2016 RHIC Retreat

28 Jul 2016, 08:00 → 29 Jul 2016, 17:00 US/Eastern

Bldg. 555 Hamilton Seminar Room

Dear RHIC Retreat Attendees:

There will be Coffee/Tea and Breakfast Snacks available before the 9:00 am start for both days.

Lunch Break - on your own

Agenda 2016_RHIC_Retreat_Draft_Agenda.pdf

Thursday, 28 July

09:00 → 09:20 Welcome & RHIC Physics Program 2017 to 2023

Speaker: James Dunlop (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides RHIC_Future_20160728_Dunlop.pdf

09:20 → 09:40 Department Priorities

Speaker: Dr Thomas Roser (BNL)

Slides 2016_07_28_RHIC_retreat_C-AD_priorities.pptx

09:40 → 10:00 Run-17/18 Projections and Accelerator Upgrades

Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)

Slides 2016-0728_RHIC_Retreat_-_Run-17:18_projections_and_upgrades.pptx

10:00 → 10:35 STAR - Lessons from Run-16, Requests for Run-17 and 18

Speaker: Dr William Christie (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides RHIC_reatreat_2016.pdf RHIC_reatreat_2016.pptx

10:35 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 11:25 PHENIX - Lessons from Run-16

Speaker: Mr Denis Jouan (IPN Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3/université paris sud)

Transparents run16_phenix-RC_retreat_07-28-2016_V03.pdf run16_phenix-RC_retreat_07-28-2016_V03.pptx

11:25 → 11:50 Run 16 Au+Au Performance and Notable Events

Speaker: Dr Chuyu Liu (CAD)

Slides 2016_RHIC_Retreat_Xiaofeng_Gu.pptx

11:50 → 12:15 Run 16 d+Au Performance and Notable Events

Speaker: Dr Chuyu Liu (CAD)

Slides 07282016_Retreat.pptx

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch Break - On Your Own

13:15 → 13:35 2016 Shutdown Activities

Speaker: Mr Paul Sampson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides Retreat16.pptx

13:35 → 14:00 High Intensity in the Injectors: Run-17 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr Haixin Huang Huang (Brookhaven National Lab)

Slides RetreatAGS0728_2016.pptx

14:00 → 14:20 OPPIS Performance Expectations for Run-17

Speaker: Dr Anatoli Zelenski (BNL)

14:20 → 14:40 High Brightness Beam for Linac

Speaker: Dr Deepak Raparia (BNL)

Slides

• movienewlinac.mpeg
• movieoldlinac.mpeg
• RHIC_Retreate_Raparia.pptx

14:40 → 15:00 Booster Space Charge Simulation for Proton Beams

Speaker: Dr Joanne Beebe-Wang (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides Booster_RHIC_Retreat_2016.pdf Booster_RHIC_Retreat_2016.ppt

15:00 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 15:40 Machine and Experiments Protection Overview (Pre-Fires, Masks, and Orbit Bumps: why the diode failed)

Speaker: Dr Angelica Drees (Collider-Accelerator)

Slides retreat2016.ppt

15:40 → 16:05 Diode Failure Post-Mortem (how the diode failed)

Speakers: John Escallier (BNL), Mr Jon Sandberg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides diode_Talk_7.26.16.pptx

16:05 → 16:30 RHIC abort kicker system upgrade for Run-17

Speaker: Mr Jon Sandberg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides Abort_Kicker_Upgrade_Run_17_7.25.16.pptx

16:30 → 17:15 Discussion Time

Friday, 29 July

09:00 → 09:25 Possible failures with a 40 ms delayed abort

Speaker: Mr Yun Luo (C-AD, BNL)

Slides 40ms_abortdelay_yluo.pdf

09:25 → 09:50 Beam loss control from lattice and mask (dispersion bumps and off momentum collimation)

Speaker: Dr Guillaume Robert-Demolaize (BNL/C-AD)

Slides BeamLossControl.ppt

09:50 → 10:15 Injection kicker vacuum failure - post mortem (from SEU to beam loss and vacuum failure)

Speakers: Mr Donald Bruno (BNL), Mr John Morris (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides PostMortInjKickerVacuumFailure_Jul28Version.pptx

10:15 → 10:35 Single event upsets with Au+Au (stats and solutions)

Speaker: Kevin Brown (C-AD)

Slides Run16RadUpsetsRetreat.pdf Run16RadUpsetsRetreat.pptx

10:35 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 11:20 RHIC RF system upgrades for high intensity beams (9 MHz, Landau Amplifiers, Storage Cavities trips)

Speaker: Mr Alex Zaltsman (BNL)

Slides RF_Systems__retreat._pptx_2016.pptx

11:20 → 11:45 56 MHz SRF (1 MV without HOM dampers, Run-18 and Beyond)

Speaker: Kevin S Smith (BNL)

mpeg movie PathTo1MV.mp4

Slides Retreat_2016_56MHz_Presentation_B.pdf Retreat_2016_56MHz_Presentation_B.pptx

11:45 → 12:15 CeC PoP Commissioning in Run-17/18 (aperture in IR2, What does it mean to be "careful")

Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Litvinenko (BNL and Stony Brook University)

Slides CeC_RHICretreat_2016.pdf CeC_RHICretreat_2016.pptx

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch Break - On Your Own

13:15 → 13:30 Availability/Reliability

Speaker: Mr Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)

Slides RHIC_Retreat2016_Availability_Ingrassia.pdf RHIC_Retreat2016_Availability_Ingrassia.pptx

13:30 → 14:05 View from Operations

Speaker: Mr Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)

Slides RHIC_Retreat_ViewFromOperations.pdf RHIC_Retreat_ViewFromOperations.pptx

14:05 → 14:30 View from Al (machine protection, transfer function, optics, ramp, etc.)

Speaker: Al Marusic (BNL)

Slides TF.pdf

14:30 → 14:45 Coffee Break

14:45 → 15:15 Run-17 Plan (STAR with Luminosity leveling, RHIC)

Speaker: Dr Vahid Ranjbar (BNL)

Slides

• FY17Retreat.pdf
• FY17Retreat.pptx
• slides
• slides

15:15 → 15:40 LEReC DC gun test commissioning plans

Speaker: Dr Dmitry Kayran (Brookhaven National Lab)

Slides 2016RHIC_Retreat_Kayran.pptx

15:40 → 16:05 LEReC RF Commissioning during Run-17

Speaker: Kevin Mernick (BNL)

Slides LEReC_RF_Commissioning_Run17.pdf

16:05 → 17:00 Discussion Time