Dear Collaborator Included are the minutes from the Wed meeting. Note inparticular the offical change of close-up is midnight May14 and probably a physics startup sometime between June8 and June 15. Stay tuned. Flemming ------------------------------------------------------ Flemming Videbaek Physics Department Brookhaven National Laboratory tlf: 631-344-4106 fax 631-344-1334 e-mail: videbaek@bnl.gov ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Ludlam" <ludlam@bnl.gov> To: "Marx, Michael" <marx@sbhep.physics.sunysb.edu>; "Aronson, Sam" <aronsons@bnl.gov>; "Ozaki, Satoshi" <ozaki@bnl.gov>; "Bond, Peter" <bond1@bnl.gov>; "Hallman, Tim" <tjhallman@bnl.gov>; "Zajc, Bill" <zajc@nevis1.nevis.columbia.edu>; "Paul, Peter" <ppaul@bnl.gov>; "Kirk, Tom" <tkirk@bnl.gov>; "Christie, Bill" <christie@bnl.gov>; "Peggs, Steve" <peggs@bnl.gov>; "Butler, Mike" <butler1@bnl.gov>; "Busza, Wit" <busza@mit.edu>; "Videbaek, Flemming" <videbaek@hi2>; "Harris, John" <Harris@star.physics.yale.edu>; "Lowenstein, Derek" <lowenstein@bnldag.ags.bnl.gov>; "Baker, Mark" <mdbaker@bnl.gov>; "Yousef Makdisi" <makdisi@bnl.gov>; "Murtagh, Michael" <murtagh@bnl.gov>; "Wlodek Guryn" <guryn@bnl.gov>; "Sebastian White" <white1@bnl.gov>; "Marion Heimerle" <heimerle@bnl.gov>; "Robert Pak" <pak@bnl.gov>; "roser1" <roser1@bnl.gov>; "waldo" <waldo@bnl.gov>; "dejan" <dejan@bnl.gov>; "brennan" <brennan@bnl.gov>; "drees" <drees@bnl.gov>; "pilat" <pilat@bnl.gov>; "beavis" <beavis@bnl.gov>; "pile" <pile@bnl.gov>; "throwe" <throwe@bnl.gov>; "Gerry Bunce" <bunce@bnl.gov>; "Mary Campbell" <maryc@bnl.gov>; "Russell Betts" <betts@uic.edu>; "frawley" <frawley@nucott.physics.fsu.edu>; "SATOGATA" <SATOGATA@bnl.gov> Cc: "Steadman, Steve" <Stephen.Steadman@science.doe.gov> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:25 AM Subject: RHIC Machine/Detector Planning Meeting > This is to confirm that the next RHIC Planning meeting will be: > > WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 1:30pm > BLDNG. 911 LG. CONF. RM > > Below are the minutes from last Wednesday's meeting. > > Tom > > ............................................................................ .......................... > > RHIC Machine/Detector Planning Meeting > April 11, 2001 > > Todd Satogata showed the current cool-down/start-up schedule (see RHIC > Run 2001 website: www.rhichome.bnl.gov/ap/rhic2001/). Because of the > time required to repair valve-box leaks, the start of cooldown is now > delayed by 2 weeks. The date for rings cold and shield walls up is now > May 15. > > The question arose as to how this shift in the start-up schedule would > effect the beginning of the proton running in RHIC. Tom Kirk stated > that the general plan is still to run 12 weeks of Au Au at full energy > before the switch-over to protons. > > Bruce Gibbard reported on RCF status. The installed computing capacity > at the start of this run will be about 70% of the "nominal year" > capacity. This should be sufficient for the FY 2001 part of the > upcoming run. A Requirements Task Force has been meeting for several > months to determine what levels of computing and storage capacity will > be needed for the FY 2002 running. The estimated needs are > substantially greater than what what is currently in place. Strategies > for dealing with this, such as advanced funding of procurements for > 2002, and utilization of low-cost disk storage, are being implemented. > Tape media conversion from the now-defunct Redwood (helical scan) format > to the new linear tape format will be carried out for the existing data > before the start of the new run. A Mock Data Challenge is scheduled for > the period April 26 - May 10. > > Reports from the experiments indicated that all remain on track to > complete installation by the end of April. The schedules for both STAR > and PHENIX are contingent on the completion and certification of safety > interlocks so they can begin flowing flammable gases. >
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