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MERIT Experiment Status MER cury I ntense T

August 30, 2007

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K. McDonald for the MERIT Collaboration

Build.272: Offices & Control Room

Racks & electronics

TT2/TT2A: MERIT

Solenoid & Hg loop Upstream beam elements (new)  Quadrupoles for final focusing  Collimator  Beam profile measurement  Beam intensity measurement

24 August: 8 Pulses of 1.5 10 11 Protons Delivered to TT2A Tunnel

24 August: Secondary Particles Observed in Diamond and in Al Cathode Electron Multipliers

28 August: 9 Hour Access: Gate-Barrier installed to permit access to TT2 tunnel during PS/SPS operations

28 August: 9 Hour Access: Cryogenic Hardware Installed in TT2/TT2A Tunnels

28 August: 9 Hour Access: MERIT Mercury System Operational, MERIT Solenoid Ready for Power/Cooling

Hg-jet hydraulic system Solenoid Hg container Target chamber Prot on Bea m

29 August: Mercury Jets Produced in TT2A Tunnel

15m/s jet Viewport #1, FV camera Viewport #2, CERN camera Viewport #3, FV camera 20m/s jet Viewport #1, FV camera Viewport #2, CERN camera Viewport #3, FV camera