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** Should be able to match up events from scope with tracker events.
** Should be able to match up events from scope with tracker events.
** Now having to deal bugs in tracker reconstruction code...
** Now having to deal bugs in tracker reconstruction code...
* '''Tony Price''' confirms an energy of 28 MeV±0.15 MeV.  
* '''Tony Price''' confirms an energy of 28 +/- 0.15 MeV.
* '''RS''' suggests broad energy spread may be a result of upstream tracker degrading the beam.
* ''To Do'':
* ''To Do'':
** Fix bugs in tracker reconstruction code.
** Fix bugs in tracker reconstruction code.
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'''JS''':
'''JS''':
* Working on building CAD models of Clatterbridge beamline.
* CAD models of Clatterbridge beamline now complete based on '''MH''''s models:
* Certain components are not specified correctly or overlap: '''SJ''' has provided most up-to-date drawings he has; '''MH''' will do the same.
** Some material definitions not clear: Kapton needs clarifying.
* To import models into Geant4:
* '''MH''' suggests including the collimator and cap inside the nozzle.
** Break each model down into constituent parts.
** Create assembly of all components made of the same material.
** Export this model as an STL-File (meshed CAD model).
** Convert each material STL-File into GDML.
** Import this meshed GDML file into Geant4 as given material.
* ''To Do'':
* ''To Do'':
** Finish CAD model for '''MH''''s simulation.
** Add collimator and cap.
** Define vacuum for initial vacuum tube.
** Rerun simulations to check differences in simulations with CAD components.
** Rerun simulations to check differences in simulations with CAD components.
'''MH''':
* Finished coursework: 7 weeks till next one.
* Writing documentation for simulation: tidying up macros for publication.


'''LK''':
'''LK''':
* Finished 3D printed cover for bridge over ISDI sensor bond wires.
* ISDI sensor now working with DAQ PC:
* ''To Do'':
** XCAP-Lite software runs under Windows 10.
** Install software on DAQ PC: DSLR software, EPIX card drivers and software, LabView, Aspect software (once we have it).
** Can see ambient light but not light from LEDs.
** Test sensor.
 
'''ABF''':
* Scintillator sheets now polished: most of the scratches now removed.
* ''To Do'':
** Install software on DAQ PC: Caen digitiser and HV.
** Packing inventory.
 
'''MH''':
* Course deadlines are a week earlier than anticipated...
* Geant4 Clatterbridge simulations '''finished'''.
* ''To Do'':
** Update Wiki.
** Submit coursework.

Latest revision as of 15:02, 7 March 2018

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 7th March 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Dan Walker, Anastasia Basharina-Freshville, Matthieu Hentz, Jordan Silverman, Dan Walker, Laurent Kelleter

DW:

  • Had discussions with Tony Price (+Mariana) at Birmingham:
    • Marian has extracted timestamps for tracker data.
    • Should be able to match up events from scope with tracker events.
    • Now having to deal bugs in tracker reconstruction code...
  • Tony Price confirms an energy of 28 +/- 0.15 MeV.
  • RS suggests broad energy spread may be a result of upstream tracker degrading the beam.
  • To Do:
    • Fix bugs in tracker reconstruction code.
    • Correlate with scintillator pulses.
    • Create 3D dose distribution.

JS:

  • CAD models of Clatterbridge beamline now complete based on MH's models:
    • Some material definitions not clear: Kapton needs clarifying.
  • MH suggests including the collimator and cap inside the nozzle.
  • To Do:
    • Add collimator and cap.
    • Rerun simulations to check differences in simulations with CAD components.

MH:

  • Finished coursework: 7 weeks till next one.
  • Writing documentation for simulation: tidying up macros for publication.

LK:

  • ISDI sensor now working with DAQ PC:
    • XCAP-Lite software runs under Windows 10.
    • Can see ambient light but not light from LEDs.
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