Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2018/11/07

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

Present

Simon Jolly, Matthieu Hentz, Laurent Kelleter, Jeremy Ocampo, Saad Shaikh, Fernando Franco Felix, Ohie Mayenin

JO:

• Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
• Going through Geant4 simulations: cannot view graphics on Windows laptop...
• Laptop has been ordered by SJ and Tony Hoare.
• Met with Jamie McClelland and Adam Gibson on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
• Will take Medical Physics/CDT courses next term: Numerical Optimisation and Inverse Problems.
• To Do:
  • Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
  • Background reading!

SS:

• Looking through data from Proton_Calorimetry/Experimental_Runs/2018/Oct25-6 Birmingham experimental runs.

Finished and submitted Literature Review.

• Contacted LeCroy again: still waiting for information.
• Setting up equipment for Birmingham.
• To Do:
  • Cracking back on with project.
  • Take data in Birmingham!

MH:

• Geant4 simulation now multithreaded: using 4 cores doubles the speed of the simulation.
• Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:
  • Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
  • Possible to merge manually.
  • RR suggests that merging should work automatically: will investigate.
• To Do:
  • Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
  • Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.

FFF:

• Background reading on proton therapy: LK recommended Paganetti: Proton Therapy Physics.
• Met with LK to discuss detector development.
• Two potential ideas for Masters project:
  • Complete range calorimeter simulations.
  • Front end electronics design and readout.
• Will contact Ruben Saakyan to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.

RR:

• Met with Marina Fuentes Sainz to discuss patent issues:
  • Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
  • Meeting arranged with Vassilios Albanis on Monday 29th October.
• To Do:
  • Meet Vassilios.

LK:

• Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
• Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
• Organisation of HIT trip.