1. UCLA group meeting1/9 CSC update – my random summary Another good week for LHC: L=0.9E32 reached (nearly the goal of 1E32 in 2010) Test run with 50 ns bunch spacing “soon”? Possibilities up to 3.5E33 (!) and 4.2 fb -1 (!) in 2011. Running could be extended into 2012 See the following for discovery of Higgs background

2. UCLA group meeting2/9 4-mu event! Masses and lack of other activity are consistent with a Z 0 Z 0   +  -  +  - event This is the main background to the high-mass Higgs search Went unnoticed by “exciting event selection” tools for 2 weeks, ahem

3. UCLA group meeting3/9 CSC – other good news CSC efficiencies verified to be significantly higher in DT- CSC overlap region after technical stop fixes muon L1 pre- and post-firing shown to be at ~1% level in DTs and few per mill in CSC (e.g. Chris study) Neutrons start to show up in data (see Greg talk) CEOs plus daily CSC validations shifts appear sufficient

4. UCLA group meeting4/9 CSC update – issues I Muon slow particle trigger idea presented  Nobody in GMT group can write firmware for it anymore  Calorimeter slow particle group is somewhat interested Neutron run taken at L~2E31 Clear evidence of extra hits seen in TMB counter rates Would like to see the actual rates, neutron cross-sections per chamber type CFEB muonic timing  Width of the distribution not obviously narrowed… to be investigated

5. UCLA group meeting5/9 CSC update – issues II 2ns tweaks can improve ALCT timing substantially: From Chris’ talk to L1 trigger DPG 23-Sept- 2010

6. UCLA group meeting6/9 CSC update – issues III TMB 3.3v supply droop below 3.135v spec Is it corroding fuses? Investigating TMBs taken from collision hall, gold- plated fuses (tomorrow Greg, Misha) CERN does elemental analysis with electron microscope (EDS, 1 week) Is it corroding CRB-backplane connections? Full characterization of ~75 drooping TMBs by Clare by Weds. Ops meeting?

7. UCLA group meeting7/9 CSC update – issues IV CSC efficiencies: not a very clear picture Certainly much better than before Technical Stop Hardware (CSC-TF) has seen many changes, so keep it unchanged for the rest of this year Numerous conflicting analyses - suggest to: Define a sample of well-identified but unbiased muons as denominator Break down by every trigger & offline selection level Show eta-phi plot of losses Have high statistics Must compare to correct Monte Carlo simulation version to understand properly Algorithms were always tuned so MC performs well!

8. UCLA group meeting8/9 CSC update – issues V High luminosity (3.5E32?) and 50ns bunch spacing issues Wide readout windows again lead to missing (CLCT) or duplicate (CFEB, ALCT) CSC data Any other issues? Anyone? CSC daily monitoring shifts need streamlining The work seems to have begun

9. UCLA group meeting9/9 CSC update – issues VI Overall CSC group structure Probably heading towards Ops, DPG, and Upgrade deputies by ~December CSC Detector Performance Group (DPG) Muon DT has proposed fully merging CSC, DT, and RPC groups Not much enthusiasm by CSC collaborators Current meetings work pretty well, ~40 people Establish the sub-structure? Good to organize high-priority activities Good to know who to ask about specific issues Bad if people feel locked into the structure

10. UCLA group meeting10/9 Stuff mentioned before Don’t need to go through these again today

11. UCLA group meeting11/9 CSC nagging concerns I Changes to data structure ALCT timing information from Chris  DIGIs? Mini-scope etc. in TMB Allowed now for future CMSSW version 3.9 ?? Improved documentation General muon DPG detector performance article? Might naturally break into 3 papers, but preferably not. CSC synchronization article Twikis, especially on timing, online changes Storage and tracking of firmware versions ALCT, TMB, CCB, MPC, DDU, DCC, CSCTF, VCC, etc.

12. UCLA group meeting12/9 CSC nagging concerns II Triggers & datasets: where do all of these go? Single high-Pt triggers and datasets Onia triggers and datasets Single low-Pt (e.g. b physics) triggers and datasets Halo muons CSC activity triggers Everyone sees a “piece” of the puzzle… Would like to assemble known information… Are we missing anything? Need to improve DIGI information on timing, e.g. CSC anode timing?

13. UCLA group meeting13/9 CSC upgrade Technical Proposal muon section in decent shape, maybe more verbiage on physics justification David S. and Taylor to work on actual justification during Fall Upgrade ME4/2: Panels via CERN – try for sole-source procurement ME4/2 electronics – make at least one endcap of CFEBs to decouple schedule from ME1/1?