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June 17, 2011

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• Reorganization• Other Business

AARDAARD MissionFocus has narrowed to basic R&D in high gradient acceleration methods

• Science Priorities:1. PWFA and FACET must be an outstanding success2. Laser Acceleration – demonstrate gradient and

integrated voltage gain3. Microwave R&D –Defining next steps for HGRF;

develop more cost-effective power sources

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AARDKMDRF Accelerator Research E

Department “RF-

=RF-ARE, so pronounced: “RFR”

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• Financial structure (e.g. CAMs) is unchanged• Sami, Mark, and Joel remain the leaders of the

Microwave, Plasma, and Laser efforts• “Group Leader” “Functional Leader”• Administrative duties have moved to the AARD

Head:– Performance Evaluations, Training Evaluations: done

in close coordination with the functional leaders– Authorizations on STAs and JSAs; Management

walkthroughs

Mechanics of the Change

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• STAs and ATAs reviewed this month• Performance Evaluations moved to September• AARD dept heads meetings

AARD departmental meetings

• Communication to/from other parts of the lab – Scientific: SLAC Colloquiua, Advanced Instrumentation

Seminars, Photon Science Seminars, …– Business: ARD & AD “All Hands”, Norbert’s Blog,

Persis’s Workgroup Meetings, …

Mechanics of the Change—Cont’d

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What you can expect from me• Keep you informed of issues that impact you• Work to secure needed resources from other

departments—and—respond to requests for help from other departments

• Look for opportunities to expand AARD’s engagement in other areas both inside SLAC and outside

• Foster as academic a research environment as possible• Serve as advocate for AARD’s work • Strengthen cohesion of the department• Will quickly resolve any further safety issues

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What I expect of you• 28 people now directly report to me—you must be

proactive in bringing issues to my attention– In person, at a bi-weekly AARD meeting, by email, by

phone, by voicemail, …

• Fulfill your responsibilities– Continue to LEAD in high gradient acceleration concepts—

look for opportunities to expand AARD’s reach into new R&D topics and new applications

– Help make AARD a single, productive department– Maintain an outward looking perspective

• This has never been more important

– Keep your training current, maintain your lab spaces

AARDProgrammatic Priorities1. Strengthen ties to the SLAC photon science program

• Plasma: energy doubler; chirp cancellation• Laser: e/g manipulation; nm-class diagnostics; THz sources• Microwave: TCAV, rf undulator, energy dither, kHz-class linacs• Gun & Cathode R&D? How to engage in the ITF?

2. More aggressively develop new applications and seek out new collaborators and new sponsors

• DARPA: compact x-ray sources• DHS: Gamma ray sources• BES: Novel radiation devices, novel electron sources• NIH/Industry: compact proton linacs

3. Strengthen our role in education and outreach• Continue to host the majority of graduate students in ARD• Contribute to courses at Stanford, USPAS, elsewhere• Give colloquia at select universities to broaden knowledge of SLAC’s work

and to attract graduate students

AARDFEL R&D Program with essential components for LCLS II, NGLS and other FELs

2011-12 2015-162013-14 2017-18 2019-20

LCLS-II injector LCLS-II completion

HXRSS

Injector studies(LCLS-II injector)

ITF (Sector 0-9) to enable advanced beam generation, compression and laser seeding at high energy

Temporal diagnostics & timing

Attosecond x-ray generation

FEL Seedingschemes

Beam brightness & manipulation

Technologydevelopment

Ultrafast techniques

ECHO-7+

SXRSS demo

Laser amplitude & phase error control

THz & Polarization

THz generation

Polarization ctrl.

Multi bunches, detectors, short-period undulators, high-rep. rate

CTF/GTF(Cathode,

Gun)

X-ray beamline R&D

Zhirong Huang

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Compressor Option

S3 Exp Area

S8 Exp Area

Injector Test Facility “ITF” in Sectors 0-9

Highlights of Changes for ITF:• Add injector laser room and laser• Remove ~15 m of sector 0 injector, reusing many components• Install LCLS gun, K02, K01, and laser heater with configuration similar to LCLS• Remove 50m (4 RF stations) of linac in sector 3 (or 8) to make the experimental area• Install small laser room and Echo/HHG laser system near S3 (or S8)• Optionally install BC1 and linearizer• Upgrade diagnostics to support low-emittance, Echo-100 operation

AARDStrawman Timeline for ITF

Highlights:1) Careful planning required to fit installation into the 7.5 months/year FACET is not running, and

to leave the accelerator functional at the end of each installation2) Current planning has LCLS-III construction beginning in 2020, allowing 2 additional run years

beyond the NGLS 2018 deadline.

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Questions?(more mundane issues follow…)

AARDSAFETY TRAINING

AARDVacation Usage

• FY2011 vacation usage.– You are still asked to use ALL vacation accrued during

FY2011. Meaning: Employees’ ending vacation balance on 9/30/2011 must be no more than it was on 9/30/2010.

– Mandatory 240 hour cap in January 2012 still applies

AARDOther AARD Business• Future AARD Departmental meetings (bi-

weekly)– Time?– Format:

• News from me• 5 minute updates from each PL, including what you need

from other AARD groups and from SLAC

• Brown Bag, Seminar, Lunches, Coffees, …• EEIP program

– All new equipment– Legacy equipment inventoried in 44, 292; 104D,

222, 223, 225, 231, 407B/D, 407C, 611; plan due 9/30/11

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• New time for bi-weekly AARD meetings?– Fridays 1pm?

• Take course 120 (Work Planning & Control)!

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Functional Lead R2A2

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Supervisor R2A2