Status of the GIF++ Project

Status of the GIF++ Project

GIF++ will be an irradiation facility at CERN combining a particle test beam with a strong gamma source in the SPS experimental area

http://cern.ch/WP7/Documents/20080919_Specs_GIF++_V2.pdfOctober'08 1M.Capeans

GIF++ Specifications• SPS West Area Particle beam: muon beam (~ 104 particles per spill

traversing an area of 10 cm x 10 cm) with option of an electron beam. Beam momentum ~ 100 GeV

• Source: 137Cs (662 keV) ~10TBq; 2 Gy/h at 50 cm• Photon rate attenuation in steps and up to 5 orders of magnitude• Uniform Irradiation area:

October'08 2M.Capeans

GIF++ Infrastructure• Peripheral infrastructure to condition the areas

surrounding and feeding into the irradiation areas and user set-ups (gas, cooling, cable trays, barracks, etc) and auxiliary infrastructure outside the irradiation area such as preparation and storage areas to minimize set-up times, and the space needed for users to follow up the tests

• Minimal infrastructure provided to users inside the irradiation area (dose rate monitoring, beam, environmental data, etc)

• GIF++ common control, safety and log systems October'08 3M.Capeans

GIF++ document: shopping list

It’s crucial for RD51 to give feedback asap to contribute on the facility design. Gas supply is

just an example!

GIF++ Timescale

Design

Construction & Procurement

Commissioning

Ready

June 08 – April 09

•Collection of User Requirements•Proposals by AB•Approval of Final Technical Description

May 09 – Dec 09

Jan 10 – May 10

May 10

RD51 can contribute to the infrastructure and set up an

area in the GIF++ for the use of the collaboration


The current GIF• Most gas detectors installed in LHC have been

validated at the GIF (CMS-RPC; CMS-RPC-RB; CMS-RPC-RE; LHCb-MWPC; COMPASS; ATLAS-MDT; ATLAS-RPC; ATLAS TGC; ATLAS-CSC; ATLsMDT; ATLAS-MDT (Magnet); Alice TOF; Alice-AMS; Alice CPC; ALICE-RPC; RPC_gas_filtering)

• Running facility in B.190, till end of 2009• Source: 137Cs 574 GBq, dose ~48 mSv/h @ 1m• No particle beam since end 2004• Uniform irradiation: 600 cm x 400 cm x 360 cm

(height)

For time request, please contact [email protected]
