RHIC Machine/Detector Planning Meeting

RHIC STAR PHENIX BRAHMS

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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 Beam Experiments

RHIC Run 6 Operations Plan

• DRAFT Plan 1/13/06
• Current C-AD Operations Plan

Experiment Beam Use Proposals - November 2005

• BRAHMS
• PHENIX
• STAR

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, 10^11	1.3	Minimum luminosity per week, pb^-1	1.9
Average beam current, mA	180	Store polarization, %	60
Peak Luminosity,           10^30cm^-2 s^-1	37	Maximum LP^4per week, nb^-1	1130
Average store luminosity,  10^30cm^-2 s^-1	25	Minimum LP^4 per week, nb^-1	90
Time in store, %	58

Weekly Meeting Presentations, RHIC Run 6

3 Jan 2006

• Agenda - P. Pile) (pdf), (ppt)
• Scheduling Issues - K. Brown (ppt)

• 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

• DRAFT Run Plan (1/13/06)
• Agenda - (P. Pile) (pdf), (ppt)
• Scheduling Physicist - (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues (ppt)
• Experiments - Comments on the 1/13/06 DRAFT Run Plan

· 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

• RHIC Collider Projections (FY2006 - FY2008) dated 1/19/06 - NEW
• Misc - (P. Pile) (pdf), (ppt)
• Scheduling Physicist - (K. Brown) - Scheduling Issues
• New C-AD Guidance for Run6 - what's new - (W. Fischer)  (ppt)
• Experiments - STAR (Christie), PHENIX (Deshpande), BRAHMS (Lee)
  
• Comments on the NEW 1/19/06 RHIC Collider Projections (FY2006 - 2008)
• Progress toward joint STAR PHENIX Ös = 200 GeV run plan

• 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

• Agenda - (Pile) (ppt) (pdf)
• Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, (BRAHMS)
• 500 GeV polarized proton development plan (Ptitsyn) (ppt) (pdf)

9 May 2006

• Agenda - (Pile) (ppt) (pdf)
• Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS

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

• 500 GeV Development Run – Present Plans (Bai)
• Experiment Progress/Issues - STAR, PHENIX, BRAHMS

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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