Argonne Accelerator Institute Activites

1. Argonne Accelerator Institute Activites Presentation to the Fermilab-Argonne Directors’ Collaboration Meeting Rod GerigArgonneMay 18, 2007

2. Accelerators at Argonne • Argonne has a long and rich tradition of accelerator based user facilities supporting programs in HEP, NP and BES • ZGS (HEP) • ATLAS (NP) • Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS, BES) • Advanced Photon Source (APS, BES) • Electron Microscopy Center • Although each of these projects led to ongoing accelerator R&D, the laboratory has not been known for a corporate accelerator R&D emphasis

3. The Recent History - CARA • Kwang-Je Kim proposed “Coordinated Accelerator Research at Argonne, or CARA in March 2002 to address these concerns • Significant LDRD to accelerator issues in FY2003; Accelerator Strategic Initiative was launched in 2004 • Many components of Institute began under Kwang-Je’s leadership of CARA • Bob Rosner further formalized this activity by creating the Accelerator Insititute in February of 2006

4. Organization of Institute All personnel reside in other divisions…. • Director – Rod Gerig • Chief Scientist – Kwang-Je Kim • Associate Directors: • Harry Weerts (Division Director of HEP) • Sandra Biedron (Director of Argonne Office of Naval Research) • Executive Committee: ALDs, chaired by J. Murray Gibson • External Advisory Committee: • Being formed

5. Institute Activities • Charter created, approved by Executive Committee • Initial membership nominated and approved • Candidates directly involved in Accelerator R&D beyond facility operations • Heads, not FTEs

6. Accelerator R&D Activity at Argonne • HEP Division – Advanced Wakefield Accelerator (AWA), cathode R&D • Physics Division – Ongoing operation of ATLAS; Extensive R&D on Rare Isotope Beam Acceleration, low-beta SRF cavities, SRF cavity processing • APS – Operation and Upgrade of the light source; partner laboratory in the LCLS project (undulators); limited but growing R&D for the next generation light source; APS has also been the home of the EPICS control system core activity • IPNS role in SNS development, strategize for Argonne’s neutron science future • Chemistry linac; positron production • Office of Naval Research (ONR) • MCS, MSD

7. Institute Goals • Locate next generation accelerator facilities in Northern Illinois • Advance accelerator technology • Oversee a selected, strategic, lab-wide, and acclaimed accelerator R&D portfolio

8. Address these goals through five objectives • Educate the “next generation” • Enhance Theory and Simulation capabilities • Develop Experimental Facilities for accelerator R&D • External communication • Internal communication

9. Institute Objectives • Education of accelerator physicists and engineers • Work with area Universities to establish Joint Appointments • Identify students • Provide expanded research opportunities at Argonne • Work with USPAS • Coordinate with Fermilab • Coordinate with Office of Science

10. Institute Objectives • Theory – Simulation • Development of codes, parallelization of existing codes, this work supported through Accelerator and Peta-scale Computing Initiatives, is increasingly a part of the SciDAC II proposal. • Institute theory work enhances on-going theory work in divisions. Supported by Accelerator Initiative and directed by AI chief scientist; use of visiting scientists • Establish publication technical note and publication record available for any accelerator R&D

11. Institute Objectives • Establish New Experimental Facilities for accelerator R&D and enhance existing Facilites • Argonne already has several: AWA, ITS….. • Imperative for meeting Argonne/Institute goals • Much evidence and precedent that good facilities attract good experiments and good students • Cross-cuts Office of Science (SC) programs (almost everywhere these exist)…however…. • We will need to develop an argument of unique capabilities and demonstrate complimentary cooperation with facilities elsewhere

12. Institute Objectives • External communication • Not meant, in any way, to supersede the communication that takes place between scientists at Argonne and elsewhere. • Represent management in accelerator issues with other laboratories, universities • Involvement in inter-laboratory large scale projects • Liaison, along with “Government Affairs”, and “Communication and Public Affairs”, to the public • Advocacy • The Institute plays a major role in collaboration with Fermilab

13. Institute Objectives • Internal collaboration and communication • Several good examples…. • ILC work is cross divisional • SRF materials • Now includes non-SC entities with Office of Naval Research involvement • Institute Quarterly Meeting: Keep the Argonne accelerator community informed about what is going on at Argonne, both at high level and technical level with brief updates • “Beams and Applications” seminar series for technical presentations

14. Summary • Argonne is getting organized to approach accelerator R&D as a lab-wide activity • Accelerator collaboration with Universities and Laboratories is increasing • Although many laboratories are forming accelerator institutes with similar goals, the internal structure will be very different