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

General 1

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

1 Update UKFEL R&D

2 Update EuXFEL midterm strategy

2024.12.04 Accelerator_Mid_Term.pptx

2024.12.05 SA45.pptx

3 Update EuXFEL HDC

HDC-DESY-STFC-XFEL-2024.12.5.pptx

10:30 break

4 Round table discussion

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

12:00 Lunch (DESY cafeteria)

Beam dynamics / virtual machine

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

5 Introduction and Aims for the Session

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

intro_peter.pptx

one_slide_sergey.pptx

6 EuXFEL LPS Diagnostics Capabilities & UK Colleague Participation in Machine Studies

Speaker: Stuart Walker

2024-12-05-stuart-walker.pptx

7 Online Dechirper LPS Reconstruction & Virtual diagnostics

Speaker: Sergey Tomin (MXL (XFEL))

Online_LPS_reconstruction.pptx

8 Phase Space Reconstruction

Speaker: Toby Overton

9 Discussion

10 Coffee Break & Discussion

11 UK-XFEL Beam Dynamics Work

Speaker: Peter Williams

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

12 Beam Loss Studies

Speaker: Shan Liu (MPY (Beschleunigerphysik))

UK_collaboration_meetingDEC2024.pdf

13 Comparison of Elegant and OCELOT Simulations

Speaker: Ian Bailey

14 IBS effect

Speaker: Erion Gjonaj

DESY_EG_05.12.2024.pdf

15 MBI and IBS effects

Speaker: Alex Brynes

ocelot_mbi_ibs 1.pdf

16 Generation of Attosecond Pulses

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

17 Discussion

summary.pptx

Photoinjector / Photocathodes

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

18 Conceptual design of Low Energy Beamline for UK XFEL (Boris Militsyn)

2024.12.05 DESY presentation.pptx

19 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

20 Particularities of beam dynamics in the gun (Dmitry Bazyl)

21 Bunch compression in low energy beamline (Dmitry Bazyl)

22 Preparation of the Cu photocathode for operation in the DESY SRF gun (Lee Jones)

DESY Collaboration - Photocathode Update - December 2024.pptx

23 Alternative photocathodes for SRF guns (Lee Jones)

24 Visit to the cathode lab (Dmitry Bazyl)

25 presentation of Erion Gjonaj at 15:25

26 contingency time slot

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

SRF

Convener: Alan Wheelhouse

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

28 Introduction and aims for the session

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

29 Update on LAM development

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

241205_Workshop_STFC-DESY_LAM.pptx

30 Lessons learned from DESY placement

Speaker: Jonathan Christie (STFC)

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

31 Next Steps

Discussion round

14:15 Break

32 Mid-term development plan for DESY and EuXFEL

Speaker: Marie Kristin Czwalinna (DESY, MSK)

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

33 Challenges for UK XFEL and future planning

Speaker: Patrick Sterling (STFC)

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

34 Discussion: collaboration opportunities

Discussion round

35 Wrap-up and record of actions

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

Sync session summary.pptx

36 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 Joint coffee break

18:00 dinner at Blockbraeu (Landungsbruecken)

Friday 6 December

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

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