DESY-STFC-XFEL collaboration meeting

5 Dec 2024, 09:00 → 6 Dec 2024, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

ZOOM connection (for Bldg 3 SR-1)

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Location of main meeting room

Building 3 SR-1

 

Photos can be found here!

Thursday 5 December

09:00 → 12:00 General 1

Conveners: Deepa Angal-Kalinin, Nicholas John Walker (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik)), Winfried Decking (MXL (XFEL))

09:00 Update UKFEL R&D

09:30 Update EuXFEL midterm strategy

2024.12.04 Accelerator_Mid_Term.pptx

2024.12.05 SA45.pptx

10:00 Update EuXFEL HDC

HDC-DESY-STFC-XFEL-2024.12.5.pptx

10:30 break

11:00 Round table discussion

Common Interests Beyond existing WPs (more beam dynamics, FEL concepts, beam sharing concepts, technology, participation in experiments, ...)

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch (DESY cafeteria)

13:30 → 16:30 Beam dynamics / virtual machine

Conveners: David Dunning, Peter Williams, Sergey Tomin (MXL (XFEL)), Shan Liu (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik))

13:30 Introduction and Aims for the Session

Speakers: Peter Williams, Sergey Tomin (MXL (XFEL))

intro_peter.pptx

one_slide_sergey.pptx

13:35 EuXFEL LPS Diagnostics Capabilities & UK Colleague Participation in Machine Studies

Speaker: Stuart Walker

2024-12-05-stuart-walker.pptx

13:50 Online Dechirper LPS Reconstruction & Virtual diagnostics

Speaker: Sergey Tomin (MXL (XFEL))

Online_LPS_reconstruction.pptx

14:05 Phase Space Reconstruction

Speaker: Toby Overton

14:20 Discussion

14:30 Coffee Break & Discussion

14:40 UK-XFEL Beam Dynamics Work

Speaker: Peter Williams

1274-WP4-prs-0022-v1.0-2024-12-05 - DESY_UKXFEL meeting.pptx

14:55 Beam Loss Studies

Speaker: Shan Liu (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik))

UK_collaboration_meetingDEC2024.pdf

15:10 Comparison of Elegant and OCELOT Simulations

Speaker: Ian Bailey

15:25 IBS effect

Speaker: Erion Gjonaj

DESY_EG_05.12.2024.pdf

15:40 MBI and IBS effects

Speaker: Alex Brynes

ocelot_mbi_ibs 1.pdf

15:55 Generation of Attosecond Pulses

Speakers: Weilun Qin (MXL (XFEL)), Ye Lining Chen (MXL (XFEL))

16:05 Discussion

summary.pptx

13:30 → 16:30 Photoinjector / Photocathodes

Conveners: Boris Militsyn, Dmitry Bazyl (MSL (Supraleitende Beschleuniger Technologie)), Elmar Vogel (DESY MSL), Lee Jones

13:30 Conceptual design of Low Energy Beamline for UK XFEL (Boris Militsyn)

2024.12.05 DESY presentation.pptx

13:50 Preference of L-band SRF gun over VHF gun in decision of the high repetition rate gun for EuXFEL (Elmar Vogel)

Preference of L-band SRF over VHF cavity @ 2024-12-05.pdf

13:55 Particularities of beam dynamics in the gun (Dmitry Bazyl)

14:10 Bunch compression in low energy beamline (Dmitry Bazyl)

14:25 Preparation of the Cu photocathode for operation in the DESY SRF gun (Lee Jones)

DESY Collaboration - Photocathode Update - December 2024.pptx

14:45 Alternative photocathodes for SRF guns (Lee Jones)

15:00 Visit to the cathode lab (Dmitry Bazyl)

15:20 presentation of Erion Gjonaj at 15:25

15:45 contingency time slot

16:00 Generation of 100+ ps long laser pulses for photoinjectors ("with group FS-LA")

13:30 → 16:30 SRF

Convener: Alan Wheelhouse

13:30 → 16:30 Synchronisation

Optical reference distribution, laser-to-laser locking, arrival-time monitors and beam-based feedbacks: common projects and future plans

zoom connection for today's session:
Topic: Collaboration Workshop STFC/DESY

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Conveners: Anne-Laure Calendron (DESY-CFEL), Ed Sneddon, Marie Kristin Czwalinna (DESY, MSK)

Presentation_FLASH_safety-instruction.pdf

13:30 Introduction and aims for the session

Speakers: Ed Sneddon, Marie Kristin Czwalinna (DESY, MSK)

13:35 Update on LAM development

Speaker: Anne-Laure Calendron (MSK (Strahlkontrollen))

241205_Workshop_STFC-DESY_LAM.pptx

13:50 Lessons learned from DESY placement

Speaker: Jonathan Christie (STFC)

1274-WP10-prs-0001-v0.1-DESY Collaboration Meeting - DESY placement debrief JC.pptx

14:05 Next Steps

Discussion round

14:15 Break

14:30 Mid-term development plan for DESY and EuXFEL

Speaker: Marie Kristin Czwalinna (DESY, MSK)

2024-12-05-CollabWS-UK-EuXFEL__DESY_next-plans.pdf

14:45 Challenges for UK XFEL and future planning

Speaker: Patrick Sterling (STFC)

1274-WP10-prs-0002-v1.0-DESY Collaboration Meeting - UKXFEL Synchronisation Overview.pptx

15:00 Discussion: collaboration opportunities

Discussion round

15:20 Wrap-up and record of actions

Speakers: Ed Sneddon, Marie Kristin Czwalinna (DESY, MSK)

Sync session summary.pptx

15:35 Tour to FLASH

start with safety instruction,

then, visit to
- FLASH Sync Lab
- FLASH linac and undulator lines
- inspect BAM (and other diagnostics) installations

16:30 → 17:00 Joint coffee break

18:00 → 20:30 dinner at Blockbraeu (Landungsbruecken)

Friday 6 December

08:30 → 11:00 Facility Tours and Wrap Up: Facility Tours (BKR, FLASH, AMTF)

Meet at building 3 at 08:30. We will split into two tours

Conveners: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC, Daresbury Laboratory), Nicholas John Walker (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik)), Winfried Decking (MXL (XFEL))

20241206_122355.jpg

11:00 → 12:00 Facility Tours and Wrap Up: Wrap-up, next steps etc.

Meet at building 3 at 08:30. We will split into two tours

Conveners: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC, Daresbury Laboratory), Nicholas John Walker (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik)), Winfried Decking (MXL (XFEL))

20241206_122355.jpg