MVD Photo Album

Instructions

Photographs taken by Jehanne Simon-Gillo unless otherwise noted.

• MVD Mechanical Prototypes

  • Mechanical Prototype of Magnet and Nosecones
  • Mechanical Prototype of MVD Outer Enclosure
  • Mechanical Prototype of MCM Cooling Plenum
  • Mechanical Prototype of MVD

• MVD Mechanical Components

  • Samples of Rohacell Detector Cages
  • One view of the MVD cooling prototype
  • Another view of the MVD cooling prototype

• MVD Electronic Components

  • Prototype Power-Communication Board
  • Prototype Kapton and output cables
  • Multichip Module, showing surface-mount components

• MVD Lab Pictures

  • Probe Station in MVD Clean Tent
  • Close-up of Probe Station
  • Shape of Detector Assemblies in MVD Clean Tent
  • Detector Burn-in Box in MVD Clean Tent
  • Detector Storage Boxes in MVD Clean Tent
  • Environmental Chamber in MVD Clean Tent
  • Laser Test Station in MVD Clean Tent
  • Test Rack in MVD Clean Tent
  • Prototype Strip Detector-Kapton Cable-MCM-Output Cable glue jig
  • The power/comm board with pigtail

• MVD Beam Test At the AGS, April, 1996

  • Prototype electronics from ORNL arrive at LANL for testing
  • Hubert van Hecke working on prototype DAQ system for MVD beam test
  • Prototype DAQ and electronics
  • Prototype electronics
  • Prototype motherboard and preampboards
  • Installation of electronics into beam test setup

  • MVD experimental setup for beam test at the AGS
  • Close-up of experimental setup
  • Angle of incidence measurement at 34
  • Angle of incidence measurement at 80
  • Installation of RF enclosure
  • Fully assembled experimental setup

  • Hubert van Hecke stringing cables at the AGS
  • Jehanne Simon-Gillo, MVD beam test spokesperson
  • David Jaffe, undergraduate student from UCR
  • Jan Boissevain collecting cables
  • Jon Kapustinsky studying detector and electronics response
  • Jehanne Simon-Gillo setting up the LVL1 trigger

  • Hubert van Hecke working on the DAQ
  • Nu Xu looking at response of detector and electronics

• Cooling System pictures

  • Cooling System assemblies

• Misc. Pictures

  • Hubert and Chi examining the printed circuit MCM
  • The power/comm board with test pigtail attached
  • Young Gook Kim testing the Power/comm board
  • Chul Soon Yoon, from UAH
  • Toshiyuki Shiina, from UAH
  • Rachel Cunningham (MIT) with the cooling prototype MVD
  • Richard Conway (MIT) with the mechanical prototype MVD

• Spring 2000 Construction

  pictures by Mike Bennett:
  • 1/2 MVD cages
  • in enclosure, ready for shipping
  • 1/2 MVD cages
  • 1/2 MVD cages
  • 1/4 MVD cages stacked, with Si, inside view
  • 1/4 MVD w/Si, during stacking
  • 1/2 MVD, with enclosure
  • MB with pad detectors
  • MB with pad detectors
  • 1/2 MVD with end plates
  • MB, pads, foam cover
  • complete end stack, w/ Toshi
  • complete end stack, w/ Toshi
  • 1/4 MVD, during daughter board transfer
  • 1/4 MVD, during daughter board transfer
  • 1/4 MVD, during daughter board transfer
  • 1/4 MVD, inside view
  • 1/4 MVD, outside view
  • 1/2 mvd, with Si
  • 1/2 MVD, under test, w/ John

• In the IR (2001)

  Pictures taken by Achim Franz - thumbnail page of same
  • central area
  • central area
  • whole MVD installed
  • whole MVD installed
  • underside
  • underside
  • detail
  • detail
  • detail
  • chiller 3

• East half disassembly (2002)

  Pictures taken by Hubert:
  • See the disassembly procedure page

• Year-3 assembly pictures (Nov 2002)

  • Pictures by John and Mike: See this page
  • Cage assembly by Toshi and Hubert here

• Some pictures taken in the lab and others from year-2 installation:

  • See this page

• Pictures from the 2004 installation (for run-5)

  • See this page.
  • New cooling water supply