AWAKE Collaboration Meeting - 11-13 March 2024
Space four + five
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
-
-
12:30
Registration and Light Lunch Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA -
Welcome Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA-
1
WelcomeSpeaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
-
2
IntroductionSpeaker: Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
-
1
-
AWAKE External Review Summary Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA-
3
AWAKE: An Experiment at CERN with an International Collaboration and a Well-Defined Program of WorkSpeaker: Edda Gschwendtner (CERN)
-
4
The Next AWAKE Runs: Technological Advancements, Scientific Merit and Expected Parameter ReachSpeaker: Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
- 5
-
3
-
15:35
Group Photo - Coffee Break Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA -
Run 2b, part I Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA-
6
Update on the analysis of ion motionSpeaker: Marlene Turner (CERN)
-
7
A statistical method to analyze streak camera imagesSpeaker: Allen Caldwell (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))
-
8
Update on emittance measurements of the accelerated electron bunchSpeaker: David Andrew Cooke (University of London (GB))
-
9
Discussion
-
6
-
19:00
Special Dinner The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
-
12:30
-
-
Simulations Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA- 10
-
11
Wakefield-driven filamentation of warm beams in plasmaSpeaker: Erwin Walter
-
12
LCODE 3D: A New Open-Source Tool for 3D PWFA simulationsSpeaker: Mr Nikita Okhotnikov (BINP, NSU)
-
13
Clustering of macroparticles in PWFA simulations and solutions to this problemSpeaker: Konstantin Lotov (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU))
- 14
-
10:50
Coffee Break Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA -
Run 2b, part II Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA- 15
-
16
Upgrades of the Rb Vapour SourceSpeaker: Dr Michele Bergamaschi (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik/CERN)
-
17
Plans and preparations for external electron injection experiments in Run 2b (2024)Speaker: Nikita van Gils (PARTREC, UMCG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
-
18
Discussion
-
12:30
Lunch Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA -
Run 2b, part III Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA-
19
Electron spectrometer measurements and resolutionSpeaker: Fern Pannell (University College London)
-
20
Recent updates on the Run 2b diagnosticsSpeaker: Collette Pakuza (CERN)
- 21
-
22
Getting the laser ready for the 2024 runSpeaker: Lucas Alexei Ranc
-
23
Progress update on emittance diagnostics for run 2cSpeaker: Catherine Swain (University of Liverpool)
-
19
-
15:10
Coffee Break Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA -
Collaboration Board Space four + five
Space four + five
The Spine
Floor 12 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Liverpool L7 3FA
-
-
-
08:00
Coach departs from Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village at 8:30 Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village
Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village
-
Simulations Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
-
24
Betatron emission studiesSpeaker: Hossein Saberi
-
24
-
Run 2c/d, part I Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
-
25
Getting ready for Run 2cSpeaker: Eloise Guran (CERN)
-
26
CNGS dismantlingSpeaker: Ans Pardons (CERN)
-
27
The new electron source, prototype and first resultsSpeaker: Steffen Doebert (CERN)
-
25
-
10:50
Coffee Break Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
-
Run 2c/d, part II Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
- 28
-
29
Laser lines for Run 2cSpeaker: Miguel Martinez Calderon (CERN)
-
30
Reliability improvements of the photocathode productionSpeaker: Ralf Erik Rossel (CERN)
-
31
Update on the BPM study for Run 2cSpeaker: Laurence Stant
-
32
Update on the development of scalable plasma sources at CERNSpeaker: Alban Sublet (CERN)
-
33
Diagnosis of a discharge plasma sourceSpeaker: Claudia Cobo (Imperial College London)
-
Close-out Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
-
34
Report from the Publication CommitteeSpeaker: Giovanni Zevi Della Porta (CERN)
-
35
Summary from the Collaboration BoardSpeaker: Allen Caldwell (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))
-
34
-
13:20
Lunch Atrium (Daresbury Laboratory)
Atrium
Daresbury Laboratory
-
14:30
Lab tour (optional) Daresbury Laboratory
Daresbury Laboratory
-
08:00