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

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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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  Universe
  
  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
  
  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
  - 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
    
    slides
    
    slides
    
    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

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