MICE Collaboration Meeting #39

from Wednesday 25 June 2014 (08:00) to Saturday 28 June 2014 (18:00)
Other Institutes (St Catherine's College)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
25 Jun 2014
26 Jun 2014
27 Jun 2014
28 Jun 2014
AM
09:00
Analysis Parallel (until 12:45)
09:00 Tracker Alignment - Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London) Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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09:40 Tracker Reconstruction (Tutorial) - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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10:30 Step IV: Reduced FC current study - Christopher Hunt (I)  
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09:00
Construction Parallel -Mr Roy Preece (STFC - RAL) (until 13:00)
09:00 RF Generators Test and Installation - Mr Tim Stanley (STFC - RAL)  
09:30 Low Level RF - Mr Andy Moss (STFC - DL)  
10:00 RF Cavities - Dr Yagmur Torun (FermiLab)  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 Discussion of RF Installation programme - Mr Tim Stanley (STFC - RAL)  
09:00
Software Parallel (until 12:45)
09:00 Online Group Update & Plans - Paul Smith (University of Sheffield)  
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09:20 Spares - craig macwaters (Rutherford Appleton laboratory)  
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09:30 DAQ Overview - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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09:50 Discussion  
10:35 MAUS Status Schedule - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)  
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10:55 TOF - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)  
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11:15 Ckov Monte Carlo - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US))  
11:35 EMR - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
09:00
Analysis Parallel (until 12:00)
09:00 TOF Alignment Study - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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09:40 Muon Polarisation Study - Sophie Charlotte Middleton (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
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10:30 Step V Simulations - David Speirs (University of Strathclyde)  
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11:10 MAUS Q&A/Analysis group discussion - All  
09:00
Construction Parallel -Mr Mark Tucker (STFC - RAL) (until 10:30)
09:00 Vacuum System Status - Mr Mark Tucker (STFC - RAL)  
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09:30 Vacuum System Control - System Owners  
09:00
Software Parallel (until 12:00)
09:00 PPD Computing Systems - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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09:20 GRID - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
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09:40 ConfigDB - Janusz Martyniak (Imperial College London)  
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10:00 Discussion  
10:30 Controls & Monitoring - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:50
Tracker and PID Preparations for Step IV -Dr Paul Soler (until 12:30)
10:50 Instrumentation Global Commissioning Plan - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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11:10 PID detector (TOF, CKOV, KL) preparations for Step IV - Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
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11:35 EMR preparations for Step IV - Mr Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH) Institutes))  
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12:00 Tracking spectrometer preparations for Step IV - Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)  
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09:00
All day Plenary - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) (until 10:30)
09:00 Plans for Wedge Absorber - Daniel Kaplan (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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09:15 Coupling Coil Magnet Construction Update - Mr Steve Virostek (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)  
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09:35 Single RF Cavity Test Stand - Status and Plans - Dr Derun Li (LBNL) Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
09:55 Status of RF System - Timothy Stanley (Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK)  
10:10 Status of AFC module - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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10:30 --- Coffee/tea ---
11:00
All day Plenary - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 12:30)
11:00 Overview of progress - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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11:10 PRY for Steps IV and V - Jason Stuart Tarrant (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))  
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11:30 Electrical installation - Andy Gallagher (D)  
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11:50 Electrical infrastructure - Ian Mullacrane (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)  
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12:10 Readiness for Step IV - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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08:30
All day Plenary - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick) (until 10:00)
08:30 Magnet and beam commissioning at Step IV - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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09:00 Commissioning the Step IV experiment - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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09:30 Step IV data taking; first cut - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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10:00
Plenary -Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 10:30)
10:00 Collaboration Board summary - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
CB report
10:15 Closing remarks - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Executive Board -Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London) (until 12:30)
PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Analysis Parallel (until 16:20)
14:00 FC1 Field Mapping - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford) Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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14:20 SS1 Field Mapping - Maria Leonova (Fermilab)  
14:40 Wedge Absorbers - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/FNAL)  
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14:00
Construction Parallel -Mr Roy Preece (until 18:00)
14:00 Step V PRY Discussion - Mr Jason Tarrant (STFC - RAL)  
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15:00 Additional services for Step IV discussion : EMR, Diffuser, HV..... - Mr Andy Nichols (STFC - RAL)  
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14:00
Software Parallel (until 17:00)
14:00 Tracker Reconstruction - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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14:20 Geometry - Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)  
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14:40 Global Tracking - Jan Greis (University of Warwick)  
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15:00 Global PID - Celeste Pidcott  
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15:20 MAUS Online - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
15:40 Discussion  
15:00 --- Coffee ---
16:00
Analysis/Software Parallel (until 18:00)
16:00 Monte Carlo Beam - John Columba Nugent (University of Glasgow (GB))  
16:20 KL Monte Carlo - Mariyan Bogomilov (University of Sofia (BG)) John Columba Nugent (University of Glasgow (GB))  
16:40 Tracker Emittance Studies (TBC) - Christopher Hunt (I)  
17:00 Monte Carlo Generation for Analysis - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) All  
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17:20 MAUS-Analysis Interface - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) All  
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12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:45
Afternoon Plenary -Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 15:45)
13:45 Welcome and introduction - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
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14:10 Project Managers report - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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14:35 Summary of operations - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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14:55 Report from MAP and P5 - Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
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15:45 --- Tea/coffee ---
16:15
Afternoon Plenary - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)) (until 18:15)
16:15 Tracking Spectrometer Installation and Commissioning - Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)  
16:45 TOF plans and commissioning - Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
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17:05 Cherenkov plans and commissioning - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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17:25 KL Plans and commssioning - Prof. Domizia Orestano (Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi (IT))  
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17:45 EMR Plans and commissioning - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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12:45 --- Lunch ---
13:30
All day Plenary - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford) (until 15:30)
13:30 Pion Contamination Paper - Prof. Domizia Orestano (Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi (IT))  
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14:15 EMR Paper - Ruslan Asfandiyarov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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15:00 Step IV Analyses - Christopher Hunt (I)  
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15:20 Analysis Parallel Summary - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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15:30 --- Tea/coffee ---
16:00
Plenary -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 17:20)
16:00 Overview and Infrastructure - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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16:20 Online - Paul Smith (University of Sheffield)  
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16:40 Controls and Monitoring - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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17:00 Offline - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)  
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17:20
Plenary (until 17:40)
17:20 Outreach, inreach  
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17:45
Collaboration Board - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)) (until 19:20)
17:45 Presence and proxys.  
DRAFT presence and future CM
17:50 Actions and minutes from previous collaboration meeting  
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17:55 Matters arising and Adoption of agenda  
Draft Agenda
18:00 Spokesperson report - Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)  
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18:20 Project manager report - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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18:35 Common fund discussion - Stefania Ricciardi (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB)) Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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18:50 Shifts for data taking and MOM policy - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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18:55 publication policy - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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19:00 funding updates (oral) 9. Funding updates o UK - Soler o US DOE (MAP) - Bross o INFN – Bonesini o Switzerland – Blondel o others  
19:10 Future CM Roma - Prof. Domizia Orestano (Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi (IT))  
CM40 info
19:15 aob  
19:30
Collaboration Dinner (until 22:00)
12:45 --- Lunch ---