RHIC Retreat 2002 Overall Agenda

Opening Session - March 5 (morning)

8:30-10:10
Welcome: F.Pilat5
Opening address: D.Lowenstein15
Physics goals for the the next run:S.Aronson40
Machine goals for the next run:T.Roser40
10:10-10:40coffee break 

10:40-12:00
The injectors:L.Ahrens20
The gold run:D.Trbojevic20
The proton run:W.MacKay20
Retreat organization:F.Pilat20
Machine Reliability - March 6 (morning)

8:30-10:10
Overview and some definitions:M. Brennan20
Reliability of Tune/Chromaticity/Orbit:T.Satogata20
Reliability of Schedule:A. Drees20
Correlations in FY01 statistics:P. Ingrassia40
10:10-10:40coffee break 

10:40-12:00
Summaries of systems hardware plans:  
    ·RFM. Brennan10
    ·Power suppliesD. Bruno10
    ·CryoA. Nicoletti10
    ·Quench detectionG. Ganetis10
    ·ControlsB. Oerter10
    ·VacuumH-C. Hseuh10
Reliability of Machine Physics:S. Peggs20
Machine Experiments and Diagnostics - March 7 AM

8:30-10:00
RHIC HF Instrumentation Plans:P. Cameron15
LHC Chromaticity Control:H. Schmickler15
Tune and Chromaticity:P. Cameron15
Electron Detectors:H. Hseuh5
IPM Performance and Plans:R. Connolly10
BPM System Upgrade:T. Satogata10
Longitudinal Dampers/Transverse Coherence Monitor:M. Brennan12
Transverse Dampers:A. Drees8
10:00-10:30coffee break 

10:30-12:00
Benefits of Beam Experiments:F. Pilat5
Transition Crossing Studies:C. Montag10
Local Non-linear IR Correction:V. Ptitsyn15
Transv. and Longit. Instabilities:M. Blaskiewicz10
Beam-beam Effects:W. Fischer15
Polarized Beam Manipulations:M. Bai15
Pressure rise:S-Y Zhang20
Machine Performance - March 5 (afternoon)

14:00 - 15:30
Linear lattice, optics matching:T.Satogata15
Coupling, working point:F.Pilat15
Chromaticity, snapback, transverse emittance:S.Tepikian15
Beta squeeze, triplet correction/performance:V.Ptitsyn15
110 bunches, beam-beam/ramping, e- cloud:W.Fischer15
Au transition crossing, triplet vibration:C.Montag15
15:30-16:00coffee break 

16:00-17:30
Impedances and instabilities, single-bunch Imax:M.Blaskiewicz20
Backgrounds, collimation, gap cleaning:A.Drees15
Abort performance and issues:L.Ahrens15
AGS polarization efficiency/plans:H.Huang15
RHIC polarization transmission, issues:V.Ptitsyn10
d/Au performance issues:J.Van Zeijts15
Machine Integration - March 6 (afternoon)

14:00-15:30
RHIC experiments integration:A. Drees10
Brahms:F. Videbaek10
Phenix:A. Frawley10
Phobos:R.Pak10
PP2PP:W.Guryn10
Star:W. Christie10
Spin Physics:N.Saito10
Polarimeter:TBD10
Discussion: 10
15:30-16:00coffe break 

16:00-17:30
RHIC and Injectors integration:J.Morris15
Logger System:R. Lee15
Ramps at flattop:J. van Zeijts10
Cryogenics integration:A. Nicoletti10
Quench tuning:G.Ganetis10
RF ramp integration:M. Brennan15
MCR operation:G. Marr15
Closing Session - March 7 (afternoon)

14:00-16:00
The RHIC e-cooling projects:I.Ben-Zvi30
The EIC project:S.Peggs30
RHIC: the CERN perspective:H.Schmickler20
RHIC: the FNAL perspective:M.Syphers20
Preliminary summary:F.Pilat20