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MICE Collaboration Meeting 29

from Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at 08:00 to Friday, 18 February 2011 at 18:00 (Europe/London)
at RAL ( Conference Rooms 12 & 13 )

Description	MICE collaboration meeting 29 (CM29) will take place at RAL from the 15th -- 18th February. Registration for CM29 is now open.
Contact Us	Email: alain.blondel@cern.ch,v.blackmore1@physics.ox.ac.uk,andy.nichols@stfc.ac.uk,rose.hayes@stfc.ac.uk,mary-elizabeth.shewry@stfc.ac.uk

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Tuesday, 15 February 2011

08:00 - 09:40 Welcome Session

Registration & welcoming talk

08:00 Registration 1h0'
09:00 Welcome Address 20'

Speaker: Dr. John Womersley (RAL)

09:20 Goals of the meeting 20'

Speaker:	Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
Material:	Slides

09:40 - 12:30 Installation, Operations & Beamline Commissioning

09:40 MOM Report 20'

Speaker:	Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)
Material:	Slides

10:00 Target 20'

Speaker:	Paul Hodgson (University of Sheffield)
Material:	Slides

10:20 ORBIT simulation of beam loss in ISIS 20'

Speaker:	Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)
Material:	Slides

10:40 Tea/Coffee Break 20'

11:00 Schedule of Installation & Work in the MICE Hall (2011 -- 2012) 20'

Speaker:	Tim Hayler (STFC)
Material:	Slides

11:20 Beamline: What have we achieved and what more is there to do? 20'

Speakers: Marco Apollonio, Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University), Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)

11:40 Discussion 20'

Material:

Slides

12:00 Target Run Plan 15'

Speaker:	Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
Material:	Slides

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch ( )

13:30 - 16:00 Run Plans

13:30 Cherenkov 15'

Speaker:	Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi)
Material:	Slides

13:45 BPM: Making a quantitative detector 15'

Speaker:	Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Material:	Slides

14:00 TOF Calibration Needs 15'

Speakers:	Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN)), Mr. Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia), Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Univ. of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski)
Material:	Slides

14:15 EMR Plan 15'

Speaker:	Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
Material:	Slides

14:30 Additional beamline commissioning experiments 15'

Speakers:	Marco Apollonio, Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
Material:	Slides

14:45 2011 Run Plan Summary 15'

Material:

2011-run-plan for discussion

15:00 Tea/Coffee Break 30'

15:30 Step IV Run Plan 10'

Material:

Slides

15:40 Spectrometer Solenoid Update 20'

Speaker:	Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

16:00 - 17:00 Analysis

Convener:

Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)

16:00 Update on beam characterisation 30'

TBC

Speaker:	Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)
Material:	Slides

16:30 Minimal necessary software for analysis 30'

Speaker:	Christopher Tunnell
Material:	Slides

17:00 - 19:20 Technical Board

Material:

slides

17:00 Hall infrastructure 15'

Speakers:	Tim Hayler (STFC), Alan Grant
Material:	Slides

17:15 AFC module 15'

Speaker:	Tom Bradshaw (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

17:30 Solid absorber program 15'

17:45 Spectrometer solenoids 15'

Speakers:	Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

18:00 Diffuser 15'

Speaker:	Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)
Material:	Slides

18:15 EMR 15'

Speaker:	Franck Cadoux (universite de geneve)
Material:	Slides

18:30 Substation upgrade 15'

Speaker:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Material:	Slides

18:45 Fibre tracker 15'

Speakers: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London), Alan Bross (Fermilab)

19:00 Global magnet considerations 20'

Speakers:	Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

09:00 - 11:00 Analysis

Convener:

Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)

09:00 Field errors/measurement requirements 30'

Speaker:	Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)
Material:	Slides

09:30 Magnetic measurement plan (physics & analysis requirements) 30'

Speaker:	Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Material:	Slides

10:00 Magnetic modelling of the MICE hall (analysis implications) 30'

TBC

Speaker:	Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)
Material:	Slides

10:30 Normalised rates through MICE 30'

Speaker:	David Forrest
Material:	Slides

11:00 - 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:45 Analysis

Convener:

Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)

11:15 Solid absorbers -- what can we do? 20'

TBC

Speaker:	Dr. John Cobb (Oxford University)
Material:	Slides

11:35 Step IV and solid absorbers 30'

Speaker:	Timothy Carlisle
Material:	Slides

12:05 Experience with tracker reconstruction 30'

Speaker:	Timothy Carlisle
Material:	Slides

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 15:30 Software: Online and Operations

Conveners:	Dr. David Colling (Imperial College London), Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
Location:	CR13

13:45 MOM Handover Summary 15'

Speaker:	Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)
Material:	Slides

14:00 MICE Operations Summary 20'

Speaker:	Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)
Material:	Slides

14:20 Controls and Monitoring: Update and Plans 20'

Speaker:	Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Material:	Slides

14:40 Online hardware and software maintenance issues 10'

Speaker:	Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)
Material:	Slides

14:50 DAQ handover 15'

Speaker:	Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
Material:	Slides

15:05 Discussion 25'

Speaker: All

13:45 - 15:30 Engineering

Convener:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Location:	CR12

13:45 Cooling channel moving platforms 30'

Speaker:	Norbert Collomb (STFC Daresbury)
Material:	Slides

14:15 Cooling channel and floor interfaces 25'

Speaker:	Andrew James Lintern (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

14:40 Magnetic modelling of the MICE hall 30'

Speaker:	Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)
Material:	Slides

15:10 RF project 20'

Speaker:	Mr. ANDREW MOSS (CCLRC DARESBURY LABORATORY)
Material:	Slides

15:30 - 15:45 Tea/Coffee Break

15:45 - 18:30 Software

Conveners:	Dr. David Colling (Imperial College London), Dr. Chris Rogers (STFC)
Location:	CR13

16:05 MAUS 20'

Speaker:	Christopher Tunnell
Material:	Slides

16:25 Continuous integration 20'

Speaker:	Roger Powell ((TBC))
Material:	Slides

16:45 Accelerator side 20'

Speaker:	Dr. Chris Rogers (STFC)
Material:	Slides

17:05 EMR 20'

Speaker:	Mr. Vassil VERGUILOV (DPNC - University of Geneva)
Material:	Slides

17:25 Configuration Database 20'

Speaker:	Dr. Antony Wilson (RAL)
Material:	Slides

15:45 - 18:30 Magnets

Location:

CR12

15:45 A common approach to magnet hardware 5'

Speaker: Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)

15:50 AFC update and plans 25'

Speakers:	Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL), Tom Bradshaw (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

16:15 Coupling coil update and plans 25'

Speaker:	Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

16:40 Spectrometer solenoid plans 15'

Speaker:	Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

16:55 Spectrometer solenoid quench protection 20'

Speaker:	Soren Prestemon (LBNL)
Material:	Slides

17:15 Magnetic measurement plans 15'

Speaker:	Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Material:	Slides

17:30 Magnetic measurement device 20'

Speaker:	Pierre-Ange Giudici (CERN)
Material:	Slides

17:50 Magnetic measurement discussion 10'

19:00 - 23:00 Collaboration Dinner and event ( R22 )

Thursday, 17 February 2011

09:00 - 11:00 Engineering

Convener:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Location:	CR12

09:00 Hydrogen system 25'

Speaker:	Matthew Hills (STFC (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory))
Material:	Slides

09:25 Discussion 25'

09:00 - 11:00 Detectors

Location:

CR13

09:00 Cherenkov: Short Report 10'

Speaker:	Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi)
Material:	Minutes

09:10 TOF: Short Report 10'

Speaker:	Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN))
Material:	Slides

09:20 KL: Short Report 10'

Speaker:	Ludovico Tortora (INFN, Sezione di Roma III - Terza Universita di Roma)
Material:	Slides

09:30 Tracker: Short Report 10'

Speaker:	Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Material:	Slides

09:40 Tracker system test 20'

Speakers:	Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London), Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)
Material:	Slides

10:00 EMR construction and tests 30'

Speaker:	Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Université de Genève)
Material:	Slides

10:30 EMR simulation 15'

Speaker:	Mr. Vassil VERGUILOV (DPNC - University of Geneva)
Material:	Slides

11:00 - 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:30 Software

Conveners:

Dr. Chris Rogers (STFC)

11:15 Geometry 20'

Speaker: Matthew Littlefield (Brunel University)

11:35 Tracker 20'

Speaker:	David Adey
Material:	Slides

11:55 Config DB 20'

The G4MICE Interface to the Configuration Database

Speaker:	Ivan Reid (Brunel University)
Material:	Slides

11:15 - 12:35 Engineering

Convener:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Location:	CR12

11:15 EMR and MICE hall integration discussion 20'

Speaker:	Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Université de Genève)
Material:	Slides

11:35 Integration discussion 1h0'

Speaker:	Jason Stuart Tarrant (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science & Technology Facil)
Material:	Slides

12:35 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:10 Software: Summaries

Conveners:

Dr. David Colling (Imperial College London), Dr. Chris Rogers (STFC)

13:30 Online summary 20'

Speaker:	Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
Material:	Slides

13:50 G4MICE status 20'

Speaker:	Dr. Chris Rogers (STFC)
Material:	Slides

14:10 MAUS framework 20'

Speaker:	Christopher Tunnell
Material:	Slides

14:30 Alignment & Survey 20'

Speaker:	Jason Stuart Tarrant (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science & Technology Facil)
Material:	Slides

15:10 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:55 session summaries (Plenary)

15:30 RF test at MTA 20'

Speaker:	Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Material:	Slides

15:50 RF Cavity and RFCC Module Status 25'

Speaker:	Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Material:	Slides

16:15 MICE Controls Step by Step 20'

Speaker:	Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Material:	Slides

17:00 - 18:30 Collaboration Board

Convener:	Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Material:	Agenda CB29-Ablondel-magnetic-measurements Common Fund & NSF Spokespersons comments

Friday, 18 February 2011

09:00 - 09:40 Open Floor Session

09:00 Collaboration Board Summary 20'

Material:

Slides

09:20 Speakers Bureau 20'

Speaker:	Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Univ. & INFN Napoli, Italy)
Material:	Paper

09:40 - 11:00 Session Summaries

09:40 Engineering Summary 20'

Speaker:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Material:	Slides

10:00 Magnet Summary 30'

Speaker:	Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)
Material:	Slides

10:30 Detector Summary 20'

Speakers:	Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN)), Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Material:	Slides

11:00 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 Session Summaries

11:30 Run Plan Summary 20'

Material:

Slides

11:50 Schedule Summary 20'

Speaker:	Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
Material:	Slides

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:30 Official Plots and results
- 13:45 TBA 20'
- 14:05 Discussion 25'

14:30 - 15:15 Wrapup & Discussion

14:30 Concluding remarks 30'

Speaker:	Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
Material:	Slides

15:30 - 17:00 Executive Board

Location: Norton Room
- 15:30 TBA 20'

MICE Collaboration Meeting 29

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