MICE Collaboration Meeting No. 28

3 Oct 2010, 08:00 → 8 Oct 2010, 19:00 Europe/Sofia

Sofia Hall (Bankya Palace Spa Hotel)

Galina Kirilova, Roumen Tsenov (University of Sofia), Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia)

Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Collaboration Meeting No. 28 

 

Sunday 3 October ¶

Arrival day¶

Monday 4 October ¶

Registration¶

Goals & News Session¶

1 Welcome from the Mayor of the Bankya municipality¶

2 Goals of Meeting¶

Speaker: Alain Blondel (University of Geneva)

Slides bdl-goals-2010-10-04.pdf bdl-goals-2010-10-04.ppt

3 Highlights of MAP Review¶

Speaker: Mike Zisman (LBNL)

Slides MAPreview-10-4-10-R0a.pdf MAPreview-10-4-10-R0a.ppt

4 Project Manager Report¶

Speaker: Andy Nichols (RAL)

Slides pm4_10_10.pdf pm4_10_10.ppt

10:30 Coffee Break

Overview and Beam Line Session¶

5 MOM Report¶

Speaker: Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)

Slides CM28_Bulgaria_Coney_MOM_Report.pdf CM28_Bulgaria_Coney_MOM_Report.ppt

6 Rate vs Beam Loss¶

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides ADobbs_CM28_2010-10-04.pdf

7 MICE Beam Line¶

Speaker: Marco Apollonio

Slides BeamLineSummary_CM28.pdf BeamLineSummary_CM28.ppt

12:30 Lunch

Welcome & Beam Line Analysis Session¶

8 Welcome from the Rector of the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia¶

9 Beam Characterization & Emittance Measurement¶

Speaker: Mark Rayner (Oxford)

Slides cm28-1-v5.pdf

10 Data Quality Check of Reference Runs¶

Speaker: Summer Blot (University of Chicago)

Slides SummerBlot_MICECM28.pdf SummerBlot_MICECM28.ppt

11 Study of Q3 = 0 Data¶

Speaker: Chris Rogers (RAL)

15:30 Coffee Break

Welcome & Beam Line Analysis Session¶

12 Target Update¶

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

Slides 2010-10-99-Long-Target.pdf 2010-10-99-Long-Target.pptx

Run Planning for 2011 Session¶

13 Run Plan Organization for 2011: Review of 2010¶

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

14 Run Plan Organization for 2011: Running a Better MouseWheel¶

15 Operations: Better Communication and Knowledge Transfer with Redmine¶

Speaker: Christopher Tunnell

Slides

• mice_sofia_collab.pdf
• mice_sofia_collab.pdf
• mice_sofia_collab.ppt

16 Run Plan Organization for 2011: EMR Data Proposal¶

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

Slides EMR.pdf

17 Run Plan Organization for 2011: Beam Optimization Needs¶

Speakers: Mr Chris Rogers (RAL), Marco Apollonio

Slides BeamLineRequest2011_CM28.pdf BeamLineRequest2011_CM28.ppt

18 Run Plan Organization for 2011: DISCUSSION¶

Technical Board¶

Tuesday 5 October ¶

Engineering Parallel¶

19 Electrical Engineering¶

Speaker: Ian Mullacrane (Daresbury Lab)

Slides Mice_Collab_Meeting_CM28_RAL_Elec_Presentation.pdf Mice_Collab_Meeting_CM28_RAL_Elec_Presentation.ppt

20 Open Questions on Cooling Channel Controls¶

Speaker: Ian Mullacrane (Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides Questions_for_CM_28.doc Questions_for_CM_28.pdf

21 Engineering Integration¶

Speaker: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)

Slides 001_06Oct10_MICE_Integration_Engineering_v2.pdf 001_06Oct10_MICE_Integration_Engineering_v2.ppt

22 EMR¶

Speaker: Franck Cadoux (universite de geneve)

Slides MICE_EMROct10.pdf

23 Vacuum System Update¶

Speaker: Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)

Slides CM28_-_VacuumSystemUpdate.pdf CM28_-_VacuumSystemUpdate.ppt

24 RF Preparation in the MICE Hall¶

Speaker: Timothy Hayler (Particle Physics)

Software Parallel Session¶

25 Software Overview/Plan¶

Speaker: Dr David Colling (Imperial College London)

Slides MICE_Computing_and_Software.pdf MICE_Computing_and_Software.pptx

26 G4MICE¶

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides G4MICE-Status-and-Plans.pdf

27 Configuration Database¶

Speaker: David Forrest

Slides Configuration_Database.ppt

10:30 Coffee Break

RF Parallel Session¶

28 RF Cavities¶

Speaker: Alan DeMello (LBNL)

Slides CM28_DeMello_RFCC_Module_Update_10-05-2010.ppt

29 RF Power¶

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

Slides mice_RF_status_October_2010.pdf mice_RF_status_October_2010.ppt

Software Parallel Session¶

30 Online Reconstruction¶

Speaker: Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)

Slides

• Coney_OnRec_CM28_RAL.pdf
• Coney_OnRec_CM28_RAL.ppt
• Coney_OnRec_CM28_RAL.ppt

31 Data Mover/GRID¶

Speaker: Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)

Slides CM28nebrensky.pdf CM28nebrensky.pdf

Detector Plenary Session¶

32 Luminosity Monitor Analysis¶

Speaker: David Forrest

Slides Luminosity_Monitor.ppt

33 Tracker Update¶

Speaker: David Adey (Warwick University)

Slides TrackerCM28Detector051010.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Analysis Session¶

34 TOF Calibration¶

Speaker: Mr Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia)

Slides TOF_CM28.pdf TOF_CM28.ppt

35 TOF Stability: Analysis of Data Over Time¶

Speaker: Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)

Slides stability.pdf

36 Comparison of Old/New Diffuser Designs¶

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides VBlackmore_OldNewDiffuserComparison.ppt

Analysis Session: MICE Geometry¶

37 MICE Geometry: Software¶

Speaker: Matthew Littlefield (Brunel University)

Slides CM28_Pres.pdf CM28_Pres.pptx

38 MICE Geometry: Analysis Requirements¶

Speaker: Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)

Slides geometry.pdf

39 MICE Geometry: TOF Detector Survey Results¶

Speaker: Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)

Slides cm28_graulich_survey.pdf cm28_graulich_survey.ppt

40 MICE Geometry: MICE Hall¶

Speaker: Prof. Roumen Tsenov (University of Sofia)

Slides RoumenTsenov-CM28.pdf RoumenTsenov-CM28.ppt

41 MICE Geometry: Discussion¶

16:05 Coffee Break

Collaboration Board¶

Wednesday 6 October ¶

Absorber Systems & MICE Magnets Session¶

42 Spectrometer Solenoid Magnets¶

Speaker: Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides spectrometer_solenoid_cm28.pdf spectrometer_solenoid_cm28.ppt

43 Coupling Coils¶

Speaker: Dr Derun Li (LBNL)

Slides CM28_CC_DL.pdf CM28_CC_DL.pptx

44 Magnetic Measurement Plan¶

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (IIT)

Slides cm28-hanlet-MagMap.pdf

45 Magnet Measurement Device¶

Speaker: Felix Bergsma (CERN)

Slides Bergsma-device.pdf Bergsma-device.ppt

46 Magnetic Measurement Discussion¶

Speakers: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC)), Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Dr John Cobb (Oxford University), Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

10:30 Coffee Break

Absorber Systems & MICE Magnets Session¶

47 LiH Absorber Update¶

Speaker: Alan Bross (Fermilab)

Slides LiH_Absorber_Program.pdf LiH_Absorber_Program.ppt

48 LH2 Infrastructure¶

Speaker: Matt Hills (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides CM28_-_LH2_Infrastructure.pdf CM28_-_LH2_Infrastructure.ppt

49 Diffuser Hardware Report¶

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides VBlackmore_DiffuserHardwareReport.ppt

50 Focus Coils¶

Speaker: Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)

Slides AFC-CM28.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Excursion to historical places in Sofia¶

Banquet¶

Thursday 7 October ¶

DAQ, Software & NuFact Plot Review Session¶

51 DAQ¶

Speaker: Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)

Slides cm28_graulich_daq.pdf cm28_graulich_daq.ppt

52 Controls & Monitoring¶

Speaker: Hanlet Pierrick (IIT)

Slides cm28-hanlet-CAM.pdf

53 Software Summary¶

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

54 Review of Plots for NuFact 2010¶

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

Slides

• Apollonio.pdf
• Apollonio.ppt
• Palladino.pdf
• Palladino.ppt
• slides
• Yagmur.html

10:30 Coffee Break

Analysis Session: Step III-IV Discussion¶

55 Step III/IV Introduction¶

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

Slides bdl-stepIII-stepIV.pdf bdl-stepIII-stepIV.ppt

56 Step III - IV Comparison: Accelerators¶

Speaker: Timothy Carlisle

Slides CM28_Carlisle.pdf CM28_Carlisle.pptx

57 Step III - IV Comparison: Absorber Changing Logistics¶

Speaker: Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Paper 2-2-MICE-Mech-integration-Jan2010.mpp

Slides stepIV.pdf stepIV.pptx

58 Discussion: Do we restart with Step III or Step IV?¶

Speakers: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC)), Dr John Cobb (Oxford University), Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

59 Engineering Summary¶

Speaker: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)

Slides engsumm.pdf engsumm.ppt

12:30 Lunch

Concluding Session¶

60 Schedule & Risks¶

Speaker: Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides shedrisk.pdf shedrisk.ppt

61 Collaboration Board Report¶

Speaker: Alan Bross (Fermilab)

Slides CB_summary.ppt

62 Concluding Address¶

Speakers: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC)), Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides WrapupTalk-10-7-10-R0a.pdf WrapupTalk-10-7-10-R0a.ppt

15:20 Coffee Break

Executive Board¶

Public lecture¶

63 From the Sun to the Earth: are humans descended from neutrinos?¶

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

Friday 8 October ¶

Excursion to Koprivshtitsa¶