\section{Research plan}
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The timeline given here represents a ``good faith'' estimate 
that assumes that 
%the accelerator schedule at JLab will proceed as planned, the requested
funds for the proposed work are awarded at the level requested and no
unforeseen issues arise. 
%The ASU Meson Physics Group 
%is dedicated to
%this proposal and the 
%work will proceed as rapidly as reasonably possible towards. 

%A timeline is presented here for the activities discussed above based 
%on the assumptions that the proposed award will be funded at the 
%requested level and that the accelerator schedule at JLab will proceed as planned.
%While this plan represents a ``good faith'' estimate of the schedule
%for the funding period, major unscheduled downtime at JLab or budget reductions may
%push events beyond the timeline discussed here.
%Regardless, our entire effort is dedicated to this proposal,
%and work will proceed as rapidly as practical.

A bulleted list of milestones can be found in section~\ref{sec:metricsForward}. 

Throughout the grant period,
additional data will be taken with both Halls B and D and we will contribute towards
the normal collaborative service work expected from us. For the GlueX collaboration in Hall D,
we will continue our responsibility for maintaining the ASU-built triplet polarimeter.
We will also continue analyzing TPOL data required for providing
the GlueX collaboration the measured values of polarization for the photon beam that 
is incident on the GlueX target. 
%As analyses progress,  preliminary data will be presented at 
%workshops and meetings.      
%Opportunistic physics analyses likely will present themselves
%as these analyses proceed, which may spawn projects for
%undergraduate and graduates students.
As analyses progress,  preliminary data will be presented at
workshops and meetings.
We will be deeply engaged in multiple analyses from both Hall B and GlueX running,
will have mature software tools for analyzing data from those facilities,
and be able to fold additional students into the ASU efforts.



%\noindent{\it{Goals that are common to each year:}}
%\begin{itemize}
%  \item TPOL (GlueX)
%  \begin{itemize}
%     \item Provide polarization values for data taken during previous year 
%  \end{itemize}
%  \item Search for strangeness (CLAS12)
%  \begin{itemize}
%     \item The PI will continue to assist in analysis issues that arise 
%      regarding strangeness production using CLAS12 and will help coordinate the efforts of the Very Strange Group.
%     \item Undergraduate students will obtain experience in analyzing nuclear physics data by 
%     reconstructing various strangeness states.
%  \end{itemize}
%\end{itemize}

{\it{During Year 1}}, 
graduate student Alan Gardner will begin working at Jefferson Lab.
%assume on-site responsibilities for the triplet polarimeter
%located in Hall D of Jefferson Lab. 
%Along with the hardware responsibilities, 
Alan will 
push forward with his partial wave analysis of resonant mesons with $K^+$ $K^-$ $\pi^0$ decay products.  
A second graduate student funded by the new award will enter the group to 
extend the cascade analysis of Brandon Sumner
%, to include data
%from both Halls B and D. 
%In addition to the cascade work, the second graduate student will also assist with our CLAS12 
%analysis projects being conducted by our undergraduate students. 

%\noindent{\it{Goals specific to year 1:}}
%\begin{itemize}
%  \item Meson resonance analysis (GlueX) 
%    \begin{itemize}  
%        \item Alan Gardner will obtain PWA results for 
%     \end{itemize}
%  \item Cascade analysis (GlueX and CLAS12)
%     \begin{itemize}  
%        \item 
%     \end{itemize}
%\end{itemize}

{\it{During Year 2}},
Alan Gardner will return to ASU 
%and the second graduate student
%will start working at Jefferson Lab.
%assuming the on-site responsibilities for the
%triplet polarimeter.
and will push the $K^* K$ analysis as far past 2 GeV as is reasonably possible.
Mr Gardner will provide his prospectus and 
successfully complete all other requirements to obtain the status of PhD candidate at Arizona 
State University. 
The second graduate student will begin working at Jefferson Jab and will, 
along with the PI and undergraduates, begin to pursue 
the analysis of Cascade states from Hall-B data. 
% from hall-D.  while adding in data from Hall-B 
%assuming the on-site responsibilities for the 
%triplet polarimeter. 

%\noindent{\it{Goals specific to year 2:}}
%\begin{itemize}
%  \item Meson resonance analysis (GlueX) 
%     \begin{itemize}  
%        \item Alan Gardner will have pushed his PWA to include mass states as far above 2 GeV as is reasonably possible.
%        \item Alan Gardner will provide his prospectus and successfully complete all other 
%              requirements to obtain the status of PhD candidate at Arizona State University.
%     \end{itemize}
%  \item Cascade analysis (GlueX and CLAS12)
%\end{itemize}

{\it{During Year 3}}, 
The second graduate student will return from Jefferson Lab.
and continue searching for cascade states 
within the data from Halls B and D. 
Alan Gardner will finish our work on the exploration of meson resonances with 
$K^+$ $K^-$ $\pi^0$ decay products, provide the GlueX collaboration with an 
analysis note regarding his studies and, ideally, lead in the publication of
the results.
By the end of the third year of the award period, 
Alan Gardner will have successfully defended his dissertation and will have
received his Ph.D. 

%\noindent{\it{Goals specific to year 3:}}
%\begin{itemize}
%  \item Meson resonance analysis (GlueX) 
%     \begin{itemize}
%        \item We will finish our work on the exploration of meson resonances with $K^+$ $K^-$ $\pi^0$ decay products
%        \item Alan Gardner will provide the GlueX collaboration with an analysis note regarding his studies and, ideally, 
%        lead in the publication of the results.
%        \item Alan Gardner will have successfully defended his dissertation and will have received his Ph.D.
%     \end{itemize}
%  \item Cascade analysis (GlueX and CLAS12)
%\end{itemize}

%the analysis of $\Xi$ states from Hall B should be 
%nearing completion, and the ASU graduate student related to that project will 
%have begun assisting in the $\Omega^-$ search.
%The Hall-D search for the $\eta_1^{\prime}$, including all DIRC and non-DIRC data, 
%will be undergoing partial wave analysis (PWA) using the mature and robust PWA tools developed
%by the GlueX Collaboration; the graduate student 
%by this award (who replaced Cole) will be fully engaged in that work.



