J.-P. Riunaud PS/AE

PSMB 16/09/2002

Report from 59th SPSC meeting 03/09/2002OPEN SESSION on Tuesday, 3 September 2002 at 09:00, Main Auditorium

1. Proposal P323 ”ICARUS – A Second Generation Proton Decay Experiment and Neutrino Observatory at the Grand Sasso Laboratory – Cloning of T600 Modules to Reach the Design Sensitive Mass”: A. Rubbia

2.      Status Report of CNGS1, OPERA: Y. Déclais3.      Status Report of NA59: M. Velasco  CLOSED SESSION

1.      Approval of the minutes of the 58th meeting 2.      Matters arising3.      Report on the 159th meeting of the Research Board4.      Status Report on the SPS5.      Status Report on the PS6.      Status Report on the PS and SPS experiments7.      ICARUS Proposal SPSC 2002-027/P323: V. Kekelidze8.      Status Report on OPERA: S. Dalla Torre, R. Forty9.      Status Report of NA59: D.Websdale10.    Status of NA60 (SPSC 2002-025/M-690): I. Brock11.    SPS and PS schedules12.     A.O.B.-         - Request for proton irradiation by C.A.Londos: J-P. Riunaud

- Letter of Intent (SPSC 2002-028/I-225) from M. Holzscheiter et al.: Relative Biological Effectiveness and Peripheral Damage of Antiproton Annihilation.

J.-P. Riunaud PS/AE

PSMB 16/09/2002

Report from 59th SPSC meeting - Closed Session (1/3)

1.      Approval of the minutes of the 58th meeting 2.      Matters arising

3.      Report on the 159th meeting of the Research Board- Exchange of letters between L. Nemenov (DIRAC) and DG for an extension of DIRAC in 2003.- Another letter (02/09/2002) ,sent to Research Board distributed to SPSC members

4.      Status Report on the SPS- Status of CNGS work by P. Grafstroem : should be ready by mid 2006- What would be the consequences of a lower energy ? Answer at next meeting- Good efficiency and intensity in SPS this year.- Congratulations from SPSC.

5.      Status Report on the PS- East Area back to 24 GeV/c, but frequent power supply trips.- AD operation on piquet regime from 09/09.- Intensities as required by users.- Congratulations from SPSC.

6.      Status Report on the PS and SPS experiments- DIRAC lost 12 % of their data taking due to the transformer problem. - Long and successful proton run of NA49.- COMPASS had a difficult start. Now data taking is very efficient. - NA60 : high energy ion run cancelled because detector not ready.- NA48 has a 1 week extension (granted by DG) to compensate for the losses at the start.

J.-P. Riunaud PS/AE

PSMB 16/09/2002

Report from 59th SPSC meeting - Closed Session (2/3)

7.      ICARUS Proposal SPSC 2002-027/P323: V. Kekelidze- Will start data taking in 2003, with the T600 module tested in Pavia.- T3000 should be operational in 2006. Will use the CNGS beam.- Vast programme on p+ decay, atmospheric and solar neutrinos, …- SPSC recommends ICARUS for approval in consultation with the Gran Sasso Scientific Committee.- SPSC asks for detailed schedule and expects more information on financial and manpower resources.

- Congratulations from SPSC.

8.      Status Report on OPERA: S. Dalla Torre, R. Forty- Slight changes in detector lay-out (Changeable Sheet Detector will speed up scanning).- Withdrawal of CERN required some reallocation of responsibilities. - Production of emulsion and their life time dictate a stringent adherence to schedule.- SPSC expressed its worries about the tight schedule for the Brick Assembly Machine- SPSC supports the quest for higer beam intensity.- Congratulations from SPSC.

9.      Status Report of NA59: D.Websdale- Written report requested.- Will be discussed at next meeting.

10.    Status of NA60 (SPSC 2002-025/M-690): I. Brock- Explanations on the problems encountered in the production of the pixel detector.- SPSC regrets the cancellation of the high energy ion run due to delay in the pixel detectors.- SPSC hopes that the detector will be complete for the run in 2003.

J.-P. Riunaud PS/AE

PSMB 16/09/2002

Report from 59th SPSC meeting - Closed Session (3/3)

11.    SPS and PS schedules- Report on the schedule modifications this year :

Cancellation of high energy ion run and 10 more days to low energy run.1 more p+ week allocated to NA48.

- Draft 2003 schedule presented :PS start 05/05 and 171 days of physics.SPS starts 19/05 with 105 days of physics & 7 days of "25 ns" operation (date to be discussed).Indium run from 17/09 to 26/10.

12.     A.O.B.       * Request for proton irradiation by C.A.Londos: J-P. Riunaud

- There is no irradiation facility at CERN providing 10 MeV protons.- Study made by C. Hill and K. Schindl to use beam from Linac 2 :

More than a week would be required at the and of the year, plus manpower.- Conclusions : Request should be adressed to another accelerator.

* Letter of Intent (SPSC 2002-028/I-225) from M. Holzscheiter et al.: Relative Biological Effectiveness and Peripheral Damage of Antiproton Annihilation. - Request to use the AD DEM line to sudy biological effects of p- anihilation.- A few hours / year before end 2004; 300 MeV/c extraction.- SPSC asks for a cost estimate of DEM installation (to be presented at november meeting).- A full proposal may then be requested to Holzscheiter et al.