2012 RHIC Retreat

Name: 2012 RHIC Retreat
Start: 2012-07-25T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2012-07-27T16:50:00-04:00
Location: Universe

25 Jul 2012, 08:30 → 27 Jul 2012, 16:50 US/Eastern

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL (Universe)

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713

Haixin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab), Michael Blaskiewicz (BNL), Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR), Thomas Roser (BNL), Wolfram Fischer (BNL)

Support

jwoods@bnl.gov

Wednesday 25 July
- 08:30 → 11:55
  Session 1: Lessons From Run 12: Chair Wolfram Fischer July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
  - 08:30
    
    Welcome 5m
    
    Speaker: Thomas Roser (BNL)
  - 08:35
    
    Introduction 10m
    
    Speaker: Vincent Schoefer (CAD)
  - 08:45
    
    RHIC Nuclear Physics 20m
    
    Speaker: Steve Vigdor (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 09:05
    
    Projections for Run 13 20m
    
    Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 09:25
    
    Run 12: Polarized Protons Lessons Learned 25m
    
    Speaker: Vincent Schoefer (CAD)
    
    Slides
  - 09:50
    
    Run 12: Heavy Ions Lessons Learned 25m
    
    Speaker: Yun Luo (C-AD, BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    Coffee Break 20m
  - 10:35
    
    The View from STAR 20m
    
    Speaker: William Christie (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 10:55
    
    The view from PHENIX 20m
    
    Speaker: X He (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 11:15
    
    Scheduling Physicist's view 20m
    
    Speaker: Francois Meot (bnl)
    
    Slides
  - 11:35
    
    Air conditioning at CAD 20m
    
    Speaker: Al Pendzick (BNL)
    
    Slides
- 11:55 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h 35m July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
- 13:30 → 16:46
  Session II: Performance challenges: Chair Haixin Huang July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
  - 13:30
    
    AGS Polarized Protons: What now? 25m
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 13:55
    
    RHIC Polarization: What now? 25m
    
    Speaker: Mei Bai (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:20
    
    Polarimetry 25m
    
    Speaker: William Schmidke (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:45
    
    Coffee Break 20m
  - 15:05
    
    Electron Lens 25m
    
    Speaker: Xiaofeng Gu (Collider Accelerator Department, BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 15:30
    
    EBIS 25m
    
    Speaker: James Alessi (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 15:55
    
    EBIS Ions in the Injectors 25m
    
    Speaker: Chris Gardner (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 16:20
    
    Stochastic Cooling 25m
    
    Speaker: Kevin Mernick (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 16:45
    
    Adjourn 1m
Thursday 26 July
- 08:30 → 11:30
  Session III: Operations and Reliability: Chair Peter Ingrassia July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
  - 08:30
    
    Operations Statistics and Failure Analysis 10m
    
    Speaker: Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)
    
    Slides
  - 08:40
    
    RF Reliability 20m
    
    Speaker: Alex Zaltsman (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 09:00
    
    RHIC P/S Reliability 20m
    
    Speaker: Donald Bruno (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 09:20
    
    Maintenance, Reliability and Scheduling 20m
    
    Speaker: Paul Sampson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 09:40
    
    Coffee 25m
  - 10:05
    
    The New MCR: Lessons Learned 10m
    
    Speaker: Travis Shrey (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    The View from Operations 25m
    
    Speaker: R. Tuccio (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 10:40
    
    A New Model for Run Coordination 25m
    
    Speaker: Gregory Marr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 11:05
    
    RHIC Ramps in the Feedback Age 25m
    
    Speaker: Al Marusic (BNL)
    
    Slides
- 11:30 → 13:00
  
  Lunch 1h 30m July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
- 13:00 → 16:41
  Session IV: RF and Longitudinal Emittance / Instrumentation and Controls: Chair Michael Blaskiewicz July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL
  
  Universe
  
  Bellport Country Club 40 South Country Rd Bellport Village, NY 11713
  - 13:00
    
    AGS LLRF Upgrade Commissioning 25m
    
    Speaker: Freddy Severino (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 13:25
    
    Longitudinal Emittance: Source to Store 25m
    
    Speaker: Kevin S Smith (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 13:50
    
    RF Developments for Polarized Protons 25m
    
    Speaker: J. M. Brennan (Brookhaven national labs)
    
    Slides
  - 14:15
    
    High(er) Intensity Protons 20m
    
    Speaker: Christoph Montag (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:35
    
    Coffee 25m
  - 15:00
    
    APEX Highlights 20m
    
    Speaker: Mei Bai (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 15:20
    
    He3: Results of Injector Test and Plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 15:40
    
    Access Controls System Upgrades 20m
    
    Speaker: Darren Hillis (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 16:00
    
    Developments in Beam Instrumentation and Control 20m
    
    Speaker: Michiko Minty (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 16:20
    
    Controls: Startups and Mode Changes 20m
    
    Speaker: Seth Nemesure (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 16:40
    
    Adjourn 1m
Friday 27 July
- 13:30 → 16:26
  Session V: Conclusions and Outlook: Chair Thomas Roser July 27, 2012 at BNL, Bldg. 911A, Snyder Seminar Room
  
  July 27, 2012 at BNL, Bldg. 911A, Snyder Seminar Room
  
  Universe
  
  Session organizers will try to distill the lessons presented during their session to sketch a picture for how RHIC operation will improve for Run 13
  - 13:30
    
    State of the Complex 25m
    
    Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 13:55
    
    Performance Challenges for p^ and Heavy Ions 25m
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:20
    
    Operations and Reliability 25m
    
    Speaker: Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)
    
    Slides
  - 14:45
    
    RF, Instrumentation and Controls 25m
    
    Speaker: M. Blaskiewicz (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 15:10
    
    Coffee 25m
  - 15:35
    Plan for Run 13: Polarized Protons 25m
    
    Speaker: Vahid Ranjbar (BNL)
    
    Slides
    
    slides
    
    slides
    
    VahidppRun13Plan.pdf
    
    VahidppRun13Plan.pptx
  - 16:00
    
    Plan for Run 13: Heavy Ions 25m
    
    Speaker: Guillaume Robert-Demolaize (BNL/C-AD)
    
    Slides
  - 16:25
    
    Adjourn 1m

2012 RHIC Retreat

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 25 – 26, 2012 at the Bellport Country Club, July 27 at BNL

Universe

July 27, 2012 at BNL, Bldg. 911A, Snyder Seminar Room

Universe