NPS Assembly

Task List 2022

• Link to the Google Doc

Resource List

• NPS Logbook

• NPS Controls

• Onsite Personnel Spreadsheet

Pre-assembly - COMPLETE (5/27/2022)

• On site personnel: AANL (Hamlet Mkrtchyan, Vardan Tadevosyan), CUA (Vladimir Berdnikov, Josh Crafts, Petr Stepanov), MSU (Abishek Karki), UIC (ZHeng Huang); onsite contacts: Vladimir, Brad

• Reflector pre-shaping procedure and material

• Pre-shaping ESR
• ESR pre-shaping procedure for NPS
• Data sheet for ESR

• Crystal Wrapping Procedure Link

• Crystal Wrapping Documentation

• Crystal ID Documentation
• Pictures from crystal wrapping

Cabling - COMPLETE (11/18/2022)

• Onsite contacts: Yeran, Brad

• Participants

• AANL (A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory)

• Mkrtchyan Hamlet
• Voskanyan Hakob
• Tadevosyan Vardan
• Mkrtchyan Arthur

• CUA (Catholic University of America)

• Ghandilyan Yeranuhi

• MSU (Mississippi State Universtiy)

• Abishek Karki

• OU (Ohio University)

• Pramita Tiwari

• GU (University of Glasgow)

• Oliver Jevons
• Gary Penman

• Bundling

• putting 12 cables on the ground one by one on
• tying with zip ties in each 3m
• making a bundle
• Total number of the cables 2160, total number of the boxes with cables - 180, total number of bundles - 180

• NPS cabling
• Summary of the NPS cabling (2/2023)

Assembly

• Resources:

• Assembly Procedure Steps
• Assembly time estimate
• NPS module assembly tracking spreadsheet

• Overview of the phases of the assembly:

• crystal stacking - DONE
• PMT block assembly - DONE
• Cabling and installation of the big PCBs - DONE
• preparation for detector checkout - ONGOING
• detector checkout - February - mid-April 2023

• Crystal stacking - COMPLETE (10 June 2022)

• onsite personnel: IJCLab-Orsay (6), AANL (2), CUA (2-3), OU (1-2); onsite contacts: Carlos, Vladimir, Brad
• All crystals are stacked, sown here with 4 full columns of PMTs and electronics are cabled - assembled NPS picture

• PMT block assembly - COMPLETE (January 2023)

• Cabling and installation of the big PCBs - COMPLETE (January 2023)

• Pictures: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4, Pic5
• Crystal+PMT+Cable module map as viewed from the back

• pdf file
• excel file

• Detector checkout preparations - ONGOING in EEL108

• onsite personnel: AANL (2), CUA (1-2), ODU (2), OU (2-3); onsite contacts: Simona, Bob, Hakob/Yeran
• Steps towards performing the detector tests - outside the calorimeter box:

• Install HV cables, signal cables and LV cables and hooked to the DAQ - COMPLETE (2/7/2023)
• Set up DAQ
• Set up power supplies (HV, LV) and slow controls

• Detector Checkout - PLANNED for February - mid-April 2023 in EEL108

• onsite personnel: AANL (2), CUA (1-2), ODU (2); onsite contacts: Simona, Bob
• Detector checkout plans and task lists

Mechanical

• Status Updates

• February 2023 including layout configurations

• Status February 2022 and SAD workplan

• Status January 2021 including layout configurations

• Overview Installation Plan (February 2023)

• NPS Deck Pictures (April 2022)

• 11 April: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4, Pic5, Pic6
• 4 April: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4, Pic5, Pic6, Pic7

• NPS Deck Pictures (March 2022)

• Pic1, Pic2, Pic3
• Drawing deck flatness

• Remaining Project Items (8/2021)

DAQ/Electronics/Analyzer

• DAQ in EEL108

• Link to DAQ/Electronics/Analyzer activities; contact David Hamilton for details.

• GitHub link (contact Brad, Carlos Y., or Steve W. for access)

Magnet

• Field measured vs. OPERA (6/2021)

Crystals

• Overview of crystal properties

• spreadsheet from CRYTUR (January 2022) (dimensions, transmittance, light yield, radiation hardness)