Minutes from DRAGON meeting of May 23, 2006

Present: EO'c, MT, JZ(recorder), LB, CR, JP, CD, cV, PM

Meeting called to order by LB 14:05

1. Minutes of previous meetingi
        -accepted with no comments

2. Hardware (LB):
        -everthing was shut down after the calcium run
        -CSB is still in

3. Alpha tests (JP);
        -Alpha source still has not arrived (lost in transit?)
        -Gd source that we already have may be sufficient to start tests
        -Charge and Mass slit simulations still needed (2 weeks?)
        -Alpha work will take ~2-3 weeks, to be timed around 20Ne(p,g) work
        -MT to talk to D. Ottowell about getting parts machinedk.

4. Software:
        -Scientific Linux installed (to match others on-site)
        -No DAQ (yet)

5. CSD simulation update (JZ):
        -simulation working
        -simulation output matching well with data 
        -still need to find/determine complete lists of charge-change 
        cross-sections
        -simulation output to be used to predict CSF for data analysis in 
        12C(a,g) experiment (?)

6. 12C Paper (LB):
        -Is it still on hold pending successful GEANT simulation of DRAGON 
        transmission?
        -Maybe wait for Alpha tests (to ensure transmission is well understood)
         before submitting
        -(CR -?)        Alpha tests unlikely to show large enough disagreement 
        with GEANT simulation to explain discrepancies in 12C data: we 
        will likely need to believe our data (unless there are surprises 
        from the Alpha tests - unlikely).

7. Hardware (PM);
        -thermocouples not on pumps yet (to take ~10mins per pump) and to be 
        done soon
        -thermocouples already in EPICS
        -some software glitches to be worked out on data acquisition 
        computers: JP to email Jane.
        -connection on inlet buffer tank still broken: PM to investigate.


Meeting adjourned 14:38