2019-04-15-LeadershipReports

April 15, 2019 Report - April 15 - May 10

Director - Todd Satogata

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Alex Bogacz

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Rui Li

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Ed Nissen

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Chris Tennant

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Accelerator R & D - Yuhong Zhang

Fanglei Lin

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Vasiliy Morozov

  Previous two weeks (Apr 15 - Apr 26)
     - Preparation of the DoE quarterly reports: they were submitted on April 26
     - Polarization studies: calculation of RHIC's spin response function, preparation of IPAC'18 paper
     - Two-energy storage ring cooler: study of stability of the longitudinal dynamics

  Next two weeks (Apr 29 - May 10)
     - Preparation of IPAC'18 papers
     - Pre-CDR update

Amy Sy

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Yuhong Zhang

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Computational Physics - Yves Roblin
Yves Roblin

   CEBAF
     - Ran BTEAM, prepare for the summer run. Initial algorithm development for speeding up CED update in order to adapt
       optics to the gradient profile of the linac prior to starting ORFP.
    JLEIC:   
     - Wrote and send report to DOE for the 2nd quarter of the FY18 FOA.
     - Writing tech note on the implementation of IR multipole kicks in BB3D.
     - Gave a presentation on the status of the beam-beam for the new pCDR100 optics 
   OTHER
     - Attended the ML seminar 
     - Starting to work on the use of deep learning networks for CEBAF (matching with sync light )
   Next two weeks (Apr 29 - May 10)
     - Fiish tech note on the IR multipole kicks implementation
     - Start comparing elegant+bbeam (River's code) with bb3d an IR kicks
     - Work on a model for a landau cavity (its 3rd quarter of FOA)

 +work on optics for the summer run (CEBAF)

He Zhang

   Previous two weeks (Apr 15 - Apr 26)
     - MAD-X 5d Map tracking
     - JSPEC development
  Next two weeks (Apr 29 - May 10)
     - Update the manual for the luminosity module. 
     - Dispersive cooling (New friction force  formulas and benchmark with theory).

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Diagnostic Development - Kevin Jordan

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Joe Gubeli

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Michael Tiefenback

   Previous two weeks (Apr 15 - Apr 26)
     - Specify quadrupole configuration for Hall B for summer run (HPS beam spots ~ 30 microns)
     - Specify depth of field limiting slit widths for Arc 7 SLM
     - Specify dual-magnet steering modulation for real-time rayTrace (in progress; appears promising)
     - Planning for overall diagnostic system integration, including periodic calibration requirements
   Next two weeks (Apr 29 - May 10)
     - Model SyncLightMonitor matching process for arcs
     - Review field map updates for Moller quads requested by Benesch
     - Continue on 4) above (diagnostic system integration)

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LERF - Steve Benson

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