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MICE status & news
1. Collaboration life Common fund Highlights since CM16: target test, ICST visit 2. funding requests: status
3. outstanding problems: TOF, Travel money
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Collaboration life
-- Changeovers .. collaboration board chair (Dan Kaplan extended till end of spokesperson election process under CB vote) .. spokesperson election (end of term April 30 2007): responsibility of collaboration board chair. first step: nominate search committee(Yoshi Kuno, Ghislain Gregoire, Ray Gamet, Alan Bross have accepted) will first investigate consensus on continuation of AB (including his own!)then will proceed to proposal or call for nominations followed by CB vote.
-- Plans for upcoming MICE meetings
— February 22-25, 2007 at CERN— June 10-15 at RAL — October at RAL — generally plan two meetings per year at RAL, one elsewhere
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-- Mice common fund proposal was approved at the collaboration board
.. £3000 per Ph. D holder considered a maximum
.. first installement due October 1, 2007
.. MICE CB chair/secretary establish the number of contributors per institute (Ongoing)
this is likely to represent a contribution of order 150-200k£ per year
.. MICE PM to set up account and to establish invoices to institute leader
The ISIS beam delivery is acknowledged to be a welcome contribution of the host laboratory
The muon beam line electricity is a major source of the expenses and MICE would like to request that this be covered by the host lab
Collaboration life
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Run plan -- steps I and II
STEP I Aug.- oct. 2007
STEP IINov.-dec. 2007
Goal: Establish beam match andwhether we have all knobs necessary to draw emittance vs. transmission curve. Measure emittance
Very preliminary estimate (not a beam request!)
STEP I requires 60 shifts (20 days of running) beam line commissionning, target tuning (rates), detector shake down
STEP II requires 150 shifts (50 days) Alignment of beam x,x’,y,y’, (Lack of) dispersion, check can achieve range of transverse emittance, and range of momentameasure emittance(may extend to 2008)
total for 2007: 70 days
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Collaboration life Progress on many fronts is encouraging
—spectrometer solenoid fabrication startedovendor design approved; first magnet end of August 2007o will be delivered to FNAL (mag measurements)o ETA @ RAL november 2007
—201-MHz cavity testing with field to begin (next week)
field limited to FC stray field (need for CC)
—RF power source refurbishment moving forward at Daresburyo 300 kW amplifier tested to 160 kWo fabrication of full station getting under wayo CERN RF project has been approved by AB department head personnel being secured.
—R&D hydride bed delivered—Phase II MICE proposal submitted
odefense underway—detailed review schedule has been developed
obeing ~followed!oreviews of LH2 safety, tracker, beam line, PID, performed
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Intense working group activity:
MICE Planning and Schedule Review Meetings at RAL biweeklyNovember 29, 2006 (tracker) December 1, 2006 (software) December 4, 2006 (technical board)December 7, 2006 (bridged to video conference) December 13, 2006 (tracker) December 14, 2006 (beamline optics) December 19, 2006 (analysis) January 8, 2007 (software) January 8, 2007 (analysis) January 10, 2007 (detectors) January 11, 2007 (bridged to video conference)
MICE Tracker Phone Conference (January 15, 2007)MICE Beamline Optics Meeting (January 16, 2007)MICE Software Phone Conference (January 22, 2007)MICE Software Workshop (January 22-24, 2007 - Fermilab)MICE Analysis Phone Conference (January 23, 2007)MICE Video Conference (February 1, 2007) NFMC Collaboration Meeting (Jan 29-Feb 1, 2007 - UCLA)MICE Detector Phone Conference (February 8, 2007)MICE Tracker Workshop (February 12-14, 2007 - Imperial) Low Emittance Muon Collider Workshop (Feb 12-16, 2007 - Fermilab)
MICE Collaboration Meeting (February 22-25, 2006 - CERN)
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Station 5 COMPLETE QA systems proved
Station acceptance rig under development
Full production of tracker now scheduled to start in January Some parts already
underway: Fibre preparation at FNAL
Ribbon production at FNAL
Tracker status: overview:
as of 12 decemberas of 12 december
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RF cavity test at fermilab:
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MICE SOFTWARE AND DATA CHALLENGE
Progress in software and analysis PID emittance definition tracker analysis putting it all together, defining data format, etc…
Propose MICE DATA CHALLENGE: produce simulated data corresponding to a number of situations in MICE settings, code version etc… being defined aim: start production end of january
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-- UK: 9.7M£ (OST+ rolling grants + CCLRC contribution) Phase II bid under review
-- USA: funding from the NFMCC (DOE baseline scenario 4.125M$) +RF source + NSF grant (IIT) 300k$ + MRI grant (tracker + tracker solenoid) 750k$ (NB tracker part was reduced substantially by D0 electronics deal) + DOE suppl. for MUCOOL coupling coil 300k$
further requests submitted: + NSF MRI for MUCOOL CC (refused in 2006 --will be resubmitted) + NSF cooling funding proposal by Pr G. Hanson and coll. pending + NSF tracker proposal by Pr G. Hanson et coll pending (1postdoc + 2 PhD students) + *NEW* PIRE proposal by Cremaldi et al Partnerships for International Research and Education support for postdocs and students in international collaboration
Summary of funding situation (I) NO CHANGEsince nevember
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-- Japan: US-Japan ~$100k/yr, UK-Japan (travel funds) + 1M$ requested --> 2005 bid was rejected! --> this led to interruption of US-Japan fund resubmitted in Nov. 2006 (Kajita as PI) (includes also HK R&D)
US-Japan funds. Will apply as MC R&D (commonality) together with US colleagues (January 2007) Shigeru Ishimoto as PI
-- Switzerland: PSI solenoid Uni-Geneva-SNF (DAQ, trigger ~150k€) + 2PhD+1RA (will apply to several complemetary funding sources to advance remaining 50k€) (will also apply for Univ. fund to cover part of TOF2 (tubes ~50k€) ) Bulgaria collaboration will take care of shaper/splitters (15k€)
-- CERN: 1 RF station providing 4MW (agreed on 3 Nov 2006: Maurizio Vretenar was charged of execution) -- Netherlands: Mag probes (in production)
-- Italy (TOF, Calorimeter) subject to success of test and new application needed: 200k€ for completion.
-- China (MICE coupling coils) under study 1st presentation at CM16, bid submitted from ICST to HIT. (local) would welcome support for Chinese travel.
Summary of funding situation (II)
12MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 12 January 2007Trip Report on the Visit to ICST of HIT, China Page 8
Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
CouplingCoil
MICE RF Cavity & Coupling Coil Module
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Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Goals of the ICST/LBNL Collaboration
•Develop a coupling coil design for MICE, MuCool–Preferably one design that meets both project’s needs
• Fabricate and test three coupling coils at ICST–Coil for MuCool is needed as soon as possible
–Two MICE coils can follow later (if appropriate)
•Integrate the coil design with the requirements of the MICE RF/Coupling Coil Module–Issues: RF vacuum vessel, RF couplers, tuners, forces
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Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Timeline –Early MuCool Coil Delivery
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Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Concluding Comments
• A very successful visit
• Impressed by the fabrication capability at HIT
• In collaboration with ICST, we are confident on the technical and fabrication capability of making the MICE coupling coils a success
• Funding from HIT is critical for the coupling coils
• MICE collaboration support is also needed
– Travels, membership fee and etc..
• Thanks to ICST, Drs. J iaand Li, and their staffs for
hosting us and also for their contributions to MICE
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Japanese Funding Status for MICE
Japanese FY2006 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education
15M Euro/5 years project, lead by Prof. Kenzo Nakamura (KEK)MICE is one of several sub-programs (1M Euro). Others are HK ground
investigation, Double beta decays, Nufact accelerator R&D, etc.Unfortunately informed that it was not accepted in May, 2006.
Funds of about 15k Euro for trackers (station 5) is available.JSPS UK-Japan travel funds (20k Euro/year) are available (2005-2006).Seek for modest supports on LH2 absorbers from KEK (not known yet)
Japanese FY2007 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education
Applied again, November, 2006
Bid for the US-Japan funds.Will apply as Muon-collider R&D (commonality) together with US colleagues (January 2007) Shigeru Ishimoto as PI
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PID detectors:
There was a successful review of PID detectorsTechnologically all is ready.
Complete TOF is absolutely needed already at stage III(Spring 2008)
cost to completion estimate (see next page)
What is needed to complete TOF is ~150 k€. + 50 k€ for KL calorimeter
Chances of obtaining this now from INFN are small.
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costs to completion and INFN contribution to the Tof/KL project - TOF0 estimated cost 129 KE INFN contribution 65 KE (21 KE in kind; cables,HV, LASA test magnet) cost to completion 14 KE: 5KE support mechanics 3KE patch panels, ... 3KE detector assembly 3KE splitters+stretchers - TOF1 estimated cost 109 KE INFN contribution 87 KE (11 KE in kind; cables, HV) cost to completion 18KE: 8KE support mech+PMT shielding 3KE cables refurbishing 3KE patch panels ... 2KE detector assembly 2KE splitters+stretchers - TOF2 estimated cost 150 KE INFN contribution 34KE (only ADC/TDC) (16 KE in kind; HV) cost to completion 111KE: 66KE PMTs 10KE support mechanics+PMT shielding 10KE scint+lightguides+... 5KE cables 3KE patch panels, ... 5KE detector assembly .. 12KE FE electronics: splitter/stretcher + 1 board TDC/1 board FADC - TOF calibration system estimated cost 33KE INFN contribution 10 KE (8KE in kind) cost to completion 23 KE: 15KE laser system (if diode laser usable) 8KE fiber bundle
- KL The present INFN investment on KL is 114 kE in cash and 50 kE in kind (HV,PMTs,VDs). Cost to completion is 40 kE : 3 KE Splitters, Stretchers 10 KE TDCs 12 KE SupportMechanics & Local PMT Shielding 5 KE Detector Assembly & Movement 5 KE Signal & HV Cables 5 KE Patch Panels & Installation Costs All costs : - do not include contingency, external mechanics/electronic workshop costs (at nominal cost only if MICE is a 2007 INFN approved experiment), transports, ... - assume to recuperate HV from Roma3, L.E. discriminators from UniGe, and include the UniGE spending for 40 PMTs
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Manpower and travel
-- ‘mousepower’ is short in several areas -- travel money is a difficulty for some collaborators (Harbin is an example)
==>Funding and fellowships for students would be most welcome.
EU bids for Network of excellence?JRA within FP7 advanced accceleration techniques application --> Paul Kyberd(not before late 2008 if at all)
QUESTION is there a Transnational access programme at RAL that applies to MICE? e.g. ISIS access, etc..If yes how to proceed?
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CONCLUSIONS
Scientifically and technically MICE is making good progressThe collaboration is focused on getting ready to take data in 2007. Phase II R&D and ressource search is advancing
Main issues brought forward today:
1. TOF cost to completion
2. travel support for collaborators