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MICE news

-- see Malcolm's news for an inventory. -- great funding news all summer from USA! (phase II)-- news on beamline construction and planning today

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Aspirational MICE Schedule as of july 2007

15 November 2007Or January 2008

STEP I

April 2008

STEP III July 2008

STEP II

STEP IV Delivery of 1st FCMay 2009

STEP V summer 2009

STEP VI end 2009 (or 2010)

UK PHASE I

UK PHASE II

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MEETING CALENDARWeekly or bi-weekly meetings on MICE installation and Planning at RAL.

NEXT Exec Board: tomorrow 13:30 GMT (main item: MICE technical management)

Next MICO meeting: Thursday 13 september at RAL

Funding agency committee 21 September (back at RAL)

Next Video Conference Thursday 27 September 2007

MICE collaboration meeting CM19 7-10 October 2007 will include a MICO meeting (John Cobb and Marco organizing)

WG meetings (go look at the meeting calender on MICE web site)

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MICE funding in FP7

An IA proposal will be made in the context of ESGARD

Includes workpackages on (muon cooling related) RF cavity surface studies (R. Saviour -- Cockroft)200 MHz RF power source with new technology (Dyacrodes, CERN)

(advanced cooling ideas for MICE? improvements over existing MICE infrastructure? <== will need to be investigated further)

Networking activities Transnational access

Paul Kyberd and I are in touch with the management of the IA (Erk Jensen CERN)