APAPES – THALES grant MIS #377289

TIMETABLES OF WORK PACKAGES

Work Packages: WP1 WP2  WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 WP8 WP9 WP10 WP11 WP12 Timetable

Table I: Summary of Timetable from 1/1/2012 to 31/12/2015 stretching over 48 month proposal period.

Use of tandem beam is indicated by darkened hatched cells, while use of machine shop by darkened vertical striped cells

Title

Activities

Deliverables

Start

End

2012

2013

2014

2015

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

Α. Design and Construction

1/1/12

30/6/13

WP1 - Beam line – design and construction

1/1/12

31/3/13

WP2 - two ion beam strippers – design and construction

1/1/12

31/3/13

WP3 - Zero-degree Auger projectile spectroscopy - Study and Design of the experimental apparatus

1/1/12

30/9/12

WP4 - Collision chamber – Connection to beam line and vacuum system

1/4/12

31/3/13

WP5 - Differentially pumped gas cell

1/7/12

31/3/13

WP6 - Electronics and Data Acquisition (DAQ) – General design, purchase, connection and use

1/1/12

30/6/13

WP7 - Electron spectrometers - preparation, setup and operation

1/7/12

30/6/13

Β. Measurements

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP8 - Measurements of electron spectra using ions from the TANDEM accelerator

1/7/13

31/12/15

C. Results and Dissemination

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP9 - Analysis and presentation of new results

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP10 - Dissemination of new results

1/10/13

31/12/15

Final Report due 31/12/2015

Table II: More detailed analysis of Table I with titles of work packages (WP) and description of deliverables.

Title

Activities

Deliverables

Start

End

2012

2013

2014

2015

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

Α. Design and Construction

1/1/12

30/6/13

WP1 - Beam line – design and construction Newly constructed beam line L45 dedicated for atomic physics use at the TANDEM accelerator facility at Demokritos

1/1/12

31/3/13

WP2 - two ion beam strippers – design and construction New system for producing highly charged ions for the TANDEM accelerator at Demokritos

1/1/12

31/3/13

WP3 - Zero-degree Auger projectile spectroscopy - Study and Design of the experimental apparatus Complete study and design of existing electron spectroscopy apparatus from Kansas into the new beam line for use at the TANDEM accelerator facility – Construction of new state-of-the-art experimental setup for the investigation of atomic collision interactions

1/1/12

30/9/12

WP4 - Collision chamber – Connection to beam line and vacuum system Connected collision chamber to TANDEM accelerator beam line L45 with good high vacuum ready for use by the experimental setup

1/4/12

31/3/13

WP5 - Differentially pumped gas cell Functional double differentially pumped gas cell

1/7/12

31/3/13

WP6 - Electronics and Data Acquisition (DAQ) – General design, purchase, connection and use Functional electronics and DAQ for use with electron detectors of the channeltron and 2-D position-sensitive MCP used with electron spectrometers

1/1/12

30/6/13

WP7 - Electron spectrometers - preparation, setup and operation Functional electron spectrometers ready for data taking

1/7/12

30/6/13

Β. Measurements

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP8 - Measurements of electron spectra using ions from the TANDEM accelerator Experimental results obtained from measured electron spectra from various highly charged ions as detailed in the proposal

1/7/13

31/12/15

C. Results and Dissemination

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP9 - Analysis and presentation of new results Detailed analysis of new data and presentation within the group

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP10 - Dissemination of new results Technical Reports, publications, conference participation with talks and posters

1/10/13

31/12/15

Final Report due 31/12/2015

Explanations

Use of machine shop

Use of accelerator beams

Table III: More detailed timetable of Table II including sub work packages.

Title

Activities

Deliverables

Start

End

2013

2014

2015

2015

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

a

b

c

d

Α. Design and Construction

1/1/12

30/6/13

WP1

Beam line – design and construction

Newly constructed Beam line L45 dedicated for atomic physics use at the TANDEM accelerator facility at Demokritos

1/1/12

31/3/13

1.1

Charged Particle Optics (CPO) design

Final CPO design

1/1/12

30/6/12

1.2

Construction of new beam line including high vacuum accessories. Use of machine shop

Complete beam line with focusing and steering elements at a vacuum of 10^-7 Torr

1/7/12

31/12/12

1.3

Alignment of beam line

Aligned beam line

1/10/12

31/12/12

1.4

Test with protons and Fluorine ions

Proper beam transport with adequate transmission

1/1/13

31/3/13

WP2

2 ion beam strippers – design and construction

New system for producing highly charged ions for the TANDEM accelerator at Demokritos

1/1/12

31/3/13

2.1

Design and construction of foil post stripper

foil post stripper

1/1/12

30/6/12

2.2

Design and construction of terminal gas stripper

terminal gas stripper

1/1/12

30/6/12

2.3

CPO study for the high transmission transport of the beam through the terminal gas stripper. Use of software TRANSPORT

Study of beam transmission through TANDEM tank and stripper system using CPO code TRANSPORT

1/1/12

30/6/12

2.4

Study of charge state distributions after strippers – use of charge state analysis codes

Charge state analysis code for choosing optimal beam parameters

1/1/12

30/6/12

2.5

Tests using beams of Li, F in various charge states

Efficient transport of bare Li^3+ and F^9+ions

1/1/13

31/3/13

WP3

Zero-degree Auger projectile spectroscopy - Study and Design of the experimental apparatus

Complete study and design of existing electron spectroscopy apparatus from Kansas into the new Beam line for use at the TANDEM accelerator facility –Construction of new state-of-the-art experimental setup for the investi-gation of atomic collision interactions

1/1/12

30/9/12

3.1

Design of experimental setup including collision chamber, gas target cell, spectrometer support and vacuum system

Final complete design of experimental setup

1/1/12

30/9/12

3.2

Ordering of all required parts

Receipt of required parts

1/1/12

30/9/12

WP4

Collision chamber – Connection to Beam line and vacuum system

Connected collision chamber to TANDEM accelerator Beam line L45 with good high vacuum ready for use by the experimental setup

1/4/12

31/3/13

4.1

Production of high vacuum

Functional experimental setup as far as vacuum with a pressure of at least 1 x 10^-7 Torr

1/4/12

31/12/12

4.1.1

Study and design of chamber support system

Final technical design

1/4/12

30/6/12

4.1.2

Design of signal and high voltage (HV) electrical feed throughs

Final design

1/4/12

30/6/12

4.1.3

Design of vacuum system and buying of vacuum pumps

Final design

1/4/12

30/6/12

4.1.4

Positioning of pumps and other vacuum nstrumentation on chamber - use of machine shop for small jobs

Functional chamber vacuum system

1/7/12

31/12/12

4.2

Faraday cup

Functional high vacuum Faraday cup

1/10/12

31/12/12

4.2.1

Construction and implementation of final beam current monitoring Faraday cup

functional Faraday cup

1/10/12

31/12/12

4.2.2

Test of chamber vacuum

Chamber vacuum of 10^-7 Torr

1/10/12

31/12/12

4.3

Connection of chamber to Beam line - Alignment - Test with p and F ion beams

Functional collision chamber with a beam of at 1nA in final Faraday Cup

1/10/12

31/3/13

WP5

Differentially pumped gas cell

Functional double differentially pumped gas cell

1/7/12

31/3/13

5.1

Design Study for the incorporation of a doubly differentially pumped gas cell into the Beam line using a turbo pump and pressure feedback and stabilization system

Functional design

1/7/12

30/9/12

5.2

Placement of complete gas cell into Beam line

Functional gas cell

1/10/12

31/12/12

5.3

Connection to gas bottle – HV electrical feedthroughs connections and measurement of beam currents on gas cell

Connection to gas bottle and HV

1/10/12

31/12/12

5.4

Placement and alignment of gas cell in Beam line

Aligned gas target

1/1/13

31/3/13

5.5

Test of beam transport through gas cell

At least with 50% transmission through 2x2 mm apertures

1/1/13

31/3/13

WP6

Electronics and Data Acquisition (DAQ) – General design, purchase, connection and use

Functional electronics and DAQ for use with electron detectors of the channeltron and 2-D position-sensitive MCP used with electron spectrometers

1/1/12

30/6/13

6.1

Detectors – electronics design, purchase, connection and use

Functional detection system

1/1/12

31/12/12

6.1.1

For Channeltron detectors

functional channeltron detection system

1/1/12

30/9/12

6.1.2

For position sensitive detector (PSD) using Resistive Anode Encoder (RAE)

functional 2-D PSD detection system

1/1/12

30/9/12

6.1.3

Electronics connection and use

Functional electronics

1/1/12

30/9/12

6.1.4

Tests using electrons from hot filament

Testing of electron detection systems

1/7/12

31/12/12

6.2

Programming/software for use with DAQ – design, purchase and data backup system

Functional DAQ ready for data tacking

1/4/12

30/6/13

6.2.1

Development of DAQ for hemispherical deflector analyzer (HDA) using 2-D PSD and RAE

functional DAQ for use with HDA

1/4/12

30/6/13

6.2.2

Development of DAQ for use with channeltron detector

functional DAQ system for use with channeltron

1/4/12

30/9/12

6.2.3

General tests with hot filament and also Auger electrons using both types of electron spectro-meters

functional DAQ systems ready for use

1/4/12

30/6/13

WP7

Electron spectro-meters - preparation, setup and operation

Functional electron spectro-meters ready for data taking

1/7/12

30/6/13

7.1

Hemispherical Deflector Analyzer (HDA)

Functional HDA

1/10/12

30/6/13

7.1.1

Support base, cleaning, installation

Correctly installed HDA

1/10/12

30/9/12

7.1.2

HV connections

Correct HV connectivity

1/10/12

30/9/12

7.1.3

Alignment

Correct and quickly aligned HDA

1/10/12

30/9/12

7.1.4

Electrical connections for PSD

Correctly connected PSD

1/10/12

30/9/12

7.1.5

SIMION simulations

Tested operation of analyzers with SIMION

1/10/12

31/03/13

7.1.6

General test using beam

Functioning analyzers with energy resolution < 1.5% and a deceleration factor of at least F=6.

1/1/13

30/6/13

7.2

Tandem electron analyzer

Functional tandem analyzer

1/10/12

30/6/13

7.2.1

Support base, cleaning, installation

Correctly installed tandem analyzer

1/10/12

31/12/12

7.2.2

HV connections

Correct HV connectivity

1/10/12

31/12/12

7.2.3

Alignment

Correct and quickly aligned tandem analyzer

1/10/12

31/12/12

7.2.4

Electrical connections for channeltron

Correctly connected channeltron

1/10/12

31/12/12

7.2.5

SIMION simulations

Tested operation of analyzer with SIMION

1/10/12

31/3/13

7.2.6

General test using beam

Functioning analyzer with energy resolution < 1.5% and pass energy of at least 50 eV

1/1/13

30/6/13

7.3

High Voltage (HV) connections

Functioning HV supply system for minimum of 3 kV έως 3kV

1/7/12

31/12/12

7.3.1

HV cabling

Correct cabling

1/7/12

30/9/12

7.3.2

ΗV paneling

Correct connections

1/7/12

30/9/12

7.3.3

Connection to PC

Correct connections to PC

1/7/12

30/9/12

7.3.4

Programs for controlling HV to spectrometers

Correctly computed and supplied HV

1/7/12

31/12/12

7.3.5

Tests and use

Correct HV supply with HV scanning of spectrometer electrodes

1/10/12

30/6/13

Β. Measurements

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP8

Measure-ments of electron spectra using ions from the TANDEM accelerator

Experimental results obtained from measured electron spectra from various highly charged ions as detailed in the proposal

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.1

Start up of ion source, tuning of the accelerator and passage of the beam to the target

Negative ion source with good quality beam and high transmission all the way to the target

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.2

Absolute energy calibration of electron spectra

Absolutely energy calibrated electron spectra

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.3

Absolute calibration of double differential cross section (DDCS) scale

Absolutely calibrated DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.4

Measurements of electron spectra and conversion to DDCS

Measured DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.4.1

From He-like ion beams

Measured DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.4.2

From Li-like ion beams

Measured DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.4.3

From Be-like ion beams

Measured DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.4.4

From H-like ion beams

Measured DDCS

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.5

Servicing of experimental components

Smoothly running experimental setup

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.5.1

Servicing and repair of electronics/detectors

Serviced and repaired electronics/detectors

1/7/13

31/12/15

8.5.2

Systematic Backup of all experimental data files

Well organized back-up of experimental data

1/7/13

31/12/15

C. Results and Dissemination

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP9

Analysis and presentation of new results

Detailed analysis of new data and presentation within the group

1/7/13

31/12/15

9.1

Writing of software for the data analysis

Software for data analysis

1/7/13

31/12/15

9.2

Qualitative and Quantitative presentation of results within the initiative

PowerPoint Presentations of new results within initiative

1/7/13

31/12/15

WP10

Dissemina-tion of new results

Technical Reports, publications, participation in conferences with talks and posters

1/10/13

31/12/15

10.1

Writing of technical reports

Final technical reports with summary of measurements and results

1/10/13

31/12/15

10.2

Writing and publishing of scientific articles in international journals

Publications in international scientific journals of the field

1/4/14

31/12/15

10.3

Participation in conferences - presentations

Participation in conferences - presentations

1/4/14

31/12/15

Final Report due 31/12/2015

Explanations

Use of machine shop

Use of accelerator beams