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Agenda

  • Run 71 complete
    • Summary: we were able to move the source slowly, 1mm/hr. We have data at a variety of source positions.
    • Fridge is warm, ready to open the IVC. We will look at the source mover to further assess what the true positions were during the run, and also figure out how it jammed at endstop 2 (near the motor)
  • Next run?
    • plan to wait till January
    • Re-run USD1?
      • use Co source
      • experiment with varying the amount of shield, distance of Ba source, see how background rate affects time variations in gain
      • maybe use source mover
    • Position reconstruction with source mover
      • improve motor heatsinking?
      • run with GeHV prototype - would probably want to rebond it for standard direct contact biasing
      • some day get a SiHV prototype again, run with that
    • Improved neutron calibration runs
      • under discussion with Anthony
      • more NaI coincidence detectors
      • can we improve Ge?
        • try again with standard bias, maybe no-tower setup?? Would this improve it?
        • try polishing bias side for “true” vacuum interface?
        • or - use a HVeV detector? can we get a high enough signal rate?
      • would it make sense to re-do SiHV? with more NaI?
    • Future 150mm runs
      • 150mm w/phonons - we considered designing new 600mK rod to accommodate 150mm cans. Could rethink this in terms of no-tower setup maybe…
      • We have 4/3-inch DIBs from TAMU - now we can house either detector for phonon readout (would need to machine faces on 4/3-inch housing for DIBs)
      • S1501 and S1502 sent back to TAMU
      • We have decided we can run 8 phonon channels
        • Preferred DIB-pad layout: two DIBs separated by 120 degrees
        • Himangshu's mask design: PDF download
        • Will use existing vacuum-interface electrode, mounted on side opposite the phonon side
        • Will connect directly to two DCRCs, with one diverter board to route one tower wire to HV connection
        • We'll want LEDs - are there some mounted on the DIBs? We can mount external LEDs too - existing electrode has mounts.
      • First 150mm phonon detector will be monolithic, but “donut+hole” arrangement (active veto) proposed as well.
      • Last discussion of this was a year ago, we were aiming for May 2019 to fab a detector
    • Future HVeV runs?
      • Berkeley can help us with a Soudan-style housing mount (3“ or 4”?)
      • then use original tower, can try different heatsinking for colder SQUID card
      • would need to install optical fiber
        • through top or through stripline tube?
  • Analysis status:
    • Run 71
    • Run 68 (n,gamma with S101)
      • Migdal analysis pending
      • New (n,γ) simulations, modified signal shape
    • Run 70
      • analysis team includes Pramod, Matt, maybe Zach - should coordinate, have meetings
      • Need to look at the recent PuBe data, work on a low-threshold energy quantity, see if we can see a hint of (n,γ) signal. Also develop cuts and look for low-energy junk
    • Run 67 (USD detector with novel time-dependent gain)
      • Dongming has characterized lots of microscopic processes, wants us to write a paper
      • Matt will work on rough model of detector behavior
    • SiHV event reconstruction
      • Derek working on this
      • Hongguang developing connection to DMC
  • Should we design and build new cold hardware?
  • SQUET recall
    • Martin wants 5 of our 9 SQUETs sent back to Colorado. He wants good SQUIDs.
    • A lot of issues to deal with:
      • there are bad SQUID chips
      • we need to change shunt resistances for iZIPv6 versus HV, but don't want to wirebond too many times
      • some SQUETs have problems at the pins
        • can we get spare SQUETs with the SQUID chips removed? Could theoretically glue good SQUID chips onto good SQUET.
    • Anthony says we may be able to get alternative SQUID chips
    • We have 1.5-ish months to deal with this
  • Lab and infrastructure
    • Leak detector: After pump rebuild, pump no longer turned. Jake and Derek fixed this problem. However, it still doesn't seem to be able to pull a good vacuum. Using scroll pump assist in order to use leak detector. | Teleconference link: | https://fnal.zoom.us/j/9082275310 |