Minutes of DRAGON meeting on 19/09/06.
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Dragoneers Present:
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DH, DO, CD, LB, JDA, CR, CV, MT, GR, AH, PM, JP (recorder).

1. Previous Minutes:
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DO - Dipole ceramic tubes pulled out -> should be poly tubes.

2. Business Arising:
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DH - Revised version of CSD paper submitted.
LB - Revised C12 paper resubmitted - gone to referee.
MT - Yields from surface-ionization source.  Testing all possible
schemes for ionizing Al.  Attempts also being made to ionize Zn.
Intensity of F of 10^7.  Febiad being tested at stand being and
commissioned offline.  Plan to use it at end of October with TiC
target.

3. Hardware Status:
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PM - New ceramic tubes.  East-side ceramic tube installed and
back-filled with SF6.  West side to be pumped down and filled.  Should
be able to turn on on 20/09/06.  Vacuum is coming down nicely.  Things
look as though they will be fine.
DO - Acceptance.  Completed initial concept for 8" box to go where
BCMs are located.  Should be possible to use x-y scanning of beam
profile.  Hopefully built in around 2 weeks.
LB - Solar-cell detector array.  See schematic attachment.  Will be
used as a backup project if the BCM-location scanning device does not
work.  Submit REA, aim to use it early next year.
JDA - Discuss making stronger alpha source.  New one would take 6
months to make at least.  Decide that it would be very difficult to
make a new one.

4. Beam Schedule:
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DH - Beam time dependent upon:
i   RFQ leak fix
ii  Operating licence for ISAC II
iii ISAC II operator training
iv  TITAN beamtime
v   MAYA ready
For stable beams, Dragon will request 17O and 20Ne as development time.

5. Grant Application Status:
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DH - We need to choose a high profile experiment for next 3 year
grant.  All existing experiment proposals are very good (all still
valid with possible exception of 15O) but do not have beam.  Need to
think of new directions to head - do not want to be seen as if we are
sitting waiting for beam but not madly trying to find something to do.
Need to decide on statements about further 12C work.

Possible further experiments to add:
CV  - 45V(p,g) as example of follow on 40Ca experiment
JDA - 35Ar(p,g) had some interest at one time

Mention other uses of Dragon such as:
i  Mounting TACTIC on gas target for 12C-12C.
ii 17O(p,a)

Deadline is at the end of October.

5. 22Na lifetime:
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GR - Preliminary analysis suggests rate seems lower rather than
higher!  Need to do further checking and improve experimental setup.
Rolfs quotes 0.2 % error (no discussion of systematics in his paper
though) so we must do better.

6 Other:
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MT - EOC's report now on web (without title page).
DH - Status of 22Na experiment.  Should visit Seattle to assess
current situation.  MT will make arrangements for visit.  Call for
interested parties to volunteer time to visit Seattle.
MT - New pictures on web for TUDA and TRIUMF, useful for talks,
papers, reports etc.
DH - Next meeting will not be in usual place due to TIGRESS meeting.