MICE VC Alain Blondel 1 MICE NEWS MICE VC 161 Agenda Overall schedule Magnetic field mitigation review Status of things

MICE VC Alain Blondel 2 Upcoming MICE VCs Thursdays: 10 October Next collaboration meeting 6-8 November Organization: V. Blackmore, A-B. J. Cobb S oftware workshop 4-5 November November RLSR November MPB November FAC Upcoming Agenda

MICE VC Alain Blondel  Provisional MICE SCHEDULE update: June 2013 STEP I STEP IV (possibly w/o field: Q2 2014) Q to Q STEP VI Run date: EMR run Oct 2013 Under construction: Target date Q Step V run possible 2018 Resource Loaded Schedule -- MIPO’s hard work! Slip since october 2012 = 2 months

MICE VC Alain Blondel 4 Important decision points -- September 2013: installation of return yokes for step IV? last VC: --original motivation of baseline plan is to run step IV before Q gone -- was not certain that tracker readout could be properly shielded (cryocooler, electronics) without return yoke + what else? -- cost/sched. implications of yoke implementation to be understood internal MICE discussion TODAY Presentations represent work since WG was set up in 2011/2012 EB tomorrow will still need to understand some more about resource loading the retrun yoke option  project manager (MIPO) + EB next week. review in September -- Around summer 2015 : -- decision point for possible step V stop-over in implementation of full return Yoke for step V/VI

MICE VC Alain Blondel 5 Magnetic field mitigation review panel set up: (Andy) Tom Taylor, CERN – Chair (limited to 23/24 th Sept) or 1/2 nd October Jim Clarke, AsTec – magnet group Division Head, (alternative chair to above) Mark Hatch, CERN – experience of integration, services and safety in ATLAS Ken Bell, STFC – Experience of CMS field mitigation problem on electronics and hardware John Thomasson, STFC – newly appointed Head of ISIS Accelerator Division, replacing David Findlay Mike Glover, STFC – Head of ISIS Electrical engineering Martin Hughes, STFC – experience of ISIS electronics hardware Vladimir Kashikin, FNAL – S/C magnet expert

MICE VC Alain Blondel 6 Hardware status 1. EMR construction complete (drink in Geneva tomorrow at 14:00) shipping early next week arrive RAL ~23 September run in October (week-ends) Shifters welcome. (See MOM report) 2. SS2 shipping imminent (preparing magnet for shipping) ETA: end Sep13) 3. SS1 started training but some teething problems (HTS lead? Warming up) 4. AFC1 quesnched at A on Aug16. (acceptance is 188….) This magnet does not pass acceptance for other reasons AFC2 to arrive at RAL end of september for testing. 5. Decay solenoid had a burned cold lead: requires opening and surgery.  no DS for EMR run   will be repaired during the Xmas shut-down 6. «TIARA»: installation and test of of first Amplifier in MICE hall going on to be ready to run in November – EMR run organized to minimize interference:

MICE VC Alain Blondel 7 DRAFT EMR RUN PLAN