Name: AWAKE Collaboration Meeting 4-6 October 2023
Start: 2023-10-04T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-10-06T14:00:00+02:00
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AWAKE Collaboration Meeting 4-6 October 2023

from Wednesday 4 October 2023 (14:00) to Friday 6 October 2023 (14:00)

Monday 2 October 2023
Tuesday 3 October 2023
Wednesday 4 October 2023
14:00
14:00 - 17:00
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
Contributions

14:00 Welcome and Introduction - Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

14:15 Measurements of the electron plasma density in the discharge source - Carolina Amoedo (Technical University of Lisbon (PT))

14:35 Operation of the discharge source - Nuno Espanha Torrado Da Silva (Universidade de Lisboa (PT))

14:55 Effect of ion motions - Marlene Turner (CERN)

15:15 CFI results - Livio Verra (CERN)

16:00 Results from plasma light measurements w/wo density step - Jan Aaron Mezger (Max Planck Society (DE))

16:20 Halo and "plasma radius" measurements w/wo density step - Arthur Clairembaud (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

16:40 Discussion
Thursday 5 October 2023
09:30
09:30 - 12:00
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin
Contributions

09:30 Run coordination summary of the 2023 runs - Giovanni Zevi Della Porta (CERN)

09:50 The new Rb vapour source - Michele Bergamaschi (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik/CERN)

10:10 Present status of the beam-lines, update proton jitter analysis - Vittorio Bencini (John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (GB))

11:00 Beam instrumentation activities - Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)

11:20 Fabrication and rejuvenation of CsTe photocathodes for AWAKE - Eduardo Granados (CERN) Miguel Martinez Calderon (CERN)

11:45 placeholder (tbc)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:45
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin
Contributions

14:00 Overview of ongoing simulation work - John Patrick Farmer (MPP / CERN)

14:10 The role of ion motion in resonantly-driven wakefield accelerators - Erwin Walter

14:25 Multi-bunch acceleration: a high-lumi upgrade for AWAKE - Giovanni Zevi Della Porta (CERN)

14:40 e-e+ acceleration with short proton bunches: limitations and possibilities - Alexander Pukhov

14:55 Preliminary simulation results for proton-driven Higgs factory - John Patrick Farmer (MPP / CERN)

15:10 Discussion
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Cafeteria Building 6

16:15 Collaboration Board
Collaboration Board
16:15 - 18:15
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin

18:45 Dinner
Dinner
18:45 - 21:45
Friday 6 October 2023
09:15
09:15 - 13:10
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin
Contributions

09:15 Summary of the scalable plasma source internal review - Edda Gschwendtner (CERN)

09:30 Scalable plasma source R&D program at CERN - Alban Sublet (CERN)

09:50 Status and plan for discharge plasma source R&D at IST - Nelson Lopes (IST)

10:40 Diagnostics for scalable plasma sources - Christine Stollberg (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

11:05 CNGS target area dismantling project: status and timeline - Ans Pardons (CERN)

11:25 Wisconsin's scalable plasma source program for AWAKE - Oliver Schmitz (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

11:45 Discussion

12:00 Summary publication committee - Giovanni Zevi Della Porta (CERN)

12:15 Summary from the Collaboration Board - Matthew Wing (University College London)

12:30 Close-out