C-AD Machine Advisory Committee Meeting (MAC-22)

17 Dec 2025, 08:30 → 19 Dec 2025, 14:00 US/Eastern

Brookhaven National Laboratory (Collider-Accelerator Department)

Alexander Valishev (FNAL)

For assistance contact:

Lynanne DiFilippo difilip@bnl.gov  631-278-1905 (cell)

Anna Petway petway@bnl.gov  516-702-1072 (cell)

Bryan Callaghan  bcallaghan@bnl.gov  631-344-3472 (office)

Agenda.pdf

Charge.pdf

Committee Members.pdf

SharePoint Site

Wednesday 17 December

08:30 → 09:00 Executive Session

09:00 → 09:30 C-AD after RHIC conclusion, charge, response to recommendations

Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)

01 C-AD MAC-22 - C-AD overview, Wolfram Fischer.pdf

01 C-AD MAC-22 - C-AD overview, Wolfram Fischer.pptx

09:30 → 10:10 RHIC performance in Run-25

Speaker: Michiko Minty (BNL)

02 C-AD MAC-22 - RHIC Run-25, Michiko Minty.pdf

10:10 → 10:40 Break

10:40 → 11:20 Injector upgrade plans over next 3 years

Speaker: Rob Michnoff (BNL)

2025-Dec-MAC-Injector-Upgrades-Michnoff.pptx

11:20 → 11:40 200 MeV H- Linac RF amplifier upgrade plan

Speaker: Freddy Severino (BNL)

04 C-AD MAC-22 - 200 MeV Linac RF Amplifier Upgrade, Freddy Severino.pdf

04 C-AD MAC-22 - 200 MeV Linac RF Amplifier Upgrade, Freddy Severino.pptx

11:40 → 12:40 Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers

12:40 → 13:40 Tour

13:40 → 14:10 C-AD R&D strategy and plans

Speaker: Alexei Fedotov (BNL)

05 C-AD MAC-22 - R&D strategy, Alexei Fedotov.pdf

05 C-AD MAC-22 - R&D strategy, Alexei Fedotov.pptx

14:10 → 14:40 Plans for EIC polarimetry

Speaker: Frank Rathmann (BNL)

06 C-AD MAC-22 - Hadron polarimetry, Frank Rathmann.pdf

14:40 → 15:10 ML - results to date and plans

Speaker: Kevin Brown (BNL)

07 C-AD MAC-22 - Machine Learning, Kevin Brown.pdf

07 C-AD MAC-22 - Machine Learning, Kevin Brown.pptx

15:10 → 15:40 Polarized He-3 source development

Speaker: John Ritter (BNL)

MAC-22_Polarized He-3 source.pdf

MAC-22_Polarized He-3 source.pptx

15:40 → 16:10 Maximizing He-3 polarization

Speaker: Kiel Hock (BNL)

09 C-AD MAC-22 - Maximizing He-3 Polarization, Kiel Hock.pdf

16:10 → 16:55 Executive Session

17:30 → 19:30 Working Dinner - hosted for committee & speakers - SUSC - Bldg. 101

Thursday 18 December

08:30 → 09:30 Q&A

Day 1 - homework.pptx

Day 2 - homework.pptx

09:30 → 10:00 Fast cycling permanent magnet fixed field alternating (FFA) synchrotron (LDRD 24-010

Speaker: Dr Dejan Trbojevic (BNL)

10 C-AD MAC-22 - Fast cycling permanent magnet FFA, Dejan Trbojevic.pdf

10 C-AD MAC-22 - Fast cycling permanent magnet FFA, Dejan Trbojevic.pptx

10:00 → 10:30 BNCT lithium beam driver (LDRD 24-046)

Speaker: Masahiro Okamura (BNL)

11 C-AD MAC-22 - BNCT lithium beam driver, Masahiro Okamura.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 11:30 Ion trap test stand for ultra-low emittance beams (LDRD 24-006)

Speaker: Stephen Brooks (BNL)

12 C-AD MAC-22 - Ion trap, Stephen Brooks.pptx

11:30 → 12:00 Tunable monoenergetic neutron beam (LDRD C)

Speaker: Xiaodong Jiang (BNL)

13 C-AD MAC-22 - Tunable monoenergetic n beam, Xiaodon Jiang.pdf

13 C-AD MAC-22 - Tunable monoenergetic n beam, Xiaodon Jiang.pptx

12:00 → 13:00 Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers

13:00 → 13:30 Production and acceleration of molecular ion beams at EBIS (LDRD 25-043)

Speaker: Shunsuke Ikeda

14-CAD-MAC-22-Production and acceleration of molecular ion beams at EBIS (LDRD 25-043).pdf

13:30 → 14:00 Electron Sources: cathodes R&D

Speaker: Mengjia Gaowei (BNL)

15 C-AD MAC-22 - Electron sources cathode R&D, Mengjia Gaowei.pdf

15 C-AD MAC-22 - Electron sources cathode R&D, Mengjia Gaowei.pptx

14:00 → 14:20 Proposal: Polarized deuteron ion source

Speaker: Dannie Steski (BNL)

16 C-AD MAC-22 - Polarized d source, Dannie Steski.pdf

16 C-AD MAC-22 - Polarized d source, Dannie Steski.pptx

14:20 → 14:40 Proposal: High-current Ion Sources - demonstration with niobium beam

Speaker: Masahiro Okamura (BNL)

17 C-AD MAC-22 - High current ion sources - Nb demo, Masahiro Okamura.pdf

14:40 → 15:00 Proposal: ERL-based high energy cooler

Speaker: Sergei Seletskiy (BNL)

ERLEC_MAC.pdf

15:00 → 17:00 Executive session & report writing

Friday 19 December

09:00 → 10:00 Q&A

Day 1 - homework.pptx

Day 2 - homework.pptx

10:00 → 12:00 Executive session & report writing

12:00 → 13:00 Close-out

13:00 → 14:00 Working Lunch - hosted for committee