January 22, 2006 EDM Collaboration Meeting

Attendence: Ricardo Alarcon (Arizona State), Rick Allen (ORNL), Libertad Barron-Palos (Arizona State), Larry Bartoszek (Bartoszek Engineering/UIUC), Doug Beck (Illinois), Jan Boissevain (LANL), Dmitry Budker (Berkeley), Vince Cianciolo (ORNL), Martin Cooper (LANL), Scott Currie (LANL), Brad Filippone (Caltech), Haiyan Gao (Duke), Bob Golub (NCSU), Geoff Greene (ORNL/Tennessee), David Haase (NCSU), Mike Hayden (Simon Fraser), Paul Huffman (NCSU), Takeyasu Ito (LANL), Steve Lamoreaux (LANL), Seppo Penttila (LANL), Brad Plaster (Caltech), Bob Redwine (MIT), Lee Roberts (Boston U), Ricardo Schmid (Caltech), Walter Sondheim (LANL), Justin Torgerson (LANL), Quiang (Alan) Ye (Duke)

·  The Geometric Phase Systematic: R&D plus Implications for the Reference Design - Bob Golub

·  First Results from the Neutron Storage Time Measurement - Takeyasu Ito

·  Results on the 3He-Polarization Relaxation Time on d-TPB - Alan Ye

·  Diffusive Transport of 3He in the EDM Experiment - Steve Lamoreaux

   Additional material: Analysis of 3He T1 Depolarization in Collection Volume, Transfer Tube, and Experimental Volume: Magnetic Field Homogeneity Requirements

·  Potential Design Implications of New Results for the Reference Design - Jan Boissevain

·  Collaboration Business – Martin Cooper

·  Election of New Collaborating Institutions

·  Excerpts from the Critical Decision (CD)-0 Document

1)      Meaning of CD-0

2)      Further CD Schedule

3)      Funding Profile

·  Project Organization

1)      Contract Project Manager

2)      Organization Chart

3)      Interactions with the NSF

4)      The Integrated Project Team

5)      Federal Project Director

6)      Deputy Contract Project Manager

7)      Operations Manager

8)      Chief Engineer

·  DOE Order 413.3

1)      Work in Preparation for CD-1

2)      Meaning of the CD’s

3)      Work in Preparation for CD-2

4)      Project Safety

5)      Teleconferences with DOE

·  R&D/Project Funding for FY’06

·  Work Breakdown Structure

·  Undertaking Work Package Responsibilities

·  The Next Collaboration Meeting

·  Post Meeting Work – Valves – Doug Beck