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
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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)
      • 42
        Plan for Run 13: Heavy Ions
        Speaker: Guillaume Robert-Demolaize (BNL/C-AD)
        Slides
      • 43
        Adjourn