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The tagger is a major component in the engineering design of GlueX. Members of the nuclear physics group at UConn have received funding from the US Department of Energy for the design and prototyping of electron detectors for the tagger. The design goals of this project include selection of optical fibers and waveguides for the electron detectors, the mechanical design and machining of a light-sealed case to contain the detectors, and the development of techniques for gluing them and mounting them on a precise remote-controlled alignment rail system. A prototype of the tagging fiber detector is currently being constructed, and will be tested at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in January 2010.

The tagger is a major component in the engineering design of GlueX. Members of the nuclear physics group at UConn have received funding from the US Department of Energy for the design and prototyping of electron detectors for the tagger. The design goals of this project include selection of optical fibers and waveguides for the electron detectors, the mechanical design and machining of a light-sealed case to contain the detectors, and the development of techniques for gluing them and mounting them on a precise remote-controlled alignment rail system. A prototype of the tagging fiber detector is currently being constructed, and will be tested at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in January 2010.

==Summary Fall 2008 Work==

==Summary of Fall 2008 Work==

This semester, my work focused on the physics-engineering design of the tagger microscope box to be used for the GlueX particle accelerator project in Hall D at Jefferson National Lab in Virginia. The volume of work that I ultimately produced was not as much as I had hoped for, because I spent the first months of the semester learning the computer programs needed to facilitate my design work. Based on my current knowledge of these programs plus the final data and design files I was able to create, I would consider this semester a definite success.

This semester, my work focused on the physics-engineering design of the tagger microscope box to be used for the GlueX particle accelerator project in Hall D at Jefferson National Lab in Virginia. The volume of work that I ultimately produced was not as much as I had hoped for, because I spent the first months of the semester learning the computer programs needed to facilitate my design work. Based on my current knowledge of these programs plus the final data and design files I was able to create, I would consider this semester a definite success.