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Collider-Accelerator Department

Machine Advisory Committee Meeting

MAC-05

February 11-13, 2008
Large Conference Room, Bldg. 911B

MAC Meeting Index

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This Meeting’s Charge
Monday, February 11
08:30	Executive Session / Discussion
09:00	Beginning of Morning Session
09:00	Welcome	D. Lowenstein
09:05	RHIC Performance	T. Roser
09:30	Plans for RHIC Luminosity Upgrade	W. Fischer
10:00	Coffee Break - Small Conference Room
10:30	RHIC Stochastic Cooling overview	M. Brennan
11:15	Stochastic Cooling Simulations and Implementation	M. Blaskiewicz
12:00	RHIC IBS Measurement and Model	A. Fedotov
12:30	Lunch - Small Conference Room
13:15	Tour
14:00	Beginning of Afternoon Session
14:00	56 MHz SRF Storage Cavity	I. Ben-Zvi
14:30	Fundamental and HOM Damper Designs	E. Choi
15:00	Stability Issues	N. Towne
15:30	Coffee Break - Small Conference Room
16:00	Beam-Beam Effects in RHIC	W. Fischer
16:30	Beam-Beam Compensation with Electron Lens	Y. Luo
17:00	Simulations	N. Abreu
17:30	Executive Session / Requests for additional presentations
19:00	Dinner (Committee Members and Presenters)
Tuesday, February 12
08:30	Executive Session / Discussion
09:00	Introduction to SRF and Electron Cooling Activities	I. Ben-Zvi
09:30	Low Energy Electron Cooling	A. Fedotov and X. Chang
10:00	Coherent Electron Cooling	V. Litvinenko
10:30	Coffee Break - Small Conference Room
11:00	Energy Recovery Linac	D. Kayran and E. Pozdeyev
12:00	Lunch - Small Conference Room
13:00	Executive Session and Report Writing
Responses to Committee Questions
	General Operation Response	W. Fischer
	SRF vs. normal conducting for the 56MHz	I. Ben-Zvi
	Backup Plan	M. Brennan
	Stochastic Cooling Simulations and Implementation	M. Blaskiewicz
Wednesday, February 13
08:30	Executive Session and Report Writing
10:30	Coffee Break - Small Conference Room
12:00	Lunch - Small Conference Room
13:00	Closeout

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C-AD Machine Advisory Committee Members

G. Hoffstaetter, Cornell (Chair)

O. Bruening, CERN

A. Chao, SLAC

J.P. Delahaye, CERN

D. McGinnis, Fermilab

L. Merminga, Jefferson Lab

Y. Mori, KEK

M. Steck, GSI (for O. Boine-Frankenheim, GSI)