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11th BGC Collaboration Meeting at Liverpool University

Europe/Zurich
Municipal Hotel Liverpool

Municipal Hotel Liverpool

Dale Street Liverpool L2 2DH
Description

The aims of the meeting are to:

•    Review of the 2024 results, progress and dissemination
•    Agree on strategy, team composition and publications for 2025
•    Discuss medium-term funding and research strategy for 2025 - 2030
•    Agree pathway to BGC V4 and EBTS plans

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  • Monday 2 December
    • 09:00 09:10
      Welcome to Liverpool 10m
      Speaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
    • 09:10 09:30
      Summary and actions from last meeting and objectives of the workshop 20m

      a) Review actions from CERN collaboration meeting December 2023
      b) Milestones for the project at CERN
      c) Summary of future goals for the collaboration

      Speaker: Raymond Veness (CERN)
    • 09:30 09:50
      Cockcroft collaboration 20m

      a) Status of the collaboration
      b) LivUni/CI Manpower situation and plans, financial situation, STFC main milestones
      c) Foreseen scientific publications for 2025

      Speaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
    • 09:50 10:50
      Summary of know-how gained in 2024 at Cockcroft, GSI and CERN (part 1) 1h
    • 10:50 11:10
      ☕ Coffee Break ☕ 20m
    • 11:10 11:55
      Summary of know-how gained in 2024 at Cockcroft, GSI and CERN (part 2) 45m
    • 11:55 12:30
      Strategy of the Collaboration development 35m

      Status UK2
      Information concering UK3 for gas based instruments

      Speakers: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool), Dr Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute), Oliver Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB)), Raymond Veness (CERN)
    • 12:30 14:00
      🍽️ Lunch🍽️ 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:40
      V4 Instruments 1h 40m
      Speakers: Raymond Veness (CERN), Cristina Castro Sequeiro (CERN), Daniel Prelipcean (CERN), Gerhard Schneider (CERN), Krystian Sidorowski (CERN), Lampros Zygaropoulos, Marton Ady (CERN), Oliver Stringer (University of Liverpool (GB)), Adriana Rossi (CERN), Denys Klekots (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA))
      • a) V4.1 Objectives for the EBTS 20m

        i) Define remaining simulations
        ii) Engineering specification and time line and compare with collaboration objectives
        iii) Operation of EBTS in 2024

        Speaker: Adriana Rossi (CERN)
      • b) 4.1 Ionization of the Gas Curtain of the BGC and tracking of ions and electrons at the HEL 20m
        Speakers: Dr - Sameed (CERN), Adriana Rossi (CERN), Denys Klekots (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA))
      • c) 4.2 What to consider in a field free region as LHC beam profile p+ion instrument, eg gases and pumps 15m
        Speaker: Raymond Veness (CERN)
      • d) LHC Layout P4 versus P6, Conceptual Design Options 15m
        Speakers: Chiara Pasquino (CERN), Gerhard Schneider (CERN)
      • Optical considerations with less space constraints both for p+ion 15m
        Speaker: Peter Forck
      • Discussion 15m
    • 15:40 16:00
      ☕ Coffee Break ☕ 20m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Instrument operation and tests in 2025 and beyond 1h
      Speaker: Gerhard Schneider (CERN)
      • LHC experimental programme in 2024 15m
        Speaker: Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)
      • Expected up-date on optics in 2024 and 2025 20m
      • Preparation for run 2025. Skimmers, Nitrogen run? Ion and NEG Pumps 15m
        Speaker: Gerhard Schneider (CERN)
      • Vacuum controls automisation - NC 15m
        Speaker: Lampros Zygaropoulos
      • Data acquisition and data processing automisation 15m
        Speakers: Athanasios Topaloudis (CERN), Stephen Jackson (CERN)
    • 17:00 17:30
      Wrap-up of the 11th BGC Collaboration Meeting 2024 at Liverpool 30m
      Speaker: Raymond Veness (CERN)
  • Tuesday 3 December
    • 09:30 12:00
      Visit Cockcroft Laboratories and BGC Jermey set-up 2h 30m The Cockcroft Institute

      The Cockcroft Institute

      Speakers: Gerhard Schneider (CERN), Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool (GB)), Raymond Veness (CERN)
      • a) Discussion Wrap-up 20m