These days I have some cable installation work at ProtoDUNE-SP on the agenda. The picture was taken inside the cryostat. This is a very impressive facility!
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Work at NP04
Author: Kevin Thieme
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Cryo-Test Preparation
We are preparing the next benchmarking test of the DS-20k cryogenic setup. This includes the modification of a valve on the nitrogen vent that controls the cooling power based on the cryostat pressure – a fully mechanical and failsafe emergency cooling loop. The opening pressure can now be set by adjusting the counteracting spring force.
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XENON/DARWIN Science Club Seminar
I was invited to give the Science Club Seminar of the XENON/DARWIN collaborations on our publication A measurement of the mean electronic excitation energy of liquid xenon, Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 1060 (2021). This is the second invitation after my online INPA seminar at LBNL Berkeley on this topic.
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First Day at CERN
Although my contract with the University of Hawai’i started on New Year, my start as a User on-site CERN was a bit delayed due to the pandemic. I had an exciting first day, meeting my colleagues around Hanguo Wang and seeing the UAr Cryo-Setup of DS-20k for the first time.
The news page of my former group can be found here.