Name: 2016 RHIC Retreat
Start: 2016-07-28T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2016-07-29T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Bldg. 555 Hamilton Seminar Room

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