1MICE VC116 Alain Blondel 18 December 2008

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Christmas Shut-down: User run until 18 December 23:30 Machine physics 19-21 December 23:30

From the collaboration meeting: MANX proposal will be reviewed by a group of MICE chaired by John Cobb.Work jas started in collaboration with Muons Inc. Will report to CM in Harbin

MOM duty AB until 22 December MEllis will stand up 22-24 December. Rotation organized to baby-sit the decay solenoid during Xmas shutdown.

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NB MOM schedule solid until October -- last 3 shifts still open. NBB ISIS schedule solid until April1st. Provisional after AprilNBB shifters to be foreseen from May09 till Dec09.

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MICE schedule:

-- Spectrometer solenoid will be tested in January if all goes well… shipped end January to FNAL for mag. measts==> step II installation begins >mid April and run end June-July.

-- We should give all we can to fix the decay solenoid until then-- Additional beam stop will be fit inside ISIS to allow work on DK solenoid-- MICE cannot run until DK solenoid is fixed, thus at least until May09.

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MICE Schedule as of December 2008

Repair DKsol Q1 09Run May09

STEP I

Deliv SSI Apr09Run July09

Deliv SSII Aug09Run Dec09

STEP II

STEP IVDeliv FCI Nov09Run Apr10

STEP VRFCCI deliv Apr10Run Sep10

STEP VI

RFCC deliv Q4 2010Run 2011

STEP III/III.1

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MICE FAC 5 December

Produced status report. Thanks to cooperation of all!MICE note 230. Have a look, send corrections if necessary.

Went well… but:

Only DOE rep was there! Should work on INFN, NSF, China…