Amendment
to
Memorandum of Understanding
between
University of Michigan
and
The U.S. ATLAS Project Office
for Fiscal Year FY 1999
February 1, 1999
1. Introduction
This Amendment is made to provide details of the work agreed to between the parties making
the Memorandum of Understanding covering the specific period of performance January 1,
1999 through December 31, 1999. It is subject to all the points of agreement and conditions in
the current version of the parent Memorandum and the current version of the U.S. ATLAS
Project Management Plan (U.S. ATLAS 97-7).
2. Personnel
2.1. List of Scientific Personnel
Participating scientists with anticipated fraction of their research time committed to ATLAS
during this period of performance are:
Name ATLAS Fraction Other Research Commitments/Comments
Homer Neal 80% D0
Jay Chapman 50% CDF Muon Trigger/ DoE Project Director
Jianming Qian 10% D0 Preshower Detector Development
Greg Tarle 15% HEAT/TOSCA/MACRO
Bing Zhou 80% D0
Rudi Thun 50% TOSCA
Myron Campbell 10% CDF Trigger and TDC
Robert Ball 25% BOONE/Electronics/Computing
Dan Levin 50% MACRO/TOSCA
Shawn McKee 50% HEAT/TOSCA
2.2. Institutional Board Representative
Homer Neal is the present representative of University of Michigan on the U.S. ATLAS
Institutional Board.
2.3. List of Technical Personnel
Participating technical personnel with the anticipated fraction of their time committed to
ATLAS during this period of performance and their source(s) of support are:
Engineers
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
John Mann 60% DoE Base Grant
Designers
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
Edward Diehl 100% DoE
Technicians
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
Helmut Schick 100% ATLAS
David Kouba 100% ATLAS
Curtis Weaverdyck 80% DoE
Software Professionals
Others
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
graduate students (2) 50%each DoE
undergraduates (4) 30% each ATLAS
2.4. Other Key Personnel
The Environment, Safety and Health officer for the University of Michigan Physics currently
responsible for compliance with applicable ES&H policies associated with ATLAS participation
by this institution is John Vidolich of the University of Michigan. The Quality Assurance
officer for the University of Michigan currently responsible for QA compliance of tasks
performed by this institution is Greg Tarle by the University of Michigan.
3. Design, Prototype, Production and Installation Responsibilities
3.1. Design, Prototype and Production Responsibilities for this Period of Performance
3.1.1 Deliverables: From U.S. ATLAS Project Funds:
WBS (L5) Deliverable (k$)
1.5.1.2.1. Tube Assembly Station $33.0
1.5.1.2.2 Tube Test Station $49.0
1.5.1.2.3. Chamber Assembly Station $300.0
1.5.1.2.4 Chamber Test Station $80.0
1.5.1.2.5 Handling/Transport Fixtures $17.0
1.5.1.2.6 General Equipment $23.0
1.5.1.3 MDT Prototypes $60.0
1.5.3.1.2 Design of Mini-DAQ readout of ASD/TDC Mezzanine Cards $68.9
1.5.3.1.4 Test Station/PC/Test Fixtures/Instrumentation/Crate/PS $64.8
1.5.3.2 Prototype Electronics $20.0
TOTAL $715.7
The Chamber Assembly Station budget of $300K includes the Granite plate transportation and
installation at $8.5K, a reinforcement structure for the assembly area floor at $55.0K, an
environmental HVAC control system at $70K, tool machining at $93.6K, a gas-manifold,
sensors, and control system at $12.5K, and $60.4K of assembly labor.
3.2. Coordination and Reporting
The U.S. ATLAS L2 Manager for the Muon Subsystem is Venetis Polychronakos of Brookhaven
National Laboratory. The overall U.S. MDT chamber manager is Frank Taylor of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The institution contact person for Muon Subsystem
activities at the University of Michigan is Bing Zhou. The task managers for Muon Subsystem
activities carried out at the University of Michigan are as follows:
Rudi Thun , University of Michigan – 1.5.1.2.2 – Tube assembly.
Bing Zhou, University of Michigan - 1.5.1.2.3/4 - Chamber assembly.
Jay Chapman, University of Michigan - 1.5.3.1 - MDT electronics.
Jay Chapman, University of Michigan - 1.5.3.1 - MDT electronics.
3.3. Collaboration with Other Groups and Institutions
Design, construction and installation related to the Muon subsystem will be carried out in close
communication and collaboration other groups working on this and related subsystems.
Collaborating groups outside the University of Michigan are listed below.
WBS / Task Collaboration Group Responsibility with University of Michigan
1.5 BNL Forward Muon System
1.5.1 Univ. of Washington MDT Chambers
1.5.1 BMC MDT Chambers
1.5.6 MPI, Munich Forward Alignment System
1.5.6 NIKHEF, Amsterdam Forward Alignment System
1.5.6 SACLAY, Paris Forward Alignment System
1.5.x.1 BMC MDT Electronics
1.5.3.x.1.2 KEK Mezzanine Cards
1.5.3.x.1.2 BMC Mezzanine Cards
1.5.3.x.2.1 NIKHEF, Amsterdam NIMROD
1.5.3.x.2 CERN Coordination of Electronics Protocols
4. Contribution of Effort, Services and Equipment
4.1. Effort
Subject to adequate funding by DOE or NSF, the University of Michigan will provide support
for the scientific and technical personnel as indicated in section 2 during this period of
performance.
5. Costs and Funding
An amount of $715.7K will be provided for calendar 1999. Of this amount $562K will be
utilized for tube and chamber fixtures and construction. The remaining funds, $153.7K will be
directed toward the certification and production of prototype electronics of the ATLAS design.
6. Administration (no amendments are included in this section)
7. General Considerations (no amendments are included in this section)
8. Schedules and Milestones
The University of Michigan will make every effort to carry out their institutional
responsibilities consistent with the overall ATLAS schedule. In this amendment are listed the
program milestones for this period of performance.
8.1. Design, Fabrication and Installation Milestones
The program milestones for this period of performance relevant to the University of Michigan
are listed here:
WBS Key Milestones for MDT Chambers – 1.5.1 Baseline
Date
Current
Date
1.5.1.2.1.3 Tube Assembly Station Complete 12/31/98 5/15/99
1.5.1.2.3.3 Chamber Assembly Station Complete 9/1/99 11/15/99
1.5.1.2.2 Tube Test 8/2/99 6/1/99
1.5.1.2.4 Chamber Test 9/30/99 12/20/99
1.5.1.3.3 Fabrication of Module 0 9/1/99 12/6/99
1.5.1.3.3 Approval of Chamber 0 Complete 10/1/99 1/30/00
1.5.1.4.1.3 Start of Michigan Assembly Line 11/1/99 2/1/00
1.5.1.4.2 Fabrication of Chambers Complete 9/15/03 12/15/04
1.5.1.5 Installation of Chambers Complete 12/15/04 12/15/05
WBS Key Milestones for MDT Electronics – 1.5.3 Baseline
Date
Current
Date
1.5.3.1.2.1 Pre-production TDC AMT-0 Testing Complete 8/21/98 11/27/98
1.5.3.1.2.2 Chamber Data Flow Simulation Software 9/25/98 2/26/99
1.5.3.1.2.1 Prototype Chamber Service Module Design Complete 10/9/98 1/29/99
1.5.3.1.4 Prototype Test Station Complete 2/16/99 4/16/99
1.5.3.1.4 Mezzanine Card Test Fixture Complete 5/23/01 5/23/01
1.5.3.1.2.1 Integration of Prototypes Concentrator Cards Begins 4/29/99 4/29/99
1.5.3.1.2.1 NIMROD+Conc Card+AMT Integration Test Complete 12/23/99 12/23/99
1.5.3.1.2.1 Final Front-end Design Integration Begins 11/17/00 11/17/00
9. Makers and Concurrence
The following persons concur in the terms of this Amendment. These terms will be updated as
appropriate in later Amendments to this Memorandum.
Makers of this Memorandum:
William J. Willis date Homer A. Neal date
U.S. ATLAS Project Manager Institution Representati ve
University of Michigan
Venetios Polychronakos date
U.S. ATLAS L2 Manager
Muon Subsystem
Concurrence:
Thomas B.W. Kirk date
Associate Director, BNL