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
- 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
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speaker: Thomas Roser (BNL)
  - 2
    
    Introduction
    
    Speaker: Vincent Schoefer (CAD)
  - 3
    
    RHIC Nuclear Physics
    
    Speaker: Steve Vigdor (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 4
    
    Projections for Run 13
    
    Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 5
    
    Run 12: Polarized Protons Lessons Learned
    
    Speaker: Vincent Schoefer (CAD)
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    Run 12: Heavy Ions Lessons Learned
    
    Speaker: Yun Luo (C-AD, BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    Coffee Break
  - 7
    
    The View from STAR
    
    Speaker: William Christie (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    The view from PHENIX
    
    Speaker: X He (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    Scheduling Physicist's view
    
    Speaker: Francois Meot (bnl)
    
    Slides
  - 10
    
    Air conditioning at CAD
    
    Speaker: Al Pendzick (BNL)
    
    Slides
- 11:55
  
  Lunch 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
- 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
  - 11
    
    AGS Polarized Protons: What now?
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    RHIC Polarization: What now?
    
    Speaker: Mei Bai (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Polarimetry
    
    Speaker: William Schmidke (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:45
    
    Coffee Break
  - 14
    
    Electron Lens
    
    Speaker: Xiaofeng Gu (Collider Accelerator Department, BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    EBIS
    
    Speaker: James Alessi (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 16
    
    EBIS Ions in the Injectors
    
    Speaker: Chris Gardner (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    
    Stochastic Cooling
    
    Speaker: Kevin Mernick (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    Adjourn
Thursday, 26 July
- 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
  - 19
    
    Operations Statistics and Failure Analysis
    
    Speaker: Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)
    
    Slides
  - 20
    
    RF Reliability
    
    Speaker: Alex Zaltsman (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    RHIC P/S Reliability
    
    Speaker: Donald Bruno (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 22
    
    Maintenance, Reliability and Scheduling
    
    Speaker: Paul Sampson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 09:40
    
    Coffee
  - 23
    
    The New MCR: Lessons Learned
    
    Speaker: Travis Shrey (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 24
    
    The View from Operations
    
    Speaker: R. Tuccio (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    A New Model for Run Coordination
    
    Speaker: Gregory Marr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    RHIC Ramps in the Feedback Age
    
    Speaker: Al Marusic (BNL)
    
    Slides
- 11:30
  
  Lunch 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
- 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
  - 27
    
    AGS LLRF Upgrade Commissioning
    
    Speaker: Freddy Severino (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 28
    
    Longitudinal Emittance: Source to Store
    
    Speaker: Kevin S Smith (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    RF Developments for Polarized Protons
    
    Speaker: J. M. Brennan (Brookhaven national labs)
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    High(er) Intensity Protons
    
    Speaker: Christoph Montag (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14:35
    
    Coffee
  - 31
    
    APEX Highlights
    
    Speaker: Mei Bai (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    He3: Results of Injector Test and Plans
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    Access Controls System Upgrades
    
    Speaker: Darren Hillis (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 34
    
    Developments in Beam Instrumentation and Control
    
    Speaker: Michiko Minty (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 35
    
    Controls: Startups and Mode Changes
    
    Speaker: Seth Nemesure (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    Adjourn
Friday, 27 July
- 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
  - 37
    
    State of the Complex
    
    Speaker: Wolfram Fischer (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    Performance Challenges for p^ and Heavy Ions
    
    Speaker: Haixin Huang (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    Operations and Reliability
    
    Speaker: Peter Ingrassia (C-AD MCR)
    
    Slides
  - 40
    
    RF, Instrumentation and Controls
    
    Speaker: M. Blaskiewicz (Brookhaven National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 15:10
    
    Coffee
  - 41
    Plan for Run 13: Polarized Protons
    
    Speaker: Vahid Ranjbar (BNL)
    
    Slides
    
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    VahidppRun13Plan.pdf
    
    VahidppRun13Plan.pptx
  - 42
    
    Plan for Run 13: Heavy Ions
    
    Speaker: Guillaume Robert-Demolaize (BNL/C-AD)
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Adjourn

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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