PS Performance Committee (PPC)

Secretary: Massimo Giovannozzi, PS/AE
Core: Chairman, Secretary, representatives from each machine, an expert from each group, which deals with all machines with beams, including the CTF.
Members: Management and group leaders of the PS Division, machine supervisors and machine physicists, linkmen from Controls, Power, Beam Diagnostics groups and SL division.
Invited: Members of the SL division, physics coordinators (Isolde and SPS/PS) and the Director of Accelerators.

Review the beam performance of the PS Complex providing a list of requested, achieved and foreseen beam performance (beam losses minimisation is also to be considered in terms of beam performance), related problems and possible improvements.
Decide the essence of the MD plans of the individual machines establishing a yearly MD schedule with main objectives.
Recommend priorities between the different studies, planning and updating milestones (taking into account resources and available MD time).
Make recommendations to the divisional management on necessary upgrading and improvements of the machines. The divisional management can also recommend particular studies.
Co-ordinate the MD sessions of the individual machines, when and where necessary.
Follow-up of the integration of new beams in the PS complex.
Promote applications of novel ideas, theoretical works, methods and procedures providing higher performance and/or easing operation.
Bring up problems which might interest others or where others could help.
The Chairman should make periodical reports to the PSMB.
The Chairman can make recommendations to the divisional management on publications and Workshops or Conference participation specifically related to machine performance and studies.

Last update on 12-12-2001 16:30:00