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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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16 | <caption><tbody>
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17 | <br></tbody></caption>
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19 | <tr>
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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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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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102 | <li>
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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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135 | <li>
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136 | <font color="#FF0000">final target station design.</font></li>
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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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