Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2022/03/30

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Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 16th March

Present

Saad Shaikh, Simon Jolly

Saad Shaikh

  • Updated primary machine to macOS Monterey and Xcode 13.3 – all software functional.
  • Submitted MAPS Travel grant application.
  • Drafted IOP talk and gave practice presentation to group. Will be away at IOP conference first half of next week.
  • Accepted for an oral presentation at PTCOG!
    • Becky has given approval to book travel.
  • Will talk to Dave Waters about securing funding extension due to Simon's absence.
  • Implemented realistic beam geometry in Geant4 simulation and Laurent's scintillator definition. Also able to count photons by photodiode.
    • Will double-check scintillation definition with Jeremy.
    • Stuck on how to implement dose scoring by layer in a thread-safe way – will discuss with Raffy.
    • Ben Morgan at Warwick is a useful contact for Geant4 advice.