MICE Collaboration Meeting 29

from Tuesday 15 February 2011 (08:00) to Friday 18 February 2011 (18:00)
RAL (Conference Rooms 12 & 13)

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        : Breaks
15 Feb 2011
16 Feb 2011
17 Feb 2011
18 Feb 2011
AM
08:00
Welcome Session (until 09:40)
08:00 Registration  
09:00 Welcome Address - Dr John Womersley (RAL)  
09:20 Goals of the meeting - Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))  
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09:40
Installation, Operations & Beamline Commissioning (until 12:30)
09:40 MOM Report - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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10:00 Target - Paul Hodgson (University of Sheffield)  
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10:20 ORBIT simulation of beam loss in ISIS - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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10:40 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
11:00 Schedule of Installation & Work in the MICE Hall (2011 -- 2012) - Tim Hayler (STFC)  
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11:20 Beamline: What have we achieved and what more is there to do? - Marco Apollonio Dr John Cobb (Oxford University) Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)  
11:40 Discussion  
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12:00 Target Run Plan - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
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09:00
Analysis -Dr John Cobb (Oxford University) (until 11:00)
09:00 Field errors/measurement requirements - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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09:30 Magnetic measurement plan (physics & analysis requirements) - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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10:00 Magnetic modelling of the MICE hall (analysis implications) - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)  
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10:30 Normalised rates through MICE - David Forrest  
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11:00 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
11:15
Analysis -Dr John Cobb (Oxford University) (until 12:45)
11:15 Solid absorbers -- what can we do? - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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11:35 Step IV and solid absorbers - Timothy Carlisle  
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12:05 Experience with tracker reconstruction - Timothy Carlisle  
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09:00
Detectors (until 11:00) (CR13)
09:00 Cherenkov: Short Report - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi)  
09:10 TOF: Short Report - Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN))  
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09:20 KL: Short Report - Ludovico Tortora (INFN, Sezione di Roma III - Terza Universita di Roma)  
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09:30 Tracker: Short Report - Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
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09:40 Tracker system test - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London) Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)  
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10:00 EMR construction and tests - Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universitรฉ de Genรจve)  
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10:30 EMR simulation - Mr Vassil VERGUILOV (DPNC - University of Geneva)  
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09:00
Engineering - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 11:00) (CR12)
09:00 Hydrogen system - Matthew Hills (STFC (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory))  
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09:25 Discussion  
11:00 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
11:15
Engineering - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 12:35) (CR12)
11:15 EMR and MICE hall integration discussion - Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universitรฉ de Genรจve)  
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11:35 Integration discussion - Jason Stuart Tarrant (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science & Technology Facil)  
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11:15
Software -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 12:30)
11:15 Geometry - Matthew Littlefield (Brunel University)  
11:35 Tracker - David Adey (Unknown)  
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11:55 Config DB - Ivan Reid (Brunel University)  
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09:00
Open Floor Session (until 09:40)
09:00 Collaboration Board Summary  
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09:20 Speakers Bureau - Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Univ. & INFN Napoli, Italy)  
Paper
09:40
Session Summaries (until 11:00)
09:40 Engineering Summary - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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10:00 Magnet Summary - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)  
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10:30 Detector Summary - Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN)) Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
11:00 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
11:30
Session Summaries (until 12:30)
11:30 Run Plan Summary  
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11:50 Schedule Summary - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Run Plans (until 16:00)
13:30 Cherenkov - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi)  
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13:45 BPM: Making a quantitative detector - Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
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14:00 TOF Calibration Needs - Maurizio Bonesini (INFN Sezione di Milano (INFN)) Mr Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia) Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Univ. of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski)  
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14:15 EMR Plan - Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)  
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14:30 Additional beamline commissioning experiments - Marco Apollonio Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))  
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14:45 2011 Run Plan Summary  
2011-run-plan for discussion
15:00 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
15:30 Step IV Run Plan  
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15:40 Spectrometer Solenoid Update - Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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16:00
Analysis -Dr John Cobb (Oxford University) (until 17:00)
16:00 Update on beam characterisation - Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)  
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16:30 Minimal necessary software for analysis - Christopher Tunnell  
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17:00
Technical Board (until 19:20)
17:00 Hall infrastructure - Tim Hayler (STFC) Alan Grant (Unknown)  
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17:15 AFC module - Tom Bradshaw (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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17:30 Solid absorber program  
17:45 Spectrometer solenoids - Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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18:00 Diffuser - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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18:15 EMR - Franck Cadoux (universite de geneve)  
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18:30 Substation upgrade - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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18:45 Fibre tracker - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London) Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
19:00 Global magnet considerations - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL) Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45
Engineering - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 15:30) (CR12)
13:45 Cooling channel moving platforms - Norbert Collomb (STFC Daresbury)  
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14:15 Cooling channel and floor interfaces - Andrew James Lintern (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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14:40 Magnetic modelling of the MICE hall - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)  
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15:10 RF project - Mr ANDREW MOSS (CCLRC DARESBURY LABORATORY)  
13:45
Software - Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva) Dr David Colling (Imperial College London) (until 15:30) (CR13)
13:45 MOM Handover Summary - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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14:00 MICE Operations Summary - Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)  
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14:20 Controls and Monitoring: Update and Plans - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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14:40 Online hardware and software maintenance issues - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
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14:50 DAQ handover - Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)  
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15:05 Discussion - All  
15:30 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
15:45
Magnets (until 18:30) (CR12)
15:45 A common approach to magnet hardware - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)  
15:50 AFC update and plans - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL) Tom Bradshaw (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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16:15 Coupling coil update and plans - Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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16:40 Spectrometer solenoid plans - Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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16:55 Spectrometer solenoid quench protection - Soren Prestemon (LBNL)  
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17:15 Magnetic measurement plans - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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17:30 Magnetic measurement device - Pierre-Ange Giudici (CERN)  
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17:50 Magnetic measurement discussion  
15:45
Software -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) Dr David Colling (Imperial College London) (until 18:30) (CR13)
16:05 MAUS - Christopher Tunnell  
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16:25 Continuous integration - Roger Powell ((TBC))  
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16:45 Accelerator side - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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17:05 EMR - Mr Vassil VERGUILOV (DPNC - University of Geneva)  
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17:25 Configuration Database - Dr Antony Wilson (RAL)  
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19:00 --- Collaboration Dinner and event ---
12:35 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Software (until 15:10)
13:30 Online summary - Jean-Sebastien Graulich (University of Geneva)  
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13:50 G4MICE status - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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14:10 MAUS framework - Christopher Tunnell  
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14:30 Alignment & Survey - Jason Stuart Tarrant (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science & Technology Facil)  
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15:10 --- Tea/Coffee Break ---
15:30
session summaries (Plenary) (until 16:55)
15:30 RF test at MTA - Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
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15:50 RF Cavity and RFCC Module Status - Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
16:15 MICE Controls Step by Step - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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17:00
Collaboration Board - Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 18:30)
Agenda
CB29-Ablondel-magnetic-measurements
Common Fund & NSF
Spokespersons comments
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:45
Official Plots and results (until 14:30)
13:45 TBA  
14:05 Discussion  
14:30
Wrapup & Discussion (until 15:15)
14:30 Concluding remarks - Alain Blondel (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))  
15:30
Executive Board (until 17:00) (Norton Room)
15:30 TBA