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CMS Experiment at the LHC, CERNDate Recorded: 2009-11-23 19:21 CETRun/Event: 122314/1514552 Candidate Collision Event
Report from Belgium
Michael Tytgat
RPC Upscope Meeting
February 5, 2010
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Belgian Groups in the Project
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting
In the upscope plan put forward in 2008, the Belgian contribution to the chamber assembly/testing would be
distributed over 3 sites :o VUB : Walter Van Doninck et al.
Installation & commissioning of RPC endcap system, mechanical design of upscope chambers
o UCL : Eduardo Cortina et al. RPC detector R&D
o UGent : Michael Tytgat et al.Commissioning of RPC endcap system, simulation studies for RPC upscope, RPC
detector R&D
Belgium would assemble/test enough chambers to instrument 1 new endcap station 2 (low η part) : 72 chambers + spares in
total, RE2 or new RE2bis “double” chambers, 36 RE2/3 in Gent, 18 RE2/2 in Brussels, 18 RE2/2 in Louvain-La-Neuve
Similar assembly procedures and detector tests foreseen as in the ISR, before detectors would be shipped to CERN
Central coordination of the Belgian contribution by Gent
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Status of RPC Labs : VUB
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 3
RPC lab under construction : o assembly/test room availableo gas mixing unit ready, gas bottles to be orderedo CAEN HV/LV units readyo infrastructure ready (tables, electronics racks …)o setup for gas gap pressure and HV tests readyo no cosmic test bench
Lab could be operational on short time scale
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Status of RPC Labs : VUB
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 4
Assembly area
Gas mixer/distributor
Test racks
Detector transport table
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Status of RPC Labs : UGent
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 5
Large RPC lab under construction : o ~ 70m2 area for assembly/testing allocated in old accelerator
hall of the institute; additional space for storage of chambers and material available
o additional new detector R&D room (45m2) being set up o air conditioned hut (19m2) ordered for chamber testing in a
controlled environmento gas mixing unit (built by CERN gas group) delivered; to be
installedo CAEN HV/LV units readyo equipment and materials to build large cosmic test bench
(2x2m2) ordered and partially delivered; waiting for scintillators from IHEP Protvino
o long delay due to involvement of university safety (isobutane gas, HV …) and building service (gas safety cabinets, air conditioned hut, fences …)
Lab should be operational by the summer
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Status of RPC Labs : UGent
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 6
Assembly area
Gas mixer/distributor
Detector R&D room Detector transport table
HV/LV system
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Status of RPC Labs : UCL
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 7
Very large RPC lab under construction : o ~ 100m2 area for assembly/testing allocated in old
cyclotron hall of the institute; should be ready this summero gas mixing and distribution unit readyo CAEN HV/LV units readyo equipment and materials to build large cosmic test bench
ordered and partially delivered; waiting for scintillators from IHEP Protvino
o DAQ and electronics readyo long delay due to involvement of university safety service
Lab should be operational by the summer
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Status of RPC Labs : UCL
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 8
Cosmic test bench Gas safety cabinet
Gas distributor Gas mixer
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Manpower
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 9
Manpower available for chamber assembly and testing, assuming the project starts this year and the assembly is done in Belgium
VUB: o 2.5 FTE technicianso 1 FTE engineero 1 Physicist
UGent :o 2 FTE technicianso 1 FTE technician to be hiredo ~1 FTE PhD studentso 0.5 FTE Physicists
UCL :o 1.5 FTE technicianso 1 technician for transport of material and detectors
(Belgium-CERN)o 1-2 PhD studentso 1 Physicist
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Budget
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 10
Expected Belgian contribution to the RPC upscope project : 800 kCHF
o Belgian Cost to Completion 3 attributed to RPC upscope : 456 kCHF
o “Big Science” projects in Belgium : 225 kCHF
o UGent CMS entry fee attributed to RPC (?) : 150 kCHF
o Additional small contributions from institutional research projects funded by the FWO-Flanders
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Concluding Remarks
February 5, 2010 RPC Upscope Meeting 11
o The participating Belgian groups are ready to take up the responsibility to assemble a large part of the new chambers for the RPC upscope
o Manpower is available to do the assembly locally; infrastructure should be ready by the summer
o Belgian financial contribution to the upscope project seems secured
o Chamber assembly should start asap to avoid losing essential people
o If requested, the number of detector assembly sites can be reduced, e.g. limited to UGent and UCL
o Sending Belgian technical manpower to CERN for longer periods for chamber assembly could be a problem
o Having a (spare ?) chamber assembly line in Belgium will be beneficial for training new people for the commissioning/maintenance of the RPC system