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Agenda

  • Run 71 complete. To do:
    • Some measurements of source holder for simulation purposes
    • Measure interchannel capacitances for absolute charge calibration
  • 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, 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
      • Will study the activation peak background
    • Run 67 (USD detector with novel time-dependent gain)
      • Dongming has characterized lots of microscopic processes, wants us to write a paper
      • Matt working on rough model of detector behavior
    • SiHV event reconstruction
      • Derek working on this
      • Hongguang developing connection to DMC
  • 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 - working on grant proposal for new measurements with more NaI and whatever other improvements
      • 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?
      • or should we re-do SiHV? with one of the new “pathfinder” detectors, whichever they give to us
    • 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?
  • 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 |