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20/1-004 (CERN)

20/1-004

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Hans Danielsson (CERN)
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Michal K.:

  • FCC-ee tracking workshop next week (16-20.11.2026)
  • not clear if a straw detector is still considered and a good option for Allegro
  • new student is joining to work with Zdenko on cluster counting using ML

 

Michal Z.:

  • lab in b1 is ready, the gas is available, one valve needs to be replaced (5 bar -> 3 bar)
  • the portable CO2 detector has to be on while working with gas

 

Hans:

  • need to log temperature and humidity to understand how the system works
  • idea: send end caps to Dubna to pressurize the straws right after production, need to think about how to transport them

 

Zdenko:

  • are the straws cleaned on the inside? -> Hans: no, they are only flushed with Ar
  • there are dents in straws in the intermediate prototype - could that cause strange signals that we observe?
  • we could use 2 Lamina and 2 Dubna straws without any dents in the short prototype

 

 

 

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    • 09:00 → 10:40
      Updates 1h 40m
      • Update on design and drawings 20m
        Speaker: Vincent Clerc
      • Short prototype news 20m
        Speakers: Michal Zamkovsky (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE)), Zdenko Hives (CERN)
      • Intermediate prototype news (4 long straws) 20m
        Speakers: Michal Zamkovsky (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE)), Zdenko Hives (CERN)

        Zuzana: 

        • frame and two retention buckets in preparation, material ordered, to be finished this or next week
        • space in b154 to be prepared beforehand for ~80kg load
      • Update on electronics 20m
        Speakers: Johan Morant (CERN), Peter Lichard (CERN)
      • Long prototype news (124 long straws) 20m
        Speakers: Antonio Goncalves Martins De Oliveira (CERN), Francois Garnier (CERN), Hans Danielsson (CERN), Zuzana Kucerova (Comenius University (SK))

        Zuzana: 

        • HV plugs and caps: working with MME to understand coating quality of the second test batch (coating company Surcotec)
        • masks: fault in the printer in the Polymer lab caused 2 weeks delay, test batch of the new masks ready today
        • most QC reports finished and uploaded on EDMS, still to be done: gas manifolds, straw plugs, spacers+ (spacers, spacer plates, ...)
      • FCC 20m
        Speaker: Michal Koval (Charles University (CZ))