Minutes from the ISOLDE Physics Group meeting on October 21^st, 2015

No comments to last week’s physics group meeting minutes.

Technical news

• Target area:
  
  • Upgraded shielding and the new tracks for the Medicis robot are being installed
  • General maintenance work and improvements on the target front ends scheduled for February
    • RILIS windows to be replaced.
    • A new fast beam gate will be installed for 2016 physics campaign.
    • Preparations to adapt the front end for the new LIEBE (molten metal) to be tested at the end of the year.
  • Target construction will be impeded for a few weeks due to personnel injury.        
• General ISOLDE:
  
  •  Work replacing all vacuum gauges with full range models is well underway. 
    • Opening valves in “forced” unsafe mode will be restricted to very limited situations from now on.
  • The new safety valves for the 4000 L LN2 tank outside ISOLDE have been ordered and will be delivered soon.
• HIE-ISOLDE:
  
  • The jumper boxes installed on top of the tunnel are being repaired.
  • Cryomodule 2 will be installed February 15^th, one week ahead of schedule.
  • The 9-gap RF amplifier will be installed and tested from 1^st of March. The RF amplifier used in 2015 will be kept as backup.
  • Cryomodule 1 will be retrofitted with the RF coupler improvements and installed first week of March.

Physics

• The coordinator calls for beam time requests to be delivered before INTC meeting Feb. 2^nd. They will be accepted until the end of the week (week 5).
• HIE-ISOLDE workshop to be held Monday February 1^st. More info at https://indico.cern.ch/event/462504
• INTC open session in the council room from 10 am to 6 pm Wednesday the 3^rd of February. Program can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/event/intc52  

Safety

• The coordinator reminds users safety practices that must be followed at the ISOLDE hall:
  
  • Using the hand-foot monitor is mandatory when exiting the ISOLDE hall.
  • Safety shoes are required in the ISOLDE work area and experiment area.
  • Safety helmets are mandatory in the experimental hall. Possible derogation in certain circumstances are under study.
• Decontamination work of B275 is in progress. One office upstairs is now cleared; no contamination was found.
• The ventilation for the fume covers and the water for the eye wash of the chemical lab are finished.
• The group leader asks for comments and suggestions for both the RP and electrical safety courses.
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Building 508

• The plumbing work to connect water for the kitchen sink is still to be done.

AOB

- The group leader calls for projects for summer students. Deadline is February 14^th. Vladimir Manea will coordinate the initiatives this year.

- F. Wienholtz reminds the audience to contact him for ordering new Karlsruhe’s Chart of Nuclei.

- Due to the INTC meeting there will not be a PG meeting next week. 

Minutes taken by MMF