PHIN JRA Status

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PHIN JRA Status

• PHIN collaboration

CARE SC meeting Paris 23-24 February 2004
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Graeme Hirst takes place of Ian Ross as
coordinator of the Laser WP. Ian continues to
collaborate to the project part time
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First PHIN Steering Committee meeting   Paris 3
4 February 2004   IN2P3 LPNHE (Jussieu Paris)
- Tuesday 3 (1400 1800) ltSalle Bleuetgt 1
PHIN Steering Committee organization   2 - PHIN
WEB area configuration Relevant Links / Papers
collection Databases set up   3 - Job
Opportunities (notice in PHIN and ESGARD
pages)   4 - PHIN collaboration meeting   5-
PHIN review Committee     - Wednesday 4 ( 0900
1300) lt Salle DEA GI gt   6 - Work packages
organization   7 Discussion on first milestones
and deliverables

• Ghigo (PHIN Coo.)
• G. Bienvenu (WP GUN)
• J.G. Hirst (WP LAS)
• J. Teichert (WP CP)

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• 1 PHIN Steering Committee organization
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• SC decided to have regular meeting three times a
  year to revise the work package activities,
  possibly co-located with the collaboration
  meetings in order to optimise the time and the
  cost of the meeting itself.
• SC proposed to hold the second PHIN SC meeting
  during the ELAN and PHIN collaboration meetings
  in Frascati. The meeting date could be May 5th or
  6th.
• The third PHIN SC meeting was proposed for
  October, during the CTF3 Collaboration Meeting.

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• 2 - PHIN WEB area configuration
• Relevant Links / Papers collection
• Databases set up
• SC agrees to create the PHIN WEB page in the INFN
  WEB area and to put links to PHIN WEB on the main
  pages of the participating laboratories.
• SC committee will encourage all the participants
  to communicate the most relevant links for the
  JRA.
• The JRA participants should collect the most
  interesting papers in the photoinjector field and
  put the references on the PHIN WEB site.
• SC agrees not to restrict access for readers of
  the PHIN WEB page, assuming no objections from
  CARE management or Institute Directors.
• SC hopes to create a database in which the news
  on photocathode materials, the best lasers for
  the photoinjector options and the most promising
  design for the gun structure will be collected.
• To begin with the collected documents will be
  published on the WEB page through INFN we can
  decide to give write access to the page to
  selected participants.
• The WEB page will include a Job Opportunities
  area.

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3 - Job Opportunities (notice in PHIN and ESGARD
pages)   SC discussed the procedures of the
different laboratories for additional staff
recruitment. The institutes are free to use their
own contracts and procedures, taking into account
that it is necessary to give notice of the open
positions in the CARE and in PHIN web pages. The
participating institutes should start these
procedures as soon as possible, following the
Rossendorf example, while awaiting the EU funds.
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4 - PHIN collaboration meeting   SC proposed to
hold the collaboration meeting in Frascati during
(and in parallel with) the ELAN network
activities collaboration meeting. The ELAN
meeting will start with plenary sessions on May
4th. May 5th will be dedicated to parallel
sessions and PHIN SC proposes to schedule the
PHIN collaboration meeting alongside these.
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5- PHIN review Committee   SC agrees to form an
international review committee composed of three
specialist researchers in photocathodes, lasers
and RF guns respectively. Names were proposed and
SC members will contact them. WP2-CP Paolo
Michelato WP3-LAS Wolfgang Sandner WP4-GUN
??? The idea is to invite the review committee
to the collaboration meeting in order to involve
them from the beginning of the programme.
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6 - Work packages organization   SC discussed the
entire PHIN JRA proposal in order to organize the
WPs and, in particular, those aspects related to
the collaborations between participating
institutes, the schedule for the first reports
and the financial plan for the first 18
months. Each WP coordinator will manage the
commencement and continuation of the work to
achieve the goals of the different tasks and to
collect any missing information. SC is convinced
that the plans and initial phases of our
activities are in good shape and that the
resources are adequate for the short and medium
term plans.
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• Main Hardware Deliverables
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• 2 Photocathode preparation chambers (LAL,
  Rossendorf).
• 1 High power Laser system (CERN)
• 1 Conventional Laser system (LAL)
• 1 SC photo-gun prototype (Rossendorf).
• 2 3GHz RF gun (CERN, LAL)
• 1 Low energy e- spectrometer (LOA)
• 1 High energy e- spectrometer (LOA)

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7 - Discussion on first milestones   SC
discussed all the milestones and deliverables
presented in the proposal. SC decided that the
following Reports should be delivered during
2004 1-     Existing photocathode material
comparison (June) 2-     Cathode preparation
chamber design (July) 3-     High power laser
oscillator (June) 4-     High power laser
amplifier (September) 5-     Pulse shaper studies
(June) 6-     Harmonic crystal studies
(June) 7-     SC RF gun studies (June) 8-     3
GHz RF gun design (June) 9-     Low energy
spectrometer design (May) JRA coordinator will
ask to CARE SC for the report form (UE
template?). SC is convinced that the milestones
and deliverable are achievable, but strong effort
from all the participating institutes is
necessary.
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PHIN implementation plan
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PHIN implementation plan -2