Mr
Earle Wilson
(Morehouse College)
8/5/09, 9:00 AM
High precision timing will be a critical requirement for the next generation of particle detectors and high energy particle physics experiments. In particular, high precision timing will be essential for forward proton detectors in the FP420 research and development project. Collaborators behind the FP420 project have proposed the idea of positioning proton detectors 420m away from the...
Moureen Kemei
(Mount Holyoke College)
8/5/09, 9:20 AM
We describe the construction database for the MINERvA detector. MINERvA is a low-mass fully active neutrino detector that is designed to study low-energy neutrino interactions. The detector database keeps track of all detector components, illustrates the relationship between different detector elements, simplifies future data entry and record maintenance. The database is written in Structured...
Marcellus Parker
(Morehouse College)
8/5/09, 9:40 AM
The Emittance Exchange (EEX) Project, a Research and Development project at Fermilab focuses on the comparison of transverse to longitudinal emittance exchange is currently ongoing at the A0 Photoinjector. EEX Exchanges longitudinal beam emittance for transverse using dogleg dipole magnets and a TM110 RF cavity. Previous studies at the A0PI have noticed that the electron trajectories though...
Mr
Nick Jackson
(Henderson State University)
8/5/09, 10:10 AM
A charged particle passing through a resonant stripline detector or a resonant cavity creates a small signal pulse known as a dirac pulse. The Schotty detector sequence is used as a measurement tool for beam evolution all around the lab. A Longitudinal Schotty detector located in the PBar tunnel is essential for observing properties of the beam. This paper will discuss the use of LabVIEW for...
Ms
Danielle Hannah
(Spelman College)
8/5/09, 10:30 AM
The AØ Photoinjector (AØPI) consists of a Radio Frequency Electron Gun (RF-gun) that is cooled by a low-conductivity water (LCW) skid system. DESY will soon install a new RF-gun in the AØPI facility that will require the same cooling. Before the installation occurs it must be assured that the current cooling system for the AØPI RF-gun is up to par. We investigate how the AØPI RF-gun skid...
Mr
John Odeghe
(Claflin University)
8/5/09, 10:50 AM
In the past, new applications required a significant investment in new hardware, firmware, and software development to support additional requirements. These investments are often costly and are not always backward compatible with earlier developments. Once the devices developed by the ESE department are certified, they are used in characterizing individual detector devices and modules for...
Mr
Behailu Bekera
(Westminster College)
8/5/09, 11:10 AM
The Fermilab Computer Security Team provides the Fermilab community with technical expertise and up-to-date information and resources for improving computer security. Devices that are active in the Fermilab network, but are not sending log files to the central logging server, could pose a huge threat to the ongoing research. It is therefore profoundly necessary to have all devices that offer a...
Andrés G. Delannoy
(University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez)
8/5/09, 1:00 PM
This paper offers an analysis of the performance of the HINS SS1 as recorded by a magnetic measurement Hall probe array. These superconducting solenoids are under development for a R&D project named High Intensity Neutrino Source. The project design demands an especially small stray field due to adjacent RF cavities. The Hall probe array was fitted with small test coils for probe calibration...
Nnadozie Ezerioha
(Benedict College)
8/5/09, 1:20 PM
The accuracy of distance and position measurements using current advances in laser interferometry today is hindered by temperature gradients along the path of the laser. These temperature gradients along with other environmental conditions decrease the accuracy of measurement due to their effects on the refractive index of air. However, depending on the location, temporal and spatial...
Mr
Zachary Hynes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
8/5/09, 1:40 PM
During the summer of 2009, work began on the preliminary stages of an analysis of associated production of the Higgs boson. Our analysis group investigated the high mass Higgs channel WH→WWW→lν.jj.jj, a channel that, to the best of our knowledge, has not yet been studied. This talk will explain the steps that are being taken currently on the way to a full analysis of this channel, principally...
Ms
Heba Elnaiem
(Howard University)
8/5/09, 2:10 PM
As part of the NOvA project the Fermilab Recycler Ring will be converted to a pre-injector to the Main Injector. This upgrade allows the cycle time to be reduced from 2 seconds to 1.33 seconds; thus yielding an increase in beam power, which can be accredited to two slip stacking cavities in the Recycler Ring. Therefore in this study we built an inexpensive, low power prototype of this NOvA RF...
Mr
Aaron Ragsdale
(Tuskegee University)
8/5/09, 2:30 PM
A Time-to Digital converter (TDC) implemented in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as high-resolution time measurement device is presented. This TDC FPGA is innovative in that it solved many problems prevalent in the previously developed firmware. Its new flexible firmware enables it to be utilized in many practical applications.
Amanda Bastidos
(University of Texas at El Paso)
8/5/09, 2:50 PM
After a high pressure rinse (HPR) of a 9-cell cavity, located at Argonne, an oil-like substance and brown residue were found in the system manifold and on the seals and an end flange connected to the cavity. EDS revealed that the organic nodules were microbes resulting from Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) that occurred throughout the HPR.
Ifeoluwa Winjobi
(Benedict College)
8/5/09, 3:10 PM
Submicrometer CMOS technologies provide well-established solutions to the implementation of low-noise front-end electronic for a wide range of applications including detector applications. This paper briefly discusses submicron transistor technologies, the setup necessary for measuring noise in transistors and reason for this measurement.