MICE Collaboration Meeting No. 28

Europe/Sofia
Sofia Hall (Bankya Palace Spa Hotel)

Sofia Hall

Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
Galina Kirilova, Roumen Tsenov (University of Sofia), Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia)
Description

Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Collaboration Meeting No. 28

 

Participants
  • Adam Dobbs
  • Alain Blondel
  • Alan Bross
  • Allan DeMello
  • Andy Nichols
  • Antony Wilson
  • Chris Rogers
  • Christopher Tunnell
  • Daniel Kaplan
  • David Adey
  • David Colling
  • David Forrest
  • Derun Li
  • Dimitar Kolev
  • Felix Bergsma
  • FRANCK CADOUX
  • Galina Vankova-Kirilova
  • Henry Nebrensky
  • Jean-Sebastien Graulich
  • John Cobb
  • Ken Long
  • Linda Coney
  • Ludovico Tortora
  • Marco Apollonio
  • Mariyan Bogomilov
  • Mark Rayner
  • Matthew Hills
  • Matthew Littlefield
  • Maurizio Bonesini
  • Michael Courthold
  • Michael Green
  • Michael Zisman
  • Milorad Popovic
  • Pierrick Hanlet
  • Raymond Gamet
  • Rosen Matev
  • Roumen Tsenov
  • Roy Preece
  • Steve Virostek
  • Summer Blot
  • Tim Hayler
  • Timothy Carlisle
  • Ulisse Bravar
  • Vassil VERGUILOV
  • Victoria Blackmore
  • Vittorio Palladino
  • Wing Lau
  • Yordan Karadzhov
    • Arrival day Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
    • Registration Lobby area

      Lobby area

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

    • Goals & News Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 1
        Welcome from the Mayor of the Bankya municipality
      • 2
        Goals of Meeting
        Speaker: Alain Blondel (University of Geneva)
        Slides
      • 3
        Highlights of MAP Review
        Speaker: Mike Zisman (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 4
        Project Manager Report
        Speaker: Andy Nichols (RAL)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
    • Overview and Beam Line Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 5
        MOM Report
        Speaker: Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)
        Slides
      • 6
        Rate vs Beam Loss
        Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 7
        MICE Beam Line
        Speaker: Marco Apollonio
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hotel restaurant

      Hotel restaurant

    • Welcome & Beam Line Analysis Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 8
        Welcome from the Rector of the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia Sofia Hall

        Sofia Hall

        Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 9
        Beam Characterization & Emittance Measurement Sofia Hall

        Sofia Hall

        Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

        70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
        Speaker: Mark Rayner (Oxford)
        Slides
      • 10
        Data Quality Check of Reference Runs Sofia Hall

        Sofia Hall

        Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

        70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
        Speaker: Summer Blot (University of Chicago)
        Slides
      • 11
        Study of Q3 = 0 Data Sofia Hall

        Sofia Hall

        Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

        70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
        Speaker: Chris Rogers (RAL)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break Lobby

      Lobby

    • Welcome & Beam Line Analysis Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 12
        Target Update
        Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
        Slides
    • Run Planning for 2011 Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 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
      • 16
        Run Plan Organization for 2011: EMR Data Proposal
        Speaker: Mr Vassil VERGUILOV (DPNC - University of Geneva)
        Slides
      • 17
        Run Plan Organization for 2011: Beam Optimization Needs
        Speakers: Mr Chris Rogers (RAL), Marco Apollonio
        Slides
      • 18
        Run Plan Organization for 2011: DISCUSSION
    • Technical Board Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
    • Engineering Parallel Bankya Hall

      Bankya Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 19
        Electrical Engineering
        Speaker: Ian Mullacrane (Daresbury Lab)
        Slides
      • 20
        Open Questions on Cooling Channel Controls
        Speaker: Ian Mullacrane (Daresbury Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 21
        Engineering Integration
        Speaker: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)
        Slides
      • 22
        EMR
        Speaker: Franck Cadoux (universite de geneve)
        Slides
      • 23
        Vacuum System Update
        Speaker: Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)
        Slides
      • 24
        RF Preparation in the MICE Hall
        Speaker: Timothy Hayler (Particle Physics)
    • Software Parallel Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 25
        Software Overview/Plan
        Speaker: Dr David Colling (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 26
        G4MICE
        Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)
        Slides
      • 27
        Configuration Database
        Speaker: David Forrest
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break Lobby

      Lobby

    • RF Parallel Session Bankya Hall

      Bankya Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 28
        RF Cavities
        Speaker: Alan DeMello (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 29
        RF Power
        Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
        Slides
    • Software Parallel Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

    • Detector Plenary Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 32
        Luminosity Monitor Analysis
        Speaker: David Forrest
        Slides
      • 33
        Tracker Update
        Speaker: David Adey (Warwick University)
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hotel restaurant

      Hotel restaurant

    • Analysis Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 34
        TOF Calibration
        Speaker: Mr Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia)
        Slides
      • 35
        TOF Stability: Analysis of Data Over Time
        Speaker: Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)
        Slides
      • 36
        Comparison of Old/New Diffuser Designs
        Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)
        Slides
    • Analysis Session: MICE Geometry Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 37
        MICE Geometry: Software
        Speaker: Matthew Littlefield (Brunel University)
        Slides
      • 38
        MICE Geometry: Analysis Requirements
        Speaker: Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)
        Slides
      • 39
        MICE Geometry: TOF Detector Survey Results
        Speaker: Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
        Slides
      • 40
        MICE Geometry: MICE Hall
        Speaker: Prof. Roumen Tsenov (University of Sofia)
        Slides
      • 41
        MICE Geometry: Discussion
    • 16:05
      Coffee Break Lobby

      Lobby

    • Collaboration Board Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
    • Absorber Systems & MICE Magnets Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 42
        Spectrometer Solenoid Magnets
        Speaker: Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 43
        Coupling Coils
        Speaker: Dr Derun Li (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 44
        Magnetic Measurement Plan
        Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (IIT)
        Slides
      • 45
        Magnet Measurement Device
        Speaker: Felix Bergsma (CERN)
        Slides
      • 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 Lobby

      Lobby

    • Absorber Systems & MICE Magnets Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 47
        LiH Absorber Update
        Speaker: Alan Bross (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 48
        LH2 Infrastructure
        Speaker: Matt Hills (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 49
        Diffuser Hardware Report
        Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)
        Slides
      • 50
        Focus Coils
        Speaker: Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hotel restaurant

      Hotel restaurant

    • Excursion to historical places in Sofia Sofia

      Sofia

    • Banquet Dragalevtsi/Sofia

      Dragalevtsi/Sofia

    • DAQ, Software & NuFact Plot Review Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 51
        DAQ
        Speaker: Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)
        Slides
      • 52
        Controls & Monitoring
        Speaker: Hanlet Pierrick (IIT)
        Slides
      • 53
        Software Summary
        Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)
      • 54
        Review of Plots for NuFact 2010
        Speaker: Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Univ. & INFN Napoli, Italy)
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break Lobby

      Lobby

    • Analysis Session: Step III-IV Discussion Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      • 55
        Step III/IV Introduction
        Speaker: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
        Slides
      • 56
        Step III - IV Comparison: Accelerators
        Speaker: Timothy Carlisle
        Slides
      • 57
        Step III - IV Comparison: Absorber Changing Logistics
        Speaker: Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
        Paper
        Slides
      • 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
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hotel restaurant

      Hotel restaurant

    • Concluding Session Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
      • 60
        Schedule & Risks
        Speaker: Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 61
        Collaboration Board Report
        Speaker: Alan Bross (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 62
        Concluding Address
        Speakers: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC)), Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 15:20
      Coffee Break Lobby

      Lobby

    • Executive Board Sofia Hall

      Sofia Hall

      Bankya Palace Spa Hotel

      70 Varna Blvd. Bankya 1320 Bulgaria
    • Public lecture Lecture-hall A315 (Faculty of Physics, Sofia University)

      Lecture-hall A315

      Faculty of Physics, Sofia University

      5 Bankya 1320 Bulgaria James Bourchier Boulevard, Sofia 1164
      • 63
        From the Sun to the Earth: are humans descended from neutrinos?
        Speaker: Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
    • Excursion to Koprivshtitsa Bulgaria country side

      Bulgaria country side