2017-09-18

Accelerator Physics (T. Satogata)
Todd Satogata

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - JLEIC: Continue assembling documents, pCDR meetings/planning
     - JLEIC: Continued esme simulations for coasting beam instability evaluation
     - ADMIN: AAC review preparations, talk (Sep 13-15)
     - IPAC18: invited program followup, registration SPMS work
     - OPS: BTeam (Sep 5), ATLis cleanup, documentation
     - ODU: USPAS January 2018 class coordination
     - ODU: JMU PHYS 417 class sharing, 4-VA inquiries
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - ADMIN: Appraisal training (Sep 19)
     - OPS: BTeam (Sep 19), ATLis cleanup, troubleshooting guide, RSR accounting
     - IPAC18: invited program finalization, registration opening
     - JLEIC: Continue assembling documents, pCDR meetings/planning
     - JLEIC: Continued esme simulations for coasting beam instability evaluation
     - ODU: USPAS January 2018 class coordination (registration opening)
     - ADMIN: Attend Neil Symposium (Sep 27)
     - JMU seminar/trip (Sep 29)

Alex Bogacz

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - IPAC18: APS scientific publication board org for light peer review
     - JLEIC/PERLE: Talks on synergy, planning at LHeC workshop and AAC
     - ADMIN: AAC review preparations, talk (Sep 13-15)
     - USPAS: Continue work on lectures for "Practical Accelerator Design"
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - NUFACT: NUFACT'17, talk on "Muon Acceleration for Neutrino Factory and Beyond"
     - IPAC18: Continue APS scientific publication board org for light peer review
     - ADMIN: Invention disclosure review, TRC work

David Douglas

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - VACATION: Aug 28-Sep 5
     - ADMIN: Office cleaning, housekeeping, throwing away/recycling
     - ADMIN: Inordinate time spent with travel; working to shorten BNL time
     - ADMIN: Couple of reviews, including one PRAB review paper
     - PERLE: Fire drill on PERLE motivations (Sep 11-12)
     - JLEIC: Working through implications of Slava tilted solenoid concept
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - JLEIC: More work beating on tilted solenoid, comparison to DIMAD
     - JLEIC: respond to any results Chris develops on the simple CCR
       arcs (and write up the simple arc)
     - ADMIN: Continue prep of talks for collaboration meeting and Bonn
     - PERS: sedation - which I'm going to need if travel planning
       doesn't settle down...
     - ADMIN: Particplate/planning for Neil symposium (Sep 27)

Rui Li

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - ADMIN: take care matters in thesis award committee (may delay
       Cheng-Ying's nomination to next year to avoid conflict)
     - ADMIN: listen to talks at the AAC
     - JLEIC: discuss with Kirsten about her puzzle found in the ASTRA
       simulation of the magnetized beam transport---possible signal
       to noise problem
     - JLEIC: discuss with Salvador on his studies of crab cavity HOM
       coupled-bunch instability---the Rs and Q are orders of
       magnitude bigger than those found in accelerating cavities,
       suggested him to check similar data from existing crab cavities
       to see whether others have better HOM damping
     - ADMIN: get to know Eric's plan for his Fulbright application,
       in preparing recommendation letter
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - JLEIC: start to work on slides summarizing my understanding of
       electron cloud in JLEIC (for presentation at R&D meeting)
     - JLEIC: start to work on slides summarizing JLEIC collective
       effects for the upcoming collaboration meeting in BNL
     - ADMIN: continue to work on matters for the thesis award
       committee (deadline is 9/16)

Ed Nissen

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - ADMIN: Attend JPos
     - JLEIC: Further work on phase space painting, booster space
       charge acceleration simulations.
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - JLEIC: Further work on phase space painting, booster space
       charge acceleration simulations.

Chris Tennant

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - ADMIN: FFAG Workshop: Sep 6-7 (school), Sep 8-11 (workshop)
     - JLEIC: (re-)learning Bmad
     - VACATION: Sep 12-15
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - JLEIC: analyze CCR arc with Bmad
     - JLEIC: learn to use Bmad with CSR shielding (benchmark with
       other codes)
     - JLEIC: uBI gain for CCR arc (learn to use Cheng-Ying's code for
       magnetized beams)
     - PERLE: uBI gain for PERLE (learn to use Cheng-Ying's code
       including acceleration)

Randy Gamage

   Previous two weeks (Sep 4-Sep 15)
     - Dissertation writing: Continue coasting beam chapter, tech note
   Next two weeks (Sep 18-Sep 29)
     - Dissertation writing: Hopefully coasting beam chapter, tech note

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Accelerator R and D (Y. Zhang)

No report.

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Computational Physics (R. Roblin)

No report.

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Diagonistic Development (K. Jordan)

No report.

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LERF (S. Benson)

September 5-15

• Prepared talks for JPos17, COOL17, and EIC collaboration meeting
• Attended JPos17 and organized LERF tour
• Continued to clean up the materials moved from the trailers to the LERF
• Discussed possible proposal for positron source at the LERF
• Worked on possible CRADA for high efficiency FEL development
• Debriefed with CI officers about the CRADA

September 18-29

• Attend COOL17 and present talk on bunched beam cooler
• Attend Neil Symposium and host the speakers
• Complete detailed statement of work for CRADA
• Writeup JPos publication