MainPage:Nuclear:Summer2012

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This is the main page with the projects that are being developed at CUA during the Summer of 2012. It is being updated by all the students to report for the entire group what are the progress of our researches.

Beside this page, all the data acquisition logs can be found at the CODA logbook, in the following link:

CODA logbook

Projects - Summer 2012

Project	Students
Prototype Simulation	Laura
Prototype Experiment	Laura
DIRC Simulation	Nathaniel
Uniformity Sentisivity	Marco
Gain Uniformity	Nathaniel, Marco
Quantum Efficiency	Nathaniel, Marco
Aerogel Coating	Nathaniel
Refractive Index	Daniel, Adam
Cable Characterization	Gina, Mike
PMT signal pre-amplifier	Gina, Mike
Setup for low gain PMT characterization	Lilly
PMT for Pi0 calorimenter	Marco, Lilly

Students working!

Mike working in prototyping a circuit to amplify low gain PMT's signal.	Gina working in preparing 2" PMTs with scintillator for triggering cosmic rays tests with the Kaon Aerogel prototype.	Lilian studying ADC and PMT's characteristics, to improve our capability of PMT characterization.
Dr. Horn teaching and working with the group!	Adam and Daniel preparing the experiment for the characterization of the aerogel refractive index.	Marco at JLab, helping the students to setup the Kaon Aerogel Detector Prototype.
Nathaniel taking data of the Kaon Aerogel Detector Prototype, configuring the Camac electronics and CODA for data acquisition with signals in coincidence.	Laura setting up the Kaon Aerogel Detector Prototype, configured to measure comic rays particles when passing through the aerogel.