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MICE status & news

MICE status & news. 1. Collaboration life Common fund Highlights since CM16: target test, ICST visit 2. funding requests: status 3. outstanding problems: TOF, Travel money. Collaboration life. -- Changeovers .. collaboration board chair

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MICE status & news

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  1. MICE status & news 1. Collaboration life Common fund Highlights since CM16: target test, ICST visit 2. funding requests: status 3. outstanding problems: TOF, Travel money

  2. Collaboration life • --Changeovers • .. collaboration board chair • (Dan Kaplan extended till end of spokesperson election process under CB vote) • .. spokesperson election (end of term April 30 2007): • responsibility of collaboration board chair. • first step: nominate search committee • (Yoshi Kuno, Ghislain Gregoire, Ray Gamet, Alan Bross have accepted) • will first investigate consensus on continuation of AB (including his own!) • then will proceed to proposal or call for nominations followed by CB vote. • -- Plans for upcoming MICE meetings • February 22-25, 2007 at CERN • June 10-15 at RAL • October at RAL • generally plan two meetings per year at RAL, one elsewhere

  3. Collaboration life -- Mice common fundproposal was approved at the collaboration board .. £3000 per Ph. D holderconsidered a maximum .. first installement due October 1, 2007 .. MICE CB chair/secretary establish the number of contributors per institute (Ongoing) this is likely to represent a contribution of order 150-200k£ per year .. MICE PM to set up account and to establish invoices to institute leader The ISIS beam delivery is acknowledged to be a welcome contribution of the host laboratory The muon beam line electricity is a major source of the expenses and MICE would like to request that this be covered by the host lab

  4. Run plan -- steps I and II Goal: Establish beam match and whether we have all knobs necessary to draw emittance vs. transmission curve. Measure emittance m STEP I Aug.- oct. 2007 STEP II Nov.-dec. 2007 total for 2007: 70 days Very preliminary estimate (not a beam request!) STEP I requires 60 shifts (20 days of running) beam line commissionning, target tuning (rates), detector shake down STEP II requires 150 shifts (50 days) Alignment of beam x,x’,y,y’, (Lack of) dispersion, check can achieve range of transverse emittance, and range of momenta measure emittance (may extend to 2008)

  5. Collaboration life • Progress on many fronts is encouraging • spectrometer solenoid fabrication started • vendor design approved; first magnet end of August 2007 • will be delivered to FNAL (mag measurements) • ETA @ RAL november 2007 • 201-MHz cavity testing with field to begin (next week) field limited to FC stray field (need for CC) • RF power source refurbishment moving forward at Daresbury • 300 kW amplifier tested to 160 kW • fabrication of full station getting under way • CERN RF project has been approved by AB department head • personnel being secured. • R&D hydride bed delivered • Phase II MICE proposal submitted • defense underway • detailed review schedule has been developed • being ~followed! • reviews of LH2 safety, tracker, beam line, PID, performed

  6. Intense working group activity: • MICE Planning and Schedule Review Meetings at RAL biweekly • November 29, 2006 (tracker) • December 1, 2006 (software) • December 4, 2006 (technical board) • December 7, 2006 (bridged to video conference) • December 13, 2006 (tracker) • December 14, 2006 (beamline optics) • December 19, 2006 (analysis) • January 8, 2007 (software) • January 8, 2007 (analysis) • January 10, 2007 (detectors) • January 11, 2007 (bridged to video conference) • MICE Tracker Phone Conference (January 15, 2007) • MICE Beamline Optics Meeting (January 16, 2007) • MICE Software Phone Conference (January 22, 2007) • MICE Software Workshop (January 22-24, 2007 - Fermilab) • MICE Analysis Phone Conference (January 23, 2007) • MICE Video Conference (February 1, 2007) • NFMC Collaboration Meeting (Jan 29-Feb 1, 2007 - UCLA) • MICE Detector Phone Conference (February 8, 2007) • MICE Tracker Workshop (February 12-14, 2007 - Imperial) • Low Emittance Muon Collider Workshop (Feb 12-16, 2007 - Fermilab) • MICE Collaboration Meeting (February 22-25, 2006 - CERN)

  7. RF cavity test at fermilab:

  8. MICE SOFTWARE AND DATA CHALLENGE Progress in software and analysis PID emittance definition tracker analysis putting it all together, defining data format, etc… Propose MICE DATA CHALLENGE: produce simulated data corresponding to a number of situations in MICE settings, code version etc… being defined aim: start production end of january

  9. Summary of funding situation (I) NO CHANGE since nevember -- UK: 9.7M£ (OST+ rolling grants + CCLRC contribution) Phase II bid under review -- USA: funding from the NFMCC (DOE baseline scenario 4.125M$) +RF source + NSF grant (IIT) 300k$ + MRI grant (tracker + tracker solenoid) 750k$ (NB tracker part was reduced substantially by D0 electronics deal) +DOE suppl. for MUCOOL coupling coil 300k$ further requests submitted: + NSF MRI for MUCOOL CC (refused in 2006 --will be resubmitted) + NSF cooling funding proposal by Pr G. Hanson and coll. pending + NSF tracker proposal by Pr G. Hanson et coll pending (1postdoc + 2 PhD students) + *NEW* PIRE proposal by Cremaldi et al Partnerships for International Research and Education support for postdocs and students in international collaboration

  10. Summary of funding situation (II) • -- Japan: US-Japan ~$100k/yr, UK-Japan (travel funds) • + 1M$ requested --> 2005 bid was rejected! • --> this led to interruption of US-Japan fund • resubmitted in Nov. 2006 (Kajita as PI) (includes also HK R&D) US-Japan funds.Will apply as MC R&D (commonality) together with US colleagues (January 2007) Shigeru Ishimoto as PI • -- Switzerland: • PSI solenoid • Uni-Geneva-SNF (DAQ, trigger ~150k€) + 2PhD+1RA • (will apply to several complemetary funding sources to advance remaining 50k€) • (will also apply for Univ. fund to cover part of TOF2 (tubes ~50k€) ) • Bulgaria collaboration will take care of shaper/splitters (15k€) • -- CERN:1 RF station providing 4MW • (agreed on 3 Nov 2006: Maurizio Vretenar was charged of execution) • -- Netherlands: Mag probes (in production) • -- Italy (TOF, Calorimeter) subject to success of test and new application • needed: 200k€ for completion. • -- China (MICE coupling coils) under study 1st presentation at CM16, • bid submitted from ICST to HIT. (local) • would welcome support for Chinese travel.

  11. Japanese Funding Status for MICE Japanese FY2006 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education 15M Euro/5 years project, lead by Prof. Kenzo Nakamura (KEK) MICE is one of several sub-programs (1M Euro). Others are HK ground investigation, Double beta decays, Nufact accelerator R&D, etc. Unfortunately informed that it was not accepted in May, 2006. Funds of about 15k Euro for trackers (station 5) is available. JSPS UK-Japan travel funds (20k Euro/year) are available (2005-2006). Seek for modest supports on LH2 absorbers from KEK (not known yet) Japanese FY2007 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education Applied again, November, 2006 Bid for the US-Japan funds. Will apply as Muon-collider R&D (commonality) together with US colleagues (January 2007) Shigeru Ishimoto as PI

  12. PID detectors: There was a successful review of PID detectors Technologically all is ready. Complete TOF is absolutely needed already at stage III (Spring 2008) cost to completion estimate (see next page) What is needed to complete TOF is ~150 k€. + 50 k€ for KL calorimeter Chances of obtaining this now from INFN are small.

  13. costs to completion and INFN contribution to the Tof/KL  project - TOF0  estimated cost   129 KE         INFN contribution  65 KE         (21 KE in kind; cables,HV, LASA test magnet)         cost to completion14 KE:   5KE support mechanics                                     3KE patch panels, ...                                     3KE detector assembly                                     3KE splitters+stretchers - TOF1  estimated cost  109  KE         INFN contribution 87 KE         (11 KE in kind; cables, HV)         cost to completion 18KE:    8KE support mech+PMT shielding                                     3KE cables refurbishing                                     3KE patch panels ...                                     2KE detector assembly                                     2KE splitters+stretchers - TOF2 estimated cost 150 KE        INFN contribution 34KE (only ADC/TDC) (16 KE in kind; HV)        cost to completion 111KE:    66KE PMTs                                     10KE support mechanics+PMT shielding                                     10KE scint+lightguides+...                                     5KE  cables                                     3KE  patch panels, ...                                     5KE  detector assembly ..                                     12KE FE electronics: splitter/stretcher +                                          1 board TDC/1 board FADC - TOF calibration system estimated cost 33KE       INFN contribution 10 KE (8KE in kind)       cost to completion 23 KE:     15KE laser system (if diode laser usable) 8KE fiber bundle - KL The present INFN investment on KL is 114 kE in cash and  50 kE in kind (HV,PMTs,VDs). Cost to completion is 40 kE   :     3 KE    Splitters, Stretchers                                     10 KE   TDCs                                     12 KE   SupportMechanics & Local PMT Shielding                                     5 KE    Detector Assembly & Movement                                     5 KE    Signal & HV Cables                                     5 KE    Patch Panels & Installation Costs All  costs : - do not include contingency, external mechanics/electronic workshop costs (at nominal cost only if MICE is a 2007 INFN approved experiment), transports, ... - assume to recuperate HV from Roma3,  L.E. discriminators from UniGe, and include the UniGE spending for 40 PMTs

  14. Manpower and travel -- ‘mousepower’ is short in several areas -- travel money is a difficulty for some collaborators (Harbin is an example) QUESTION is there a Transnational access programme at RAL that applies to MICE? e.g. ISIS access, etc.. If yes how to proceed? ==>Funding and fellowships for students would be most welcome. EU bids for Network of excellence? JRA within FP7 advanced accceleration techniques application --> Paul Kyberd (not before late 2008 if at all)

  15. CONCLUSIONS Scientifically and technically MICE is making good progress The collaboration is focused on getting ready to take data in 2007. Phase II R&D and ressource search is advancing Main issues brought forward today: 1. TOF cost to completion 2. travel support for collaborators

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