2012 RHIC Retreat

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)
Retreat Participants
Support
    • 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
    • 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

      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

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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
    • 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)
      • 16:00
        Plan for Run 13: Heavy Ions 25m
        Speaker: Guillaume Robert-Demolaize (BNL/C-AD)
        Slides
      • 16:25
        Adjourn 1m