27/3/2009EuCARD NCLinac Kick-Off Meeting 1

Summary

NCLinac Kick-OffCERN, 27-Mar-2009

WHERE DO WE STAND AFTER TODAY’S MEETING? provisional summary (Erk Jensen)

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3 – 2 – 1 – we have ignition! The first objective – shaking everyone awake

– is reached. We have actually lift off. Thank you all for your constructive

participation! Organisational structure:

Steering Committee: OK Publication board: OK, with “filtering” on task

level. For me to coordinate with project management

Task steering committees: not formal – task leaders decide on the need.

Scientific Advisory Board: OK – suggestions?27/3/2009 EuCARD NCLinac Kick-Off Meeting 3

NCLinac collaboration meetings Technical/scientific meeting, twice

per year, coordinated with CLIC Workshop

Invite a wider community (5 … 10 per beneficiary …?)

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The 11 NCLinac partners (beneficiaries)

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# Short name

Full name and hyperlink Country

1 CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research INO

6 CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

Spain

7 CNRS/LAPP

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France

17

INFN/LNF Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Italy

20

PSI Paul Scherrer Institut Switzerland

22

RHUL Royal Holloway University of London UK

25

STFC/ASTeC

Science and Technology Facilities Council UK

28

UH Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki) Finland

33

UNIMAN University of Manchester - Cockcroft Institute UK

34

UOXF-DL The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford

UK

36

UU Uppsala Universitet Sweden

We would be happy to have additional, “associated” partners, without any administrative overhead. Both – as observers and actual contributors

More things I noted:

EC will measure “success” by reports – please help to get them right.

In particular, help make the external reports on time – otherwise payment delayed!

It has become very clear that NCLinac is well embedded in a healthy and ongoing R&D program – this is very good and will allow a “flying start”.

The above seems to be true for both CLIC and ILC.

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Task preparation

The preparation of the 4 tasks is progressing very well – I’d like to reiterate my thanks to the task coordinators, persuaded that the tasks are in very competent hands, and confident that NCLinac will be a success.

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Process of refinement ofplanning and spending profile: Intermediate (internal) milestones are still under

discussion with the partners, but a first draft exists. This is already very useful – thank you very much (to the task leaders and the partners)!

Thanks also for the spending profile, where also a 1st iteration was presented – thank you! (Task 4: not yet fully – depends on planned hiring – I’ll make some assumptions)

Both these will help me to report to EuCARD SC next Fri!

But of course – the refinement process will have to continue …

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NCLinac – CLIC

NCLinac covers very important R&D issues for CLIC Understanding breakdown, Alignment, influence on HOM Decelerator structures (PETS integration) Drive beam validation (phase stability) Preservation of small emittances, Stabilisation

Fits well bridging after the CDR

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NCLinac – ILC

Even a SC linac has 30% NC acc. Systems

Timescale fits very well with TDP (-> 2012)

Main points of contact: BDS & MDI In BDS: alignment, stabilisation,

emmitance tuning, laser wire, precision BPMs, feedback

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Please suggest associated partners Please suggest potential members

for “External Advisory Board”

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Summary – Gantt chart (proposal)

Deliverables & Milestones

Deliverable Description/title Nature Delivery month

9.3.1 CLIC Quadrupole Module final report R M489.3.2 Final Focus Test Stand final report R M48

Milestone Description/title Nature Delivery month

Comment

9.3.1 Characterization of noise/vibrations sources in an accelerator O M24

9.3.2 Installation of interferometers at CTF3 Module D M24

9.3.3 Installation of ATF2 final-focus alignment monitoring system D M6

9.3.4 Installation of ILC prototype FB/FF at ATF2 O M24

9.3.5 Commissioning of CLIC quadrupole module D M30 Complete module with girder and accelerating structure

9.3.6 Quadruple mock-up manufactured and ready for installation D M30

In red: Milestones from the Work Description