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LUXE Steering Board #8

Europe/Berlin
Federico Meloni (DESY), Jenny List (DESY), Matthew Wing (FTX (Technol. zukuenft. Teilchenph. Experim.))
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Present at the meeting: FM, Massimo, Ivo, Jenny, Louis, Noam, Ruth, Halina, Gianluca

Intro

  • Noam will have some major comments - got delayed by E320 shifts, incoming

 

ELBEX

Q: where does the 40 GeV number for the dump come from? A: this is the safety requirement from the plasma energy doubler (2x max energy XFEL)

Q: space in tunnel crossing? A: should hang from ceiling, but must be checked

Laser

  • laser arrived, refurbishing lab, possibily operational by end of year

 

Software and analysis

  • meeting a few days go
  • add final focus magnet in cad
  • push beamline by 10-15 m
  • Sasha will start putting things together in G4 model starting from existing one, prioritise check of magnets and distances (to optimise costs, i.e. permanent magnets)

C: model shared last week - A: add quads, check with Sasha

EDS

  • trying to hire 1-2 PhDs (timelines limited by visas, not before 1st Sep)

PDS

  • finals steps of preparation for test beam
  • tungsten plates fropm germany (3)
  • software being prepared


LUPE interest to move from kaldera to elbex

Photon detection system

  • spectrometer: almost completed analysis software - to be tested at ZEUS in Michigan
  • GRP tests at CLEAR and Italy, analysis ongoing, but performing as expected
  • ready to participate in sim of new location

Q: is it ok to first migrate system as is to new location and the possibly tweak it? A: yes

Computing

- discussed minutes

 

 

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