installations, ZDC vacuum chambers) 3 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

l New Institutes: Collaboration News ð US: 3 National Labs + 2 Universities EMCAL, GRID µ LBNL (Berkeley), LLNL (Livermore), ORNL (Oak Ridge) µ Yale (New Haven), Wayne State (Detroit) ð Japan: change from ‘associate’ to ‘full’ member PHOS (+TRD), GRID µ Hiroshima, Tokyo, Tsukuba ð Brazil: single team from 2 Institutes offline µ Univ. São Paulo (USP), Univ. Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) ð Spain: single team from 2 Institutes µ CIEMAT Madrid, Univ. Santiago de Compostela Grid computing ð Romania: ISS Bucharest Grid computing 1000 th ALICE member l Institutes applying: ð 6 US Universities, µ currently under review by DOE ð PUCP (Peru), Yonsei (Korea) l ALICE Collaboration ð ~ 1015 Members, 97 Institutes, 30 Countries 4 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

ACCORDE HMPID TOF TRD TPC PMD PHOS ITS 5 Muon arm ALICE Detector 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Planning Update l Physics ð ‘day 1’ physics in 2007 with pp: ð‘ early pp physics’ 2007/2008: ð first heavy ion run global event properties (at 900 Ge. V) detailed studies of pp (‘QCD at 14 Te. V’) end 2008 (‘after first long pp run’) will certainly also depend on physics landscape end 2008 l work-plan in 2007, updated for LHC schedule released in June 2006 ð shifted ITS installation back to give maximum time for construction and pre-comissioning µ experiment closed by end July 2007 ( 3 month shift) µ ~ 2 -3 months for final commissioning w/o beam ð expected start-up configuration mid 2007 µ complete: ITS, TPC, HMPID, muon arm, PMD, trigger dets (V 0, T 0, ZDC, Accorde), . . µ partially complete: PHOS(1/5), TOF(9/18), TRD (2 -3/18), DAQ (20%) µ most time-critical: ITS detectors with little or no contingency l beyond mid 2007 6 ð complete DAQ capacity (2008/9) ð parts of the modular detectors: TOF (2008), TRD (2009), PHOS (2010) ð EMCAL (2010) 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Installation Mile-stones PHASE Detector Start Finish Apr 2006 May 2007 HMPID/TOF/TRD mech. insertion tests 02. 05. 2006 06. 2006 Magnet Power test 07. 06. 2006 09. 06. 2006 Services / Supports 10. 06. 2006 TOF/TRD/HMPID, Acorde, 18. 09. 2006 10. 2006 Initial TPC installation 20. 11. 2006 21. 12. 2006 ITS Barrel (SDD, SSD) + Vacuum (central Be chamber) + Bake-Out 08. 01. 2007 05. 02. 2007 FMD/V 0/T 0 06. 02. 2007 21. 02. 2007 Pixel + ITS barrel + services 22. 02. 2007 04. 2007 TPC + ITS in final position 05. 04. 2007 24. 04. 2007 EMCal support frame / PHOS 25. 04. 2007 01. 05. 2007 TOF/TRD 2 nd installation window 02. 05. 2007 29. 05. 2007 Compensator platform / Mini Frame (services) 30. 05. 2007 26. 06. 2007 FMD/V 0/T 0/PMD and Vacuum 27. 06. 2007 16. 07. 2007 Final Vacuum Commissioning / Beam Line Closed 17. 07. 2007 23. 07. 2007 Commissioning and Mobile Shielding 24. 07. 2007 31. 08. 2007 Muon detectors PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4 7 (C side) (A side) 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Installation & Services l Large support structures ð essentially completed & installed ð EMCAL support structure in production µ arrives at CERN end November EMCAL Support l Installation, services, infrastructure ð installation of racks, cables, bus bars, gas/cooling pipes etc. . ongoing l Overall Status ð progress & performance satisfactory ð large effort ongoing for service installations ! µ significant amount of work: ~ 30 km pipes, 10 000 cables (500 km) µ coordination of large number of parallel activities 8 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Scaffolding for Service Installations 9

. . . helmet without head . . . person without head installing C-side SSD cables and patchpanels difficult environment. . . arms without person 10 wk 36 2006

Silicon Pixels SPD l 6 sectors (60%) under test in DSF ð integration (cooling, electronics, DAQ, DCS, . . ) ð 7 th sector assembly completed l Components production & test ð bump-bonded ladders ≈ 200 out of 240 ð Al/polyimide pixel bus ≈ 100 out of 120 ð all other components uncritical & in time l Schedule ð assembly time reduced ≈ 3 weeks/sector µ limited by ladder testing µ some sectors have to be re-worked ð assembly: completed week 6/07 (early Feb) ð ready for installation date: 22. 07 l Concerns ð very tight schedule µ integration tooling delayed ð manpower (testing, sector assembly, integration) 11 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Silicon Drift Detector SDD l Status ð detector production completed (including spares) ð modules assembly: completed ð connection of modules to cables : 60% completed ð ladder Assembly & test: completed for layer 3, now starting on layer 4. l Schedule ð detector assembly completed end November ð ladder assembly completed one week later ð transport to CERN early December 2006 ð INSTALL in Cavern early January 2007 l Concerns ð extremely tight schedule SDD Endcap Electronics 12 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

SDD Ladder Mounting 13

Silicon Strip Detector SSD l Status ð module assembly completed ð ladder assembly (80 ladders in total) completed µ finishing and repair continues through October ð FEROM (read-out crates) µ 4 (of 8) crates produced, in test phase µ 2 units in routine use for testing SSD ladders ð Ladder mounting on SSD cone µ layer 5: completed and tested µ layer 6: 50% completed ð cables and patchpanels on C-side in L 3 magnet installed Inside ALICE 34 ladder L 5 38 ladder L 6 ng ui n i t on D! c E H re IS s a N r FI pai re l Schedule ð transport to CERN ð ready for installation: end Nov 06 8 Jan 07 l Concerns ð little contingency ð delivery of LV power supplies (CAEN) µ concerns also other detectors & LHC expts 14 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

SSD Layer 5 SSD Layer 6 15

First TPC tracks l first cosmic & laser tracks on 16 May 2006 ð first round of testing all chambers & FEE completed µ very time consuming (2 sectors at a time) µ resolution according to specifications ð HLT connected and being commissioned ð 2 nd round (‘endurance tests’) ongoing µ end last week a wire broke in one OROC (to be replaced) ð installation (foreseen in Dec 06) may shift by ~2 weeks 16 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

TPC under commissioning 17

TPC Laser system Measured side A 18 Design side A 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

TOF l Component Production ð strip construction: ð module production : ð FEE cards: 85% done 41 % done 78 % done l Assembly & Installation ðSupermodule assembly : started in May 06 ð 2 SMs installed Oct 06 l Schedule ð strip completed: Nov 06 ð modules completed: May 07 ð 7 more SMs ready for installation : May 07 ð TOF production complete: end 2007 µ installation during winter shutdown 2007/8 TOF Super. Module 19 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

In the pit: installing first TOF Super. Module 20

TRD l Chambers: 270 chambers done (100 % of originally funded part) GSI, U. Hd, U. Frankfurt, JINR, Bucharest ð mass production for full TRD : ongoing (5/week) , completion end 2007 l Electronics: ð Digital chip, R/O board & MCM: in production (now in industry) ð TRD pre-trigger: design & prototype completed and tested, production ongoing l Assembly Super Module ð 1 st Supermodule completed Sept 2006, µ installed October ð 2 more SM’s for installation in May 2007 ð aim to have 18 SM ready for installation end 2008 l Concerns ð tight schedule production of SMs for 2 nd installation period µ equipping chambers transferred now to U. Frankfurt (started up) µ building SMs being transferred to U. Muenster 21 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

TRD Supermodule assembly 22

TRD module during installation 23

TOF module TRD module 24

Muon Arm l Tracking ð chamber production complete µ assembly & installation ongoing Assembly Installation -station 4: [Apr 06 - Oct] -station 4: [May 06 - Oct] -station 5: [Oct - Jan 07] -station 5: [Nov - Jan 07] -station 1: [ Apr - Dec] -station 1: [Dec - Jan 07] -station 2: [Jul - Jan 07] -station 2: [Feb - Mar 07] -station 3: [Feb - Apr 07] -station 3: [Apr - May 07] ð FEE electronics: µ MANAS chips complete (last batch send 19. 10) µ FEE board MANU ~30% delivered, rate 500 MANU/week µ FEE is rate-limiting => completion date shifted by 2 months ð Rails, supports and cooling: installed by mid-November ð Chamber installation: station 4: 2 half-chamber installed; 3 rd ready to install, 4 th ready to install week 43 l Trigger ð Installation complete ! µ now connecting services ð Commissioning to start early 2007 25 Muon tracking chamber 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Muon Tracking Chambers (July 06) Transport across L 3 magnet 26 Turning & Lowering 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Muon Trigger Chambers 27

Other Detector Systems l PHOS: ð 1 st module completed, tested & calibrated in beam µ some improvements to be implemented µ installation shifted into 2007 to include trigger cards ð modules 2 & 3 to be produced and calibrated in 2007 l HMPID: ð Installation completed ! l Forward Detectors (V 0, T 0, FMD, PMD, ZDC): ð all in production, on track l ACORDE cosmic trigger: ð 1/3 V 0 A construction FMD construction installed (others used in TPC test) l Trigger, DAQ, HLT, Control (DCS, ECS): ð all systems progressing well and on schedule 28 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

PHOS Calibration 29 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

HMPID prior to installation 30

LTU HMPID LTU MUON CTP Trigger Processors at CERN DAQ - initial system installed - performance tests - detector commissioning Event building switch 31

Computing l Physics Data Challenge PDC 06 ð Distributed generation and reconstruction: started April 06 µ All T 1 s (except NDGF) and 30 T 2 s contribute, but only ~50% of pledged resources ð Data movement challenge (LCG SC 4) T 1 s <-> T 0 µ Achieved 50% of goal (300 MB/s transfer rate) because of missing resources in T 1 s ð Distributed analysis (centrally organized and user driven): ready to start end 2006 l Computing Resources ð ALICE deficit reduced from > 50% to ~ 30% (T 2 situation better than T 1) µ new resources in US, Japan, Korea, Spain µ reduced requirements in 2007/8 (new LHC start-up scenario) ð integral LCG resource balance significantly better than ALICE specific balance µ hopefully some room for better distribution of pledged resources within WLCG… 32 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft

Milestones - Delay of ~3 months compared to 2005 Baseline (ALICE closed in April) - Compatible with current schedule (ALICE closed end July) - Critical path: ITS detectors 33

Summary l Major Milestones ð ITS assembly significant progress for all 3 systems ð Detector installation started (Muon chambers, HMPID, ACORDE, TOF, TRD) ð Reduced computing deficit ð Significant strengthening of Collaboration (US, Japan, …) l Biggest Concerns ð very tight schedule for ITS ð Services and cabling: enormous amount of work & logistics challenge ð Computing resources: still some way to go 34 25/10/2006 21 st RRB J. Schukraft