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Note from our Chair: Thomas Roser

Another very successful RHIC run ended at the end of June. All goals for the run were either achieved or exceeded. The Coherent electronCooling experiment in IR2 also made excellent progress establishing the quality electron beam needed for beam cooling using the novelsuperconducting RF electron gun. During the final days of the run signs of the expected interaction between the electron and the gold beam werealso observed. This bodes well for the continuation of this experiment during the RHIC run next year.

The Low Energy RHIC electron Cooling (LEReC) project has also made very good progress. Stable beam has been produced by the DC electrongun and transported to the temporary beam dump. And just this week, the superconducting RF booster cavity, which provides the mainacceleration for the electron beam, has reached design voltage on the first try. This cavity started as an SRF electron gun and was modified to anaccelerating cavity last year. After cleaning at JLab it was assembled in the new cleanroom in 912 and reinstalled in the cryostat by ScottSeberg's team. The excellent results from the first test show that the whole assembly was done very well and with the required extremecleanliness. Congratulations to all!

Finally an experiment to test beam transport in a strongly focusing and bent quadrupole channel was successfully completed at the Accelerator Test Facility. Theexperiment was led by Stephen Brooks and it showed, for the first time, that such a channel of fixed-field quadrupoles can transport and bend electron beams withenergies from 18 MeV to 70 MeV, almost a factor of four span in energy. The channel was built with 12 Halbach-type permanent magnet.

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Did You Know?? Events/seminars

Check out who received an employee Service Award this year! Collider-Accelerator Dept. employees who received aService Award.

Check out who received an employee Spotlight Award this year!

Congratulations to the five C-AD recipients of Employee Awards!

Science & Technology Award: Wolfram Fischer and Leonard MausnerEngineering Award: Ioannis Marneris and Aljosa Marusic

July 23 - (Berkner Hall, Rm. B | 10 am)Summer Sundays: Exploring the UltraSmall. Tour the Center for FunctionalNanomaterials.

July 22 - BERA Trip: EllisIsland/Statue of Liberty

July 30 - (Berkner Hall, Rm. B | 10 am)Summer Sundays: Brilliant Light,Dazzling Discoveries. Visit the National

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Brookhaven Award: Robert Lehn

The BNL annual awards ceremony will be held on Monday, July 31, 2017 at 4:00 pm in Berkner Hall.

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Congratulations to Cathy Cutler, who received the Stony Brook University 2017 Seed Grant for her work with Joseph Kimon the Development of Radiolabeled Drugs to Study Novel Gastric Cancer Models. Read more about this prestigious award

here.

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Former C-AD PhD student, Malek Haj Tahar, who defended his PhD dissertation in January at BNL, has received theHonor Award for his work from the AGS and RHIC UEC. Congratulations!

The Cat's Eye Nebula by Steven Bellavia

Synchrotron Light Source II.

August 2 - (Bldg. 510, Large SeminarRoom | 11:30 am) Brookhaven Womenin Science Award Ceremony - "RenateW. Chasman Awards"

August 2 - (Berkner Hall Auditorium |12 pm) BSA Noon Recital: Pianofest

August 6 - (Berkner Hall, Rm. B | 10am) Summer Sundays: Atom-SmashingFun. Explore the Relativistic Heavy IonCollider.

August 10 - Berkner Hall Auditorium |8:30 am) Office of EducationalProgram Event: "2017 Summer PosterSymposium)

IN OTHER NEWS...

SNMMI's 63rd Annual MeetingHighlights History of FDG andShowcases New ResearchMore than 5,700 physicians,technologists, scientists and exhibitorsgathered at the Society of NuclearMedicine and Molecular Imaging's 2016Annual Meeting, held June 11-15 in SanDiego, CA. This year's meeting includeda celebration of the 40th anniversary ofFDG. Read more.

Local Scientists Take Home First PlaceHonors in BNL Science FairBudding young scientists filled theauditorium of the Suffolk CountyLegislature on Wednesday to educateLegislators on their outstanding projectsthat won first place accolades at the year'sBrookhaven National Laboratory'sScience Fair. Read more.

New Graphene-Glass Combo Powers"Spontaneous" Solar CellBrookhaven Does (Graphene) Windows.Apparently the Brookhaven solution tothe graphene problem has been staringeverybody in the face, ever sincegraphene was first discovered in 2004:ordinary glass window. Read more.

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Research Teams Use DNA to Make 3-DNanoparticle Structures with HighPrecisionDNA strands anchored to the surface ofnanoparticles allow researchers toassemble the particles into three-dimensional crystalline lattices. Suchcontrol allows researchers to make newmaterials with desirable properties. Readmore.

Farmingdale takes first in BNL HighSchool Science BowlFarmingdale High School students haveone contest down to a science. Readmore.

New cathode material stops batteriesturning crusty with ageScientists at three US Department ofEnergy (DOE) national laboratories havediscovered how to keep a promising newtype of lithium ion battery cathode fromdeveloping a crusty coating that degradesits performance. Read more.

RHIC Particle Smashups Find that ShapeMattersScientists colliding football and sphere-shaped ions discover evidence supportinga paradigm shift in the birth of the quark-gluon plasma. Read more.

Two American Physics Labs Are Vyingfor a Billion Dollar Particle AcceleratorTwo labs are vying for governmentfunding to host a billion-dollar atomsmasher, and the battle is getting political.Read more.

Neutrinos Change Their Flavor and SnagAnother Nobel PrizeEarly this morning the world learned thatthe 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics has beenawarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B.McDonald for discovering that neutrinoscan change from one type to another.Read more.

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World's largest atom smashers createworld's smallest dropletsHow long can a droplet shrink and remaina liquid? Read more.

'Inflatable Dark Matter' Could ExplainWhy We See Less Than Many TheoriesPredictMany wonderful theories that explain theevolution of the universe fail becausethey predict more dark matter than isactually out there. Now a new paperproposes one event in the early universethat would reduce the amount of darkmatter in all the theories. Read more.

Ion collider produces droplets ofprimordial gooThe Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider justspit out tiny droplets of a liquidresearchers say resembles the seeds of thecosmos, primordial goo created by theBig Bang, which existed on briefly beforecooling the matter that helped birth stars,galaxies and planets. Read more.

Brookhaven National Laboratory projectsare up for awardsFour projects developed at BNL havebeen nominated as finalists for awards tobe presented this year by a nationalmagazine. Read more.

Scientists Create Primordial 'PerfectLiquid' in LabThe BNL's Relativistic Heavy IonCollider smashed together large nuclei atnearly the speed of light to recreate thefundamental particles in the primordialsoup present during the earliest days ofthe universe. Read more.

World's most powerful digital camerabeing built by US Department of EnergyThe US Department of Energy is buildinga digital camera that puts your camera toshame. Read more.

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What's going on in our neighborhood? day at thevineyards...

Interested in Cycling?

http://www.bicyclelongisland.org/majoride.htm http://www.cyclotour.com/events.htm

Interested in Running or Walking?

Tough Mudder - Long Island - July 22 in Old Bethpage

2017 Marcum Workplace Challenge - July 25 at Jones Beach State Park

Airborne 5K Run/Walk - July 29 in Sayville

Town of Huntington Sprint Triathlon - July 30 in Northport

...Check out the LI Running Calendar for more!

Stony Brook Events:

Young at Heart Programs - Summer/Fall 2017 - July 12 - October 18 (1 - 2p) All are welcome to enjoy various music andlecture programs hosted by The Jazz Loft and The Educational & Cultural Center of Stony Brook Village.

Salt Marsh Detectives Summer Program (Ages 10-17) - August 14 - 25 (10 a - 2 p) Ernst Marine Conservation Centerlocated in the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve at West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook. Guided by local marine scientists,participants will conduct scientific research monitoring birds, crabs and plants and explore the biodiversity of the marsh.

Sunday Summer Concerts on the Green - July 9 - August 20 (7-9p) Bring the whole family to this FREE ongoing concertseries (every Sunday)!

Nikola Tesla: Past, Present, Future - July 8 - September 4 (10 am - 5 pm) at the Educational and Cultural Center. A specialexhibit presented by the Tesla Science Center - come view the fascinating story of his life and see models and descriptions ofhis inventions including the historic operating Tesla Coil and a model of the original Tesla Laboratory at Shoreham. Includedin the exhibit is information on his invention of the world's electric grids distribution system for alternating current and manymore of his inventions of the 20th Century!

Port Jefferson Events:

Farmers Market - Every Sunday through October (10a - 2p) at the Village Center. Purchase local produce, honey, breadand baked goods, seafood, international specialties, plants and flower bouquets.

Eastern Long Island Mini Maker Faire - Jul 22 & 29 (all day) at the Village Center

Movies on the Harbor Features: Sully - Jul 25 (8:30 pm) at Mayor Jeanne Garant Harborfront Park

Sunset Concerts Presents: Danny Kean - Jul 26 (6:30 - 8p) at Mayor Jeanne Garant Harborfront Park

Duckwalk North - SOUTHOLD - Musicon Saturdays (4-6pm)

Castello di Borghese Vineyard & Winery- CUTCHOGUE - Vineyard Tours &Wine Tastings Every Thursday & Sundayat 1pm & FREE Jazz Every Saturday (2-4p) with Marguerite Volonts

Jamesport Vineyards - JAMESPORT -Live Music from 1-4pm every Fri, Sat &Sun

Martha Clara Vineyards - RIVERHEAD- Live Music every weekend

Palmer Vineyards - RIVERHEAD - LiveMusic every Sat (12-4).

Pindar Vineyards - PECONIC - LiveMusic Every Saturday (1-5pm)

Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard -BAITING HOLLOW - Music every Sat& Sun from (2-6)

Paumanok Vineyards - RIVERHEAD -Fresh, Local Oysters (2-5pm) every Sat &Sun starting Memorial Day throughSeptember

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Children's Show Featuring: Lou Johnson - Juggler/Circus Performer - Jul 27 (6:30p) at The Barn (behind Village Hall)

Longwood Public Library Presentation: "Iceland - Land of Fire, Ice and Greenery" - Jul 20 (7p) Retiree RichardWitkover and his wife, Carol, have brought this program about their travels in Iceland to the Longwood Public Library. Formore information visit: http://www.witkover.com/WTA-Iceland.htm

Check out Erik Forsyth's Travels:

http://www.yachtfiona.com

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Note from Business operations: Sue Pankowski

Welcome to the Summer of 2017! It is the final quarter of fiscal year. The RHIC run has ended, as has NSRL run 17B and isotope production atthe BLIP. As we turn our attention towards machine maintenance and upgrade efforts, we must also return our focus towards doing so in afiscally prudent manner. With budgetary uncertainty looming as we move towards the end of the year, and never ending pressures to do morewith less, you may be asking yourself “what can I do to help control costs?” Here are some guidelines that all staff should adhere to.

Charge your time and materials to the appropriate programs. Don’t always assume that your default program should be charged for yourwork. Ask your supervisor to provide an appropriate project/activity number. Where multiple programs benefit, be sure to share the cost inproportion to the benefit.

Limit spending to critical work scope. Ensure that the items you are buying are absolutely necessary for your program, whether you arebuying items via a WebReq, credit card, eBuy, or any other means. And don’t forget to get all approvals. Remember to make every purchasecount!

Overtime should be limited to priority efforts that are management approved.

Review your month end reports for credit card transactions, stores withdrawals, and labor charges.

Take your vacation time! Don’t forget to take time to recharge. Charging “V” on your timecard doesn’t cost our projects anything since programs are charged for yourvacation time in advance (when the time is earned).

Keep safe, and enjoy your summer.

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Note from our Accelerator Division: Wolfram Fischer

The RHIC Run-17 ended on Friday, 30 June 2017, when the warm-up of the magnets began. All three parts of the physics program weresuccessfully completed: the main program with polarized proton collisions at 255 GeV, a gold-gold run at 27.2 GeV/nucleon, and a short specialrun with polarized protons at 255 GeV for the RHICf experiment. RHICf had installed a dedicated detector on one side of STAR. Congratulationsagain to Vahid Ranjbar, who coordinated to polarized proton operation, and Greg Marr, who coordinated the gold-gold operation. Greg will alsobe the Run Coordinator for next year’s ion operation, when we plan to collide zirconium-96 with zirconium-96, ruthenium-96 with ruthenium-96,and also gold with gold at an energy just above the injection energy. In parallel to the RHIC Run-17, the CeC PoP experiment proceeded and theLEReC DC gun was commissioned.

The last week of the Run was dedicated to a number of APEX studies, and a systematic test of a sample of the quench protection diodes. One ofthe best APEX experiments this year was the demonstration of spin flipping at both injection and at store energy. This is a difficult experiment andseveral people have worked on it for some time. Congratulations to Haxin Huang, Peter Oddo and the whole team.

The RHIC Retreat this year will take place on 8-9 August 2017. The analysis of the Run-17, preparation of Run-18 and the Beam Energy Scan IIin Run-19/20, and further upgrades to the machine and experimental protection systems will be the focus.

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Note from our Experimental Support & Facilities Division: Bill Christie

The twenty-one Cryo week RHIC Run 17 ended on July 3rd. This was another ambitious run, with many challenging goals both on thecollider side and the experimental side, but all rose to the challenge and we had another very successful run.

On the collider side the challenges included providing transversely polarized proton proton collisions at top energy (root(s) = 510 GeV) withdynamic beta* luminosity leveling for the primary STAR physics goal, 54 GeV Au on Au collisions for the secondary STAR physics goal, aswell as radially polarized 510 GeV pp collisions for the RHICf program which ran in conjunction with STAR. Other major collider efforts inrun 17 were the initial commissioning of portions of the LeReC system, as well as the running of the CeC proof of principle (PoP)experiment.

STAR met or exceeded just about every one of its data set goals for run 17. Those who may be interested in the STAR details for the run canlook at the STAR summary presented at the Annual RHIC/AGS users mtg, via the following link:https://www.bnl.gov/aum2017/content/plenary/pdf/jinlong_zhang.pdf

The Operations schedule for RHIC Run 18 is just in the final iterations, and will be posted on the web soon. The budget for next year will notbe known for some time, but what the schedule will show is that we're planning for a fifteen Cryo week run. The beams we expect to run areZirconium on Zirconium, Ruthenium on Ruthenium, as well as gold on gold. Run 18 will be the final year of running for the CeC PoP

experiment, as well as a year that will have significant efforts on the commissioning of the LeReC system, in preparation for run 19.

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Note from Our eRHIC R&D program: Ferdinand Willeke

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Note from Operations: Paul Sampson

With another successful and productive run completed, CAD Shutdown 17 has begun. Following alternating machine studies anddiagnosis of quench protection diodes in RHIC, the shutdown began on June 30th. At that time all of the accelerators were turned offwith the exception of LINAC, which ran with beam until July 3rd for BLIP and followed up with RF development. All other areas in thecomplex were surveyed and opened to Restricted Access by July 1st. Shutdown work has begun.

After some setup early this month, LEReC will return to commissioning and studies during the evenings. This effort is scheduled to re-start on July 10th and end on August 10th. Access to the 2 o’clock sector of RHIC will be prohibited during the evenings during thisperiod.

Schedules for major works, testing, interruptions and other items continue to be developed and can be viewed on the “RHIC Broadcast”page.

To view a list of approved work for the Shutdown or to review past results, go to the Job Request System and select the appropriate date. This link is behind the firewalland requires privileges to view.

For weekly schedule updates see: This Week, which can be viewed by all.

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Note from Our Accelerator Test Facility: Mark Palmer

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Note from our MEDICAL ISOTOPE RESEARCH & PRODUCTION PROGRAM: Cathy Cutler

This week we learned that Dr. Leonard Mausner won a BNL S&T award. We would like to congratulate Leonard on receiving this award andbeing recognized for his work on radioisotope production and improvements to the accelerator isotope production facilities at BNL. Pleasecongratulate Leonard and thank him for all his work at BNL.

This month we say good bye to Leonard as he will be retiring on the 28th of July. A workshop for Dr. Leonard Mausner will be held on the 24th

of July in the Snyder conference room in building 911 from 9-12. Former colleagues of Leonard will be presenting such as Dr. Saed Mirzadehform ORNL that worked as a postdoc with Leonard here at BNL, Dr. Kathy Kolsky that worked alongside Leonard for many years, Dr. NickSimos who has collaborated with Leonard on radiation damage studies and Dr. Suresh Srivastava who worked with Leonard for many years. On the 27th C-AD will be holding a retirement reception for Leonard in the lobby of 911 at 4pm. Please plan to attend and donate $10 for thegift & cocktail hour to Caitlin Hoffman in building 911 B.

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Arrivals: Welcome!

Andrew Klauschke - Mechanical Systems, Accelerator Division

Summer Students 2017:

Tristan AdamsonSarah BaumgartenJoseph BiancarosaNicholas BighamPauline BoningBrian BrentonChristopher CaroffKasey ChiuchioloColin ClaytonMichael DelmonacoJoseph EdgecombLynn FrancesconiAshley FuchsColin GuilbaultAshley HastingsKathryn HicksWilliam HuberWayne Johnson Jr.Prabhjot KaurBethany KerstenXiangdong LiJake LinkletterJie LiuCarlos LockwardCienna ManderbachSilviane Man-WillrichDaniel MelcerJuliana MendesAnthony Monzon-ZaikowskiHaejun OhStacy QueernAbel Ricano

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Joseph SamaraYoumei SunMatthew TomkoJuliana VolpeBailey WarrenQinggao YaoMichael ZhaoRick ZirkelMichael Zott

DEPARTURES: Farewell, you will surely be missed..

Yoshito SaitoGlenn Wagner

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