PAA Meetings
5/1/2013
Location: IAC conference room , 3pm
- Agenda
- Group Mission
- Charter
5/8/2013
- Agenda
- Current Project Summary
- Potential Proposals
- Improving PAA at the IAC
- ice core analysis (look for volcanic ash)
- coffee sample analysis
Current Projects
1.) Silver coin project.
Preliminary data exist (three coins irradiated on April 23rd, counted on April 24th, but pretty much the only thing I can see are silver and gold lines), but more analysis is needed. Also, attached is a paper on NAA on silver coins. Eric Ivie is the contact for Deep Blue Marine.
2.) IGEM PAA on gold-bearing ores project.
Proposal is submitted and pending. We should hear about it next week. Maybe Jon Stoner can give more info on it. Student: Sultan
3.)Fossils project.
Fossils obtained from SDSM&T were irradiated and counted in February. Spectra are analyzed, and there is a match between a fossil and a corresponding matrix. Report is written. No proposal, however I think we should proceed with it and contact Darrin Cognac, who provided samples. Doug is interested in this too.
Potential Proposals
1.) Silver Coin Proposal is written, almost finished, but no budget yet.
2.) A proposal to analyze fossils provided by Darrin Cognac at S. Dakota School of Mines and Technology(http://www.sdsmt.edu). Preliminary results have shown promise (see above) in using PAA to associate a fossil with a matrix. Doug is interested in this too.
3.)http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6186
"2) Development of New Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques or Software that will extend current research and research training capabilities in the Earth sciences. The maximum request is $1,000,000;"
5/15/2013
4pm IAC conference room
- Agenda
- Software
- Improving PAA at the IAC (coincidence counting)
- Proposal writing
- ice core analysis (look for volcanic ash)
- coffee sample analysis
1.) Will write proposal for Deep Blue Marine
2.) Fossil proposal is in search of an RFP, work with Doug and company. Phil may be interested in working on it.
3.)NSF-MRI in
5/16/2013
4pm IAC conference room
- Agenda
- Status of coincidence counting apparatus
- Proposals
- ISO-17025 Accreditation (International Organization for Standardization)
- Run Plan for Gold activation experiment
Status of Coincidence Counting
- Two HpGe are working
- A thrid HpGe detector needs software to drive the HV. Will test it Monday. If it works we will need a Dewar plug
- 180-2 is an HpGe detector needed neg HV and producing negative output pulses, output 2 has a < 10 usec output while output 1 has a > 10 usec outpu
- 180-3 is takes positive HV and outputs positive pulses, both of its output appear to be the same > 10 usec pulse
- CFDs are in place for both detectors (a third CFD channel is available in case a third HpGe detector comes online).
- A coincidence circuit is available in case we want to have a coincidence trigger
- The smallest capacitor Dewar is refilled every other day(if running on the weekend someone will need to come in on Sunday)
- Next Steps
- invert pulses so they are Negative and measureable by the CAEN V792 ADC
- install level translator to translate CFD pulses to ECL pulses that will go to TDC