Meeting Minutes June 1, 2012
Present
Jack, Dan, Chris, Bec, Jon, Suwat, Zibi, Rachel, Mike
Group Business
No updates on experiments. Jill is working on the schedule next week
Remember to send your fall 2012 availability to Zibi
Network access in HiRA lab: we need to decide on location and type of connectivity. Zibi will get helpme to setup our temporary setup while we work on the permanent access.
Mike will get solution for clean power conversion to Zibi Monday
Jack is working on getting the test chamber set up and cleaning up pile of modules
Move small desk to N111 and Bec relocates Samurai stuff
Suwat made a work order for adapter cables. Kim suggests that when using the straight-prong connection we cable-tile or lay on a flat surface (or both)
Bec bought a new humidity gauge for the miniball display
Lab watch: Jon this week. Good… but those working on soldering need to clean up at the end of each day
Rachel will talk to Betty about lab ownership, safety notifications on door
Bill has an REU student coming Monday
Updates
Jack: E1 timing, use up or down? Look into E1.tup - E2 time
Mike: verifying efficiency in lassa, next will do t/3He
Dan: light output in GEANT, want angular distributions
Rachel: making files for miniball/neutron walls for 05049. Looks like some miniball tubes moved around
Suwat: step down. Review drawing before it goes to shop
Jon: matching for samurai TPC. Lots of cleaning going on
Bec: ribs for top plate arrived, new (hopefully now correct) parts coming in Monday. Converting basement room to a clean rom
Zibi: Efficiency & Edge Correction
correct data for edge effects
binning important–need to be fine enough for edge-effect correction will not work as well
differential multiplicity: need to account for lack of full-range in theta
2D spectra are useful to diagnose.