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| 11 | <li> | 
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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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| 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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| 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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| 131 |  | 
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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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| 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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