Name: C-AD Machine Advisory Committee Meeting (MAC-22)
Start: 2025-12-17T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-19T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Brookhaven National Laboratory (Collider-Accelerator Department)

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

from Wednesday 17 December 2025 (08:30) to Friday 19 December 2025 (14:00)

Monday 15 December 2025
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Wednesday 17 December 2025

08:30 Executive Session
Executive Session
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 C-AD after RHIC conclusion, charge, response to recommendations - Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
C-AD after RHIC conclusion, charge, response to recommendations
- Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 RHIC performance in Run-25 - Michiko Minty (BNL)
RHIC performance in Run-25
- Michiko Minty (BNL)
09:30 - 10:10
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Injector upgrade plans over next 3 years - Rob Michnoff (BNL)
Injector upgrade plans over next 3 years
- Rob Michnoff (BNL)
10:40 - 11:20
11:20 200 MeV H- Linac RF amplifier upgrade plan - Freddy Severino (BNL)
200 MeV H- Linac RF amplifier upgrade plan
- Freddy Severino (BNL)
11:20 - 11:40
11:40 Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers
Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers
11:40 - 12:40

12:40 Tour
Tour
12:40 - 13:40
13:40 C-AD R&D strategy and plans - Alexei Fedotov (BNL)
C-AD R&D strategy and plans
- Alexei Fedotov (BNL)
13:40 - 14:10
14:10 Plans for EIC polarimetry - Frank Rathmann (BNL)
Plans for EIC polarimetry
- Frank Rathmann (BNL)
14:10 - 14:40
14:40 ML - results to date and plans - Kevin Brown (BNL)
ML - results to date and plans
- Kevin Brown (BNL)
14:40 - 15:10
15:10 Polarized He-3 source development - John Ritter (BNL)
Polarized He-3 source development
- John Ritter (BNL)
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 Maximizing He-3 polarization - Kiel Hock (BNL)
Maximizing He-3 polarization
- Kiel Hock (BNL)
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Executive Session
Executive Session
16:10 - 16:55

17:30 Working Dinner - hosted for committee & speakers - SUSC - Bldg. 101
Working Dinner - hosted for committee & speakers - SUSC - Bldg. 101
17:30 - 19:30
Thursday 18 December 2025

08:30

08:30 - 09:30
09:30 Fast cycling permanent magnet fixed field alternating (FFA) synchrotron (LDRD 24-010 - Dejan Trbojevic (BNL)
Fast cycling permanent magnet fixed field alternating (FFA) synchrotron (LDRD 24-010
- Dejan Trbojevic (BNL)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 BNCT lithium beam driver (LDRD 24-046) - Masahiro Okamura (BNL)
BNCT lithium beam driver (LDRD 24-046)
- Masahiro Okamura (BNL)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Ion trap test stand for ultra-low emittance beams (LDRD 24-006) - Stephen Brooks (BNL)
Ion trap test stand for ultra-low emittance beams (LDRD 24-006)
- Stephen Brooks (BNL)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Tunable monoenergetic neutron beam (LDRD C) - Xiaodong Jiang (BNL)
Tunable monoenergetic neutron beam (LDRD C)
- Xiaodong Jiang (BNL)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers
Working Lunch - hosted for committee & speakers
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Production and acceleration of molecular ion beams at EBIS (LDRD 25-043) - Shunsuke Ikeda
Production and acceleration of molecular ion beams at EBIS (LDRD 25-043)
- Shunsuke Ikeda
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 Electron Sources: cathodes R&D - Mengjia Gaowei (BNL)
Electron Sources: cathodes R&D
- Mengjia Gaowei (BNL)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00 Proposal: Polarized deuteron ion source - Dannie Steski (BNL)
Proposal: Polarized deuteron ion source
- Dannie Steski (BNL)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20 Proposal: High-current Ion Sources - demonstration with niobium beam - Masahiro Okamura (BNL)
Proposal: High-current Ion Sources - demonstration with niobium beam
- Masahiro Okamura (BNL)
14:20 - 14:40
14:40 Proposal: ERL-based high energy cooler - Sergei Seletskiy (BNL)
Proposal: ERL-based high energy cooler
- Sergei Seletskiy (BNL)
14:40 - 15:00
15:00

15:00 - 17:00
Friday 19 December 2025

09:00

09:00 - 10:00

10:00

10:00 - 12:00

12:00 Close-out
Close-out
12:00 - 13:00

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

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