TRD-2D weekly

Tuesday 12 Oct 2021, 10:30 → 12:00 Europe/Bucharest

Meeting room building B (DFH)

Alexandru Bercuci (IFIN-HH)

Local report on activities done within the TRD-2D project for CBM

mCBM campaign preparation

- preparation of the 2022 mCBM campaign: NEED 25 pcs FASPRO+GET

• FASPRO DR1 boards. May have unknown problems (9 pcs) - to be tested on a later stage
• FASPRO DR2 boards with short-cuts (15 pcs) - install FASP and then test with local acquisition
• Problems with FASP-FASPRO mounting
• GETS boards (25 pcs)
• To discuss with Mdm Costovici (Cara/Bugi) to fix the FASPRO boards. After software testing.
• Buy a new batch of chip components for the full TRD-2D (Cara - info)

status of ongoing activities

FEE for mCBM (Claudiu)

No progress on the FEE integration. CADENCE installation to be continued.

FLIM modification initiative.

Tools for building the TRD-2D prototype for EDR (Cristi)

- winding wires on big frames. steering program started and working. Tests with actual wires are ongoing in the following days.

- wire tension tool not yet tested (Cristi next week).

- to be checked consumables (technicol and blue tape) for wire winding procedure (Laura -> A Radu, Vali)

Material acquisition for the TRD-2D prototype (Laura)

- if possible the entrance window  (C plate + HC) should be ordered with no mechanical details (e,g, for lateral ledges)

- if possible should be ordered already plated with Al foil !

a.o.b

- George started learning curve towards data analysis

- Daniel should be discussed a plan for a Master thesis on the CBM/mCBM topic (TRD-2D)

1 News

Latest events involving the TRD-2D participation in the CBM collaboration

Speaker: Alexandru Bercuci (IFIN-HH)

mCBM campaign 2022

2 Status of ongoning activities, FEE @ mCBM, prototype building and materials acquisition

• FEE implemantation @ mCBM in view of CR data taking with ToF

• Reviving the TRD building tools in the clean rooms

• Contacting firms for buying/building the TRD-2D entrance window

Speakers: Claudiu Schiaua (IFIN-HH/DFH), Dr Cristian Andrei (IFIN-HH), Laura Radulescu (IFIN-HH)

1_1_0_FI_Ans Model (1).pdf

3 a.o.b

4 Entrance window acquisition and requierements

Discussing the entrance window requirements from mechanical and TR absorption point of view vs company offers

The meeting was actually held on 13.10.2021 @ 13:30 hour

Speakers: Alexandru Bercuci (IFIN-HH), Laura Radulescu (IFIN-HH)

conversatie cu FACC.docx

TRD-TR.pdf

There were two decisions:

to postpone the decision on the type of sandwich we should ask from the company !

to have a entrance window prototype build by R Andrei composed of a sandwich of a 9 mm HC and 2 plates of Aluminized kapton (25 um) on both sides