Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2019/03/06

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 5th/6th March 2019 (D12, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

MSc Meeting, 5th March (D12, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, James Golbourn, Raffaella Radogna

James Golbourn

• Met with Alison Warry and Andrew Gosling at UCLH regarding daily QA:
  • SJ and RR present.
  • Resolved various queries regarding daily QA.
  • Planning on using Sun Nuclear DQA3: cheap (£8k) but functionality poor.

MSc Meeting, 27th February (D12, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Fernando Franco Felix, Raffaella Radogna

Raffaella Radogna

• Producing image maps of pictures taken at Clatterbridge.
• Already checked with Clatterbridge that everything can be public domain.

Fernando Franco Felix

• Reply received from Hamamatsu.
• Some calculations not clear: SJ will chase up.

Saad Shaikh

• Checking scale factors for comparing Caen and LeCroy spectra.
• Looking into peak signal size to compare different PMMA thicknesses.
• Writing first draft of final report: should send to SJ in a week.

Ohie Mayenin

• Issues with Clatterbridge BDSIM simulation: odd results from some runs but not others:
  • Magnet field strengths arbitrarily changed.
  • Beam loss at some quadrupoles.
  • Jacinta is investigating.
• Preparing for Clatterbridge trip on 28th Feb.