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

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
  
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  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
  
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  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
  
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  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
  
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  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
  
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  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
  
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  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
  
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  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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