View source for Meeting 1/27/22 - COMTRA

== Schedule ==
* Joe reviewed schedule again, beam test window is shorter at UITF, now from Jun 1 - Oct 31, see slide 4 [[media:220127_COMTRA.pptx]]

==ME layout==

* Joe proposed moving polarimeter test to non-dispersive "straight" section to avoid any energy dependent position jitter
* Shaun showed UITF beam line, identified how we could remove single spool in 4' pass-through, leaving irradiation line intact
* Joe is confirming this with Matt as first priority location
* Riad showed model/pics of ceramic break & radiator we'd like to use, 6mm thick copper, 1" flat surface for beam, approved for 10 MeV/100uA with cooling
* Riad will discuss with Eric if 6mm okay - then we move to fabricate second ceramic break & radiator

==DAQ Procurement List - Chris and Riad==

* List of components needed to build two portable DAQ systems: [[media:ComptonTransPol_DAQ_PurchaseNeeds_2022Jan.xlsx]]
* Discussed possibility of running local EPICS, to provide convenient controls to DAC, PS, Helicity Board....Riad will discuss/confirm path forward

==Polarized Target==
* Lakshmi will review the overall plan, when ready small group will meet to begin reviewing her questions about function and requirements

==Simulation==
* Greg has installed Geant4 and loaded files to run some of the examples
* Greg would next like to learn to run and interpret output from the model Ben & Eric developed, then can add the radiator we'll use

==Detector update - Eric==
* I am in contact with the Alpha-Spectra company which was providing BGO crystals for a local project we had in Orsay. This is a US company which provides crystals with a guaranteed 8-9% resolution. At the time we were investigating for an order they were less expensive than Saint-Gobain and turned-out to be more performant (we performed dedicated measurements to test this).

* They should be back to me shortly with information about availability of improved radiation hardness crystals as well as radiation limits of the crystals they are currently providing.

* It should be noted that litterature about radiation aging of BGO crystals indicates that after a rapid loss of about 20% of transmission, the performance is kind of stable. Some experiments chose to first irradiate crystals to operate in  that  regime.

* We may need tools to control the overall stability of the experimental signal... dedicated cosmic ray calibration run or light illumination... too early stage to provide a direction of answer, but this should be kept in mind.