General Meeting Summary 6/14/18
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MAGNET ASSEMBLY PLAN (Bogdan)
- Discussion about details of assembly
- Largest parts assembled in test lab, total assembly may be done in another location and full magnet transported back to test lab
- Total weight is ~10t
- Need a ~1-page document specifying tests/mapping of the magnet - check in with Charles
HV BASES (Julie)
- Have received about half of the boards, ready to assemble
- Have 1000 sockets at OU, still need the remaining ones
- How many sockets are at JLab? Vladimir checked into this:
- 36 old type sockets (machined one) in C124 office
- 149 old type at Fernando`s laboratory F117 that sockets already mounted to HV divider circuit boards
- 15 have been sent to Julie
- So it is 200 total plus
- 120 new type sockets in NPS cleanroom with PMT`s
- In the end we got 320 sockets at Jlab
- 35 PMTs will come from OU to JLab
- Action Item: Send link to location where to store information on bases, data sheets etc. (Tanja)
CRYSTALS PROCUREMENT (Tanja, Rolf, all)
- Discussion about path forward - procure fewer crystals from Crytur (bid was higher pricing), procure 580 crystals from SICCAS (instead of Crytur), or a mix of 400 from SICCAS and 100 from Crytur
- Good to check quality of Crytur crystals over a large sample - so far have only checked in single digits for rectangular crystals
- Need to have all NPS/Hall D crystals over next few years
- Discussion about combining crystals from different vendors in calorimeter
- Crytur is not willing to provide crystals at less than $1900/piece at this time (original discussion was $1300/piece), Giessen U. negotiations unsuccessful
- SICCAS is willing to replace crystals and discuss procedure to meet specifications
- Decision to check if possible to procure 400 crystals from SICCAS and 100 crystals from Crytur. If not possible, will proceed with 580 crystals from SICCAS
NPS PROTOTYPE/COMCAL (Vladimir/Alexander)
- Ongoing main activities
- PMT testing - set of 200 Hamamatsu R4125 PMTs being analyzed
- Engineering drawings
- Assembly location details - 126, TEDF?
- Crystal wrapping and storage
- Monitoring system
- PMT tests suggest good performance overall, but see relatively large fluctuations in distribution of PMT amplitudes though all within 20%, in actual experiment will gain match
- Reflector to be used: ESR (same as VM2000 discussed in January 2018 NPS meeting by IPNO team)
- Need sheets 17"x17" to cover 140 crystals, thickness 5um
- Procedure for pre-shaping: anneal at about 100 degC
- Test wrapping with dummy bar made of either stainless steel (better thermal expansion coefficient) or aluminum (easier to work with). Note error of machining is ~100 um
- Next steps:
- Systematic checks of PMTs
- Update documentation of PMT tests - also link to NPS Wiki
- Current location is in Hall D Wiki (for those with access: https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/PMT_testing)
- Will present more details of test and assembly status in next meeting
NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, JULY 12, AT 9:00 AM (EDT)