E907 Installation Conference Call Minutes

22 April 2003

Location

Phone Number

Access Code

WH-2 NE

865-673-6703

334823

Contents

Progress Updates and Issues
  1. Upstream Beamline
    1. BEAM - Beamline
    2. UBL - Upstream Beamline Detectors
  2. Targets
    1. TGTW - Target Wheel
    2. CTGT - Cryo Targets
    3. NTGT - NuMI (MINOS) Target
  3. TPC - Time Projection Chamber
  4. Magnets
    1. ZipTrack
    2. JGG - Jolly Green Giant
    3. Rosy
  5. CKOV - Cerenkov
  6. DC - Chambers
    1. DC1-4 (E690 Chambers)
    2. DC5 & DC6 (Iowa Chambers)
  7. TOF - Time of Flight
  8. RICH - Ring Imaging Cerenkov
  9. ECAL - EM Calorimeter
  10. NCAL - Hadron Calorimeter
  11. Gas Systems
  12. DAQ - Data Acquisition
  13. MC - Monte Carlo
  14. Installation
    1. Alignment
  15. MC7 - Enclosure and Counting House
  16. Meetings
  17. Project Management

Next Call


Progress Updates and Issues

Leon Beverly's meeting summaries in italics.

Upstream Beamline

BEAM - Beamline

PPD MD will assist in design of the primary target, target shielding, etc.

UBL - Upstream Beamline Detectors

BCKOV

Pipe length getting longer, is it advantageous to divide the extra length between CKOVs, or put all the length on one CKOV. Win is investigating

Targets

TGTW - Target Wheel

CTGT - Cryogenic Targets

NTGT - NuMI (MINOS) Target

TPC - Time Projection Chamber

Rather than replace connectors, gaskets will be used to seal gas leaks. Likely to do a HV test week of 4/28. Cathode plane has been installed in the TPC.

Magnets

ZipTrack

JGG - Jolly Green Giant

Rosie

Once John Cooper approves the pORC, Holger will measure Rosie's fringe field in area of TOF.

CKOV - Cerenkov

Raja:

Peter Shanahan and Hogan Nguyen were kind enough to bring up the phototube testing stand today in Lab 5 and demonstrate data taking on one of their tubes.

The DAQ worked well. The Laser was pulsed, the filter wheel was rotated to find the maxima and minima of transmission and a linearity curve was made on the phototube between these limits. The reference was a photodiode.

We then realized that the E690 Cerenkov base was complicated and decided to wait for instructions on how to hook it up before testing one of the E690 Cerenkov counters. Also what sort of tests did you have in mind? We can do linearity and also single photon peaks with this system.

Has been anchored to steel box. HV PS & CAMAC for readout will be located near the CKOV. PMT bases may have MHV HV connectors. If so, the connectors will have to be replaced with SHV connectors.

DC - Drift Chambers

DC1-4 (E690 Chambers)

When looking at the distribution of hits for each plane (DC2), the noise increases at high threshold. Dave N. is nearly finished with all cable/air assemblies.

DC1

Next on test stand.

DC2

Chamber close up delayed a week from 4/23.

DC3

Next to clean.

DC4

Move to MC7 Monday, 4/28(?)

DC5 & DC6 (Iowa Chambers)

Plan to fit one chamber to support stand in PC4 Wednesday, 4/23.

TOF - Time of Flight

Prototyping of mounting fixtures is in progress; first shipment of 10 X 10 scintillator due 4/25, no shipment date on 5 X 5 yet. When testing TDC modules, some of them are pulling down the PMT voltage; HV supply and camac readout will be located near the TOF.

RICH - Ring Imaging Cerenkov

Shims needed to get RICH to elevation are fabricated, installation scheduled for later this week. Testing of electronics cards is going well; HV sparking of some tubes is still a problem.

ECAL - EM Calorimeter

After assembly of planes, ES&H has determined there is no lead residue in MC8. Jim K needs footprint of structure that will hold the planes before he can commence support stand design. HyangKyu to get info to Jim.

NCAL - Calorimeter

Jim K has made progress on support stand design, drawing will be started soon.

Gas Systems

DAQ - Data Acquisition

MC - Monte Carlo

Installation

Alignment

MC7 Enclosure and Counting House

 

Meetings

Project Management

Next Systems Call

The next call will be Tuesday, 29 April 2003, at 1:00 PM CDT in WH-2NE, Snake Pit.


PDB, 4/28/03