Monthly hybrid meetings bring together the entire Division for discussion of the issues of the day, including brief safety and IDEA presentations, and conclude with a scientific talk.
2024
August 26, 2024, at 2.00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Cameron Geddes and Asmita Patel)
- IDEA discussion – Publications and Authorships (Joerg Heber)
- Safety discussion (Aaron Potash)
- Communications (Asmita Patel and Carl Williams)
Science Talk: “Production and detection of muons using electron beams from a Laser-Plasma Accelerator” (Davide Terzani)
Q&A
July 29, 2024, at 2.30 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Cameron Geddes and Asmita Patel)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Soren Prestemon)
- Communications (Carl Williams)
Science Talk: “Harnessing Acclerator Technology for Quantim Defect Engineering and Qubit Control” (Wei Liu)
Q&A
May 29, 2024, at 2.00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Cameron Geddes and Asmita Patel)
- IDEA Discussion: IDEA and AI/ML (Thorsten Hellert)
- Safety Discussion (Aaron Potash)
- Communications (Asmita Patel)
Science Talk: “WarpX applications to Fusion Science” (Remi Lehe)
Q&A
April 24, 2024, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Cameron Geddes and Asmita Patel)
- IDEA Discussion (Thomas Schenkel)
- Safety Discussion (Aaron Potash)
- Communications (Asmita Patel and Carl Williams)
Science Talk: “Developing a reliable test bed for laser plasma accelerator
driven compact light sources” (Sam Barber)
Q&A
March 26, 2024, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- IDEA Discussion (Wes Tabler)
- Safety Discussion (Aaron Potash)
Science Talk: “Beam Profile Monitor Designs for ALS-U” (Changchun Sun)
February 26, 2024, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Labwide culture survey (Adi Greif)
- Safety Discussion (Aaron Potash)
- IDEA Discussion (Jon Legaux)
- Communications (Asmita Patel)
Science Talk: “Superconducting magnets for future particle accelerators: a new path through the Uni-layer concept” (Jose Luis Rudeiros Fernandez)
January 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Anastasia Palmer)
Science Talk: “Simulations of Linear Lepton Colliders with WarpX ” (Arianna Formenti)
2023
November 6, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Thorsten Hellert)
Science Talk: “Distributed Processor for FPGA Based Superconducting Qubit Control Using QubiC.” (Neelay Fruitwala)
September 27, 2023, at 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (James Newman)
- IDEA Discussion (Arun Persaud)
Science Talk: “Transforming nondestructive evaluation using monoenergetic pulsed photon beams from compact laser plasma accelerators.” (Qiang Chen)
August 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (James Nunez)
- IDEA Discussion (Wes Tabler)
Science Talk: “Spin-Photon Qubit Synthesis and Characterization with Beams and Plasmas.” (Kaushalya Jhuria)
July 24, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Ina Reichel)
Science Talk: “Commissioning of hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels on BELLA PW.” (Alex Picksley)
May 24, 2023, at 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Christian Messe)
Science Talk: “Recent VHF electron gun developments after APEX and LCLS-II injector.” (Tianhuan Luo)
April 24, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Michele Pixa)
- Recruitment Process (Rasool Yousufzai)
Science Talk: “Commissioning simulations as a tool of error analysis in the design of the Advanced Light Source Upgrade.” (Thorsten Hellert)
March 27, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Jon Legaux)
Science Talk: “Compact Multi-beam Radio-Frequency Linear Ion Accelerators for Material Processing” (Qing Ji)
February 27, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas and Amie Krigbaum)
- IDEA Discussion (Ina Reichel)
Science Talk: “Diagnostics for Superconducting Magnets” (Maxim Martchevskii)
January 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- IDEA Discussion (Carl Schroeder)
- Safety Discussion (Pat Thomas, Katherine Johnson and Ari Harding)
Science Talk: “Exascale Modeling for Particle Accelerators” (Axel Huebl)
2022
November 14, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Michele Pixa)
Science Talk: “Advanced high power laser technologies for accelerators and broad applications” (Tong Zhou)
September 19, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Joe Chew)
Science Talk: “Machine learning-based controls for accelerators, lasers, and other dynamic systems: application to coherent laser beam combination in BACI” (Dan Wang)
August 8, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Michele Pixa)
Science Talk: “Recent machine learning applications at the ALS” (Simon Leemann)
June 21, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Ina Reichel)
Science Talk: “Superconducting magnets for proton therapy gantries” (Lucas Brouwer)
May 2, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Changchun Sun)
Science Talk: “An all-digital associated particle imaging system for the 3D determination of isotopic compositions” (Arun Persaud)
March 28, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Stefano De Santis)
Science Talk: “A new platform for ultra‑high dose rate radiobiological research using the BELLA PW laser proton beamline” (Lieselotte Obst-Huebl)
February 14, 2022
Introductory Materials
- Welcome and Announcements (Asmita Patel, Cameron Geddes)
- Safety Discussion (Patricia Thomas)
- IDEA Discussion (Ina Reichel)
Science Talk: “Nonlinear Integrable Beam Optics: Tools for Modeling and Understanding a New Concept in Accelerator Design” (Chad Mitchell)
