NEH status and XFD operations

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NEH status and XFD operations

• Hal Tompkins, John Arthur
• LCLS Experimental Facilities DivisionJune 30,
  2009

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Current NEH status

• LCLS is operating through the Front End
  Enclosure, just upstream of NEH
• New NEH building is fully functional
• NEH hutches shielding are in place
• Hutch door installation being finalized
• PPS systems are installed
• Safety systems not yet certified

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Beam delivery to NEH
NEH
FEE
800-2000 eV to Hutch 1
insertable
stoppers
800-2000 eV to Hutch 2
Shadow Wall
Wall 2
insertable
Temp stop
2000-25000 eV to Hutch 3-6
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LCLS operating structure
LCLS Director Dale Knutson
Accelerator Systems Div John Seeman operate
accelerator for science
Experimental Facilities Div Jochen
Schneider operate instruments for science
Business Div Cindy Lowe
Engineering Physics Div David Schultz
Strategic Projects Div John Galayda
LCLS Construction
LUSI
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Division of responsibility
ASD responsibility
Undulator Hall
XFD responsibility
Near Experimental Hall
Front End Enclosure
Far Experimental Hall
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Experimental Facilities Division (XFD)
XFD Director
XFD Safety Officer
Science Inst Scientists
Operations Area Mgr Floor Coords User Admin Ops
tech staff
RD RD tech staff
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Experimental Facilities Division Tasks

• Manage safe operations in LCLS experimental areas
• Manage LCLS user program
• Maintain and upgrade X-ray instrumentation
• Enable good user science initiate in-house
  research

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XFD processes

• Strong ties between XFD and ASD
• ASD operating structure used as a model for XFD
• Preparing key processes and documentation
• XFD directives describe roles/responsibilities
  and prescribed actions
• XFD training plan and training records plan
• SAD, ASE to include NEH
• Instrument Readiness Review (IRR) process for
  adding capability to LCLS experimental area
  incrementally

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XFD operations roles

• XFD Director
• Develop long-range goals, schedules
• Authorize significant changes in operation
• Delegate operations authority to Operations Head
• XFD Safety Officer
• Oversee safety aspects of all XFD activities
• Participate in scheduling
• Participate in development of hazard mitigation
  plans
• Operations Head
• Manage operations
• User Administration
• Detailed User scheduling
• User logistics and general training

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XFD operations roles, cont.

• Area Manager
• Coordinate activities in area
• Manage maintenance in area
• Release work in area
• Floor Coordinator
• 24/7 coverage
• Release all work involving x-ray beams
• Instrument Scientist
• Release work on instrument
• Participate in scheduling
• Manage maintenance of instrument
• Supervise Users

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XFD staffing

• XFD began 2009 with some staff in place
• J. Schneider, J. Hastings, J. Arthur (upper
  management)
• H. Tompkins (NEH Area Manager)
• P. Stefan, S. Moeller (diagnostics physicists)
• N. van Bakel (detector physicist)
• J. Bozek (AMO scientist)
• D. Fritz, A. Robert, S. Boutet, Y. Feng (LUSI
  scientists)
• Matrix support from Laser group, Controls group,
  DAQ group, Rad Physics

A total of about 20 people
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XFD staffing

• New staff supporting XFD early operations
• Z. Van Hoover (XFD Safety Officer)
• J. Bringetto (XFD Documentation Specialist)
• H. Kamil (LCLS User Admin)
• C. Bostedt (AMO scientist)
• D. Rich, J-C Castagna, M. Holmes (operations
  engineers)
• C. Brown, D. Peterswright, W. Polzin (Floor
  Coordinators)
• Being hired, needed for AMO commissioning
• 3 more Floor Coordinators (offers going out now)
• Coming soon, not essential for AMO commissioning
• Additional technicians
• Administrator
• Additional scientists

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End of Presentation