1. U.S. ATLAS MOU NO. 32/98
    2. UM-HE-98-08
    3. Amendment
      1. 3. Design, Prototype, Production and Installation Responsibilities
      2. 9. Makers and Concurrence

 

U.S. ATLAS MOU NO. 32/98

UM-HE-98-08

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

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