Notes from Meeting Jan 12, 2009
In Attendence: Kent, Gregg, Diana, David A, Bob, Dustin, Luis, Abdurahim, Paul, plus some others from CMU but I wasn't sure who.
Meetings
- We will hold PREX "semiweekly" meetings at 1:30 Fridays.
- The first one will be Jan 23, 2009.
- Dustin is organizing the local meetings.
HAPPEX Detector
- David Armstrong reports: HAPPEX detector is in off-site storage.
- Will setup and test in EEL 122 with help from a W&M student Anatoly Ponomarev, plus Bogdan.
HAPPEX Target
- Question whether the needed money is available (nobody knew).
Compton Polarimeter
- Gregg and Diana report: Installed GS0 in place of PbW (Fall '08).
- Three modes: self-trigger (can use with electron trigger), sampling,
and integrating.
- Online results look good, S/B excellent. Data analysis in progress.
- Need more data at optimal settings (HV 1850, etc) in Jan '09.
- Want data with microstrips in coincidence, but first need to finish commissioning of microstrips.
- Sirish and Alexandre to work on microstrip commissioning in Jan '09.
- Abdurahim reports: Very encouraging progress in laser room !
- New super-clean mirrors, new clean room.
- Getting apparently decent power in cavity.
- Results still preliminary and still to be confirmed, so I won't quote a power here.
- Mirror cleaning techniques being worked on.
Comments to: Bob Michaels