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

2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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