MICE CM41

from Monday 9 February 2015 (08:00) to Wednesday 11 February 2015 (16:35)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Feb 2015
10 Feb 2015
11 Feb 2015
AM
09:00
Construction project - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) (until 18:00) (CR12, R68)
10:30 Step IV Construction  
13:00 Step IV Construction  
14:45 Cooling Demonstration  
16:30 Cooling Demonstration  
09:00
Physics & analysis -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 18:00) (CR9; ATLAS (R27))
09:00 Tracker Reconstruction - David Adey (Fermilab) Christopher Hunt (Imperial College)  
09:20 EMR Software - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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09:40 Global Software - Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London) Jan Greis  
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09:45 Global Tracking - Jan Greis  
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10:00 Global Particle ID - Celeste Pidcott  
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10:20 Geometry - Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)  
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10:40 Discussion  
11:00 Coffee  
11:30 MICE Muon Beamline - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
11:50 Magnetic Field Mapping - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
12:10 Magnetic Alignment - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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12:30 Discussion  
13:00 Lunch  
14:00 Transported Beam - Christopher Hunt (Imperial College)  
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14:20 Cooling channel optics at Step IV - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
14:40 Nonlinear beam dynamics - Dr Rob Ryne (LBL)  
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15:00 Measurement of energy loss and MCS - Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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15:20 Measurement of beam polarisation - Sophie Charlotte Middleton (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
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15:40 Coffee  
16:10 Ckov Reconstruction - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US))  
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16:30 Batch production - Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)  
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16:50 xboa and online analysis - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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17:10 Data rate and trigger - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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10:30
Detectors, commissioning and operations - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick) Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) (until 18:00) (CR13, R68)
10:30 Commissioning of muon beam elements - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
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11:00 Muon Beam Precommissioning - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
11:30 Commissioning of tracker - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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12:00 Commissioning of EMR - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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12:30 TOF1 local shielding and commissioning of TOF - Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
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13:00 Lunch  
14:00 Commissioning of CKOV and KL detectors - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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14:30 Commissioning of Quench Protection - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology) Dr Sandor Fehers (Fermilab)  
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15:00 Commissioning Step IV magnets and beam commissioning (June/July) - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
15:30 Commissioning of cooling channel optics - Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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16:00 Tea/Coffee  
16:30 Comissioning of Liquid Hydrogen system - Steve Watson (STFC RAL)  
17:00 General Operations - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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11:30
Software and computing - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) (until 18:00) (CR10, ATLAS (R27))
11:30 MAUS Status - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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11:50 G4Beamline - John Nugent (University of Glasgow)  
12:10 CDB and Batch Processing - Janusz Martyniak (Imperial College London)  
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12:30 GRID Status - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
12:50 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Online Status and Plans - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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14:20 DAQ - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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14:40 Trigger - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
15:00 Tracker DAQ - David Adey (Fermilab)  
15:20 Online Monitoring - Rhys Gardener  
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15:40 --- Coffee ---
16:00 Controls & Monitoring Status - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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16:30 Controls & Monitoring II - Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)  
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09:00
Plenary session 1: welcome and introduction -Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 10:30) (CR12/13, R68)
09:00 Welcome and introduction - Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
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09:25 Project Manager's report - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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09:50 Operations Coordinator's report - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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10:10 Report from the MOM - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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10:30
Tea/coffee (until 11:00)
11:00
Plenary session 2: physics and analysis -Dr Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 13:00) (CR12/13, R68)
11:00 Physics Coordinator's report - Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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11:20 Pion Contamination Results - John Nugent (University of Glasgow)  
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11:40 Electron-Muon Ranger: Performance in the MICE Beam - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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12:00 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling - Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College)  
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12:20 Discussion  
09:00
Plenary session 5: Software and computing - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) (until 10:30) (CR12/13, R68)
09:00 Computing & Software - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)  
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09:20 Controls & Monitoring - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
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09:40 Online Computing - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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10:00 Offline Software - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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10:30
Tea/coffee (until 11:00)
11:00
Plenary session 6: construction of ionization cooling demo - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 12:30) (CR12/13, R68)
11:00 Schedule of Installation - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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11:10 Secondary Absorbers / Radiation Shutter - Mr Norbert Collomb (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)  
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11:30 RF Cavity Testing - Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
11:50 RF Cavity Design and Vacuum - Dr Derun Li (LBNL)  
12:10 RF Amplification and Waveguides - Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)  
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PM
13:00
Lunch (until 14:00)
14:00
Plenary session 3: Commissioning and operation - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)) (until 15:30) (CR12/13, R68)
14:00 Detector commissioning - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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14:30 Muon beam commissioning - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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15:00 Future operations - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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15:30
Tea/coffee (until 16:00)
16:00
Plenary session 4: construction of Step IV - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) (until 17:30) (CR12/13, R68)
16:00 Step IV Installation Schedule - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
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16:10 Overview of Progress - Mr Andy Nichols  
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16:30 Partial Return Yoke - Mr Jason Tarrant  
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16:50 Hydrogen System - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)  
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17:10 Electrical Systems and Installation - Steve Griffiths  
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17:30
Collaboration Board - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)) (until 18:30) (CR12/13, R68)
19:00
Collaboration dinner (until 22:00) (Restaurant, R22)
12:30
Plenary session 7: summary and closing -Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 13:00) (CR12/13, R68)
12:30 Collaboration Board summary - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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12:45 Closing remarks - Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
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13:00
Lunch (until 14:00)
13:30
H2020 bids - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)) Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)) (until 14:30) (CR9, ATLAS (R27))
14:30
Executive Board -Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB)) (until 16:30) (CR10, ATLAS (R27))