PITMinutes 11-17-2014

Attendance

R. Bachimanchi, S. Cooper, K. Davis, M. Drury, A. Freyberger, G. Krafft, F. Marhauser, R. Michaud, C. Mounts, T. Powers, T. Plawski, R. Rimmer, S. Suhring

Agenda and Notes

1. Introductory Talk (Krafft)
2. Additional Discussion Topics
   1. Microphonics Damping and/or rework of R100
   2. Plasma Processing? No one to shepherd so any action deferred
   3. Understanding Q changes between vertical tests and final horizontal placement
   4. Understanding and eliminating flux trapping and flux sources
   5. Quantifying the overall cryo loads and system capacity and revisit static loads
   6. Understanding spontaneous arcing and rapid loss of gradient
   7. Proper maintenance cryomodule rebuilding program to preserve 12 GeV
   8. LLRF ungrades, particularly for C50s and improvement of heater controls there
   9. Increase ability to diagnose field emitters (X-ray diagnostics?)
   10. "Better" pressure diagnostics
   11. Understand better "accelerating system wide" problems

Documents and Presentations

• Introductory Talk 11-12-2014