MICE Collaboration Meeting 38

23 Feb 2014, 09:00 → 26 Feb 2014, 16:00 US/Pacific

Embassy Suites Hotel -- Napa Valley

Daniel Kaplan (Illinois Institute of Technology), Debbie Loader (STFC), Derun Li (LBNL), Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

The 38th MICE Collaboration Meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites in Napa, California.

Practical information for the meeting (registration and ReadyTalk information):  here.

Register for the collaboration meeting at:  LBNL registration/information page

The list of registrants may be found at:  LBNL registered persons page

Book accommodation at the Embassy Suites in Napa, California at:   Embassy Suites home page
Please mention the Group Code MIC or the Group Name "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - MICE" in order to receive the group rate.

The Software and Computing Group has organised a Software Workshop at LBNL on the 27th and 28th February 2014. Please contact Durga Rajaram if you would like to attend.

Slides MICE-CM38-practical-info.pdf

Sunday, 23 February

09:00 → 10:30 Engineering Parallels: RF system

Construction project parallel sessions

Convener: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

09:00 RF tuning system measurements and simulation

Slides MICE_CM38v1.pdf MICE_CM38v1_Reduced.pdf

09:15 RF System HPRF Drivers

Speaker: Timothy Stanley (S)

Slides HPRF_Drive_Update.pdf HPRF_Drive_Update.pptx

09:30 RF Cavity Simulations and Multipactor

Slides CM38_LUO_MP.pdf CM38_LUO_MP.pptx

09:45 RF Cavities Test Plan at MTA

Speaker: Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)

10:00 RF Cavities Visual Inspection System

Slides Bowring_CM38.pdf

10:15 RF Planning and Discussion

Speakers: Dr Derun Li (LBNL), Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde), Timothy Stanley (S), Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)

09:00 → 11:50 Operations: Parallel session

Operations parallel session

Convener: Steven Boyd (U)

09:00 Magnet commissioning

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides BeamlineStep4_CM38.pdf BeamlineStep4_CM38.pptx

09:30 Tracker

Speaker: Dr Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)

10:00 EMR

Speaker: Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides operations.pdf

10:50 TOF

Speaker: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

Slides tof_operations_cm38.pdf

11:20 Target

Speaker: Paul Smith (University of Sheffield)

Slides Target_v006.pdf Target_v006.pptx

09:00 → 10:20 Software and Analysis

Conveners: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

09:00 EMR Reconstruction

Speaker: Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides digi_and_recon.pdf

09:20 EMR Physics Analysis

Speaker: Francois Drielsma (University of Geneva)

Slides CM38_physanal.pdf

09:40 Pion contamination paper

Speaker: Dr Domizia Orestano (Università Roma Tre and INFN)

Slides PIDCM38.pdf

10:50 → 12:30 Physics and analysis

Physics and analysis parallel session

Convener: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

10:50 Step IV beam line currents with and without field

Speaker: Maria Leonova (Fermilab)

11:20 Step IV.0 physics possibilities

Speaker: Dr Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)

Slides StepIV_0PhysicsPossibilities_CM38.pdf

11:50 Step IV with reduced focus coil currents

Speakers: Jean-Baptiste Lagrange, Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

10:50 → 12:30 Software and computing

Software and computing parallel session

Convener: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

10:50 MAUS Status

Speaker: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

Slides MAUS_CM38.pdf

11:10 SciFi MC

Speaker: Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)

Slides CM38_MC_Talk_Heidt.pdf

11:30 Global Track Reconstruction

Speaker: Peter Lane (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Image mc_recon_tracks_from_MC.png

Slides Global_Reconstruction_Update.pdf

11:50 Batch production and Monte Carlo

Speaker: Janusz Martyniak (Imperial College London)

Slides MICE_CM38_talk.pdf MICE_CM38_talk.pptx

13:30 → 15:00 Software and Analysis

Conveners: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

13:30 RF timing in the context of analysis

Speaker: Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)

Slides Timing-CM38.ppt

14:00 RF timing and DAQ

Speakers: Dr Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde), Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))

14:30 Other RF analyses and practicalities

Speaker: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

14:50 RF discussion

Speaker: All

14:00 → 18:00 Engineering parallels: Tracker Module

Tracker Module Parallel

Convener: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))

14:00 Tracker Installation and Step IV Preparation

Speaker: Melissa Uchida (I)

Slides Tracker_Parallel_CM38.pdf

14:30 Spectrometer Solenoids

Speaker: Mr Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)

Slides SS2_CM38_02-23-13.pdf

15:00 VLPC Readout

Speaker: David Adey (Fermilab)

Slides Adey_CM38TrackerReadout.pdf Adey_CM38TrackerReadout.ppt

15:30 Overview, Reconstruction and Documentation

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides TrackerSoftwareOverview.pdf TrackerSoftwareOverview.pptx

16:00 Break to attend Controls Talk at SW session (Pierrick Hanlet)

16:30 Monte Carlo and Geometry

Speaker: Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)

Slides CM38_MC_Talk_Heidt.pdf

16:50 Tracker efficiency study

Slides scifi_efficiency_study.pdf

15:20 → 18:00 Physics and analysis

Physics and analysis parallel session

Convener: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

15:20 Step V vs Step VI

Slides Step_V_vs_Step_VI_-_DCS.pdf

15:50 Step V vs Step VI (discussion)

Speaker: All

16:20 Field maps

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides CM38_Field_Mapping.pdf CM38_Field_Mapping.pptx

16:50 Analysis 'wish list' (discussion)

Speaker: All

Slides CM38_AnalysisWishlist.pdf CM38_AnalysisWishlist.pptx

15:20 → 18:00 Software and computing

Software and computing parallel session

Convener: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

15:20 Online Group Work Plan

Speaker: Ian Taylor (Warwick University)

Slides IJT_20140223_cm38_Online.pdf

15:40 DAQ + Trigger Test Plan

Speaker: Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides DAQ_Report_YK.pdf

16:00 Controls and Monitoring - general

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm38-hanlet-CandM.pdf

16:30 Controls and Monitoring

Speaker: Ian Taylor (Warwick University)

Slides IJT_20140223_cm38_CaMInfrastructure.pdf

16:40 Online Monitoring

Speaker: Mr Rhys Gardener (Brunel)

16:50 Discussion

Monday, 24 February

08:30 → 10:30 Software and Analysis

Conveners: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

08:30 dEdx in Step IV

Speakers: Daniel Kaplan (Illinois Institute of Technology), Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/FNAL)

Slides Step_IV_dE:dx-R4.pdf

09:00 G4BL models of Step I

Speaker: John Columba Nugent (University of Glasgow (GB))

Slides JNugentG4BLStepI.pdf

09:30 Geometry

Speaker: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)

Slides Geometry_Status.pdf

10:00 Global PID Reconstruction

Speaker: Celeste Pidcott

Slides CM38GlobalPID.odp CM38GlobalPID.pdf

09:00 → 12:30 Engineering Parallels: RF parallel

Construction project parallel sessions

Convener: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

09:00 → 12:30 Operations: Parallel

Operations parallel session

Convener: Steven Boyd (U)

09:00 MOM report

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm38-hanlet-MOM.pdf

09:30 MOM role changes and discussion

Speaker: Steven Boyd (U)

Slides CM38_Parallel_Ops.pdf

10:50 Operations teams, organisation and discussion

Speaker: Steven Boyd (U)

11:30 Operations plan and discussion

Speaker: Steven Boyd (U)

10:50 → 12:30 Software and Analysis

Conveners: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

10:50 SciFi Track Reconstruction

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides TrackerSoftwareOverview.pdf TrackerSoftwareOverview.pptx

11:10 Experiment alignment (discussion)

Speaker: All

11:30 Tracker alignment studies

Speaker: Dr Melissa Uchida (Imperial College, London)

12:00 TOF 'rate' effect

Speaker: Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

13:30 → 15:00 Welcome and introduction: Plenary session 1

Welcome and introduction

Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)

13:30 Welcome

Speaker: Dr Derun Li (LBNL)

13:40 Spokesman's introduction

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

Slides 01-2014-02-24-Long-SpkIntro.pdf 01-2014-02-24-Long-SpkIntro.pptx

14:00 Project Manager's report

Speaker: Mr Roy Preece (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides Project_Managers_Report_CM38.pdf Project_Managers_Report_CM38.ppt

14:30 MICE Muon Beam and summary of operations

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides BeamlineUpdate_CM38.pdf BeamlineUpdate_CM38.pptx

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee: Break

Coffee break

15:30 → 17:30 Instrumentation: Plenary

Instrumentation

Convener: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))

15:30 EMR

Speaker: Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH))

reconstruction 07-drielsma-EMR-reco-sim.pdf 07-drielsma-EMR-reco-sim.ppt

Slides operations.pdf

16:00 Beam-line instrumentation

Speaker: Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US))

Slides cm38.pdf

16:30 Tracker

Speaker: Melissa Uchida (I)

Slides Plenary_Tracker_CM38.odp

17:00 Spectrometer solenoids

Speaker: Mr Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)

Slides SS1_CM38_02-24-13.pdf

17:30 → 18:30 Cooling and particle-beam facilities: Plenary

Cooling and particle-beam facilities

Convener: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

17:30 Cooling and particle beam facilities

Speaker: Robert Palmer (Brookhaven Nat Lab)

Slides 1402-mice-v8.pdf

Tuesday, 25 February

08:30 → 10:30 Cooling cell: Plenary

Cooling cell

Convener: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

08:30 Absorber/focus-coil module

Speaker: Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)

Slides FC-CM38.pdf FC-CM38.ppt

09:00 Coupling coil

Speaker: Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides Prototype_Coupling_Coil_Fabrication_Update_20140225.pdf Prototype_Coupling_Coil_Fabrication_Update_20140225.pptx

09:30 RF: cavities

Speaker: Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm38_torun_rfcavities.pdf

10:00 RF: power and power distribution

Speaker: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

Slides HPRF_Drive_Plenary.pdf HPRF_Drive_Plenary.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee: Break

Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Integration and infrastructure: Plenary

Integration and infrastructure

Convener: Dr Witte Holger (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:00 Partial return yoke

Speaker: Jason Stuart Tarrant (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

11:30 MICE Hall and R9

Speaker: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)

Slides pe21-2-14.pdf

12:00 MICE Local Control Rooms

Speaker: Mr Steve Griffiths (STFC, DL)

Slides CM38_Electrical_Intergration_Feb_2014v3.pdf CM38_Electrical_Intergration_Feb_2014v3.pptx

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch: Break

Lunch break

13:30 → 15:30 Physics: Plenary

Physics plenary session

Convener: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))

13:30 Overview and 'missing physics'

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides CM38_MissingPhysics.pdf CM38_MissingPhysics.pptx

14:00 Step IV Readiness

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

14:30 Step V vs Step VI

Speaker: Dr David Speirs (University of Strathclyde)

15:00 Discussion

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee: Break

Coffee break

16:00 → 17:00 Ionization cooling: Plenary

Ionization cooling

Convener: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

16:00 The physics of ionization cooling

Speaker: Robert Palmer (Brookhaven Nat Lab)

Slides 1402-Bob-Palmer-mice-v9.pdf

17:00 → 19:00 Collaboration Board

Collaboration Board meeting

Convener: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))

17:00 1. Presence and proxys

17:05 Matters arising and Adoption of agenda

Draft Agenda cb-feb2014-draft1.pdf

17:10 Actions and minutes from previous collaboration meeting.

minutes CB-37 cb071113.pdf

17:15 Spokesperson's remarks & Executive Board report

-- Collaboration organigram(s) -- proposal for the review of the MICE constitution

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

panel to review the constitution 2014-02-23-ConstRevPanel-ToR-d2.pdf

17:35 Project Manager's report

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides Collaboration_Board_CM38_240214.pdf Collaboration_Board_CM38_240214.ppt

17:45 Shifts for data taking and MOM policy

Speakers: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)), Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

shift-policy-proposal-v1 Data_taking_shift_policy_for_MICE-V1.docx Data_taking_shift_policy_for_MICE-V1.pdf

18:00 Publication Policy

Speaker: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))

Slides MICE-publication-policy-25-02-14.pdf

18:10 UK approval/funding update

Speaker: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))

18:20 Other funding updates INFN,CH,US DOE,US NSF

Speakers: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)), Daniel Kaplan (Illinois Institute of Technology), Dr Mark Palmer (FNAL), Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

18:40 Common fund report

Speaker: Stefania Ricciardi (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

18:45 CM39

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

18:50 CM40 in ROME

Speaker: Dr Domizia Orestano (Università Roma Tre and INFN)

Slides RomeCM40-1.pdf

18:55 a.o.b

19:00 → 22:00 Collaboration dinner

Convener: Dr Derun Li (LBNL)

Wednesday, 26 February

08:30 → 10:00 Operations: Plenary

Operations plenary

Convener: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

08:30 MICE Operations; scope, staffing and planning

Speaker: Steven Boyd (U)

Slides CM38_Plenary.pdf

09:00 Operations needs; first cut

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

09:30 Discussion

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee: Break

Coffee break

10:30 → 12:00 Software and computing: Plenary

Software and computing plenary

Convener: Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)

10:30 Overview, s/w infrastructure and plans

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides MICE-computing.odp MICE-computing.pdf

10:50 Maus

Speaker: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

Slides MAUS_Summary_CM38.pdf

11:15 Online

Speaker: Ian Taylor (Warwick University)

Slides IJT_20140226_cm38_OnlinePlenary.pdf

11:40 Controls and Monitoring

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm38-hanlet-CandM2.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Summary and closing: Plenary

Summary and closing remarks

Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)

12:00 Collaboration Board summary

Speaker: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides E8-Blondel-CB-report.pdf E8-Blondel-CB-report.ppt

12:15 Closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)

Slides 99-2014-02-26-Long.pdf 99-2014-02-26-Long.pptx

14:00 → 16:00 Executive Board

Convener: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)