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** Background reading!
** Background reading!


'''SS''':
'''MH''':
* Looking through data from [[Proton_Calorimetry/Experimental_Runs/2018/Oct25-6|Birmingham experimental runs]].
* Pure Geant4 pCT simulation matches results from GATE.
Finished and submitted Literature Review.
*  
* Contacted '''LeCroy''' again: still waiting for information.
* Setting up equipment for '''Birmingham'''.
* '''To Do''':
** Cracking back on with project.
** Take data in Birmingham!


'''MH''':
Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:  
* Geant4 simulation now multithreaded: using 4 cores doubles the speed of the simulation.
* Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:  
** Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
** Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
** Possible to merge manually.
** Possible to merge manually.
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** Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
** Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
** Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.
** Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.
'''SS''':
* Looking through data from [[Proton_Calorimetry/Experimental_Runs/2018/Oct25-6|Birmingham experimental runs]].
* Results generally look good:
** Clear double peak for eyepatch data.
** Some spectra show unexpected double peaks: '''SJ''' suggests PMT rate effects.
* '''To Do''':
** Analyse scope data by Christmas.
** Take data for LeCroy scope trigger rate test.


'''FFF''':
'''FFF''':
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** Front end electronics design and readout.
** Front end electronics design and readout.
* Will contact '''Ruben Saakyan''' to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.
* Will contact '''Ruben Saakyan''' to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.
'''RR''':
* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:
** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.
* '''To Do''':
** Meet '''Vassilios'''.


'''LK''':
'''LK''':

Revision as of 15:12, 7 November 2018

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 7th November 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Matthieu Hentz, Laurent Kelleter, Jeremy Ocampo, Saad Shaikh, Fernando Franco Felix, Ohie Mayenin

JO:

  • Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
  • Going through Geant4 simulations: cannot view graphics on Windows laptop...
  • Laptop has been ordered by SJ and Tony Hoare.
  • Met with Jamie McClelland and Adam Gibson on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
  • Will take Medical Physics/CDT courses next term: Numerical Optimisation and Inverse Problems.
  • To Do:
    • Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
    • Background reading!

MH:

  • Pure Geant4 pCT simulation matches results from GATE.

Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:

    • Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
    • Possible to merge manually.
    • RR suggests that merging should work automatically: will investigate.
  • To Do:
    • Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
    • Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.

SS:

  • Looking through data from Birmingham experimental runs.
  • Results generally look good:
    • Clear double peak for eyepatch data.
    • Some spectra show unexpected double peaks: SJ suggests PMT rate effects.
  • To Do:
    • Analyse scope data by Christmas.
    • Take data for LeCroy scope trigger rate test.

FFF:

  • Background reading on proton therapy: LK recommended Paganetti: Proton Therapy Physics.
  • Met with LK to discuss detector development.
  • Two potential ideas for Masters project:
    • Complete range calorimeter simulations.
    • Front end electronics design and readout.
  • Will contact Ruben Saakyan to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.

LK:

  • Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
  • Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
  • Organisation of HIT trip.