2017-Mar-03 Accel. Phys. Biweekly Report
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Todd Satogata
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - OPS: Hall D run setup/support; BTeam org, beam studies, Hall D coupling - JLEIC: Work/meetings on ion bunch formation strategy - JLEIC: Collective effects, spreadsheet planning and nagging; report at R&D meet - JLEIC: reading impedance papers, advise Randy on coasting beam instabilities - JLEIC: Resurrect gear changing centroid simulations, evol beam-beam simulations - ADMIN: Training, Eric Thompson research input - ADMIN: Start prepping for Elon documentary student visit Mar 20-22 Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - OPS: Hall D run setup/support; BTeam org, beam studies, Hall C KPP setup - ODU: Review PhD theses for Kirsten Keitrick, Ahmad Sheikhzadah - JLEIC: Continue work/meetings on ion bunch formation strategy - JLEIC: Collective effects, spreadsheet planning and nagging; R&D meet - JLEIC: continue impedance theory work, start longitudinal simulations - JLEIC: Start 4/3 gear changing simulations for GHOST paper, evol beam-beam sims - IPAC18: Start organizing ideas for invited talk proposals (SPC task) - ADMIN: Eric Thompson meetings, research input - ADMIN: Start prepping for Elon documentary student visit Mar 20-22
Alex Bogacz
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - OPS: Optics support/on call - PERLE: lattice re-design, Feb trip/presentation at Orsay - PERLE: Reporting on PERLE workshop Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - PRAB article review - PERLE: Iterate mini-PERLE design with longer magnets (per CERN) - JLEIC: Booster input to Todd re injection/parameters - USPAS: Practical lattice design course development
David Douglas
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - PERLE: Complete talk, trip prep, trip, trip recovery - ADMIN: Cheng-Ying rec letters - ADMIN: DOE panel review (7 SBIR-scale proposals!), prep for travel - SICK: Feb 27 Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - ADMIN: DC travel Mar 5-6 for panel review - JLEIC: Write up of emittance exchange slides/tech note - JLEIC: Return to CCR arc requirements document, CCR architecture concepts document, and ERL/CCR beam exchange system requirements
Rui Li
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - JLEIC: Understand logic and assumptions of ZAP, read code - JLEIC: Collect relevant impedance calculation parameters from Fanglei, Vasiliy, Shaoheng, and Tim - JLEIC COOL: Parsing requirements on collective effects and simulation studies for cooler mini-design report Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - JLEIC: Continue estimation of single-bunch instability effects - JLEIC: Start estimation of coupled-bunch instability effects based on collected parameters - ADMIN: Continue reading, commenting on Cheng-Ying's dissertation - ADMIN: Prep for Mar 20-21 travel to Va Tech for Chang-Ying's defense
Ed Nissen
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - JLEIC: Continue writing PRSTAB paper draft on beam-beam sims, iterate with Daniel Schulte at CERN - JLEIC: Continue optimizing gear changing script model for Guinea Pig, observe desktop limitation at four threads - JLEIC: getting into Booster design, reading papers on injection design and space-charge dominated injector simulations Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - JLEIC: Booster, Finish literature search, reading FNAL Booster proton design report - JLEIC: Booster, start documenting parameters for calculations and future simulations - JLEIC: Setup and start injection stripping simulations
Chris Tennant
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - JLEIC COOL: piece together various e-cooler "modules" (linac, arc, de-chirper, cooling channel, etc.) into a true S2E deck for elegant and TStep - JLEIC COOL: transverse match from each module to the next for different charge states - JLEIC COOL: run S2E for 0 pC, 420 pC and 2 nC - JLEIC COOL: begin to analyze/summarize data Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - JLEIC COOL: complete data analysis - begin writing up aforementioned work (what began as a brief status of work on the cooler has morphed into a mini-Design Report).
Randy Gamage
Previous two weeks (Feb 20-Mar 3) - JLEIC: Continue BLonD simulations of debunch/rebunch with impedance - JLEIC: Longitudinal impedance reading Next two weeks (Mar 6-Mar 17) - JLEIC: Continue BLonD simulations of debunch/rebunch with impedance - JLEIC: Continue Longitudinal impedance reading, calculations - JLEIC: Continue writing outlines of initial dissertation chapters