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Mu2e proton absorber concept

Some of our projects

Mu2e linac-based calibration

• Linac suitability studies
• Momentum selection system
• Calibration beam transport
• Downstream injection beam dynamics
• Calorimeter reconfiguration studies

Mu2e noise and background suppression
- • New geometry proton absorber
- • Positron behavior in the proton absorber and other systems
• Particle ID through timing and dE/dx
• Mu2e simulation using supercomputing resources

Mu2e mixed-signal calorimeter electronics

• 500 MHz, 8-bit system studies

ILC damping ring kickers

• HV stripline kicker
• Fourier series pulse compression kicker
• Multimode coaxial structure ("Pan pipe") Fourier kicker
• All-pass filter as a pulse compressor
• Extraction kicker using hard disk write-head technology

ILC high availability/high reliability control systems

• IPMI controller development
• ATCA shelf manager - blade communications
• OpenClovis supervisory system evaluation

Axions

• "Axion cannon" feasibility studies (wish us luck!)

Acoustic techniques for studying high-voltage breakdown

• Acoustic waves in 2-D crystals with and without grains
• Acoustic imaging of breakdown events in NLC copper structures

Mu2e links

ILC links

HEP links

UIUC links

Group Members

George Gollin
Ray Clay
Emily Duffield
(U. Minnesota MSP)
Chris Lam
Michael Skulski
Suerfu

Alumni

John Alsterda
Chris Arsenault
Grace Bluhm
(U. Wisc. Whitewater)
Guy Bressler
Joe Calvey
Jason Chang
Perry Chodash
Michael Davidsaver
Keri Dixon
Will Dluger
Jason Dove
Ry Eli
Sam Furnival
(Stuyvesant HS)
Tim He
Rachel Hilmer
Guangyong Koh
Alex Lang
(U. Wisc. Madison)
Yehan Liu
Chang Lee
Matt McHugh
Daniel Pershey
(Harvard)
Justin Phillips
Devyn Shafer
(U. Pennsylvania)
Heather Smith
Jeremy Williams
Erik Wright

UIUC International Linear Collider projects

Photo gallery

Basic science advocacy and sociology

Presentations concerning physics research

Contact information

George Gollin
Dept. of Physics
MC-704
University of Illinois
1110 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
+1 (217) 333-4451
g-gollin@uiuc.edu
40°06'37.85"N
88°13''20.79"W
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY03-49179, the Department of Energy under Grant Nos. 64377, 56840, 80780, 561096, DEFG02-03ER41281, and DEFG02-91ER40677, and by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or Department of Energy.

UIUC HEP Mu2e Research Group Photos

2011

Emily Duffield's positron bundle with bremsstrahlung radiation in the Mu2e tracking chamber.	Emily Duffield's electron trajectory envelope and proton absorber shell studies.
Ray Clay's studies of a six-bladed proton absorber for Mu2e.	Ray's and Emily's ultimate proton absorber and shell, seen from downstream.
Chris Lam's studies of calorimeter response.	Suerfu's studies of calibration injection phase space mapping onto signal electron phase space.
Ray Clay at work on Geant4 simulations	Emily and Michael in the lab
About to leave for July 2011 Fermilab collaboration meeting	Lunchtime at FNAL: Suerfu, Ray, Chris
Michael in the cafeteria	In Wilson Hall
Going to see the Fermilab buffalo	Buffalo watching
Buffalo gazing	Buffalo
Buffalo watching	Ray presents at the collaboration meeting
Suerfu presents at the collaboration meeting	Fogo de Chao dinner
At Fogo de Chao	At Fogo de Chao

2010

A histogram from Devyn Shafer's tracking studies

2009

Mu2e collaboration meeting at Fermilab, August 7, 2009
John, working on a Mu2e linac-based calibration system spectrometer.	Grace and a collimation system simulation.
Tim and a beam transport simulation.	Guangyong and his calibration electron injection port results
Matt studying particle identification through dE/dx and timing measurements	Daniel and the helical proton absorber
Sam, developing presentation graphics for the August 2009 Mu2e collaboration meeting	Stereolithography 6% scale model of a helical proton absorber for Mu2e
We visit the Mechanical Engineering Department's Ford Laboratory to check out the stereolithography fabrication systems. Left to right: Daniel, Matt, Sam, Tim, Guangyong.	Bob Coverdill and a Viper STL machine
Fabricating proton absorber scale models in the Objet STL machine	Viper STL generating the top layer of an (entirely submerged) object
Support matrix used to hold fragile parts in the Viper STL	Electron, (positive) pion, and muon tracks in Matt's dE//dx simulations
Sam's rendition of our Mu2e concept	Sam and Guangyong at Fermilab
Matt and Daniel at Fermilab	John. Chris, and David Hertzog at Fermilab

2007

Alex, developing an A0 beamline simulation	Jason, working on OpenClovis supervisory software
Mike and Mike with an ATCA (Advanced TeleCommunications Architecture) shelf	Perry, evaluating an ADuC7020 microcontroller as a possible IPMC platform
Will, calculating axion production rates for an "axion cannon"	Yehan, parsing the ATCA shelf manager's backplane communications standard
Spying on an ATCA shelf backplane	ATCA backplane data
George, in a suit	ADuC7020 microcontroller tests
Field map for AØ spectrometer magnet used in damping ring kicker studies at Fermilab	The UIUC ILC group (Haney, Gollin are missing) leaving for a Fermilab/Argonne roadtrip
Corrector magnet at AØ	We present results at Argonne
Yehan describing ATCA architecture

2006 and earlier

Copper dowels used for NLC accelerating structures. #2 has been heat-treated to bring up its grain size.	Propagation of shear and compression waves in simulated grain-free copper. Click here to see the animation that corresponds to this figure (10.5 MB AVI)
Propagation of shear and compression waves in simulated grainy copper. Click here to see the animation that corresponds to this figure (13.6 MB AVI)

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