1. MICE Oversight Committee Meeting RAL, 24 April 2014 Paul Soler on behalf of the MICE Collaboration Status of MICE and Spectrometer Solenoids

2. 2 Contents 1.Agenda of Meeting 2.Organisation 3.MICE general status by MICE-UK Work Package 4.Spectrometer solenoid status 5.Conclusion MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014

3. 3 Agenda of meeting o MICE Oversight Committee meeting agenda −11:45: MICE Status and Spectrometer Solenoids (P. Soler) −12:10: Status of Focus Coils (R. Preece) −12:30: Lunch −13:00: Tour of R9 (Focus Coil and Spectrometer Solenoid) −13:30: Spend in FY13/14 and Project Risks (R. Preece) −14:10: Schedule and financial forecast for future years (A. Grant) MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014

4. 4 New MICE Organisation o Personnel: −Spokesperson: Prof Ken Long (Imperial College) −Collaboration Board Chair: Prof Alain Blondel (U. Geneva) −MICE Project Manager: Mr. Roy Preece (STFC) −MICE Project Engineer: Mr Andy Nichols (STFC) −MICE UK Capital Project Associate: Mr Alan Grant (STFC) −Accelerator Integration Scientist: Dr J. Pasternak (Imperial) −Experimental Integration Scientist: Dr P. Hanlet (IIT) −US MAP Director: Dr M. Palmer (FNAL) −MICE US Construction Project Manager: Dr A. Bross (FNAL) −MICE UK Principal Investigator: Dr Paul Soler (U. Glasgow) MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014

5. 5 General Status o Work Package 1: Project Management −MICE International Project Office (MIPO): construction of project

6. 6 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 West Wall Mezzanine (for Step IV) Rack room 2 o Work Package 2: Mechanical Integration −MICE Hall Manager: John Govans

7. 7 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Decay Solenoid power supply Step IV control racks o Work Package 3: Electrical Integration −Focus coil quench detection system and control −Rack room 2: control racks, 30 kVA UPS −Decay solenoid power supply and quench detection

8. 8 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Insertion hydrogen turret and absorber into FC 1 o Work Package 4: Absorber-Focus Coil Module −AFC integration: hydrogen turret + absorber in FC 1 −Focus Coil status: see Roy Preece’s talk

9. 9 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Insertion hydrogen turrent and absorber into FC 1 o Work Package 5: Hydrogen delivery system −Most activity on integration of AFC −LH2 delivery system simplified due to PRY solution −HAZOP review: diagnostic system, expansion tank, vacuum relief valve, control system, nitrogen purge gas −Second LH2 absorber: ready to ship (KEK/Osaka)

10. 10 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 6: RF Power −Delivery 2 MW power at 201 MHz at Daresbury (last OsC) −TIARA milestone met: installation RF amplifiers at MICE RF loads installed under mezzanine

11. 11 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Final stage amplifier with triode valve o Work Package 6: RF Power −Delivery 2 MW power at 201 MHz at Daresbury (last OsC) −TIARA milestone met: delivery of >500 kW power from TH116 amplifier at MICE

12. 12 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 6: RF Power −Cavity tests at the MTA stand at Fermilab −RF workshop at Fermilab on 2 June 2014 with UK team (K. Ronald, T. Stanley) Tuner arms

13. 13 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 7: Vacuum −The design of the vacuum system for Step IV is complete and has been mocked up in the MICE Hall. −A complete services inventory for the vacuum system has been compiled and is being used by the services design engineer to make the overall layout.

14. 14 General Status o Work Package 8: Magnetic Field Mitigation −Partial Return Yoke and floor fixing designs completed and sent out tender MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Partial Return Yoke (PRY)

15. 15 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 9: Software and Computing −Computing and controls Work Breakdown Structure −Finite-state-machine implemented in EPICS Spectrometer solenoid control panel Computing WBS

16. 16 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 10: Operations and analysis −MICE Experiment Management Office (MEMO): operations, maintenance and analysis

17. 17 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Work Package 10: Operations and analysis −MICE Analysis Structure −Combination of simulation and analysis tools and physics activities

18. 18 Target trajectory S7 beam loss ISIS beam loss Magnet ramps General Status o Work Package 10: Operations and analysis −Target: operated at 0.8 Hz (April 2014) with little beam loss −Pneumatically activated proton absorber MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Proton absorber

19. 19 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Muon decays in EMR o Work Package 10: Operations and analysis −First MICE physics paper published: D. Adams et al., “Characterisation of muon beams for the Muon Ionization Cooling experiment”, E. Phys.J. C73 (2013) 2582. −EMR delivered by U. Geneva – EMR run Oct. 2013

20. 20 General Status MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Criteria for success o Work Package 10: Operations and analysis −Step V vs VI running decision will be motivated by physics criteria and schedule, financial constraints −Expect collaboration decision before end of 2014 after careful evaluation

21. 21 Spectrometer Solenoid SS2 ready for shipping at Wang NMR o Spectrometer solenoid status: −Completion of the assembly, training, 3D magnetic mapping and shipping to RAL of SS2 (October 2013) MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 Magnetic field mapping SS2 at Wang NMR

22. 22 Spectrometer Solenoid Training sequence SS1 and SS2 o Spectrometer solenoid status: −SS1 also assembled, trained and mapped at Wang NMR −SS1 is ready to be shipped to RAL (27 April 2014) MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 SS1 at Wang NMR during final vacuum vessel assembly

23. 23 Spectrometer-Tracker integration MICE Tracker o Integration of the spectrometer solenoid and scintillating fibre tracker −Trackers have been available for a number of years and commissioned with cosmic rays Individual tracker station MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014

24. 24 Spectrometer-Tracker integration Tracker 2 just before inserting into bore SS2 Tracker 2 in bore SS2 MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014 o Integration of the spectrometer solenoid and scintillating fibre tracker −Installation tracker 2 in upstream SS2 completed 31 March 2014 and will be moved to MICE Hall 29 April 2014

25. 25 Spectrometer-Tracker integration Tracker 2 installed and light-guides in place o Integration of the spectrometer solenoid and scintillating fibre tracker −Installation tracker 2 in upstream SS2 completed 31 March 2014 and will be moved to MICE Hall 29 April 2014 Closed SS2 with tracker inserted MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014

26. 26 Conclusions o MICE is proceeding towards Step IV o Many achievements in last six months: –New organisation with change of spokesperson –Mechanical and electrical integration being achieved –Hydrogen absorber inserted into FC –RF power in MICE Hall milestone achieved –Partial Return Yoke design achieved: out to tender –Target doubled rate and proton absorber completed –EMR delivered and running well –Spectrometer solenoid SS2 integrated with tracker 2 and SS1 completed at Wang NMR, ready for shipping o Focus coil status, schedules and resources to be shown by Roy Preece and Alan Grant in next talks MICE OsC Meeting, RAL, 24 April 2014