PREPARATION AT GANIL, TESTS OF MECHANICS AND DETECTORS

3^rd week of December 2009: mounting of the mechanical configurations for BigRIPs and RIPS

(Jean-François LIBIN, Patrice GANGNANT, Emmanuel RINDEL, Philippe ROSIER).

2010

January

2^nd week: mounting of the mechanics for thin Si detectors of the RIPS configuration.

3^rd week: Tests of the merge between RIKEN and GANIL Data Acquisition systems.

(H. BABA, CH. HOUARNER, C. MAUGEAIS, B. RAINE, F. SAILLANT).

BigRIPS configuration mounted with 6 telescopes. Tests of the telescopes, MUVI cards.

Tests with an Alpha source.

BigRIPS configuration is ready.

4^th week: Tests of the 6 telescopes, tests of the spare electronics.

Tests of the equipment to be sent to RIKEN.

Tests of the Mufee cards and additional MUST2 Si-strip detectors needed for the RIPS configuration.

February

From 8^th: packaging, list of every element to be sent, storage in SPEG area, volume and weight estimates,

The 4 boxes needed for the transportation by air-plane were built from 9^th till 28^th.

March

Monday 1^st -Tuesday 2^nd: boxes at GANIL, packaging of the equipment.

Thrusday 4^TH March: the 4 wooden boxes (1852kg in total) are loaded on the truck going to Roissy.

4^TH MARCH: BOXES AT ROISSY -CDG AIRPORT.

Storage….

10^TH MARCH: DEPARTURE TO JAPAN.