2016-Apr-29 Accel. Phys. Biweekly Report

Todd Satogata

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - OPS: BTeam, RAR, RSR meetings, prep, analysis
   - OPS: Eric Thompson, continued fopt fits, documentation
   - JLEIC: Prep bunch splitting paper for IPAC'16, split scans in esme
   - JACoW: Prep for IPAC16 student judging, JACoW meetings
   - ER@CEBAF: proposal writing, review slides/paper for Francois
   - OPS: Review papers/posters for IPAC, Open House prep/training
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - IPAC16: Editorial team, student judging, JACoW meetings

Alex Bogacz

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - ER@CEBAF: APS meeting talk/attendance
   - JLEIC: Booster studies planning, meeting, coordination
   - ER@CEBAF: Revise pathlength chicane design for 3m magnets
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - OPS: Cover BTeam, operational issues
   - MUONS: Prep NuFact for IPAC'16
   - IPAC16: Attendance, space charge networking, poster prep
   - JLEIC: Booster studies planning, coordination

David Douglas

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - JLEIC cooler: magnetized beam transport; I wrote a little
     documentation on a simplified linac-to-arc match that seems to
     help a bit with beam quality preservation
   - DarkLight: has heated up; sent around initial optics solution and
     started in on the IR I&C. Have rough solution for upstream end;
     testing before moving to downstream transport. Met with software
     and ops folks re LED and connections amongst EPICS, codes,
     and measurements as used in the ERL.
   - Cbeta: is heating up; I'm scheduled to help with a couple
     sections on the CDR - tolerances and commissioning; working with
     Adam Bartnik on the latter
   - MSU BES proposal: is in final stages. Geoff thought up an
     additional section that is being worked
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - Cbeta: Continued CDR section writing, start of advising
   - Darklight: Continued preparation for summer runs, coordination
     with LED/ops, write TN on optics design
   - JLEIC Cooler: Writing TNs on magnetized beam transport

Ed Nissen

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - JLEIC Beam-Beam: evaluating initial growth rates for several sets
     of initial conditions with Guinea Pig
   - JLEIC: Installed and started learning Synergia
   - OPS: Completing training
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - JLEIC: Continuing to learn Synergia
   - JLEIC Beam-Beam: Research/discuss modest-energy beam-beam models
     for comparisons of validity between Guinea Pig and other codes

Chris Tennant

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - Project E: Finished draft note on Touschek analysis
   - Project E: Reanalyzed ubunch gains for ASML lattice (with new improved code)
   - JLEIC Cooler: S2E simulations
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - Vacation

Randy Gamage

 Previous two weeks (Apr 18-29)
   - JLEIC: esme model development, bunch split optimization
   - Continue documenting results for thesis, IPAC'16 paper
   - Vacation (spring break)
 Next two weeks (May 2-13)
   - JLEIC: esme model development, bunch split optimization
   - JLEIC: Continue documenting results, review Todd's split scan
     results
   - JLEIC: Start investigation of genetic algorithm split
     optimization (with Balsa)