1. MICE-SciFi team, 14 October 2003 SciFi: progress report Progress: All stations shipped to FNAL … … assembly in progress Measurements: Effect of radiated RF on VLPCs … OK Light yield, cross talk etc. to come Updated costing G4MICE: Progress on debugging new G4MICE

2. Stations: mechanical Prototype: All three stations shipped to FNAL

3. Lightguides All lightguides shipped to FNAL

4. Implementation at FNAL: D0 test stand: Trigger etc. ready, assembly in progress RF test done: effect at FULL power ~ 0.5 ADC count increase in width of pedestal i.e. an effect of less than 0.05 pe (i.e. OK for MICE)

5. Assembly:

8. Cost and schedule Updated cost and schedule in preparation: Mechanical: revised costing ~prepared. Shows saving and is based on experience with prototype A. Bross (FNAL) updating electronics costing: ‘Borrow’ D0 spares? Implies negotiation with D0 … Build new VLPC cassettes … cost being evaluated Schedule: Mechanical: revised following experience with prototype Electronics: being revised by A. Bross (D0 experience)

9. Software Present focus: Gridification: Done: Rapid generation of large data sets RF background generator: under test SciFi simulation: updated: under test SciFi reconstruction: updated: under test Schedule to provide results for collaboration meeting is tight … but probably will be met

10. Summary: Tight … but … still possible!