Minute meeting 10/04/2024
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General items (and Action Items):

- Nicola got a possible availability to use a clean room in Bari presently not used by Alice. The setup (tubes, etc.) is ready to restart the operation, but the filters were dismounted and need to be restored. The room is enough large to host the IDEA DCH prototype (10x7)m^2. We need an estimate of the costs to make the room operative again, in order to ask the money to INFN. We do really need a class 10000 clean room? The cost to restore the Lecce clean room was ~50000 euro. Alessandro will go to Bari to do an inspection of the room and evaluate the situation. The work in the clean room should start next year.
- Alessandro will also follow the design of the wiring machine, which will be planar, then we will not re-use the MEG wiring machine, however parts of this MEG machine will be used to prepare the new wiring machine.
- We (Bari+Lecce) proposed a wire detector hands-on exercise at the CERN’s DRD1 school in November-December 2024, along the line of what was done in Wuppertal. Margherita prepared a first draft of  the document included in the general descriptive document of the school. 

- Mechanical structure of the IDEA chamber and its prototype
Alessandro M. (together with Francesco P.) is in contact with CETMA. In few months from now (before summer 2024) we will have the 8 spokes  for the full scale prototype of the chamber. The prototype should be ready by 2026, in order to meet the deadline to have IDEA TDR by 2027. 
Alessandro M. will attend the second CAD meeting called by Paolo on April 18th in order to collect the IDEA’s technical drawings in Frascati. 

- Conferences
ICHEP
* Walaa submitted an abstract on TB results  —> accepted
* Francesco P.  submitted an abstract on the mechanical structure of the IDEA DCH—> rejected
* Paolo submitted an abstract on the IDEA detector —> accepted 
* Nicola and Patrizia submitted an abstract on IDEA simulation —> accepted
FCC Week in California
Nicola will talk about Tracking at IDEA 
Iakovidis will present a talk on IDEA DCH

Test beam related items (and Action Items):
- Test beam 2022-2023
The analysis of the test beam 2023 data should be ready for summer 2024, thanks to Franco and Magdy. It’s important to understand if there are issues not yet discovered in the data, in order to solve them in TB 2024. Walaa and Brunella are looking to test beam 2022 data. The same analysis code should run on DRS and the scope.

- Test beam 2024
2024 TB dates: 10-24 July 2024, Nicola confirmed these dates. We will need to do all safety courses al CERN needed to enter in the controlled areas. We will need to arrive at CERN at least one day before to install the setup to be ready for the beam. Margherita prepared a google doc to ask for the availability of the participants. As for FNAL, possible dates are in November 2024. 
2024 Tube layout: only 1x1 cm^2 and 1.5x1.5cm^2 cross section tubes, 20 microns wire, will be used, ~20 tubes are already available, no need to wire additional tubes, but special care should be put on gas connections. Alessandro M. and Francesco P. will take care of the setup assembly following the Franco’s suggestions. Franco will prepare a check list to prepare the setup. The new wires in Bari will be used only if old wires will be found broken. The full setup needs to be tested before the end of June, and possible problems with the gas tightness solved (broken gas connections, etc.)
2024 Gas system: we will NOT use our flowmeters, but we will rely on the CERN material. Marcello was in contact the gas responsibles at CERN (Guida and Rigoletti). They said him that the gas system used last year should be ready, but they will check if all is fine. Marcello will contact them again in a couple of weeks to get news on that. Marcello is available in the first days of the TB to install the setup.
2024 Trigger: we could use the CAEN scintillators (but we need LVDS adapters, Alessandro C. will do them). They are still fine for the acquisition with the scope, but not for DRS. We also have the ArduSiPM system which we are using now in Lecce. Furthermore, we need to have scintillators far from the tubes and the cables to arrange this layout are now in Bari. They will be taken to CERN.
2024 readout and HV cards: Marco is rearranging all of them, since there were signal adaptation issues with reflections, etc. Readout cards are simpler to be prepared, since he just needs to remove a resistance, while in HV cards a new capacitor and a new resistance need to be inserted. The best solution is to order new PCB to Eurocircuits. It will take time to order the cards, to have them, to prepare and install them, but 2 months should be enough. Alessandro C. will try to understand how to order the cards, etc.
2024 DAQ: as done in 2023, we could use the scope (8 channels) and DRS for the remaining channels (12). However, Franco would like to acquire with 32 ch’s Nalu Scientific HDSoCv1 evaluation board, currently under bench test. Andrea, Edoardo, Francesco and Margherita will test the DRS together with the rest of the setup. Marcello proposes to acquire the same tube with: scope, DRS and Nalu system, which could be a reliable test.
2024 logistics: Margherita asked Salvatore to take care of the transport of the setup to CERN, and he gave his availability. However Franco suggests to organise a dedicated shipping  (as done to/from Wuppertal) Bari-Lecce-CERN. Marcello could be in contact with a shipping company to have a dedicated transportation. The cost should be ~700-800 euros. We should ship the material to CERN Prevessin 5-6 days before starting the TB and then move it to Meyrin. Francesco De Santis is available to receive the material when it will arrive at CERN.