Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2018/05/30

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 30th May 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Laurent Kelleter, Matthieu Hentz, Simon Jolly

SJ:

• Spoke to Stewart Boogert from RHUL at IPAC about BDSIM:
  • BDSIM acts as a wrapper for Geant4 but with accelerator component import.
  • BDSIM also provides its own CAD import that is superior to Geant4.
  • Stewart has imported Clatterbridge CAD model into BDSIM.
• Also spoke to Jacinta Yap at PTCOG:
  • Will carry out a thorough measurement programme of Clatterbridge beamline over the summer to confirm locations of all components and magnet currents.

MH:

• Reading papers on pCT from Charles-Antoine Collins-Fekete.
• Focussing on theory of reconstruction:
  • Methods to deal with Multiple Coulomb Scattering: most use similar Most Likely Path reconstruction.
  • Lots of information on fast reconstruction: will skip until after benchmarking.
• Also working on getting Simon Rit's pCT reconstruction code using RTK:
  • Managed to compile for the first time this morning!
  • Depends on Gate for simulations.

LK:

• Claus Schmitzer replied with 3 potential projects:
  • MAPTA Development shifts to investigate Accelerator upgrades
  • Carbon commissioning Efforts
  • NCR efforts on Proton tomography
• Need to check insurance status for travel to Austria.
• Still working on analysis for range calorimeter.