2016 RHIC Retreat
from
Thursday 28 July 2016 (08:00)
to
Friday 29 July 2016 (17:00)
Monday 25 July 2016
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Thursday 28 July 2016
09:00
Welcome & RHIC Physics Program 2017 to 2023
-
James Dunlop
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Welcome & RHIC Physics Program 2017 to 2023
James Dunlop
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
Department Priorities
-
Thomas Roser
(
BNL
)
Department Priorities
Thomas Roser
(
BNL
)
09:20 - 09:40
09:40
Run-17/18 Projections and Accelerator Upgrades
-
Wolfram Fischer
(
BNL
)
Run-17/18 Projections and Accelerator Upgrades
Wolfram Fischer
(
BNL
)
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
STAR - Lessons from Run-16, Requests for Run-17 and 18
-
William Christie
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
STAR - Lessons from Run-16, Requests for Run-17 and 18
William Christie
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
10:00 - 10:35
10:35
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 - 10:50
10:50
PHENIX - Lessons from Run-16
-
Denis Jouan
(
IPN Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3/université paris sud
)
PHENIX - Lessons from Run-16
Denis Jouan
(
IPN Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3/université paris sud
)
10:50 - 11:25
11:25
Run 16 Au+Au Performance and Notable Events
-
Chuyu Liu
(
CAD
)
Run 16 Au+Au Performance and Notable Events
Chuyu Liu
(
CAD
)
11:25 - 11:50
11:50
Run 16 d+Au Performance and Notable Events
-
Chuyu Liu
(
CAD
)
Run 16 d+Au Performance and Notable Events
Chuyu Liu
(
CAD
)
11:50 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch Break - On Your Own
Lunch Break - On Your Own
12:15 - 13:15
13:15
2016 Shutdown Activities
-
Paul Sampson
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
2016 Shutdown Activities
Paul Sampson
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
13:15 - 13:35
13:35
High Intensity in the Injectors: Run-17 and Beyond
-
Haixin Huang Huang
(
Brookhaven National Lab
)
High Intensity in the Injectors: Run-17 and Beyond
Haixin Huang Huang
(
Brookhaven National Lab
)
13:35 - 14:00
14:00
OPPIS Performance Expectations for Run-17
-
Anatoli Zelenski
(
BNL
)
OPPIS Performance Expectations for Run-17
Anatoli Zelenski
(
BNL
)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20
High Brightness Beam for Linac
-
Deepak Raparia
(
BNL
)
High Brightness Beam for Linac
Deepak Raparia
(
BNL
)
14:20 - 14:40
14:40
Booster Space Charge Simulation for Proton Beams
-
Joanne Beebe-Wang
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Booster Space Charge Simulation for Proton Beams
Joanne Beebe-Wang
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
14:40 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Machine and Experiments Protection Overview (Pre-Fires, Masks, and Orbit Bumps: why the diode failed)
-
Angelica Drees
(
Collider-Accelerator
)
Machine and Experiments Protection Overview (Pre-Fires, Masks, and Orbit Bumps: why the diode failed)
Angelica Drees
(
Collider-Accelerator
)
15:15 - 15:40
15:40
Diode Failure Post-Mortem (how the diode failed)
-
Jon Sandberg
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
John Escallier
(
BNL
)
Diode Failure Post-Mortem (how the diode failed)
Jon Sandberg
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
John Escallier
(
BNL
)
15:40 - 16:05
16:05
RHIC abort kicker system upgrade for Run-17
-
Jon Sandberg
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
RHIC abort kicker system upgrade for Run-17
Jon Sandberg
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
16:05 - 16:30
16:30
Discussion Time
Discussion Time
16:30 - 17:15
Friday 29 July 2016
09:00
Possible failures with a 40 ms delayed abort
-
Yun Luo
(
C-AD, BNL
)
Possible failures with a 40 ms delayed abort
Yun Luo
(
C-AD, BNL
)
09:00 - 09:25
09:25
Beam loss control from lattice and mask (dispersion bumps and off momentum collimation)
-
Guillaume Robert-Demolaize
(
BNL/C-AD
)
Beam loss control from lattice and mask (dispersion bumps and off momentum collimation)
Guillaume Robert-Demolaize
(
BNL/C-AD
)
09:25 - 09:50
09:50
Injection kicker vacuum failure - post mortem (from SEU to beam loss and vacuum failure)
-
John Morris
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Donald Bruno
(
BNL
)
Injection kicker vacuum failure - post mortem (from SEU to beam loss and vacuum failure)
John Morris
(
Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Donald Bruno
(
BNL
)
09:50 - 10:15
10:15
Single event upsets with Au+Au (stats and solutions)
-
Kevin Brown
(
C-AD
)
Single event upsets with Au+Au (stats and solutions)
Kevin Brown
(
C-AD
)
10:15 - 10:35
10:35
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 - 10:50
10:50
RHIC RF system upgrades for high intensity beams (9 MHz, Landau Amplifiers, Storage Cavities trips)
-
Alex Zaltsman
(
BNL
)
RHIC RF system upgrades for high intensity beams (9 MHz, Landau Amplifiers, Storage Cavities trips)
Alex Zaltsman
(
BNL
)
10:50 - 11:20
11:20
56 MHz SRF (1 MV without HOM dampers, Run-18 and Beyond)
-
Kevin S Smith
(
BNL
)
56 MHz SRF (1 MV without HOM dampers, Run-18 and Beyond)
Kevin S Smith
(
BNL
)
11:20 - 11:45
11:45
CeC PoP Commissioning in Run-17/18 (aperture in IR2, What does it mean to be "careful")
-
Vladimir Litvinenko
(
BNL and Stony Brook University
)
CeC PoP Commissioning in Run-17/18 (aperture in IR2, What does it mean to be "careful")
Vladimir Litvinenko
(
BNL and Stony Brook University
)
11:45 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch Break - On Your Own
Lunch Break - On Your Own
12:15 - 13:15
13:15
Availability/Reliability
-
Peter Ingrassia
(
C-AD MCR
)
Availability/Reliability
Peter Ingrassia
(
C-AD MCR
)
13:15 - 13:30
13:30
View from Operations
-
Peter Ingrassia
(
C-AD MCR
)
View from Operations
Peter Ingrassia
(
C-AD MCR
)
13:30 - 14:05
14:05
View from Al (machine protection, transfer function, optics, ramp, etc.)
-
Al Marusic
(
BNL
)
View from Al (machine protection, transfer function, optics, ramp, etc.)
Al Marusic
(
BNL
)
14:05 - 14:30
14:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:30 - 14:45
14:45
Run-17 Plan (STAR with Luminosity leveling, RHIC)
-
Vahid Ranjbar
(
BNL
)
Run-17 Plan (STAR with Luminosity leveling, RHIC)
Vahid Ranjbar
(
BNL
)
14:45 - 15:15
15:15
LEReC DC gun test commissioning plans
-
Dmitry Kayran
(
Brookhaven National Lab
)
LEReC DC gun test commissioning plans
Dmitry Kayran
(
Brookhaven National Lab
)
15:15 - 15:40
15:40
LEReC RF Commissioning during Run-17
-
Kevin Mernick
(
BNL
)
LEReC RF Commissioning during Run-17
Kevin Mernick
(
BNL
)
15:40 - 16:05
16:05
Discussion Time
Discussion Time
16:05 - 17:00