Amendment
to
Memorandum of Understanding
between
University of Michigan
and
The U.S. ATLAS Project Office
for Fiscal Year FY 1998
June 6, 1998
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, 1998 through December 31, 1998. 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 40% CDF Muon Trigger/DoE Project Director
Jianming Qian 15% D0 Preshower Detector Development
Greg Tarle 15% HEAT/TOSCA/MACRO
Myron Campbell 10% CDF Trigger and TDC
Robert Ball 25% BOONE/Electronics/Computing
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 30% DoE Base Grant
Designers
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
Edward Diehl 100% DoE/University/ATLAS
Technicians
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
Helmut Schick 50% NSF/DoE/ATLAS
Software Professionals
Others
Name ATLAS Fraction Source of Support
graduate students (2) 50%each DoE
undergraduates (4) 20% each NSF/DoE
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 TBA 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 $60
1.5.1.2.3. Chamber Assembly Station $128
1.5.1.2.2 Tube Test Station/CCD/x-ray/PC $15
1.5.1.2.4 Chamber Test Station/PC/Interface/Software/Crate $16
1.5.3.1.2 Design of Mini-DAQ readout of ASD/TDC Mezzanine Cards $17
1.5.3.1.4 Test Station/PC/Test Fixtures/Instrumentation/Crate/PS $80
TOTAL
$316
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 Gary Feldman
of Harvard University. The institution contact person for Muon Subsystem activities at the
University of Michigan is Homer Neal. The task managers for Muon Subsystem activities
carried out at the University of Michigan are as follows:
Greg Tarle, University of Michigan - 1.5.1.4.x.4 - Chamber assembly.
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 $316K will be provided for calendar 1998. Of this amount $62K has already
been authorized and provided. The remaining funds needed to complete the tasks described
in 8.1 will be provided subject to availability of funding and performance during 1998.
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 12/31/98
1.5.1.2.1.
3
Chamber Assembly Station Complete 5/1/99 5/1/99
1.5.1.3.3 Fabrication of Module 0 8/1/99 8/1/99
1.5.1.3.3 Approval of Chamber 0 Complete 10/1/99 10/1/99
1.5.1.4.1.
3
Start of Michigan Assembly Line 11/1/99 11/1/99
1.5.1.4.2 Fabrication of Chambers Complete 9/15/03 9/15/03
1.5.1.5 Installation of Chambers Complete 12/15/04 12/15/04
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 8/21/98
1.5.3.1.2.
2
Chamber Data Flow Simulation Software 9/25/98 9/25/98
1.5.3.1.2.
1
Chamber Data Concentrator Prototype Design Complete 10/9/98 10/9/98
1.5.3.1.4 Prototype Test Station Complete 2/16/99 2/16/99
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 Institution Representative da te
U.S. ATLAS Project Manager Homer A. Neal
University of Michigan
U.S. ATLAS L2 Manager
Venetios Polychronakos date
Muon Subsystem
Concurrence:
Thomas B.W. Kirk date
Associate Director, BNL