VLHC Magnet Workshop 2nd Announcement

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Magnet Technologies Working Group

Workshop II:

MAGNETS FOR A VERY LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

Fermilab, Batavia, IL, May 24 - 26, 2000

Second and Final Announcement: April 24, 2000

The vlhc Steering Committee, which coordinates the U.S. effort towards a future, post-LHC, large hadron collider, has appointed working groups to deal with specialized issues, including the Magnet Technologies Working Group. This group organized a workshop on magnets and related topics, which was held in Nov. 1998 at Port Jefferson, NY. The second workshop in this series will be held at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL. in May of this year.

The program will follow the Charge from the Steering Committee:

Guided by the Snowmass '96 parameter sets, explore and develop innovative concepts that will result in significant cost reductions. Coordinate parameter sets, infrastructure requirements for the various options, and designs with the other working groups. Review progress in magnet R&D (include materials and may include cryogenics, vacuum). Develop bases including costs for comparing different magnet designs. Monitor, encourage, and coordinate progress in materials development both in academe and industry. The workshop sessions will be developed around the following topics:

Accelerator requirements and interfaces: field quality, alignment, quench protection,

beam screens, synchrotron radiation

Review of progress in low-field and high-field magnet options
Superconductor development
Scale up issues; manufacturing tolerances, fabrication and tooling issues;

recent experience with LHC magnets

Cost drivers for superconductor and superconducting magnets
Directions for future work

Members of the program committee for the workshop are:

A. Devred, CEA-Saclay;
W. Foster, Fermilab;
S. Gourlay, LBNL;
E. Malamud, Fermilab;
P. McIntyre, Texas A&M;
L. Rossi, INFN Milan;
J. Tompkins, Fermilab;
M. Wake, KEK;
P. Wanderer, BNL; and
A. Zlobin, Fermilab

Workshop Program

The program is now nearing completion with over 30 talks in four main sessions:

Accelerator – Magnet Interface,
Magnet R&D – Results since the last Workshop,
Developments in Superconductor,
Special Issues, and
Magnet R&D – The Next Step.

The detailed program is posted on the web. The workshop will begin at 9:00 on Wednesday (5/24) morning; "wrap-up sessions" will take place on Friday morning (5/26). The workshop will end at noon on Friday. All talks will be held in room 1 West, located on the main floor of Wilson Hall.

On-line Proceedings

Submission of Abstracts, Presentations, and Related Work:

Speakers are requested to provide abstracts of their talks in advance for posting on the web; please send them via email to Hank Glass (glass@fnal.gov). Electronic copies (PDF format is preferred) of their presentations for posting on the web are also requested. This year, speakers (and their collaborators) are also being asked to provide electronic copies of supporting papers, reports, etc. for posting on the web to an on line conference archive.

Submit all abstracts and papers here.

Speakers and session chairs are requested to familarize themselves with the special instructions.

The program, online registration, and accommodation information can be found on the VLHC web page (www.vlhc.org) as a link on the left hand side of the home page in the "Future Meetings" area.

The Workshop Secretary is Cynthia Sazama (sazama@fnal.gov); the Program Committee chair is John Tompkins (jct@fnal.gov); Hank Glass (glass@fnal.gov) is handling the Workshop web page (including abstracts of talks and papers).

The Magnet Technologies Working Group Co-Convenors are: Bill Foster (gwf@fnal.gov), Ron Scanlan (rmscanlan@lbl.gov), and Peter Wanderer (wanderer@bnl.gov).

Registration

Please use the online registration form below. You may pre-pay the $75 registration fee, or pay at the registration desk on the morning of May 24, the first day of the workshop. See the online registration form for payment options.

New and improved DOE regulations on conferences have had a noticeable impact on our planning: we will not be able to have a formal reception or banquet as in the past. We will, however, be reserving Chez Leon for dinner at 7:00 PM on May 25. Seating at the banquet is limited to ~40 people, so please reserve early. The cost for the banquet is $20 (not included in the registration fee); it does not include charges for wine and gratuity. If you have special dietary requirements (vegetarian, etc.) please let us know in advance.

Online Registration Form

Travel and Accomodations

You must make your own travel and hotel arrangements. The closest airports to Fermilab are O'Hare and Midway, both in Chicago.

To assist you, we have a list of hotels located near Fermilab. Some of these hotels offer special rates to Fermilab vistors. Please let them know you are visiting Fermilab when making reservations.

Recommended hotels

Car rental and limousine information

Driving directions from the airports to Fermilab (including maps). Sorry, there is no public transportation to Fermilab.