Laser Line work package (WP6) AWAKE Technical Board meeting 19 May 2014

Actions and milestones PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments Definition of position for laser coreMerging position fixedDone, Jan.2014 Design of general layout of laser path to plasma cell Layout proposed for integrationDone, Jan T Definition of CV requirements for laser room CV proposal accepted (May 2014) Proposal in work T1-T Definition of special laser access requirements Access modes agreed with GS/ASE (June 2014) Proposal in work T1-T Design of vacuum chambers for optics (with EN-MME, TE-VSC) - Drawings of laser beam safety shutter (June 2014) - Drawings of corner chambers (July 2014) - Drawings of Merging chamber ( Sep 2014) - Drawings of tube to e-gun (Oct 2014) In work Outgassing rates of commercial optical mounts to be tested T4 2014Design of air structures for laser beam support - Drawings for path to plasma (Nov 2014) - Drawings for path to e-gun (Dec 2014)

PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T Design of SAS and clean room (with GS/SE) - Drawings for civil engineering work (Sep 2014) Including CV integration T – T Purchasing Deliveries: - Beam shutters (Sep 2014) - Optical mounts (Jan 2015) - Door interlock (May 2015) - Optics (Jun 2015) - Laser tables (July 2015) - Instrumentation (Aug 2015) T1 2015Civil engineering work in laser room - Walls painted - Floor refurbished - SAS ready - False ceiling installed T Installation of ventilation and other services in the laser room - Ventilation system - Water - Compressed air - Fore vacuum pipe - Power cables and sockets - Fire detection and alarms - Ethernet T3 2015Timing cables in laser room- Fibre cables and GMT - Local network for 10 Hz laser synchronization

PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T3-T Assembling of mechanical elements - Vacuum tube to e-gun (Aug 2015) - Vacuum tube to p-line (Sep 2015) - Access elements to laser areas installed (Sep 2015) - Mounts in vacuum (Sep 2015) - Mounts in air (Oct 2015) Clean room to be ready on Sep 2015 before laser and optics installation T3-T Installation of laser area access controls - Local laser interlock (Sep 2015) - Laser beam shutters (Oct 2015) - Shutter controls (Oct 2105) T4 2015Laser installation - Laser on table and connected to services (Oct 2015) - Optics mounted (Nov 2015) - Compressor and chambers with optics pumped (Nov 2015) - Beam control and diagnostics HW mounted (Dec 2015) T1-T2 2016Laser line commissioning - Laser operational - Laser beam control operational In parallel with plasma cell installation: Access to TT41 limited ! T1-T2 2016Laser dumps installation- Laser dump A integrated in the p- beam diagnostics (June 2016) - Laser dump B in front of Be window installed ( ? )

Laser line for electron beam PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T3-T Design of general layout of the photoinjector laser setup Layout proposed for integration T1-T4 2016Off-line tests at CTF2Photo-injector commissioned T1-T Purchasing- Optics - Compressor and stretcher - Optical mounts - Laser tables and breadboards - Instrumentation T1-T Installation of laser beam hardware - Optics mounted - Beam control and diagnostics HW mounted In parallel with AWAKE physics T2-T Installation of access controls for e-gun laser area - Laser beam shutters installed - Shutter controls installed - Laser expert access control implemented In parallel with AWAKE physics T4 2017Laser line commissioning-Laser beam control operational -UV pulses produced -Electron beam produced