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BGC Collaboration Meeting at GSI

Europe/Zurich
Hotel Krone

Hotel Krone

69493 Hirschberg, Germany
Raymond Veness (CERN), Rhodri Jones (CERN)
Description
The aims of the meeting are to:
  • Review the objectives for the LHC fluorescence tests in 2018
  • Agree on an experimental programme for the Cockcroft 1 test bench (v1)
  • Agree on an experimental programme for the Cockcroft 2 test bench (v2)
  • Prepare for an demonstrator
  • instrument installation during LS2 at CERN (v3)
  • Review the status and compatibility with the HEL of the LS3 BGC (v4)
  • Define the strategy to agree on a gas type
  • Evaluate realistic goals for the performance concerning precision and resolution

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Previous collaboration meetings:

    • 08:30 09:00
      Introduction and welcome to the review 30m
      • Peter: Welcome to GSI (5 min)
      • Ray: Review of actions from last collaboration meeting, (27/28 June 2017, Cockcroft Institute), and objectives of the workshop (15 min + 10 min)
      Speakers: Peter Forck (GSI), Raymond Veness (CERN)
    • 09:00 09:30
      Cockcroft collaboration 30m
      • Recruitment situation and plans, financial situation, main milestones
      • Foreseen publications in 2018
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Carsten Peter Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
    • 09:30 10:00
      Status of the Hollow e-lens and BBLR e-beam 30m
      • Update on HEL
      • Residual gas and ion capture
      • Electron trapping and build-up: Clearing electrodes?
      • Update on e-lens parameters and interface
      • Plans for e-lens test stand
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Adriana Rossi (CERN)
    • 10:00 10:40
      Expected limitations of the performance of the BGC 40m
      • Which gas? What have we learned, pros and cons of each gas type, vacuum issues for the gas selection (Split with Marton)
      • Limits to precision, resolution, integration time
        (30 min + 10 min)
      Speakers: Peter Forck (GSI), Serban Udrea (GSI Darmstadt)
    • 10:40 11:00
      ☕ Coffee Break ☕ 20m
    • 11:00 11:40
      Experimental programme 40m
      • What we learned in 2017
      • Experimental goals with the existing (v1) and new (v2) set-ups for 2018
      • Associated needs for additional equipment, design, visits etc.
        (30 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Dr Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute)
    • 11:40 12:10
      LHC fluorescence measurement 30m
      • Status of the set-up
      • Experimental plans for 2018
      • What we hope/fear to learn, and how this feeds-back to the design
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)
    • 12:10 12:35
      Objectives for the LHC-compatible (v3) instrument 25m
      • Project management: Schedule, ECRs for LHC installation, risk analysis for interface equipment
      • What do we need to change or improve: input from gas jet, input from vacuum,
      • Design plans for 2018
        (15 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Gerhard Schneider (CERN)
    • 12:35 14:30
      🍽️ Lunch 🍽️ 1h 55m
    • 14:30 15:00
      Gas-curtain generation, gas expansion 30m
      • High-pressure expansion: What we have learned?
      • How can we optimise the performance while minimising the dimensions?
      • Impact on nozzle to skimmer 1 design?
        (20 min + 10)
      Speaker: Przemyslaw Smakulski (Wroclaw University of Technology)
    • 15:00 15:30
      Gas-curtain generation, density and pumping optimisation 30m
      • Compare model to measured pressures/densities of v1 model
      • Show expected model for v2 system
      • Optimisation and simplification of the skimmers
      • Putting both together: Realistic expectations for the final gas jet, absolute signal and signal/noise
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Marton Ady (CERN)
    • 15:30 15:50
      ☕ Coffee Break ☕ 20m
    • 15:50 16:20
      Optical Beam Diagnostics 30m
      • Introduction and Status Report for the Year 2017
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Jochen Wieser (GSI)
    • 16:20 16:50
      Optical system 30m
      • What we have learned in 2017, objectives for 2018?
      • Blackening of chambers? What would be required to set-up an LHC-compatible instrument?
        (20 min + 10 min)
      Speaker: Serban Udrea (GSI Darmstadt)
    • 16:50 17:10
      Nozzle, Skimmer Update and v3 design 20m
      • Update on Nozzles and skimmers
      • Mechanical designs for v2 at Cockcroft
      • Introduction to v3 LHC design
        (15 min + 5 min)
      Speaker: Tom Dodington (CERN)
    • 17:10 18:00
      Discussion 50m
  • Tuesday 20 March
    • 09:00 11:00
      Wrap-up 2h
      • Draft meeting minutes
      • Decisions
      • Actions
      Speakers: Peter Forck (GSI), Raymond Veness (CERN)
    • 11:00 12:00
      🚌 Transport to GSI 🚌 1h
    • 12:00 15:30
      Visit to GSI 3h 30m