AWAKE Collaboration Meeting - 11-13 March 2024
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The Spine
AWAKE’s 10 metres long rubidium vapour plasma source for the second phase of AWAKE Run 2. (Image credit: CERN/M. Cavazza)
Welcome to the AWAKE Collaboration Meeting in Liverpool. This is part of the regular series of meetings to review the status of the experiment, share results and discuss plans for the future.
The meeting will take place on 11 – 12 March 2024 at The Spine in Liverpool and 13 March 2024 in Daresbury Laboratory (a coach will depart on Wednesday 13 March at 8:30 from Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village to Daresbury Laboratory.)
Registration deadline: 29 February 2024
To connect remotely please use the links below:
Day 1 – Monday 11 March (14:00 – 17:15)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88110421171?pwd=mP38NkHYP62ij7xltsbeLoTox43DTp.1
Day 2 – Tuesday 12 March (09:00 – 17:00)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87462948733?pwd=5m41BGgSD9OIJWtavqCwm7b7nnQzAF.1
Day 3 – Wednesday 13 March (09:30 – 13:30)
https://ukri.zoom.us/j/96947913751?from=addon
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Registration and Light Lunch 1h 30m Space four + five
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Welcome Space four + five
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Welcome 10mSpeaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
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Introduction 10mSpeaker: Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
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AWAKE External Review Summary Space four + five
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AWAKE: An Experiment at CERN with an International Collaboration and a Well-Defined Program of Work 35mSpeaker: Edda Gschwendtner (CERN)
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The Next AWAKE Runs: Technological Advancements, Scientific Merit and Expected Parameter Reach 30mSpeaker: Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
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Group Photo - Coffee Break 20m Space four + five
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Run 2b, part I Space four + five
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Update on the analysis of ion motion 20mSpeaker: Marlene Turner (CERN)
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A statistical method to analyze streak camera images 20mSpeaker: Allen Caldwell (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))
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Update on emittance measurements of the accelerated electron bunch 20mSpeaker: David Andrew Cooke (University of London (GB))
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Discussion 20m
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Special Dinner 3h The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
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Simulations Space four + five
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Wakefield-driven filamentation of warm beams in plasma 20mSpeaker: Erwin Walter
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LCODE 3D: A New Open-Source Tool for 3D PWFA simulations 20mSpeaker: Mr Nikita Okhotnikov (BINP, NSU)
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Clustering of macroparticles in PWFA simulations and solutions to this problem 30mSpeaker: Konstantin Lotov (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU))
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Coffee Break 20m Space four + five
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Run 2b, part II Space four + five
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Upgrades of the Rb Vapour Source 20mSpeaker: Dr Michele Bergamaschi (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik/CERN)
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Plans and preparations for external electron injection experiments in Run 2b (2024) 20mSpeaker: Nikita van Gils (PARTREC, UMCG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Discussion 20m
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Lunch 1h Space four + five
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Run 2b, part III Space four + five
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Electron spectrometer measurements and resolution 20mSpeaker: Fern Pannell (University College London)
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Recent updates on the Run 2b diagnostics 20mSpeaker: Collette Pakuza (CERN)
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Getting the laser ready for the 2024 run 20mSpeaker: Lucas Alexei Ranc
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Progress update on emittance diagnostics for run 2c 20mSpeaker: Catherine Swain (University of Liverpool)
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Coffee Break 20m Space four + five
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Collaboration Board Space four + five
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Coach departs from Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village at 8:30 30m Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village
Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village
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Simulations Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
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Betatron emission studies 20mSpeaker: Hossein Saberi
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Run 2c/d, part I Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
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Getting ready for Run 2c 20mSpeaker: Eloise Guran (CERN)
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CNGS dismantling 20mSpeaker: Ans Pardons (CERN)
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The new electron source, prototype and first results 20mSpeaker: Steffen Doebert (CERN)
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Coffee Break 20m Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
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Run 2c/d, part II Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
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Laser lines for Run 2c 20mSpeaker: Miguel Martinez Calderon (CERN)
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Reliability improvements of the photocathode production 10mSpeaker: Ralf Erik Rossel (CERN)
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Update on the BPM study for Run 2c 20mSpeaker: Laurence Stant
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Update on the development of scalable plasma sources at CERN 20mSpeaker: Alban Sublet (CERN)
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Diagnosis of a discharge plasma source 20mSpeaker: Claudia Cobo (Imperial College London)
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Close-out Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
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Report from the Publication Committee 10mSpeaker: Giovanni Zevi Della Porta (CERN)
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Summary from the Collaboration Board 10mSpeaker: Allen Caldwell (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))
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Lunch 1h Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
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Lab tour (optional) 2h Daresbury Laboratory
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