8 January 2015

Minutes from the ISOLDE Physics Group Meeting – 8^th January 2015

Technical News

ISOLDE Shutdown Activities

Work will be performed on the beam diagnostics at the end of this week
- Exchange GPS FC20 and HRS FC490
HIE-ISOLDE diagnostic boxes will also be installed
Power cuts have occurred – 2^nd and 5^th January

ISOLDE plans on installing an existing 3000 l LN2 dewar

Building 508

Fire detection system currently being installed – finished at the end of the week
Locks for exterior and interior doors have been ordered, we will get temporary ones soon.
Machines for mechanical workshop have been installed – need to be bolted to the floor
- No space for machine for bending Al plates – TBC where it will be installed (at the moment placed under stairs)
Items from recuperation are stored in SS lab
- Transport will move refurbished furniture stored in SSP lab to rooms on first floor on Friday 9^th or Monday 12^th January
Still some work pending from Dimensione – doors/locks/windows/stairs etc
- Door between corridor and first floor is needed for fire safety
Discussion about key to mechanical workshop to avoid loss of equipment
Encouraged to start moving equipment into Building 508
- But with the understanding that the keys/locks will not be installed until end of January (change since meeting see above)

Building 275

AOB

Contact Magda if have any questions about the preliminary number of shifts left for each experiment
INTC deadline next Wednesday 14^th January
Videos from the ISOLDE 50^th Anniversary session are available on CDS

Video of the DG’s New Year presentation, which mentions ISOLDE, is also available online

Seminar

The meeting was followed by a seminar by Mark Bissell on “The size of ^38mK (The physics we did not expect or request).”

Minutes taken by KML

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