General Meeting Summary 11/16/17

NPS Collaboration Meeting set for Tuesday, 23 January 2018, following the Hall C meeting

FRAME DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

• Discussion about an update from Mike Fowler on design status and plans

• idea is to complete the general design drawings based on HyCal with all pieces fitted together and then send them to IPNO for fabrication design drawing

• crystal length is 20cm, the detector box on order 1m to provide enough space to work
• connectors will be on top
• box includes Cu plates (shown in orange) from sides only - this will give a temperature gradient
• hinged doors for access from all sides during installation
• option for ventilation in box would be good
• largest tolerable vertical offset expected on order 1cm
• rail design similar to DVCS

• Discussion about prototype design and what parts might be adaptable for full frame design

• • prototype consists of a copper box, a "Front Plate" and a "Back Plate" made by 3D printing technology from some plastic (could also be a mesh box such as using for bottles transportation from carbon-fiber),

• Tests show that such a design for a 9x9 crystal matrix can hold 10 kg vertical pressure with 50 mkm deformation

• prototype assembling procedure:

• clean PbWO crystals after testing and selection, wrap with Teflon and Tedlar paper and keep in clean room (ready for stacking)
• Mount "Front Plate" (see picture links in Agenda) inside of Cu Box
• Stack all Crystals; fix their positions relative the side walls.
• Mount "Backplate" and will check that positions of crystals-and holes for PMTs are OK.
• Mount PMTs with tensioning rod and pushed towards crystal. For crystal-PMT optical contact use optical grease (Saint Gobain, organic scintillator, Bicron630).
• Monitoring can be done from the front side using ~100 mkm diameter quartz fibers. For the full detector, a set of LED could be located on the back of the calorimeter and below beam level (to minimize radiation damage). For the prototype, this procedure was tested in Hall A.

• For curing system, prototype uses "UV curing", a separate frame holds high intensity Lamps (as for BigCal) and

curing would be done in a beam off period

• Discussion about full detector frame design

• Design geometry optimization ongoing at IPNO - finalization anticipated beginning of 2018
• Current design has two sets of LEDs from back for curing and monitoring - tests of curing efficiency, also including fibers to deliver light to specific locations, ongoing

MAGNET

• Main coil construction is on schedule, pictures of preliminary assembly shown, company still needs to perform final checks

• Iron cut pictures for the yoke are shown - looks like ready to ship

• First task when pieces arrive is to test iron - this can be done before the main coil arrives

CRYSTAL/PMT UPDATE

• Visual inspection identified two boxes of crystals (20/100) that seem not new (traces of old labels, chemical film)

• After consulting with material science, best course of action for these would be to send back to company

• Optical measurements and microscopy of identify individual crystals out of a set of 100 with major flaws like bubbles and deep pits in the bulk

• Mechanical measurement tool has arrived, accuracy is 1um.

• still need a granite table to optimize the setup

• Measurement of PMT mechanical properties shows that:

• diameters are consistent with specifications
• diameters are consistent from PMT-to-PMT

• DAQ system in clean room needs to be setup for PMT (relative quantum efficiency) and prototype tests

• These tests could be and some are already done in collaboration with Hall D
• A. Somov mentions that he has many components for setting up a DAQ

NEXT MEETING: THUR 7 DECEMBER 2017 at 9:00 AM (EST)