2017-04-28

Director - M. Spata
No report

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Accelerator Physics - T. Satogata

Todd Satogata

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - PRAB article review (finish)
    - IPAC17: Light peer review of two articles
    - IPAC18: Start SPC committee abstract reviews, SPC/2 preparation
    - ADMIN: Leadership training (Apr 21)
    - JLEIC: Ion integration meeting, prep, and notes
    - JLEIC: Ramp design, development for Booster parameters
    - IPAC17: Student poster booklet layout/production
    - USPAS: director committee telecon, calls
    - OPS: BTeam (Apr 25) prep and notes
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - IPAC18: SPC committee abstract reviews, SPC/2 preparation
    - JLEIC: Ramp design, development for Booster parameters
    - JLEIC: Ion integration, email exchange with ANL linac personnel
    - USPAS: director committee telecon (app deadline Thu May 4)
    - OPS: BTeam (May 2?) prep and notes
    - VACATION: May 5
    - IPAC17 TRAVEL: May 9-12

Alex Bogacz

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - IPAC paper prep (Booster optics, ER@CEBAF)
    - PRAB article review
    - ERL'17 and NuFact'17 SPC meetings
    - PERLE: prep and start mini start to end simulations
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - IPAC paper completion and poster prep
    - PRAB publications standards presentation prep for IPAC meet
    - PERLE: start work on longitudinal matching

David Douglas

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - VACATION: Apr 19-25
    - JLEIC: Beam exchange kicker simulations, adding details and
      learning about details of kicker dynamics from Fay; sufficient
      complications ensue that full detail multiturn simulations are
      very likely required
    - ADMIN: Assembling references for Richard York re DIMAD/FEL
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - JLEIC: Complete and write up reqs doc for CCR arcs
    - JLEIC: Write up ERL/CCR architecture reqs/tradeoffs
    - JLEIC: Work through/write up CCR LSC effects estimate
    - JLEIC: Write up "Life Hacks" for magnetized beam
    - Start work on broader technology note for high energy ecooling
    - Start work on current ERL state of art and low-risk extrapolations

Rui Li

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - IPAC18: Finish paper prep (JLEIC collective effects)
    - JLEIC: Re-do some ion ring calculations with modified parameters
    - IPAC18: Review previous transient CSR impedance work for paper prep
    - Evaluate impedance mode contributions to coupled bunch instabilities
    - Coordinate impedance mode contributions with Jiquan cavity design
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - IPAC18: Write paper/poster on transient CSR impedance
    - IPAC18: Prepare poster for JLEIC collective effects
    - JLEIC: Attend meetings (cooler, R&D, etc)

Ed Nissen

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - IPAC18: paper/poster prep (Booster SC, beam-beam sims)
    - JLEIC: Improve fidelity of Booster injection/SC simulations
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - IPAC18: Finish papers and prep posters for travel

Chris Tennant

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - Reading through Cheng-Ying's dissertation
    - ERL'17: Continue CSR talk prep (synthesize info from talks/papers)
    - JLEIC: S2E cooler work and simulations, code comparisons
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - ERL'17: Begin papers
    - JLEIC: S2E cooler work and simulations (depends on front end sims)
    - Start planning for FFAG workshop talk on ERL longitudinal dynamics

Randy Gamage

  Previous two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - JLEIC: Coasting beam instability calculations/simulations
    - Dissertation writing
  Next two weeks (May 1-May 12)
    - JLEIC: Finish coasting beam instability calculations/simulations
    - Dissertation writing

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Accelerator R and D - Y. Zhang

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Computational Physics - Y. Roblin

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Diagnostic Development - K. Jordan

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