I am forwarding this info (from last week) from Phil Pile in regard to general schedule for AGS/RHIC. Note that the 2001 RHIC run is still not settled . /fv Subject: C-AD Experiment Schedule > To FY 2001 experimenters and others: > > As most of you know the PHENIX collaboration has requested a one month delay > in the RHIC start date. Tom Kirk has agreed to this delay. The C-AD > experiment schedule follows: > > 8 Jan - 17 Jan(or until complete): E957 (NASA Radiobiology, Fe beam - NO > CHANGE) > > 17 Jan - 24 Jan: E955 (Proton Radiography, (~1E10 to 3E11 protons/bunch - > single bunch extraction - NO CHANGE) > > 24 Jan - 31 Jan: E956 (SNS Studies), begin BLIP operation (~1E12 protons per > bunch - 6 bunches - NO CHANGE) > > These are for paying customers (outside DOE NP/HEP). Our first priority is > to complete the NASA Radiobiology experiment (150 hours of AGS operation) > and then turn our attention to E955 and lastly to E956. > > Schedule contingency for the above will be through 4 Feb (weekend) - i.e. > E821 (g-2 experiment) will start no later than Monday morning, 5 Feb unless > for some unforeseen reason our obligation to E957 in not satisfied, in such > case E821 would start after completion of E957. > > ~1 Feb - 31 March: E821 and FEB pulse on demand for E956 and possibly E951 > (muon collider target studies) > > 1 March: Begin RHIC cool down, continue E821 > > 1 Apr - 30 April : E821 off, commission new RHIC power supplies, establish > collisions in RHIC, begin HI RHIC experiment operations > > 1 May - ? May: E821 and FEB on demand for E956 and E951. > > 1 June - Begin SEB for E949, E930 and E931. > > The RHIC operations end date (as well as AGS FEB/SEB end dates) is still not > known. We have a budget plan from DOE and are in the process of optimizing > running time consistent with available funds, without seriously jeopardizing > machine reliability. The cost of RHIC maintenance and completion of various > unfinished machine and experiment projects as well as a lower than expected > budget from DOE has resulted in a reduced RHIC operations budget. > > There is a proposal under consideration to further delay the start of RHIC > operations with the intent to connect together the FY2001 RHIC run with the > FY2002 run. > > As usual, the latest schedules can be found on the web at > http://server.c-ad.bnl.gov/esfd/ then click on "Yearly Operating Schedules" > in the left frame. Note the end dates shown on the schedules are still to be > determined. > > best regards, > Phil >
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