INTC Agenda

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INTC Agenda

• 0900 Introduction by the Chairman, J. Äystö
• 0905 Report by the ISOLDE Technical
  Coordinator, M. Lindroos
• 0925 Report by the ISOLDE Scientific
  Coordinator, T. Nilsson
• 0940 Status Report of the IS413 ISOLTRAP
  Experiment, K.Blaum
• 1010 2003 experimental campaign at n_TOF
  Report, A. Mengoni
• 1100 Studies of electric dipole moments in the
  octupole collective regions of heavy Radiums and
  Bariums, H.Mach
• 1120 Inelastic branch of the stellar reaction
  14O(a,p)17F, P.J.Woods

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Scientific report and nTOF

• The ISOLDE Scientific Coordinator, Thomas
  Nilsson
• overview of the 2003 operation
• The renovated HRS front-end gives opportunity to
  operate the facility in push-pull mode for the
  last 1.5 months of the 2003 operational period.
• Planned upgrade of REX-ISOLDE to 3.1 MeV/u
  unlikely in 2003.
• The 2003 experiment campaign at nTOF, Alberto
  Mengoni
• Capture measurements had been performed for a
  large number of targets until September
• Fission measurements in progress.
• The plans for 2004 is to install a 4p-calorimeter
  for further measurements on actinides, pending
  the acceptance of a proposal to be submitted to
  the following meeting.
• Claude Detraz reiterated that the nTOF
  collaboration should consider its future plans,
  in conjunction with enlarging the user basis.
• Future of nTOF single experiments or large
  collaboration (as ISOLDE)?

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Technical report

• Buildings
• Extension building 170
• Ready January 2005
• Class A lab, building 179
• Ready autumn 2004
• Solid state physics laboratory
• Part of building 170 extension
• Beam transport at ISOLDE
• Beam delivered up to experiments efficiency
  gain!
• HRS front-end
• Installed and operational!
• REX integration
• Selection boards under preparation (2 done!)
• Future EURISOL study
• Bid from ISOLDE AB and EP to participate
• Leading role for target and ion source
  development
• Post accelerator, charge breeding and
  mass-separators
• Full beta-beam study integral part of EURISOL
• ISOLDE shutdown

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Closed meeting INTC

• New members Tilman Butz, Hubert Doubre, Mark
  Huyse, Dieter Hilscher and Francesco Priolo
• Reports, the Committee expressed its
  satisfaction (nTOF and ISOLDE)
• Integrated proton flux delivered to nTOF during
  2003 according to expectations
• K. Langanke informed that the astrophysics
  community now is becoming increasingly aware of
  the existence and capabilities of the nTOF
  facility
• Approved 29 new shifts, approved 24 pending
  shifts
• Letters of intent
• Mercury target test for neutron spallation
  sources
• Encouraged full proposal BUT outside normal
  ISOLDE schedule
• AB division asked to investigate scheduling in
  the 2004-2006 period and calculate the cost for 2
  months
• RFQ cooler for atomic physics
• Strongly encouraged to submit full proposal
• UK grant application in progress to finance RFQ
  cooler

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ISOLDE Collaboration Committee

• 1. Introductory remarks by the chairman, B.
  Jonson
• 2. Approval of minutes of the last meeting, B.
  Jonson
• 3. News from the AB Division, M. Lindroos
• 4. Schedule, T. Nilsson
• 5. INTC matters, J. Äystö
• 6. Status of REX-ISOLDE integration with CERN,
  and MoU, M. Lindroos
• 7. Status of RILIS, V. Fedosseev
• 8. Status of Hall Extension and Class A
  laboratory, M. Lindroos
• 9. Status of REX, P. Butler
• 10. Status of 6th Framework Proposals proposal,
  B. Jonson/ P. Butler
• 11. Selection of new physics coordinator, B.
  Jonson
• 12. ISCC Membership terms, B. Jonson
• 13. Broadcast of ISCC minutes on ISOLDE web page,
  J. Weterings
• 14. New CERN management structure and
  implications for ISOLDE, P. Butler
• 15. A.O.B

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ISOLDE collaboration

• Budget dedicated to hall extension and REX-ISOLDE
  integration
• Small provisions for User support and
  administration
• Decision on applying for external grants to
  replace the RILIS system with a solid state laser
  system (up to 2006 in stages)
• Important savings for RILIS operation
• EU decision on EURONS proposal postponed to next
  year (2nd call of I3 but with preserved
  priorities from 1st call)
• Consequences for budgeting of hall extension and
  REX integration
• Selection procedure for ISOLDE physics
  coordinator started
• Decision for Friday 10 October

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ISOLDE upgrade group

• 1. Minutes of last meeting
• 2. Report from ISCC on REX integration and hall
  extension (B Jonson)
• 3. REX-ISOLDE upgrade (report on meeting 27.6)
  (O Kester)
• 4. REX-STAR (M Lindroos)
• 5. Proton beam availability to 2010 (R Garoby
  HIP, HIPPI T Nilsson)
• 6. Implications of beam intensity upgrade
  targets (J Lettry manpower
• resources)
• 7. Implications of beam intensity upgrade
  radiation safety (T Otto manpower resources)
• 8. Status of SPL (R Garoby)
• 9. Status of EURISOL design study (P Butler)
• 10. AOB

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ISOLDE upgrade group

• REX upgrade
• Design work on 4.3 MeV/u upgrade amplifiers to be
  launched towards the end of the year with
  Bertronics

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ISOLDE upgrade group

• REX-star
• Low energy facility (below 300 keV/u) for solid
  state physics and astrophysics
• Plans of consultant (Heinz Haas) to be presented
  in December 2003
• Targets, intensity upgrades
• RD in progress, lacks 1.5 FTE and 500 Kchf for
  10 microampere study
• Radiation protection
• New limits for planned interventions, 6 mSV,
  creates problems!
• Optimization of shielding and increased
  reliability fundamental for an upgrade
• AOB
• Technical Design Report to be prepared for the
  upgrade of the ISOLDE facility including the
  physics case (yellow report)
• Conge meeting!