ZEUS/F1 Opportunities

Searches and exotic physics

• Production of high transverse momentum isolated leptons

Heavy flavor physics

Diffraction

Technical Projects

High resolution Calorimeter

• Improvement of the DAQ system and development of monitoring tools
• Automatization of calibration procedures
• Simplication and integration of calorimeter subcomponent readout

Silicon microvertex detector

• Continue and improve the current alignment of the MVD. The precision should be improved by considering different cluster algorithms, magnetic field corrections and possibly effects of the alignment procedure proper.
• Develop and expand the current Offline DQM system.
• Develop and expand the current Online DQM system. The available simple selection of distributions should be complemented. Automatic checks of standard distributions should be developed..
• Improve efficiency and reliability of the MVD DAQ system.

Online and offline computing

• Develop and expand existing grid-based Monte Carlo production.
• Introduce grid-based techniques in data analysis.
• Explore of advanced methods for precision track and vertex reconstruction.

R&D for a future international linear collider

• Development of a test stand for monolithic active pixel sensors. (MAPS)
• Study properties of MAPS, e. g. radiation hardness, crosstalk, readout speed, power consumption with the aim of building a vertex detector for a future linear collider.
• Develop a beam telescope for the DESY teststand
• Investigate ways to construct large scale detectors using novel support materials and cooling schemes.