Item | Priority | People | Due by | Done | Meeting | Link | Comments | |
1 | To check what was the orbit in SS4 before the vacuum issue was discovered in 2016 | 2 | RS | 1-6-2019 | Yes | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | https://indico.cern.ch/event/799131/ Based on elogbook data, the orbit in SS4 was always above 5mm. |
2 | Analyze used foils status | 2 | EM | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | 3/12 seems a hole occurred with Pb29+ propagation, while on 16/11 there was a slow degradation | |
3 | To apply 2016 performance analysis method to 2018 data | RA | 1-6-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | |||
4 | We should define a solid strategy with respect to the ETL.DHN10 corrector | 2 | RA | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | ||
5 | PU27 close to the PS septum. Reyes to ask Jorg to fix it | 2 | RA | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | ||
6 | BCTs calibration factors between LEIR/PS | SJ | 1-6-2019 | to be discussed btw leir/ps ? | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | See minutes in https://indico.cern.ch/event/804682/"![]() ![]() | |
7 | Include extraction monitoring on LEIR performance monitoring webpage | NB | 1-6-2021 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | requires logged data. It should be discussed the way we want to keep this tool (so far python code + PC+ cernbox) | ||
8 | IPM BI to look into how it works: correction on timings management | RA | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | |||
9 | Check the fills in which the origin of the bad shots happening fill by fill as this could | NB | 13-2-2019 | Yes | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | ||
10 | Improve the settings management of LEIR, LN3 | 1 | RA | 1-6-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/786529/ | ||
11 | Measure the RF response of the old BTF pickup | NB | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
12 | Finalize instability study in 2018 | NB | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
13 | LEBT automatic optimizers | DK (VK) | 1-6-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
14 | Emittance measurements in Linac3: make simulations for better locations | GB | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
15 | Status of solenoids verification from MSC and plans for spares | 1 | FW (DK) | 01/06/2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | 01-06-2019: Report on analysis and consideration of | |
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17 | Report in summer on long term GSI support concerning foils. | EM | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
18 | Testing thicker foils at restart | GB (RS, EM) | 31-12-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
19 | To provide input on phase distribution after Tank 1 for Richards’ simulations | GB | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | |||
20 | Emittance measurement tool for Linac3 | VK | 31-12-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/793971/ | RS: Spec in https://edms.cern.ch/document/2085058/1![]() Now with VK. | ||
21 | Decide if Upgrade of SAIREM1 to frequency tuning - then implement? | DK | 01/06/2018 | LIU-Ions BDWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/603839/ | Needs approval by LIU to propose consolidation | ||
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23 | Improve generation (Bfield, septa) | RA | 1-6-2020 | To allow Bfield decay, faster ramps, Include electrostatic and magnetic septa deflections in madx such they are automatically generated | ||||
24 | Finalise the cycle for 8 injections fast ramp | NB | 1-6-2021 | Higher max current not needed, interesting if alleviates losses at capture | ||||
25 | Work on the injection optics (model) | NB | 1-6-2020 | How do we measure it, what do we adopt? See also 34 | ||||
26 | Work on the injection optics (measurements) | NB | 31-12-2020 | |||||
27 | Automatic tools for LEIR and Linac3 | 1 | VK | 31-12-2020 | ||||
28 | Define which software tools we need for Linac3 and LEIR for after LS2 | 1 | RA | 01/06/2019 | New TL s: which software do we need to use them efficiently | |||
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30 | Investigate saturation/noise of ETL BCT and fix it | SJ | 01/06/2020 | |||||
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32 | Turn-by-turn BPM acquisition results | VK | 01-06-2019 | the analysis of the data taken at the end of the run is pending, we need to follow up this | ||||
33 | B-train calibration cycles: how to solve this? | AB, (Marco Buzio) | 01-06-2019 | Remember at the end of the year during the ion run, there was not space to fit those cycles | ||||
34 | Stray fields compensation, how? | 2 | NB | 01-06-2019 | Coupled to transfer line optics meeting | |||
35 | Feasibility of getting turn by turn, bunch by bunch intensity information | NB | 01-06-2019 | tbc with | ||||
36 | Cooler: feasibility for faster electron beam current reading, noisy voltage acquisition | NB | 1-6-2019 | |||||
37 | TFB as exciter for turn by turn kick excitation, what do we do? | NB | 01/06/2019 | End of 2018 showed not enough power to mimic a kick | ||||
38 | Participate in the discussion OP/CO about tracking beam quality and performance across the injectors to make sure IONS is included | 2 | RA | 31-12-2019 | Forum to be put in place | |||
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40 | Summary of oven test stand results | DK | 01-06-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | Offline discussion | To confirm results, next steps and how the budget should be used. | ||
41 | implementation of aperture model of LEIR | ASH | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
42 | effect of energy ramping on inj. efficiency | 2 | RS | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
43 | BetaCool for LEIR | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||||
44 | effect of angle/offset of ion-electron relative positions (sim vs meas.) | AL | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
45 | effect of shape of electron distribution (sim vs meas.) | AL | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
46 | effect of current intensity (sim vs meas.) | 2 | AL | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
47 | Injection at 150ms (is cooling enough?) | AL | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
48 | Status from 2018 MDs | ASH | 1-6-2019 | Yes | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
49 | modelling SC+IBS for LEIR | ASH | 1-6-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
50 | modelling of effect of foil degradation (mean energy error) | 2 | RS | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
51 | study sensitivity on phase distribution after Tank3 | GB | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
52 | Procedure to setup ramping/debunching cavities | RS | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
53 | finalize analysis of data acquired in 2018 | DK | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
54 | recepies for quick recovering (after Machine Learning on 2018 data) | DK | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
55 | tracking off momentum particles / different charge states (SS4 losses) | NB | 31-12-2020 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
56 | PyHT | ######## | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||||
57 | Investigate effect of angle to beam profile after cooling | NB | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
58 | Investigate SC effect and combination with Q', momentum spread | NB | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | ||||
59 | Cleanup for transfer lines sequence/optics (MADX, LSA, layout DB) | RA | 31-12-2020 | |||||
60 | Cooler: current modulator available? Faster switch for cathode voltage? | SJ | 31-12-2019 | \\n Cc: Gerard Alain Tranquille < Gerard.Tranquille@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\\n Subject: RE: leir e-cooler\\n \\n Salut Steen,\\n \\n Pour répondre à tes questions :\\n \\n a. oui c'est possible de réinstaller le modulateur,\\n \\n b. il est prévu pendant le ls2 de modifier le switching de la Grid et du Contrôle. J'ai déjà reçu les nouveaux modules et on doit faire un nouveau proto. L'idée est de faire un switching rapide et ainsi d'activer les BPMs avec le faisceau d’électrons. Si ça marche on pourra annuler l'étape a) A bientôt Alex\"}'>From: Alexandre Frassier < Alexandre.Frassier@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\n Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 18:55\n To: Steen Jensen < steen.jensen@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\n Cc: Gerard Alain Tranquille < Gerard.Tranquille@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\n Subject: RE: leir e-cooler\n \n Salut Steen,\n \n Pour répondre à tes questions :\n \n a. oui c'est possible de réinstaller le modulateur,\n \n b. il est prévu pendant le ls2 de modifier le switching de la Grid et du Contrôle. J'ai déjà reçu les nouveaux modules et on doit faire un nouveau proto. L'idée est de faire un switching rapide et ainsi d'activer les BPMs avec le faisceau d’électrons. Si ça marche on pourra annuler l'étape a) A bientôt Alex"}'>\n Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 18:55\n To: Steen Jensen < steen.jensen@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\n Cc: Gerard Alain Tranquille < Gerard.Tranquille@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch>\n Subject: RE: leir e-cooler\n \n Salut Steen,\n \n Pour répondre à tes questions :\n \n a. oui c'est possible de réinstaller le modulateur,\n \n b. il est prévu pendant le ls2 de modifier le switching de la Grid et du Contrôle. J'ai déjà reçu les nouveaux modules et on doit faire un nouveau proto. L'idée est de faire un switching rapide et ainsi d'activer les BPMs avec le faisceau d’électrons. Si ça marche on pourra annuler l'étape a) A bientôt Alex"}'>From: Alexandre Frassier < Alexandre.Frassier@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 18:55 To: Steen Jensen < steen.jensen@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch> Cc: Gerard Alain Tranquille < Gerard.Tranquille@cernNOSPAMPLEASE.ch> Subject: RE: leir e-cooler Salut Steen, Pour répondre à tes questions : a. oui c'est possible de réinstaller le modulateur, b. il est prévu pendant le ls2 de modifier le switching de la Grid et du Contrôle. J'ai déjà reçu les nouveaux modules et on doit faire un nouveau proto. L'idée est de faire un switching rapide et ainsi d'activer les BPMs avec le faisceau d’électrons. Si ça marche on pourra annuler l'étape a) A bientôt Alex | ||||
61 | make the BPMs in the injection line work including time resolved signals | NB | 31-12-2019 | |||||
62 | improve the logging of the current acquired at the injection line magnets | NB | 31-12-2019 | |||||
63 | storing longer timespans from the H/V error signals of the damper preserving the microseconds scale | NB | 31-12-2019 | |||||
64 | allow for true PPM usage of IPM and Schottky | SJ | 31-12-2019 | for the moment only usage on one user is possible due to heavy data load - SJ 11-02-2019: John Fullerton will make the device PPM - he believes there is no problem in terms of data load. | ||||
65 | give the possibility to PS operators of adjusting the BPM gates to the bunches | SJ | 31-12-2019 | Today it needs the expert (a single person at CERN) who is only available during working hours. And in general is an operation that takes hours, including finding the expert. | ||||
66 | BPM Functional Specification: Finish approval of updated version. | 2 | RS | 31-03-2019 | Done | Released. | ||
67 | Linac3 LLRF specification | 1 | RS, DV | 31-03-2019 | Done | Linac3 RF Consolidation | 31/03/2019: Ready to send for approval. | |
68 | Linac3 LLRF Ready | 1 | DV | 30-06-2020 | Linac3 RF Consolidation | |||
69 | Restart Schedule Circulated and Published | 1 | RA | 30-06-2019 | LIU-Ions BCWG | Include clarification of Early 2020 switchyard HW tests. | ||
70 | Dry Run List | 1 | RA | 30-09-2019 | LIU-Ions BCWG | List of systems where a plan is needed. | ||
71 | Dry run procedures finished | 1 | RA | 31-03-2020 | LIU-Ions BCWG | |||
72 | Injection BPM acquisition board design frozen | 1 | MB(BI) | 30-06-2019 | LIU-Ions Technical | https://indico.cern.ch/event/781368/ | ||
73 | Injection BPM acquisition boards delivered | 1 | MB(BI) | 31-12-2019 | LIU-Ions Technical | https://indico.cern.ch/event/781368/ | ||
74 | Injection BPM FESA modifications | 1 | SJ(BI) | 30-03-2020 | LIU-Ions BCWG | https://indico.cern.ch/event/781368/ | ||
75 | Brainstorm which software tools we need for Linac3 and LEIR for after LS2 | 1 | RA | 01-06-2019 | ||||
76 | Procedure for LEIR re-commissioning note | 1 | NB, RA | 01-01-2020 | LIU-Ions BCWG | |||
77 | Machine models availability: impedance, aperture - optics (MADX) | 2 | ASH, NB | 01/06/2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
78 | Summary of understanding of IBS, SC effects and impedance in LEIR | 2 | NB, SAH | 01-06-2019 | LIU-Ions BDWG | |||
79 | Source autopilot | DK | ||||||
80 | Clean up/prepare HWC check list | 1 | CW | 01-12-2019 | CW: Chris Wetton | |||
81 | LBS Controls Tests during LBE | 1 | RS, AD(CO) | 01-09-2019 | LIU-Ions BCWG | LBS controls meeting | Test without ion, but showing the telegram and controls modification work. | |
82 | NXCALS Logging - | 2 | RA | 01/07/2020 | LIU-Ions BCWG | Verify logging correct in NXCALS - update variables as needed. Specifically check IPM. | ||
83 | Linac3 Ventilation | 1 | RS, RB | 01/07/2019 | LIU-Ions Technical | 19/06/2019 Contract signed - ko meeting ; 12/06/2019 new technical room built. (planning of 08/02/2019) | ||
84 | IPM: switch off policy | SJ | Turn-off timing to be set up by the user | |||||
85 | create in gitlab a 2019 branch with all sequence and strengths and elements + new aperture following the newly agree naming convention for files names. | NB, SAH | ||||||
86 | Reyes and Ilias will copy in gitlab the transfer lines of Reyes | RA | created a new branch “2018” and uploaded the updated files for 2018 operation. | |||||
87 | MADX and layout DB names are different! In the long term should be the same | RA | ||||||
88 | Flashing Box indicate RF ON, linked to RF system | 1 | BE-RF | 01/06/2020 | LLRF Consolidation | Test date | ||
89 | Procedure for working inside the chained zone | 1 | RS | 01/05/2019 | LIU-Ions Technical | |||
90 | Description of RF limitation system, put into EDMS | 1 | RS | 01/05/2019 | Done | LIU-Ions Technical | https://edms.cern.ch/document/2113108/ | |
91 | Discuss on FESA requirements for inj. line BPMs, interface with yasp. | SJ, NB | 15/05/2019 | LIU BDWG | review the stray field corrections, FESA related to new bpms, yasp correction possibilities, scripts to futher correct pulse by pulse | |||
92 | BE/ABP will write an intervention procedure considering this requirement. This procedure will be referenced in the operational part of the Linac3 safety file | 1 | DK | 01/01/2020 | LIU-Ions Technical | https://edms.cern.ch/document/1580721/ | ||
93 | The flashing lights showing RF will be back in service and moved closer to the hazard (cav1-3) | 1 | SR | 01/07/2020 | LIU-Ions Technical | https://edms.cern.ch/document/1580721/ | ||
94 | A procedure detailing the required measures in case of intervention in the delimited perimeter shall be written and posted on site (action: Linac3 Facility Coordinator). This procedure will be referenced in the operational part of the Linac3 safety file. | 1 | RS | 01/01/2020 | LIU-Ions Technical | https://edms.cern.ch/document/1580721/ | ||
95 | Accumulate input for HW and BC resources | 1 | RA | 01/12/2019 |