| | 1 | = ITRF/LhARA Planning Meeting !#4 = |
| | 2 | ** 24Mar22; 09:00 ** |
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| | 4 | == Notes == |
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| | 6 | **Present: ** N. Bliss, A. Giacca, K. Long, M. Noro, H. Owen, C. Whyte |
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| | 8 | We discussed content of LhARA work packages as in the present proposal and the staff effort estimates prepared by NB and HO. Much ground was covered but no concrete agreement reached. |
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| | 10 | Points noted: |
| | 11 | * MN: noted that information received from UKRI still looked like ITRF/LhARA funds could become available on the September 2022 timescale. |
| | 12 | * HO: Noted that the success in securing a reduction of overheads from 74% to ~15% meant that a reasonable planning number for an STFC SY would be £50k. |
| | 13 | * HO: Made a number of points on the LhARA proposal including: |
| | 14 | - Route to ions other than hydrogen needs to be better articulated; |
| | 15 | - The case for ion acoustic imaging needs to include the positive case of why valuable for LhARA not just why other techniques are not appropriate; |
| | 16 | - The case that additional funds will be requested in due course needs to be better spelled out. |
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