- Technical News (Offline work)
- Tape transport time of the new tape station is limited to 200 ms, due to inertia of the tape itself
- Ongoing problems with controls on the HRS, which hampers the startup this year.
- Scanner after RFQ replaced. Original scanner was newly installed during shutdown. Suspicion that mechanical stress broke the latter one.
- The old RFQ amplifier is installed and working, but fragile. The new amplifier is working offline and will be installed in the coming week (after Easter)
- Due to the many problems on the HRS and RFQ side, the COLLAPS run is on hold. In case something can be done, it will be a bonus. Users largely appreciate the ongoing efforts to get the machine running. The machine will be shutdown at the latest on friday early evening. Tim Giles has offered his assistance on this.
- Thursday, the SEM grid will be put on the GPS, to take the first protons on the GPS target on Tuesday next week. Wednesday next week, this SEM grid moves to the HRS target and the BeO target will be installed on the GPS, together with foils to measure the neutron spectrum from the converter.
- AOB
- The office of Sergio Bertolucci will have an interview with people from ISOLDE on the 22nd of April. This to gain more information on the type of work which is performed at ISOLDE.
- Around 30 abstracts were submitted for ISOLDE for the “new opportunities” (non-LHC) workshop in May, out of a total of 100. There will be four main talks by Morten Hjorth Jensen, Karsten Riisager, Piet Van Duppen and Mats Lindroos of 25 min each and eight 5 min presentations chosen among the abstracts. The ISOLDE session is on Tuesday, May 12. In addition Mark Huyse, as chain of the INTC will give an introductory talk on Monday covering both ISOLDE and n-TOF.
- Visitors from Korea came by, who are interested to learn more about Radioactive Ion Beam Facilities. South Korea will build a facility in the future. Karl Johnston will travel to Korea soon to give input on Solid State Physics research.
- Conferences : they will be announced on the new white board which is located across from the Isolde secretariat (job advertisements will remain on the “pin-up” board)
- The EURORIB2010 conference will be organized by CERN (ISOLDE) and will take place in a vacation center in “Lamoura”, a little village in the Jura mountains. The dates will be announced shortly.
- An active dosimeter is available at Alex’s office, to take with visitors in the hall.
- Radioactive sources : a new alpha source (similar to the one we have now) will become available shortly.
- A new pumping stand and fast order forms will be available for general use after Easter.
- Seminars - next week : Anna, in two weeks : B. Jonson on halo nuclei. 29th of april : F. Ibrahim on the ALTO facility.
- This week’s seminar by Prof J.S. Hangst (Aarhus University, CERN) on the ALPHA experiment at the AD
Minutes by Jarno