FRIB Equipment Meeting - Feb. 2010
FRIB Equipment Meeting [and FRIB Astrophysics Collaboration meeting] in February, 2010:
There will be an FRIB meeting on experimental equipment needs, and also a meeting of the FRIB Astrophysics Collaboration, on February 20-22, 2010 on the campus of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
The goals of this meeting include ensuring that alternatives for experimental equipment have been considered, that adequate space is provided in the experimental halls, and that all users communicate their specific equipment needs to FRIB and to each other. The workshop will provide a venue for detailed consideration of concepts for specific instruments and consideration of the physics they will enable. Attendance by all those interested in the development of instrumentation for FRIB, regardless of whether they are specifically involved in one of the equipment collaborations or not, is necessary in formulating plans for FRIB. Prior to this workshop, users and user collaborations will develop equipment ideas to be presented at the workshop.
Notices have just been sent by the FRIB Users Organization to potential conveners for this workshop, along with a list of questions to address. These are posted below.
At this meeting, FRIB collaborations will give presentations on their Letters of Intent (LOI) for equipment to the FRIB Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). Our FRIB Astrophysics Collaboration will get together at this meeting, and we plan to submit a LOI on SECAR to the SAC. We also expect a number of other LOIs for nuclear astrophysics equipment to be submitted. Documents we prepare for this important meeting will be linked on this page and distributed through our Materials page.
List of Equipment Questions for Collaborations / Conveners
Collaboration Questionnaire -- Instrumentation for FRIB[from the FRIB Users Organization]
To get firmer ideas about instrument packages that will be proposed at the FRIB Workshop, Feb, 20-22, 2010, we request that each collaboration to fill in the following questionnaire. These should be e-mailed to Kim Lister (Lister@anl.gov) and copied to Brad Sherrill at (Sherrill@frib.msu.edu) and Rick Casten (Rick@riviera.physics.yale.edu) no later than Feb 12, 2010. The recommended length is 2 pages, plus two additional figures. One figure should present the instrument and the other should indicate its location, size, etc on the floor at FRIB by using the attached floor plan template.
1) What is the primary physics motivation and experimental capability of the proposed instrument and why is this important for FRIB science?
2) What are the unique capabilities of this device that are not available in existing equipment? Is this instrument stand alone or is it to be used (solely or partially) in conjunction with other instruments. Could it be used at NSCL or other laboratories before FRIB?
3) Describe the instrument in some detail – how does it meet the scientific requirements and what are the (estimated) performance specifications? Be brief but as detailed as you can. Is the design fixed or are multiple options still being discussed and encouraged?
4) What is the current stage of development of your project ?
5) What is the approximate cost of the project: discuss possible sources of funding.
6) Please provide a brief list of collaborators and institutions. Spokesperson(s) provide contact info.
7) Please can you outline how your collaboration has been developing your project and how you are growing your collaboration (How many meetings? Participants?, Circular mailings? Have you a web-site?)
8) Did you consider alternative designs? What alternatives were considered? How did you arrive at a final design?
9) What existing equipment exists in the US Community that has similar goals and characteristics, even if inferior in performance.
List of Potential Equipment Working Groups
Possible Conveners have been notified by email on 10/28/09,and will be listed after their acceptance [from the FRIB Users Organization]
GRETINA/GRETA/ Digital Gammasphere
Radioactive Decay Station (α−,β−,γ− and electron counting)
Super Scintillator Arrays (new high resolution materials, high energy gammas)
Helios-like solenoid for inverse kinematics reactions
Silicon Array(s) (current and future)
Detectors for EoS physics
Astrophysics Separator (DRAGON or St George-like)
Gas filled heavy element separator (BGS or RITU-like)
~1-3 MeV/u separator (Emma, FMA, RMS – like)
High Efficiency Spectrometer [ISLA or Vamos-like]
High rigidity Spectrometer (~9Tm) and S800 upgrade
Time Projection Chamber /Active target
MoNa-Lisa
Low Energy Neutron Detection (3He, plastic, liq.scint)
Laser spectroscopy
Penning, Paul and MOT Traps
Data Acquisition and Analysis (including digital data acq)
Gas Jet Target
Target Laboratory for thin films and windows…special radioactive sources etc.
Isotopes and Isotope Harvesting
New technologies in detectors and electronics
(ASICS in Low Energy physics…
Diamond detectors for tracking & timing: development of single crystal, multi-strip detectors.
More information on this workshop will be posted here, and also see the workshop website.