Fermilab
        22-Dec-2000

        Mayda Velasco, Jeff Gronberg, Dave Asner, Gokhan Unel,
        Michael Schmitt (minutes)
 

Steve's Web Page
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Steve has set up a web page with links to some of the programs
we intend to use for our studies.  We need to write a tutorial
and include that for people who want to get started.

ROOT
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We agreed to use C++ and ROOT, since so much has been invested
in this direction at SLAC and elsewhere.

Computing Power
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Mayda announced that she will buy about 5 PC's for a farm, intended
to support studies for a gamma-gamma collider.  This is very welcome
as even at SLAC it is difficult to obtain CPU, and there are barriers
to giving outsiders accounts.

Plan
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Start with the "standard" Higgs search as a benchmark.  This will
bring some of the newcomers up to speed and help win some credibility.

Goals for the workshop
 - physics justification for the SLD project, Ecm(ee) = 100-110 GeV.
   (We need to contact the SLD people.)
 - Higgs factory:  Ecm(gg) = 120 GeV, for example.
 - NLC scenario... already in progress.
 - comparison to e+e-.  are we better?   (prepare for Higgs WS)

Jeff is focussing on optimizing beam parameters with respect to
the conditions at the interaction region.

Mayda: we need to investigate *realistic* polarizations, ie,
Pol(e-) = 80% and Pol(e+) = 50%.  Jeff will provide the
needed luminosity files.

Low-E part of the photon spectrum.