MICE CM42

22 Jun 2015, 09:00 → 24 Jun 2015, 17:35 Europe/London

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

NO FURTHER ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS ARE BEING TAKEN WEF 17JUNE 2015.  BOTH ISIS AND DIAMOND ARE BEAM UP.

The 42nd Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) Collaboration Meeting will be held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory between the 22nd and 24th June 2015.  

Registration £45.00 and Collaboration Dinner - BBQ £25.00

Shift training will take place on the 25th and 26th June 2015.

Monday 22 June

09:00 → 18:00 Construction project

Construction project parallel

Conveners: Colin Whyte (U), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

14:00 MTA Tests and Tuners

Speakers: Daniel Bowring (F), Maria Leonova (Fermilab)

Slides Bowring_CM42_01.pdf

14:30 Controls

Speaker: Timothy Stanley (Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK)

Slides MICE_RF_Installation_at_RAL_–_Project_Update_WIP6.pdf MICE_RF_Installation_at_RAL_–_Project_Update_WIP6.pptx

15:00 Muon Timing

Speaker: Alexander Dick (University of Strathclyde)

15:30 RF Planning and Commissioning

Speaker: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

Slides RF_Plan-21-06-15a.pdf RF_Plan-21-06-15a.pptx

16:00 Cavity Module

Speaker: Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides RF_Module_Update_20150622.pdf RF_Module_Update_20150622.pptx

16:30 Cavity Control, LLRF and Tuning

Speaker: andrew moss (Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides llrf_controls_for_MICE_cavity_June_2015b.pdf llrf_controls_for_MICE_cavity_June_2015b.pptx

09:00 → 18:00 Detectors, commissioning and operations

Detectors, commissioning and operations parallel

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

09:00 Electrical Commissioning

Speaker: Steve Griffiths (STFC)

Slides CM42_Electrical_Integration_June_2015.pdf CM42_Electrical_Integration_June_2015.pptx

09:30 Vacuum System - Description and Operation

Speaker: Mark Tucker (STFC)

Slides Vacuum-system_CM42.pdf Vacuum-system_CM42.pptx

10:00 Hall Safety and Cryogens handling

Speakers: Andy Nichols (STFC Rutherford labs), John Govans (STFC)

Slides an22_6_15.pdf

10:30 Hydrogen system / Focus Coil - Cool-down and Operations

Speaker: Steve Watson (STFC RAL)

Slides CM42_150622.pdf CM42_150622.pptx

11:00 Coffee/Tea

11:30 Spectrometer Solenoid - Cooldown / refill and operations

Speaker: Alan Bross (Fermilab)

11:50 SS Quench protection

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

12:10 FC Quench protection

Speaker: Trevor Hartnett (S)

Slides Focus_Coil_Quench_Detector_19-06-15.pdf Focus_Coil_Quench_Detector_19-06-15.pptx

12:30 Magnet Commissioning

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

Slides Magnet_and_Beam_Commissioning_CM42.pdf

13:00 Lunch

14:00 MICE Step IV Operations

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM42_Parallel.pdf

14:30 EMR Commissioning

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

Slides CM42_emr_commisssioning.pdf

15:00 TOF Commissioning

Slides CM42_TOF.pdf CM42_TOF.pptx

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 KL Commissioning

Speakers: Domizia Orestano (Università Roma Tre and INFN), Ludovico Tortora (Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi (IT))

Slides CM42_KL.pdf

16:30 Tracker Commissioning

Speaker: Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)

Slides CM_42_TrackerCommissioning.pdf Heidt_Tracker_Characterization_CM42.pdf

17:00 CKOV Commissioning

Speakers: Lucien Cremaldi (University of Mississippi (US)), Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

09:00 → 18:20 Physics and analysis

Physics and analysis parallel

Convener: Chris Rogers (STFC)

09:00 Measurement of diagnostic residuals and efficiencies

Speaker: Melissa Uchida (Imperial College London)

Slides GlobalAlignmentCM42.pdf

09:20 Field mapping

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

09:40 Field mapping

Speaker: John Cobb (Oxford University)

10:00 Beam based magnet alignment

Speaker: Chris Rogers (STFC)

10:20 Beamline pre-commissioning and commissioning

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

Slides Beam_Pre_Commissioning_CM42.pdf

10:40 Discussion

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Batch Production

Speakers: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow), Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)

Slides CM42_Batch_Simulations.pdf

11:50 Energy Loss Measurement

Speaker: Rhys Gardener (Brunel University)

Slides

• EnergyLossCM42.pdf
• EnergyLossCM42.pdf
• EnergyLossCM42.ppt

12:10 Energy Loss Measurement

Speaker: Dimitrije Maletic (University of Belgrade (RS))

Slides Energy_loss._Belgrade.pdf

12:30 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Multiple Coulomb Scattering - fields on

Speakers: Celeste Pidcott, Dr Paolo Franchini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides CM42fieldonMCS.pdf

14:20 Multiple Coulomb Scattering - fields off

Speaker: John Nugent (University of Glasgow)

Slides multi_scat.pdf

14:40 Cerenkov Analysis

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

Slides cm42_ckov_analysis.pdf cm42_ckov_analysis.pptx

15:00 Wedge Absorber

Speaker: David Neuffer

Slides finalwedgesRAL.pdf finalwedgesRAL.pptx

15:20 Discussion

15:30 Coffee

16:00 Cooling channel optics

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

Slides Channel_Optics_CM42.pdf

16:20 Bayesian statistics and Non-Linear Optics

Speakers: Chris Rogers (STFC), Dr Rob Ryne (LBL)

Slides ryne_MICE_CM42_bayesian.pdf

16:40 Measurement of beam quality

17:00 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling

Slides 150622_mice_demo.pdf

17:20 Measurement of Emittance Reduction

Speaker: Chris Rogers (STFC)

17:40 Discussion

09:00 → 18:00 Software and computing: Software and computing parallel

Convener: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

09:00 MAUS Status

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides MausStatusCM42.pdf

09:20 Tracker Software

Speaker: Paul Kyberd (Brunel University (GB))

09:40 Tracker: Final Track Fit

Speaker: Christopher Hunt (Imperial College)

Slides kalman_rewrite.pdf

10:00 Global Tracking

Speaker: Jan Greis

Slides CM42-GR.odp CM42-GR.pdf

10:20 Global PID

Speaker: Celeste Pidcott

Slides CM42GPID.pdf

10:40 Discussion: MAUS Readiness

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides MausReadiness.pdf

11:00 Coffee

11:30 CDB and Batch Processing

Speaker: Janusz Martyniak

Slides MICE_CM42_talk.pdf MICE_CM42_talk.pptx

11:50 GRID and MC Production

Speaker: Henry Nebrensky (Brunel University)

12:50 Discussion: Processing Readiness

13:05 Lunch

14:05 DAQ & Trigger

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

Paper MICETrigger_v1.pdf

Slides DAQ_Report_YK.pdf

14:35 Tracker DAQ

Speaker: Edward Overton (The University of Sheffield)

Slides CM_42_TrackerDAQ.pdf

14:55 Online Monitoring

Speaker: Rhys Gardener (Brunel University)

Slides OnMonCM42.pdf OnMonCM42.ppt

15:15 Online Reconstruction

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides OnlineReconstructionCM42.pdf

15:35 Discussion: Online Readiness

16:00 Tracker Monte Carlo

Speaker: Christopher Heidt (University of California Riverside)

Slides Tracker_MC_Summary_CM.pdf

16:20 Controls & Monitoring Status

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Tuesday 23 June

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary session 1: welcome and introduction

Convener: Alan Bross (Fermilab)

09:00 Welcome and introduction

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

Slides 01-2015-06-23-MICE-Pl1-Long.pdf 01-2015-06-23-MICE-Pl1-Long.pptx

09:25 Project Manager's report

Speaker: Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Slides Project_Managers_Report_CM42.pdf Project_Managers_Report_CM42.ppt

09:50 Operations Coordinator's report

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM42_OperationsReport.pdf

10:10 Report from the MOM

Speaker: Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides MOMTalk.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 13:00 Plenary session 2: physics and analysis

Convener: Chris Rogers (STFC)

11:00 Physics Coordinator's report

Speaker: Chris Rogers (STFC)

Slides rogers_analysis-cm42.odp rogers_analysis-cm42.pdf

11:20 Magnetic Field Mapping

Speakers: John Cobb (Oxford University), Victoria Blackmore (University of Oxford)

Slides Mapping-CM42s.pdf Mapping-CM42s.ppt

11:35 Measurement of Beam Polarisation

Speaker: Sophie Middleton

Slides PolarisationStudy_CM42.pdf

11:50 MICE Demonstration of Ionisation Cooling

Speaker: Jean-baptiste Lagrange (Imperial College)

Slides 150623_mice_demo.pdf

12:05 Pion Contamination Paper

Speaker: John Nugent (University of Glasgow)

Slides JN_CM42.pdf

12:20 EMR paper

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

Slides emr_analysis_v8.pdf

12:30 Discussion

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Commissioning and operation

Conveners: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

14:00 MICE Step IV Operational Plan

Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)

Slides CM42_Plenary.pdf

14:30 Magnet and Beam Commissioning

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)

Slides Magnet_and_Beam_Commissioning_CM42p.pdf

15:00 Detector Commissioning

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

Slides Detector_Commissioning_CM42.pdf Detector_Commissioning_CM42.pptx

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Plenary session 4: software and computing

Convener: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

16:00 Computing & Software Status

Speaker: Durga Rajaram (IIT, Chicago)

Slides computing-cm42.pdf

16:15 Controls & Monitoring

Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)

16:35 Online

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

Slides Online_Report_YK.pdf

16:55 Offline software

Speaker: Adam Dobbs (Imperial College London)

Slides MausStatusCM42.pdf

17:15 Computing Infrastructure

Speaker: Paolo Franchini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

Slides Franchini_CM_June_2015.pdf

17:30 → 19:00 Collaboration Board

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

19:00 → 22:00 Collaboration dinner

Convener: Debbie Loader (STFC)

Wednesday 24 June

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary session 5: construction of cooling demonstration

Conveners: Colin Whyte (U), Roy Preece (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

09:00 Installation schedule

Speaker: Colin Whyte (U)

Slides 24_6_15_Instal_Sched_Whyte4.pdf 24_6_15_Instal_Sched_Whyte4.ppt

09:10 MTA Cavity Tests

Speaker: Daniel Bowring (FNAL)

Slides Bowring_CM42_02.pdf

09:30 RF Cavity Design

Speaker: Allan DeMello (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides RF_Module_Update_20150622.pdf

10:00 RF Power Planning

Speaker: Kevin Ronald (University of Strathclyde)

Slides RF_commissioning_24-06-15a.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary session 6: topical contribution, summary and closing

Convener: Alan Bross (Fermilab)

11:00 Statistical Quantities and Definition of Terms for Cooling Channel Beam Optics

Speaker: Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides JSBerg-150624-00.pdf

11:30 Collaboration Board summary

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

Slides summary-CB-2015-06-24-Alain.pdf

11:45 Closing remarks

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

Slides 99-2015-06-24-Long.pdf 99-2015-06-24-Long.pptx

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Executive Board

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