n+3He Project Review

08 January 2013

Joint Institute for Neutron Physics Room A-202

Agenda:

0900 – 0915 Executive Session

0915 – 0945 Overview - Crawford

0945 - 1005 Run Plan - Gericke

1005 – 1020 Break

1020 - 1035 Target Chamber - Gericke

1035 - 1045 Spin Flipper - Crawford

1045 - 1100 Q & A

1100 – 1200 Executive Session

Project Materials:

Budget
Schedule

Review Committee:

David Anderson SNS

Vince Cianciolo ORNL Physics

Bobby Cross SNS

Alan Tatum ORNL Physics

Charge

The n+3He polarized neutron capture experiment is an approved experiment on the SNS Fundamental Neutron Physics Beam line (FNPB, BL13). The FNBP User Program Guidelines provides that experimental approval indicates that it is the wish and intention of the SNS management that the experiment be installed and operated at the SNS. Approval is the first step in a three-step process that is followed by Beam Allocation, in which the experiment is allocated a defined amount of beam, and finally, by Scheduling of Beamtime, in which specific dates of experimental operation are defined.

The Approval Process for the n+3He Experiment may be considered to be a validation of the scientific merit of the project. Thus the current review will be aimed at evaluating the technical maturity of the project and the state of the project planning. In doing so, the committee should take cognizance of the scale of the project as well as the fact that it will probably be at least 18 months before the n+3He will be installed on BL13.

In particular, the Committee is asked to comment on the following:

1. The maturity and reasonableness of the experimental design;

2. The completeness and reasonableness of the proposed schedule;

3. The completeness and reasonableness of the estimate of the resources required to install and operate the experiment (with particular attention to those required from ORNL and SNS);

4. The reasonable of the required beam time estimates for both commissioning and data collection;

5. The membership of the n+3He experimental team with particular attention to the completeness of their technical skill and the manpower required to carry out the project;

6. The reasonableness of any contingency planning in the overall project plan; and,

7. Any other aspects of the project that could affect its timely and successful installation and operation.