MICE CM41

9 Feb 2015, 08:00 → 11 Feb 2015, 16:35 Europe/London

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

The 41st Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) Collaboration Meeting will be held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory between the 9th and 11th February 2015.  

Conference fee £45.00

Shift training will take place on the 12th and 13th February 2015.

Monday 9 February

Construction project

Convener: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

1 Step IV Construction

Discussion for the construction of Step IV. Items to cover in this session are :- 1. Schedule and 2. Assembly Method

2 Step IV Construction

Discussion for the constriction of Step IV. Items in this session are:- 1. Alignment and 2. Integration

3 Cooling Demonstration

Discussion for the constriction of the Cooling Demonstration. Items in this session are:- 1. Vacuum, 2. Absorbers and 3. Partial Return Yoke

4 Cooling Demonstration

Discussion for the constriction of the Cooling Demonstration. Items in this session are:- 1. RF Amplifiers and Waveguides, 2. Rolling Platforms and 3. Services

Slides

• CM41_talk_2.pdf
• RF_Layout_3pi_2_-_CM41_mtg.pdf
• RF_Layout_3pi_2_-_CM41_mtg.pptx

Physics & analysis

Convener: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

5 Tracker Reconstruction

Speakers: Christopher Hunt (Imperial College), David Adey (Fermilab)

6 EMR Software

Speaker: Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides CM41_emr_soft.pdf

7 Global Software

Speakers: Jan Greis, Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)

Slides GlobalsIntroduction.pdf

8 Global Tracking

Speaker: Jan Greis

Slides CM41-GR.odp CM41-GR.pdf

9 Global Particle ID

Speaker: Celeste Pidcott

Slides CM41GlobalPID.pdf

10 Geometry

Speaker: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)

Slides GeometryStatus.pdf

11 Discussion

12 Coffee

13 MICE Muon Beamline

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

14 Magnetic Field Mapping

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides 09Feb15_MagneticAxis.pdf 09Feb15_MagneticAxis.pptx

Supporting Material

• DSS, with corr
• FC1, no corr
• FC1, with corr
• USS, with corr

15 Magnetic Alignment

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides magnet_alignment_cm41.odp magnet_alignment_cm41.pdf

16 Discussion

17 Lunch

18 Transported Beam

Speaker: Christopher Hunt (Imperial College)

Slides beam_quality_study.pdf

19 Cooling channel optics at Step IV

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

20 Nonlinear beam dynamics

Speaker: Dr Rob Ryne (LBL)

Slides mice_iv_nonlin_09feb2015.pdf

21 Measurement of energy loss and MCS

Speaker: Dr John Cobb (Oxford University)

Slides Mat-prop-CM41.pdf Mat-prop-CM41.ppt

22 Measurement of beam polarisation

Speaker: Sophie Charlotte Middleton (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))

Slides UpdatedCM41BeamPolarization.pdf

23 Coffee

24 Ckov Reconstruction

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

Slides Ckov_RAL__cm41_Talk_v3.pdf Ckov_RAL__cm41_Talk_v3.ppt

25 Batch production

Speaker: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)

Slides SimulationAnalysisUpdate.pdf

26 xboa and online analysis

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides xboa_status_cm41.odp xboa_status_cm41.pdf

27 Data rate and trigger

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides trigger_cm41.odp trigger_cm41.pdf

Detectors, commissioning and operations

Conveners: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)), Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

28 Commissioning of muon beam elements

Speaker: Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)

Slides BeamlineStatusCM41.txt

29 Muon Beam Precommissioning

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

30 Commissioning of tracker

Speaker: Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)

Slides MICE_CM41_Tracker_Comissioning.pdf

31 Commissioning of EMR

Speaker: Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides CM41_emr_commisssioning.pdf

32 TOF1 local shielding and commissioning of TOF

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

Slides Bonesini_CM41.pdf Bonesini_CM41.pptx

33 Lunch

34 Commissioning of CKOV and KL detectors

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

Slides Commissioning_PID_Detectors_CM40.pdf Commissioning_PID_Detectors_CM40.pptx

35 Commissioning of Quench Protection

Speakers: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology), Dr Sandor Fehers (Fermilab)

Slides cm41-hanlet-QPS.pdf

36 Commissioning Step IV magnets and beam commissioning (June/July)

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

37 Commissioning of cooling channel optics

Speakers: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC), Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College)

Slides 150209-optics-commissioning.pdf

38 Tea/Coffee

39 Comissioning of Liquid Hydrogen system

Speaker: Steve Watson (STFC RAL)

40 General Operations

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM41_Parallel.pdf

Software and computing

Convener: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

41 MAUS Status

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides MausUpdateCM41.pdf

42 G4Beamline

Speaker: John Nugent (University of Glasgow)

43 CDB and Batch Processing

Speaker: Janusz Martyniak (Imperial College London)

Slides MICE_talk_CM41.pdf MICE_talk_CM41.pptx

44 GRID Status

Speaker: Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)

45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

46 Online Status and Plans

Speaker: Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)

Slides MICE_CM41_Online.pdf

47 DAQ

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

Slides DAQ_Report_YK.pdf

48 Trigger

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

49 Tracker DAQ

Speaker: David Adey (Fermilab)

50 Online Monitoring

Speaker: Rhys Gardener

Slides OnlineMonitoring.pdf

15:40 Coffee

51 Controls & Monitoring Status

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm41-hanlet-CandM.pdf

52 Controls & Monitoring II

Speaker: Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)

Slides Heidt_CM41_CaM.pdf

Tuesday 10 February

Plenary session 1: welcome and introduction

Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)

53 Welcome and introduction

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))

Slides 01-2015-02-09-MICE-Pl1-Long.pdf 01-2015-02-09-MICE-Pl1-Long.pptx

54 Project Manager's report

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides 02-Project-Managers-Report-CM41.pdf 02-Project-Managers-Report-CM41.ppt

55 Operations Coordinator's report

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM41_OperationsReport.pdf

56 Report from the MOM

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides rogers_mom_cm41.odp rogers_mom_cm41.pdf

Tea/coffee

Plenary session 2: physics and analysis

Convener: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

57 Physics Coordinator's report

Speaker: Dr Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides rogers_analysis-cm41.odp rogers_analysis-cm41.pdf

58 Pion Contamination Results

Speaker: John Nugent (University of Glasgow)

Slides CM41_JN.pdf

59 Electron-Muon Ranger: Performance in the MICE Beam

Speaker: Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides emr_analysis_v3.pdf

60 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling

Speaker: Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College)

Slides 150210_cooling_demonstration.pdf

61 Discussion

Lunch

Plenary session 3: Commissioning and operation

Conveners: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)), Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

62 Detector commissioning

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

Slides Commissioning_PID_Detectors_CM41.pdf Commissioning_PID_Detectors_CM41.pptx

63 Muon beam commissioning

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

Slides Magnet_and_Beam_Commissioning_CM41.pdf

64 Future operations

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM41_Plenary.pdf

Tea/coffee

Plenary session 4: construction of Step IV

Conveners: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

65 Step IV Installation Schedule

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides Step_IV_Schedule.pdf Step_IV_Schedule.ppt

66 Overview of Progress

Speaker: Mr Andy Nichols

Slides an10-2-15.pdf

67 Partial Return Yoke

Speaker: Mr Jason Tarrant

Slides 035_09_Feb_CM41_-_PRY_Preparation_Progress_V1.pdf 035_09_Feb_CM41_-_PRY_Preparation_Progress_V1.ppt

68 Hydrogen System

Speaker: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs)

Slides CM41_09-02-15_LH2.pdf

69 Electrical Systems and Installation

Speaker: Steve Griffiths

Slides CM41_Electrical_Integration_Feb_2015.pdf CM41_Electrical_Integration_Feb_2015.pptx

Collaboration Board

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

Collaboration dinner

Wednesday 11 February

Plenary session 5: Software and computing

Convener: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

70 Computing & Software

Speaker: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

Slides computing-cm41.pdf

71 Controls & Monitoring

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Slides cm41-hanlet-CandM-summary.pdf

72 Online Computing

Speaker: Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)

Slides MICE_CM41_Online_Summary.pdf

73 Offline Software

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides MausUpdateCM41.pdf

Tea/coffee

Plenary session 6: construction of ionization cooling demo

Conveners: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

74 Schedule of Installation

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides Cooling_Demo_Schedule.pdf Cooling_Demo_Schedule.ppt

75 Secondary Absorbers / Radiation Shutter

Speaker: Mr Norbert Collomb (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides MICE_Secondary_Absorber_NC_2015_02_11.pdf MICE_Secondary_Absorber_NC_2015_02_11.pptx

76 RF Cavity Testing

Speaker: Yagmur Torun (Illinois Institute of Technology)

77 RF Cavity Design and Vacuum

Speaker: Dr Derun Li (LBNL)

78 RF Amplification and Waveguides

Speaker: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

Slides RF_Cooling_Demo_CM41_mtg.pdf

Plenary session 7: summary and closing

Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)

79 Collaboration Board summary

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

Slides summary-CB-2015-02-11-Alain.pdf summary-CB-2015-02-11-Alain.pptx

80 Closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))

Slides 99-2015-02-11-Long.pdf 99-2015-02-11-Long.pptx

Lunch

H2020 bids

Discussion of H2020 bids

Conveners: Maurizio Bonesini (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)), Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))

Executive Board

Convener: Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))