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September 2, 2021 Report - Aug 16 - Sept 10
Director - Todd Satogata
Todd Satogata
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- EIC Meetings (management, RF, crab, cooling, impedance, team, R&D, beam-beam)
- EIC Meetings (second IR), resource planning (critical hires), interview (Aug 19)
- EIC Develop work plans for Vasiliy/Fanglei, WBS for ERL
- EIC AI@EIC talk planning (with Chris Tennant)
- EIC C^3 Linac discussions (Mei Bai, SLAC)
- MGMT Meetings (Leadership/Dept Heads, CASA coffee)
- OPS Meetings (08:00 daily, BTeam; optics on call), MCC (Fri Aug 20)
- ADMIN PSsQCD@EIC organizing committee meetings, training updates
- ODU Physics Dept Faculty Meet (Aug 24)
- VACATION (Aug 27), Med leave (part of Aug 19)
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- EIC Meetings (management, RF, crab, cooling, impedance, team, R&D, beam-beam)
- EIC Meetings (second IR), resource planning (critical hires)
- EIC AI@EIC talk planning, workshop (Sep 7-9), EICPP planning
- EIC MAC talk prep, dry run (Sep 2)
- MGMT Meetings (Leadership/Dept Heads, CASA coffee), travel planning
- MGMT Andrei triweekly (Sep 9)
- OPS Meetings (08:00 daily, BTeam; optics on call)
- ADMIN PSsQCD@EIC organizing committee meetings
- ADMIN Training updates
- ODU Undergrad/grad funding meeting (Sep 3)
- HOLIDAY (Sep 6)
- SICK time (Sep 7 PM dental appointment)
Alex Bogacz
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- One-on-one with Ryan on CEBAF Optics
- Writing a paper on PERLE
- MED day
- OOC support
- FFA@CEBAF design
- Writing letters of recommendation
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Mentoring Isurumali
- Writing a PRAB paper on PERLE
- Coordinating FFA@CEBAF
- More letters of recommendation
- Time accounting training
- Submitting nomination package for Mark Stefani
Ryan Bodenstein
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Operations meetings
- B-Team meetings
- FFA@CEBAF collab work
- Positron/FFA liaison work
- PhD Student guidance
- Optics on call
- Assistance/observation of OPS during setup
- Diversity meeting (gender)
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Operations meetings
- B-Team meetings
- FFA@CEBAF collab work
- Positron/FFA liaison work
- PhD Student guidance
- Playing around with Zgoubi to see if it’s the right tool for FFA work
- Diversity meetings
Rui Li
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- To understand the validity range of our numerical modeling, and gain better understanding of the modeling of beam-beam nonlinearity on the multibunch coupling, I start to perform the Vlasov analysis of the problem
- Did the Vlasov analysis of the TCBI, and got results agree with theory from macroparticle model
- Start to prepare presentation at the EIC Accelerator Design meeting organized by Christoph Montag
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- CBB and TCBI
- Prepare and present my presentation at the EIC Accelerator Design meeting
- Collective effect problems from EDM
- Spend some time to further understand the questions raised to me by Riad about the CSR and by Slava about the negative mass instability in their EDM ring design
- Computer learning
- Taking online webinar from mathtype about advanced programming using matlab
Edy Nissen
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Beam-beam Task force meeting
- Attend BTeam Meetings
- Determining NIM requirements for DODGE paper
- Go back to working with WARP
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
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Chris Tennant
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- RADSMA: TN summarizing work for year 1 of SBIR submitted
- AI FOA: budget/AWP stuff, leading weekly meetings
- KDD conference paper review on GNNs
- Accelerator AI Workshop planning
- Meetings/discussions about Lasitha advancement
- JLab training
- Invention disclosure meetings with Drew
- Literature search on digital twins
- Meeting with UVA professor for possible collaboration
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- RADSMA: discussions with industry partner for year 2 plans
- ARDFML: coordinate deployment of model for fault classification
- AIFOA1: lead weekly meetings, understand project bottlenecks
- Holiday + vacation
Accelerator R & D - Yuhong Zhang
Yuhong Zhang
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
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Bhawin Dhital
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Vacation: 8/17 - 8/24
- Continued with lattice optimization
- Particle tracking simulations with new optimized lattice
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Lattice optimization
- Tracking simulations, Dynamic Aperture calculatin etc.
Amy Sy
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Laser particle counter: Continued system debugging, optimization, and data analysis to better understand the operational modes and system variables that can be adjusted for best performance. Vendor visit on 8/19 to start pass/fail test, with current goal to obtain over 90% event detection for 80 um wire sweeping events - still discussing with the vendor on acceptable specifications on false positive event rates. Prior to and during the 8/19 visit, channels 0 and 1 could not be adjusted to give clean event signals using methods that improved SNR for other channels - the sensors for these channels are part of the initial batch and the vendor has decided to replace these sensors before continuing with pass/fail testing. The vendor has also returned the passive optical front end to their labs for fiber connector polishing. Analysis of data taken on 8/19 (wire sweeps and dropping of 50 um aluminum oxide particles) will continue, along with refinement of offline processing algorithms and methods. Will likely give an update on laser particle counter system status to the Detector Group in mid-September.
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Laser particle counter: Data analysis of pass/fail testing data taken during last vendor visit. Implementing new algorithm at vendor suggestion that calculates local peak to peak amplitudes in both the amplitude and phase data, and sums the two signals together for improved event detection. Continued algorithm optimization by varying moving window size in the peak to peak calculations, as well as low and high pass filtering effects. Studies of dynamic window and dynamic averaging implementation in data processing applications. The newer 18 sensors have met pass/fail specifications, but the full 24 channel system is incomplete until the initial 6 sensors can be replaced with upgraded versions. The vendor has committed to supplying these upgraded sensors as replacements for the initial 6, and have been authorized to begin work on 24 additional sensors for a full 48 channel system. Delivery of the remaining 6 upgraded sensors for further testing is anticipated in the late September to mid October time frame.
Computational Physics - Yves Roblin
Yves Roblin
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
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Randi Gamage
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River Huang
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- EIC Beam-Beam project: we calculated the transverse normalized emittance growth due to RF noise for SPS ring and did the benchmark: the results show that CASA-BeamBeam results matched the CERN’s simulation results very well.
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Continue working on EIC Beam-Beam project.
Isurumali Neththikumara
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Refine the new objective functions based on mean squared error and moving average calculation and test them.
- Prepare a presentation for the Annual Review.
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Did my annual review which is a requirement in ODU graduate program.
- Obtained better optics with new objectives for the 14-variable search.
- Continue the search process with 16 variable.
Dennis Turner
Previous two weeks (Aug 2 - Aug 13)
- HLA
- rayTrace bugfixes
- elegant2ced tweaks
- eDT tweaks
- lem2sdds tweaks
- Fixes for missing 1L26
- Optics On-Call
- UITF
- Provided snapfile scaled for 180kV gun
- Updated deck and UED for 180kV gun and wastewater experiment
- Stood operator training shifts
- Completed web-based trainings for UITF operator qualification
- rayTrace
- Further data collector testing during beam studies
- Ops
- Helped to generate report from MCC KeyWatcher for the recent access violation
- Requested HLA to create "MatchMarker" element to be used for matching to true design
- Completed Respectful Workspace training
- Attended 0800, BTeam, AI FOA, UITF meetings
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- -HLA
- Modified ArcSteer to load machine settings. Had to roll back due to weirdness. Need to investigate.
- Wrote documentation for rayTrace_dataCollector and released to production
- Helped troubleshoot rfCavHistory
- rayTrace tweaks
- Explored doing multiple spreader matches and choosing the best four quads
- Optics On-Call
- UITF
- Performed emittance measurement with MQZK203 and ITVK203. Had to measure and fix quad position in the deck and UED.
- Postprocess MQZK203 emittance measurement data
- rayTrace
- Performed rayTrace from Injector to 1R.
- Found shortcomings in the rayTrace analyzer to be fixed.
- Attended 0745, 0800, BTeam, AI FOA, UITF meetings
He Zhang
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Submitted the TPSA lib to JOSS and revised a little for their automatic checking result.
- Add a few functions for memory management to the TPSA lib. Replaced the old TPSA lib in the FMM code with the new one. Unfortunately, no improvement on efficiency although easier for coding.
Next two weeks (Aug 30- Sept 10)
- Finish and submit the FMM paper.
- Revisit and finish the non-Gaussian IBS model in JSPEC.
Diagnostic Development - Kevin Jordan
Kevin Jordan
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Joe Gubeli
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
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Michael Tiefenback
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CASA Fellows
LERF - Steve Benson
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Attended SBIR/STTR update meeting.
- Interviewed SSII candidate and submit evaluation.
- Completed new LOSP for LERF vault.
- Derived draft WBS structure for the EIC ERL effort
- Completed review of Hernandez-Garcia paper
- Met with Xelera staff to get an update on the SHC ERL design
- Edited and updated paper on FAST magnetized beam generation
- Gathered information on vendor export control classification for FEL optics
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Submit new LOSP for alignment in the LERF vault
- Prepare MAC presentation
- Continue developing longitudinal model for CeC ERL on LiTrack
- Finish up harmonic RF tech. note.
- Review BBU in SSMB paper
- Track down pressure systems / design documentation for gun HVPSs
- Rewrite and submit the LOSP for User Lab 4
Andrew Hutton
Previous two weeks (Aug 16 - Aug 27)
- Isotopes: Loida, Adam and I are continuing with the expanded search for medically interesting isotopes. I have written up the first part, which enabled me to check on the computer output and analyze the results in detail. This resulted in removing four of the new pathways for different reasons. Adam Stavola is now working on getting Lila’s code working and will help to integrate it with Loida’s code. I have prepared a set of input parameters adapted to the cases of gamma, neutron, proton and deuteron. I am still looking for accelerators that use alpha particles for producing isotopes. The only example I have found is the 540 MeV cyclotron at TRIUMF. Since the DOE-ONP Isotope program is not funding this, I guess I can analyze a “foreign” accelerator in the interstate’s of completeness.
- ERL: The ERL sub-Panel and ERL Roadmap panel is ramp up activity after the summer vacations. At the second meeting of the ERL sub-Panel, , Kaoru Yokoya presented a first look at the luminosity of the ERLC. He was quickly interrupted by Reinhard Brinkman who pointed out that we cannot consider the linac and damping rings separately. Because the electrons and positrons are returned to the damping rings, damped over 400 turns, and then reused, we have to consider the whole facility as a kind of loop. So we need the momentum compaction factor, transverse tune, chromaticity, synchrotron frequency, etc. I wrote an email to Valery Telnov, got it approved by the members of the sub-Panel, and sent it to Telnov asking if he had considered this and asking if he could supply any additional input.
- Lila and Loida: I am advising both of them for their graduate studies. Lila wishes to pursue medical physics and I put her in contact with Thia Keppel and Ethan Balkin (who was a medical physicist at the University of Washington before moving to the DOE-ONP Isotope program). Loida wishes to pursue accelerator physics, and I am helping her choose a University. Coming from Puerto Rico, she hates the cold, which does limit her options!
Next two weeks (Aug 30 - Sept 10)
- Isotopes: Loida has completed a run with 20 MeV protons - the typical energy of a hospital cyclotron. She has identified two known production pathways for 18Fluorine and 119Antimony. This confirms that the program is performing correctly. More interestingly, she identify three other possibilities: 55Cobalt, 76Bromine and another pathway to 119Antimony. I am working on looking at the other radioisotopes that are co-produced and which could be dangerous. The 56Fe (p,2n) 55Co reaction seems clean with a small production of two Manganese isotopes that should be easily separable chemically. The 76Bromine is more complicated as there are many byproducts and this pathway may not be viable unless the target 76Selenium is isotopically purified before irradiation. There are similar problems with the alternative pathway for 119Antimony, which may or may not make it unacceptable. Loida is now working on getting the neutron production working. The goal is still to identify pathways for all the medically interesting isotopes called out by the DOE Isotope program.
- ERL: The sub-Panel has has another meeting and will now move back to weekly meetings for the next month to finish. We already have ~20 pages written and will probably expand to ~30 pages before we are finished. The short answer is that neither is in a state that it could replace the ILC or the FCC-ee. We will come up with a list of R&D items that should be pursued to make these ideas achievable. For me, the most important is operation of the cryomodules at 4.5K to reduce the cryogenic plant construction cost as well as the power requirement. This should be an area where Jefferson Lab invests heavily - the pay-back would be enormous as it would also enable every university to envisage having a small superconducting accelerator for Compton back scatter, etc.
- SuperKEKB Review: this was help remotely September 2, 3 with the closeout September 6. This was four hours of presentations, but ht long version of the talks had been posted a few days earlier. They have obtained a new luminosity record (~50% above their KEKB record) but have a lot of problems with beam blow-up, backgrounds, catastrophic beam loss (damaged collimators and detector modules) and a variety of problems that are intertwined which makes understanding extremely hard - for them as well as the committee. They have created an international task force to address some of the problems; we recommended that they expanded the number of topics. Many labs have people who have agreed to help. They are mostly designing the next generation colliders and SuperKEKB gives them a chance to hone their skills, benchmark their codes and improve the design of their own machine. We would be wise to do the same with the EIC.