Minutes

Second meeting 5 March 2020 at MAX IV

https://indico.maxiv.lu.se/event/1287/

Around the table:

Rob Frost, Jan Pallon, David K Olsson, Jonas Björklund Svensson, Caterina Doglioni, Natalia Milas, Yngve Levinsen, Marcelo Ferreira, Anders J Johansson, Francesca Curbis, Sverker Werin (Last moment not able to join: Kristina Stenström, Anders Karlsson, Charlotta Nilsson)

Caterina and Anders presented themselves and their research in brief.

Anders presented his LCAD (Lund Center for Accelerator Development) from 2017 (document on Indico page). An infrastructure to help develop equipment for other labs. Quick notes on relation to Big Science Sweden (https://www.bigsciencesweden.se/) and RISE (https://www.ri.se ). Anders sent the material around for more discussion next time.

Education

We exchanged information on different courses, but agreed that we should collect a table with the information. (Sverker makes a template and sends around)

• FYSC14: visits DESY, Accelerator lectures by Mats Lindroos (2h) and Mahmad Eshraqi (4-6h).
• FAFF10, FYSN11: student projects related to accelerators
• FKNF20: Lab at LIBAF accelerator (http://www.nuclear.lu.se/forskning/tillaempad-kaernfysik/libaf/)
• FYST17: Advanced particle physics
• MNXB01: Computing

Things missing: Plasma physics, control systems, vacuum

Helios graduate school, Hamburg-Lund (https://www.desy.de/news/news_search/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=1780) Start next January. 25 studentes over 6 years. 2 batches. Pairs Hamburg-Lund. Collaborator in Hamburg Christian Peters, in Lund Caterina Doglioni and Mathieu Gisselbrecht (SLJUS).

We discussed the importance of computing, big data sets, … and how students can be prepared and learn.

• Compute graduate school (http://cbbp.thep.lu.se/compute/index.php) Free to joing. Retreats 50-60 students.
• http://www.smarthep.org/index.html
• ESCAPE (?)
• https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/
• https://europeanspallationsource.se/article/2020/02/11/sakura-mobility-programme-2nd-call-proposals

We discussed proposals on joining LTH fairs and Lunch seminars. We could develop something together but need to find the right involvement with ESS and MAX IV. The events are run by the student unions and/or sections.

Next meeting: Sverker calls again before the summer.

Action points from last meeting still to do:

We should collect names and contacts for all PhD students among us.

A homepage for the initiative should be put up at the Department of Physics.

Topics still around:

Graduate school. Compare the ERASMUS project MAXLAS 10 y ago run by Anne L'Huillier.

PhD courses in common in areas such as Diagnostics.

Seminar series on Accelerators (compare MAX ESS seminars)

30 September 2019

Come back to teaching when Caterina and Peter från HEP can join.

We should collect names and contacts for all PhD students among us.

A homepage for the initiative should be put up at the Department of Physics.

Anders Karlsson and Anders J Johansson from EIT should be invited.

Graduate school. Compare the ERASMUS project MAXLAS 10 y ago run by Anne L'Huillier.

PhD courses in common in areas such as Diagnostics.

Set-up an Indico page for the presentations from this meeting.

Seminar series on Accelerators (compare MAX ESS seminars)

Sverker should call for a new meeting before end of this year.

- Sverker