MICE Collaboration Meeting 32

from Wednesday, 8 February 2012 (08:00) to Saturday, 11 February 2012 (18:00)
RAL (Conference Rooms 12 & 13)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
8 Feb 2012
9 Feb 2012
10 Feb 2012
11 Feb 2012
AM
08:30 --- Registration ---
09:30 Goals and Spokeman's Report - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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09:40 MAP - Dr Mark Palmer (Cornell University, CLASSE)  
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09:50 Neutrino Plans in Europe - Ilias Efthymiopoulos (CERN)  
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10:20 Critical Schedule items - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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10:50 --- Coffee/Tea ---
11:20 The Dec11 Run - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
December data summary
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11:35 MOM Report - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
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11:50 Target operations - Paul Smith (U)  
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08:30 --- Late Registrations ---
09:00
Analysis - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)) (until 10:30) (Conference Room 12)
09:00 simulation of MICE beams through cooling channel - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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09:20 TOF calibration and e+e- difference in Dec11 run - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH)) Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Univ. of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski) Mr Yordan Karadzhov (University of Sofia)  
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09:40 Cherenkov study - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US))  
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10:00 Pion contamination in Muon beam - Mariyan Bogomilov (University of Sofia (BG))  
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09:00
Engineers' visit to MICE Hall and Installation DIscussion - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 12:30) (Conference Room 13)
10:30 --- Coffee/tea ---
11:00
Analysis - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)) (until 12:30) (Conference Room 12)
11:00 Measuring Multiple Scattering in Step IV - Timothy Carlisle  
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11:20 step IV optics - Ulisse Bravar (University of New Hampshire) Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)  
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11:40 software issues for analysis - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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12:00 analysis plans - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
09:00 Magnetic measurements - Felix Bergsma (CERN)  
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09:20 Diffuser - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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09:40 Liquid H2 - Steven Watson  
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10:00 Target Stator Development - Mr Geoff Barber (Imperial College London)  
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10:40 --- Coffee/Tea ---
11:10 MTA plans and results - Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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11:30 Run plan for may 2012: Single Tracker Station - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
11:50 Run plan for May 2012: EMR - Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH)) Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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09:00 Tracker Summary - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
09:20 Software Summary - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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09:40 Neutrino Physics: the Next Frontier - Silvia Pascoli (CERN)  
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10:10 --- Coffee/Tea ---
10:40 CB Summary - Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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10:50 Operations and Timing Summary - Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)  
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11:10 RF Summary - Michael Zisman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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11:30 Engineers Summary  
11:50 Schedule and PM Summary - Andy Nichols (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
PM
12:10 New Computerised Registration - Dr Antony Wilson (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))  
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Report from the Magnet Group - Michael Courthold (STFC - RAL)  
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14:20 RF System Overview - Dr Derun Li (LBNL)  
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14:50 Coupling Coils Plans - Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)  
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15:10 Spectrometer Solenoids - Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)  
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15:30 --- Coffee/Tea ---
16:00 Focus coils - Tom Bradshaw (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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16:30 EMR plans - Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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17:00
Technical Board (until 19:10)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
RF System -Dr Derun Li (LBNL) (until 16:00) (Conference Room 13)
14:00 RF Cavities - Dr Derun Li (LBNL)  
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14:20 RF Power - Mr andrew moss (Daresbury Laboratory)  
14:40 RF Control and Monitoring - Chris White (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)  
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15:00 RF US Program - Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
14:00
Software -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 16:00)
14:00 MAUS Overview - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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14:30 Online MAUS Data Quality - Dr Michael Jackson  
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14:50 MAUS Online Plots Beyond MLCR  
14:55 Cerenkov - Gene Kafka (Illinois Institute of Tehcnology)  
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15:15 TOF - Dr Durga Rajaram (IIT)  
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15:35 Tracker - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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16:00 --- Coffee/Tea ---
16:30
Software -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 17:30) (Conference Room 12)
16:30 Optics - Mr Peter Lane  
16:50 CAD/Geometry - Mr Matthew Littlefield  
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17:10 Discussion  
16:30
Tracker -Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London) (until 18:30) (Conference Room 13)
16:30 Inroduction - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
16:50 Hardware status and summary of data-taking - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
17:10 Analysis fo cosmics data - Edward Santos  
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17:30 discussion  
17:50 Summary - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
17:30
Online and Operations - Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside) (until 18:30) (Conference Room 12)
17:30 MICE DAQ Update - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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17:45 Tracker Timing with ISIS RF - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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18:00 Operations Discussion - Linda Coney (University of California, Riverside)  
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18:15 Controls & Monitoring Update - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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19:00 --- Social Dinner ---
12:10 RAL machines responsibilities in PPD - Dr Antony Wilson (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))  
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Absorbers - Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)  
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14:20 Step IV Run Plan - Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)  
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14:40
Results for conferences and Publications Status -Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Universita e INFN (IT)) (until 16:40)
14:40 Conferences in 2012 - Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Universita e INFN (IT))  
15:00 Beam line paper - Maurizio Bonesini (Univ. degli Studi Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
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15:20 Emittance measurement paper - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University) Mark Rayner (The University of Oxford)  
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15:40 Analysis Summary - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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16:00 Foreseen results from Dec11 Run and when - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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16:20 Final results from Step I run in 2010  
16:40 --- Coffee/tea ---
17:00
Collaboration Board - Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology) (until 19:00)
12:20 Wrap-up & Discussion - Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
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13:50
Executive Board (until 16:50) (R1, Norton Room)