2017-04-14

Director - M. Spata
No report

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Accelerator Physics - T. Satogata

Todd Satogata

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - JLEIC: Side meetings (Ilya from Tech-X on spin tracking)
    - SCIDAC/ASCR proposal reviews, Rockville panel (Apr 6-7)
    - OPS: BTeam prep, meeting, Hall D difference orbit analysis
    - ODU: JMU seminar planning
    - USPAS: director committee telecon, calls
    - IPAC18: Invited abstract review, SPC/2 preparation
    - PRAB article review (start)
    - ADMIN: Laptop video card failure, repair in progress
    - VACATION: half Apr 12
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - PRAB article review (finish)
    - ADMIN: Leadership training (Apr 21)
    - JLEIC: Ion integration, coordinate with ANL linac personnel
    - JLEIC: Ramp design, development for Booster parameters
    - IPAC17: Student poster booklet layout/production
    - IPAC18: SPC committee abstract reviews, SPC/2 preparation
    - USPAS: director committee telecon, calls

Alex Bogacz

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - USPAS: Course development for Jan 2018 Practical Lattice Design
    - PERLE: Instrumentation and tuning
  Next 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 mini start to end simulations

David Douglas

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - PERLE: Write up tech note TN-17-014 on CSR estimates
    - JLEIC: Simulation, tech note draft on transfer kicker dynamics
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - VACATION: Apr 19-25
    - JLEIC: Work through/write up CCR LSC effects estimate
    - JLEIC: Complete and write up reqs doc for CCR arcs
    - JLEIC: Write up "Life Hacks" for magnetized beam
    - JLEIC: Write up ERL/CCR architecture reqs/tradeoffs

Rui Li

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - Start IPAC paper/poster prep (JLEIC collective effects)
    - Learning about fundamental RF mode/coupled bunch instability growth times
    - Discussions with Rimmer re LLRF impact on fundamental mode impedance
    - Review CSR results from Cheng-Ying and Dave on EEX beamline
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - Finish IPAC paper/poster prep (JLEIC collective effects)
    - Evaluate impedance mode contributions to coupled bunch instabilities
    - Coordinate impedance mode contributions with Jiquan cavity design
    - Review transient CSR impedance to prep for second IPAC17 paper
    - Continue with JLEIC instability estimates

Ed Nissen

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - JLEIC: Figured out issue with Booster emittance growth
    - JLEIC: Re-run simulations with better tunes for IPAC papers
    - Start IPAC paper prep (Booster SC, beam-beam sims)
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - Finish IPAC paper/poster prep (Booster SC, beam-beam sims)
    - JLEIC: Improve fidelity of Booster injection/SC simulations

Chris Tennant

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - PERLE: Simulations for CSR study
    - ERL'17: Start paper prep (entering DarkLight coauthors into SPMS)
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - JLEIC: S2E cooler work and simulations
    - ERL'17: Continue paper prep (synthesize info from talks/papers)
    - PERLE: More simulations for CSR study?

Randy Gamage

  Previous two weeks (Apr 3-Apr 14)
    - JLEIC: Collaboration Meeting (Apr 3-5)
    - JLEIC: Coasting beam instability calculations/simulations
    - Dissertation writing
  Next two weeks (Apr 17-Apr 28)
    - JLEIC: Finish coasting beam instability calculations/simulations
    - Dissertation writing: Finish coasting beam chapter

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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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