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| 12 | <b>High power collection systems (horns, solenoids, etc)</b><i> </i>Coordinator<b>
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| 13 | J. E. Campagne (LAL) </b><i> </i>shortname: <b>COLLECTOR</b></li>
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| 17 | <br></tbody></caption>
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| 20 | <td><font color="#000000">The major motivation of a Network Activity and
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| 21 | also R&D studies in this field is that the collection system
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| 22 | for the future neutrino beams will have to keep up with unprecendent challenging
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| 23 | conditions as such as 1) more than one order magnitude more electric stresses
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| 24 | (expressed in A.Hz) than the </font><font color="#FF0000">MiniBOONE</font><font color="#000000">
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| 25 | Horn and more than two orders of magnitudes than the present K2K
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| 26 | Horn and the future NuMI and CNGS Horns and 2) a huge rapid neutron flux
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| 27 | 10^22n/cm^2/6weeks due to the necessary integration of the TARGET
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| 28 | inside the COLLECTOR system. The NA will attack the challenge by</font>
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| 29 | <ul>
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| 30 | <li>
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| 31 | Defining, in collaboration with the TARGET team, a viable solution
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| 32 | to all the integration problems imposed by the need of locating the target
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| 33 | inside the collector: neutron radiation, heat load,<font color="#FF0000">
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| 34 | target exchange</font>...</li>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | Comparing focusing and collection capabilities of the few main options
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| 38 | of collection systems, as simulated by the few main existing codes</li>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <li>
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| 41 | Conducting particle production and collection simulations using different
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| 42 | Monte Carlo programs: GEANT, <strike><font color="#FF0000">MARS</font></strike>,... </li>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <li>
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| 45 | Conducting simulation of thermal and mechanical stresses of the collection
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| 46 | systems to define the critical points </li>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <li>
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| 49 | Studing resistance of different materials proposed for collectors
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| 50 | operating under severe radiation conditions</li>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <li>
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| 53 | Studing the cooling system to optimize the operating heating temperature
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| 54 | of the alloy </li>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <li>
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| 57 | Estimating reliably lifetime expectations under unprecedented operation
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| 58 | conditions (highly radioactive enviroments at high repetetition rate). </li>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <li>
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| 61 | Proposing R&D projects and establishing collaborations for the design
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| 62 | and test of horns and other collection systems, as they are likely to evolve
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| 63 | to cope with increasingly severe conditions, from the present conventional
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| 64 | beams up to full power neutrino factories </li>
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| 65 | </ul>
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| 66 | </td>
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| 67 | </tr>
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| 68 | </table>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <p><font color="#009900"><font size=+3>Attempt to modify the content of
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| 71 | the CONTRACTING PARTICIPANTS tables: IN2P3</font></font>
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| 72 | <p><font size=-1>The Institut will coordinate a consortium including physicists
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| 73 | from French CNRS and University Laboratories (IPN Lyon, LAL, LPNHE
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| 74 | Paris VI&VII) contributing long term expertise in the field of neutrino
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| 75 | <b>PHYSICS,
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| 76 | </b>experiments
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| 77 | & beams. It expects then to contribute to the
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| 78 | <b>general </b>steering
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| 79 | and provide technical expertise in the field of
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| 80 | <b>COLLECTOR </b>technology
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| 81 | design studies. (<b><font color="#CC0000">BETABEAM ????</font></b> )</font>
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| 82 | <br>
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| 83 | <p><font color="#009900"><font size=+3>Deliverables and relevant milestones:</font></font>
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| 84 | <br><b>COLLECTOR</b>
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| 85 | <br>The first deliverable for Summer 2004 will be a status report (R1)
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| 86 | on existing collection systems used in the past and currently in operation
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| 87 | (<font color="#FF0000">MiniBOONE</font>/K2K) and in construction (NuMI/CNGS)
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| 88 | a<font color="#FF0000">nd the review of the current status of the collector
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| 89 | study done so far for the SuperBeam/Neutrino Factory</font>.. Then, till
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| 90 | end 2006, studies will be condcuted, to produce a detail report (R2)
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| 91 | on a specific solution for the SuperBeam project. Then, till the end of
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| 92 | the NA Jan. 2008, it is foreseen to produce a detail report (R3) on the
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| 93 | different solutions that will be avaliable for the Neutrino Factory project.
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| 94 | <p>The 2 last reports (R2 and R3) will be based on
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| 95 | <blockquote>
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| 96 | <ol>
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| 97 | <li>
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| 98 | a detailed particle <font color="#FF0000">production and</font> collection
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| 99 | simulations (Monte Carlo based simulations with state-of-the art code:
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| 100 | GEANT<strike><font color="#FF0000">4</font></strike>, <strike><font color="#FF0000">MARS</font></strike>,...),</li>
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| 101 |
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| 103 | thermo-mechanical simulations that implies for instence to experimentally
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| 104 | measure some relevant parameters (heat diffusion coefficients, stress limit
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| 105 | under high neutron fluxes and after 10^8 cycles...),</li>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <li>
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| 108 | complete technical specifications of electric power supply and discharge
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| 109 | equipment</li>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <li>
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| 112 | state-of -the art knowledge of mechanical properties of alloys under high
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| 113 | rate neutron irradiation as already mentionned.</li>
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| 114 | </ol>
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| 115 | </blockquote>
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| 116 | They will include proposition of specific solutions or R&D to
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| 117 | be conducted necessary to achieve a lifetime of such system of few
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| 118 | 100 Mega cycles or more. For instance, the documents will address solutions
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| 119 | <ul>
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| 120 | <li>
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| 121 | to the choices of material for the collection device,</li>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <li>
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| 124 | of machining, soldering and assembling techniques,</li>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <li>
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| 127 | of heat removal and cooling system,</li>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <li>
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| 130 | to the problems of TARGET integration in the collection system</li>
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| 132 | <li>
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| 133 | and of periodic replacement in a high radioactive environment</li>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <li>
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| 136 | <font color="#FF0000">final target station design.</font></li>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <br>
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| 139 | <p> </ul>
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| 140 | Other deliverables will be intermediate specialized notes and worshop proceedings
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| 141 | that will be used for the final
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| 142 | <br>document, and simulation programs that will be worth to develop for
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| 143 | these studies.
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| 144 | <br>
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| 145 | <p><b><font size=+2>5 Year Schedule <i><font color="#CC0000">(from Roger)</font></i></font></b>
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| 146 | <p>Spring 2004 Initial meeting of the Target and Collector Sections. Allotment
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| 147 | of specific duties.
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| 148 | <p>Summer 2004 1st Main Meeting (with international participants) to present
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| 149 | the current progress in target and collector studies.
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| 150 | <p>Winter 2004 <font color="#CC0000">Publication of the current position
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| 151 | of target and collector development.</font>
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| 152 | <br><font color="#CC0000">Preliminary recommendations for future R&D.</font>
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| 153 | <p>Summer 2005 1st International Conference on Targets and Collectors.
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| 154 | <p>Spring 2006 Publication of Conference Proceedings.
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| 155 | <br>/Summer 2nd Main meeting of the Target and Collector Sections.
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| 156 | <p>Autumn 2006 <font color="#FF0000">Publication of interim report on Target
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| 157 | and Collector developments.</font>
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| 158 | <br><font color="#FF0000"> Recommendations for future R&D.</font>
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| 159 | <p>Summer 2007 2nd International Conference on Targets and Collectors.
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| 160 | <p>Spring 2008 Publication of Conference Proceedings.
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| 161 | <br>/Summer 3rd Main and final meeting of the Target and Collector Sections.
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| 162 | <p>Winter 2008 <font color="#FF0000">Final report and recommendations of
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| 163 | the Target and Collector Sections.</font>
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| 164 | <p><b><font size=+2>Plans for the following 18th monthes COLLECTOR</font></b>
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| 165 | <br>Before the NA will start:
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| 166 | <ul>
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| 167 | <ul>
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| 168 | <li>
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| 169 | report on 6000 type alloy caracteristics on mecanical properties under
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| 170 | high intensity neutron flux based on bibliographic documentation</li>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <li>
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| 173 | initiate collaboration with French-CEA for stress limit measurement of
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| 174 | 6000 type alloy under high level of neutron flux.</li>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <li>
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| 177 | report on analytic solutions of the Horn thermal/mecanical design</li>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <li>
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| 180 | start of thermal/mecanical simulation of the Horn for a SuperBeam
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| 181 | project</li>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <li>
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| 184 | first report on electric power design of the Horn for SuperBeam project</li>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <li>
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| 187 | proposal for Horn prototype building as Design Studies Technical Work Project</li>
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| 188 | </ul>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <li>
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| 191 | Spring 2004</li>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <ul>
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| 194 | <li>
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| 195 | first guide of the collection systems used in the past, present and near
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| 196 | future (along R1 publication): mechanical stresses and design, electric
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| 197 | power caracteristics and design, heat dissipation system design, failure
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| 198 | description, lifetime in operation</li>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <li>
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| 201 | <font color="#000000">status report of the CERN Horn prototype</font></li>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <li>
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| 204 | reports on other mechanical tests as diffusion coefficient measurements</li>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <li>
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| 207 | integration of preliminary TARGET parameters on thermal/mecanical simulation
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| 208 | of the Horn for a SuperBeam project</li>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <li>
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| 211 | first drawing design of a new Horn prototype</li>
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| 212 | </ul>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <li>
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| 215 | Summer 2004</li>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <ul>
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| 218 | <li>
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| 219 | R1 repport production</li>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <li>
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| 222 | status report on thermo/mechanical simulations</li>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <li>
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| 225 | status report on electric power design to deliver 300kA/50Hz</li>
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| 226 | </ul>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <li>
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| 229 | Spring 2005</li>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <ul>
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| 232 | <li>
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| 233 | first result on stress limit measurement of irradiated materials</li>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <li>
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| 236 | final design of a new Horn prototype to launch realisation</li>
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| 237 | </ul>
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| 238 | </ul>
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| 239 | Afterwards their will be prototype realisation by the Design Studies TWP
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| 240 | and measurement campain that will end by the writing of R2. Then, new work
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| 241 | will be undertaken by DS TWP in the line of R3 report goal.
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