MICE CM42

from Monday 22 June 2015 (09:00) to Wednesday 24 June 2015 (17:35)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015
24 Jun 2015
AM
09:00
Construction project - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Colin Whyte (U) (until 18:00) (CR13, R68)
14:00 MTA Tests and Tuners - Maria Leonova (Fermilab) Daniel Bowring (F)  
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14:30 Controls - Timothy Stanley (Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK)  
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15:00 Muon Timing - Alexander Dick (University of Strathclyde)  
15:30 RF Planning and Commissioning - Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)  
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16:00 Cavity Module - Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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16:30 Cavity Control, LLRF and Tuning - andrew moss (Daresbury Laboratory)  
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09:00
Detectors, commissioning and operations - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB)) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) Steven Boyd (University of Warwick) (until 18:00) (CR12, R68)
09:00 Electrical Commissioning - Steve Griffiths (STFC)  
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09:30 Vacuum System - Description and Operation - Mark Tucker (STFC)  
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10:00 Hall Safety and Cryogens handling - Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs) John Govans (STFC)  
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10:30 Hydrogen system / Focus Coil - Cool-down and Operations - Steve Watson (STFC RAL)  
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11:00 --- Coffee/Tea ---
11:30 Spectrometer Solenoid - Cooldown / refill and operations - Alan Bross (Fermilab)  
11:50 SS Quench protection - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
12:10 FC Quench protection - Trevor Hartnett (S)  
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12:30 Magnet Commissioning - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 MICE Step IV Operations - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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14:30 EMR Commissioning - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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15:00 TOF Commissioning  
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15:30 --- Coffee/Tea ---
16:00 KL Commissioning - Domizia Orestano (Università Roma Tre and INFN) Ludovico Tortora (Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi (IT))  
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16:30 Tracker Commissioning - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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17:00 CKOV Commissioning - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US)) Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
09:00
Physics and analysis - Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 18:20) (CR09, Atlas (R27))
09:00 Measurement of diagnostic residuals and efficiencies - Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)  
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09:20 Field mapping - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
09:40 Field mapping - John Cobb (Oxford University)  
10:00 Beam based magnet alignment - Chris Rogers (STFC)  
10:20 Beamline pre-commissioning and commissioning - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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10:40 Discussion  
11:00 --- Coffee ---
11:30 Batch Production - Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow) Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)  
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11:50 Energy Loss Measurement - Rhys Gardener (Brunel University)  
12:10 Energy Loss Measurement - Dimitrije Maletic (University of Belgrade (RS))  
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12:30 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Multiple Coulomb Scattering - fields on - Celeste Pidcott Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford) Dr Paolo Franchini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
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14:20 Multiple Coulomb Scattering - fields off - John Nugent (University of Glasgow)  
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14:40 Cerenkov Analysis - Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US))  
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15:00 Wedge Absorber - David Neuffer  
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15:20 Discussion  
15:30 --- Coffee ---
16:00 Cooling channel optics - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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16:20 Bayesian statistics and Non-Linear Optics - Dr Rob Ryne (LBL) Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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16:40 Measurement of beam quality  
17:00 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling  
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17:20 Measurement of Emittance Reduction - Chris Rogers (STFC)  
17:40 Discussion  
09:00
Software and computing - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) (until 18:00) (CR10, Atlas (R27))
09:00 MAUS Status - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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09:20 Tracker Software - Paul Kyberd (Brunel University (GB))  
09:40 Tracker: Final Track Fit - Christopher Hunt (Imperial College)  
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10:00 Global Tracking - Jan Greis  
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10:20 Global PID - Celeste Pidcott  
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10:40 Discussion: MAUS Readiness - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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11:00 --- Coffee ---
11:30 CDB and Batch Processing - Janusz Martyniak  
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11:50 GRID and MC Production - Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)  
12:50 Discussion: Processing Readiness  
13:05 --- Lunch ---
14:05 DAQ & Trigger - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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14:35 Tracker DAQ - Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)  
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14:55 Online Monitoring - Rhys Gardener (Brunel University)  
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15:15 Online Reconstruction - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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15:35 Discussion: Online Readiness  
16:00 Tracker Monte Carlo - Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)  
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16:20 Controls & Monitoring Status - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
09:00
Plenary session 1: welcome and introduction - Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 10:30)
09:00 Welcome and introduction - 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 - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)  
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10:30
Coffee (until 11:00)
11:00
Plenary session 2: physics and analysis - Chris Rogers (STFC) (until 13:00)
11:00 Physics Coordinator's report - Chris Rogers (STFC)  
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11:20 Magnetic Field Mapping - Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford) John Cobb (Oxford University)  
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11:35 Measurement of Beam Polarisation - Sophie Middleton  
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11:50 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling - Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College)  
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12:05 Pion Contamination Paper - John Nugent (University of Glasgow)  
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12:20 EMR paper - Francois Elie Rene Drielsma (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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12:30 Discussion  
09:00
Plenary session 5: construction of cooling demonstration - Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Colin Whyte (U) (until 10:30)
09:00 Installation schedule - Colin Whyte (U)  
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09:10 MTA Cavity Tests - Daniel Bowring (FNAL)  
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09:30 RF Cavity Design - Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)  
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10:00 RF Power Planning - Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)  
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10:30
Coffee (until 11:00)
11:00
Plenary session 6: topical contribution, summary and closing - Alan Bross (Fermilab) (until 12:30)
11:00 Statistical Quantities and Definition of Terms for Cooling Channel Beam Optics - Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)  
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11:30 Collaboration Board summary - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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11:45 Closing remarks - Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))  
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PM
13:00
Lunch (until 14:00)
14:00
Commissioning and operation - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London) (until 15:30)
14:00 MICE Step IV Operational Plan - Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)  
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14:30 Magnet and Beam Commissioning - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)  
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15:00 Detector Commissioning - Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))  
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15:30
Coffee (until 16:00)
16:00
Plenary session 4: software and computing - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago) (until 17:30)
16:00 Computing & Software Status - Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)  
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16:15 Controls & Monitoring - Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)  
16:35 Online - Yordan Ivanov Karadzhov (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
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16:55 Offline software - Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)  
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17:15 Computing Infrastructure - Paolo Franchini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
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17:30
Collaboration Board - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)) (until 19:00)
19:00
Collaboration dinner - Debbie Loader (STFC) (until 22:00)
12:30
Lunch (until 13:30)
13:30
Executive Board - Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB)) (until 15:30)