RHIC Machine/Detector Planning Meeting

                 

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Purpose of this meeting

  • To address issues and priorities relating to the optimization of physics output from RHIC experiments.
  • To discuss and promulgate policy (when needed).

Policy Statements

RHIC Run 6 Operations Plan

Experiment Beam Use Proposals - November 2005

RHIC Run-6 machine projections, assuming running with 2 experiments  [full report]:

No of bunches

111

Maximum luminosity per week, pb-1

8.8

Proton/bunch, 1011

1.3

Minimum luminosity per week, pb-1

1.9

Average beam current, mA

180

Store polarization, %

60

Peak Luminosity,           1030 cm-2 s-1

37

Maximum LP4 per week, nb-1

1130

Average store luminosity,  1030 cm-2 s-1

25

Minimum LP4  per week, nb-1

90

Time in store, %

58

 

 

Weekly Meeting Presentations, RHIC Run 6

3 Jan 2006

  • Proposed Run Plans - Experiments
  • PHENIX - A. Deshpande    (pdf)
  • STAR - W. Christie         (pdf)
  • BRAHMS - J.H. Lee   (ppt)
  • Proposed pp development Plan - Machine - V. Ptitsyn (ppt)
  • AGS Polarimeter Issues - H. Huang  (ppt)
  • RHIC Polarimeter Issues - G. Bunce (html)
  • RCF Issues (T. Throwe)

17 Jan 2006

·         PHENIX - A. Deshpande  (pdf) 

  • STAR - W. Christie   (ppt) 
  • BRAHMS - J.H. Lee   (ppt)

·  Videbaek (comments on Sam's proposal)  (html)

  • Machine - (V. Ptitsyn) - Comments on the 1/13/06 DRAFT Run Plan (ppt)
  • AGS Polarimeter Issues - (H. Huang)  
  • RHIC Polarimeters Issues - (G. Bunce)  (ppt)
  • Jet Target Issues - (Y. Makdisi)
  • RCF Issues - (T. Throwe)

24 Jan 2006

  • Machine - (V. Ptitsyn)
  • AGS Polarimeter Issues - (H. Huang)  
  • RHIC Polarimeters Issues - (G. Bunce)  (ppt)
  • Jet Target Issues - (Y. Makdisi)
  • RCF Issues - (T. Throwe)

31 Jan 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (pdf), (ppt)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang) (ppt)
  • Experiments - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
      --Goals update based on present run plan

·         Machine (V. Ptitsyn) - Issues

  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

7 Feb 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (pdf), (ppt)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn)
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang)
  • Experiment Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat) (ppt)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues (html)

  

14 Feb 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (pdf)(ppt)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn)
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang)
  • Experiment Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  (ppt)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues  (ppt)
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

 

21 Feb 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (ppt),   (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn)
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang)
  • Experiment Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS

·             Requested Spin Patterns

  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues 
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

 

28 Feb 2006

  • Misc - (Y. Makdisi)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn) (ppt) 
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang)
  • Experiment Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues 
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

 

7 Mar 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Experiment Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues 
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

 

14 Mar 2006

  • Misc - (P. Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Machine Issues (V. Ptitsyn) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Cold Snake Progress Report - (H. Huang)
  • Experiment Issues -STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (F. Pilat)
  • AGS Polarimeter (H. Huang) - Issues  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (G. Bunce) -  Issues 
  • Jet Target (Y. Makdisi) - Issues
  • RCF (T. Throwe) - Issues

 

21 Mar 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Experiment Progress/Issues -STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Jet Target Progress/Issues (Makdisi)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (Bravar) -  Issues 
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (Pilat)
  • RCF (Throwe) - Issues

 

28 Mar 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Experiment Progress/Issues -STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Jet Target Progress/Issues (Makdisi)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (Bravar) -  Issues 
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (Pilat)
  • RCF (Throwe) - Issues

4 Apr 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Jet Target Progress/Issues (Makdisi)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (Bravar) -  Issues 
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (Pilat)
  • RCF (Throwe) - Issues

11 Apr 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Proposal for Developing Low Energy Beams in RHIC (Satogata) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • Scheduling Physicist (Brown) - Scheduling Issues
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Jet Target Progress/Issues (Makdisi)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang) (ppt)  (pdf)
  • RHIC Polarimeters (Bravar) -  Issues 
  • RHIC Beam Experiments (Pilat)
  • RCF (Throwe) - Issues (Tom's away - no issues to report)

18 Apr 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang) (ppt)  (pdf)

25 Apr 2006

  • Agenda - (Pile) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • AGS Beam Polarization Progress Report / Polarimeter Status - (Huang)

 2 May 2006

9 May 2006

16 May 2006

  • Agenda and misc - (Pile) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • Spin Rotators -  Tracking: (MacKay) (pdf)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn) (ppt)

23 May 2006

  • Agenda and misc - (Pile) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • Beam Experiments progress and plans: (Pilat)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn)

30 May 2006

  • Agenda and misc - (Pile) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • Beam Experiments progress and plans: (Pilat)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn) (ppt)

6 June 2006

  • Agenda and end of run stats - (Pile) (ppt)   (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • Beam Experiments progress and plans: (Pilat)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn) (ppt)

13 June 2006

  • 22 GeV Development – follow-up (Satogata)
  • 500 GeV Development Run – Present Plans (Ptitsyn)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • Beam Experiments progress and plans: (Pilat)
  • Machine Issues (Ptitsyn) (ppt)

20 June 2006

27 June 2006

  • Run6 Final Summary (Pile)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  • RCF Run 6 Summary (T. Throwe) (pdf)
  • Experiment Progress/Issues – STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS
  • 500 GeV Development Run – Results (M. Bai)

 

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