Minutes of April 29, 1996 E821 Schedule Meeting

     The outer coil radial stops arrived on April 29. The RHIC magnet
guys install the strain gauges for us. It would usually take two
weeks to install the strain gauges. We will work with them and try to
install them in one week. On this schedule, we will be ready for
pump-down/ cool-down around May 7. Cool-down takes about two weeks.
Matthias discussed the instrumentation for quench protection,
measuring the position of the mandrel, etc. His optical system for
measuring the mandrel position rides on the radial arm. We must not
obstruct the seven windows until we are at full current. Yannis
discussed the quad tests. He plans to have the quad tank installed
and pumped down by the time the coils are cold at a position opposite
the inflector, ie. by the stairs from the control room. This tank
does not obstruct any of the seven windows. His tests will be
parasitic with powering the magnet. Hugh discussed tuning the beam.
Tuning the beam at low intensity to the V-line proton beam dump will
begin this Thursday, if the safety review is finished. First the beam
will be tuned without hitting the target. Once this tune is
established, fault studies will be done. Then target studies will
begin, first a single bunch at low intensity, but finally all eight
bunches at high intensity. According to this schedule, tuning to the
g-2 ring would commence late next week. This would be done at night
to keep the Lab power demand low and so we can work in the high-bay
during the day. Dave discussed the detector plans under two
scenarios: a) beam ends in May and b) beam runs through June. In
either case, they would set up one detector outside the ring and
pulse it with the laser/led system to get the DAQ system going. When
there is beam, they would move into the ring. This will be carefully
coordinated with the shimming team. The overall project schedule is
shown below. The prototype kicker test is now scheduled for June,
since there are still delivery problems with the HV feed-through. We
should move a detector over next to the kicker in the LINAC building
to understand noise problems when it is pulsing at full voltage.
Respectfully submitted - Bill Morse. 


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                               May Jun Jul  Aug Sep Oct  NovDec  Jan
     Task Name                 1   3   1    1   3   1    1  2    2

       V-line Construction     Done! Great job Charlie et al!    .

       Assemble magnet         XX  .   .    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Refrigerator repair     X   .   .    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Pumpdown and cooldown   |XXX.   .    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Power Magnet & Shim     |  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.    .

       Quad1 Test in Ring      |  XXX  .    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Prototype Kicker Test   |   XXXX.    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Substation              |   .   .   XX   .   .    .  .    .

       Install Vacuum Chambers |   .   .    .   .   .   XXXXXXXXX.

       Install Detectors       |   .   .    .   .   .    . XXXXXXX

       Install Quad Pulsers    |   .   .    .   .   .    . XXXXXX-

       Vacuum System Test      |   .   .    .   .   .    .  .   XX

       Inflector Prep          |   .   . XXXX   .   .    .  .    .

       Install Inflector in Ch |   .   .    XX  .   .    .  .    .

       Install Inflector Chamb |   .   .    . XXXXX .    .  .    .

       Inflector Test in Ring  |   .   .    .   . XXX    .  .    .

       Tune Beam               XXXX.   .    .   .   .    .  .    .

       Pi/Mu Injection Into Ri | XXX------------------------------

       AGS FY97 Run            |   .   .    .   .   .    .  .    M