Preliminary List of Working Groups & Issues

VLHC Workshop on Accelerator Technology

February 8-11, 1999

List of Working Groups and possible issues.  The list is not complete and not all topics will necessarily be covered.  Suggestions on the scope of this workshop are welcome.

• Instrumentation, Control, and Alignment
• List of devices and communication bandwidth requirements
• Timing system and special requirements (e.g., abort loop)
• Alignment strategies and technologies
• Cabling, modularity, and uniformity
• Reliability and maintenance
• Sensitivity of electronics and other devices to radiation damage
• Possibilities for new technologies and the need for R&D
• Cryogenics
• Cryogenic parameters and issues for various choices of magnet technology
• Reliability and maintenance
• Possibilities for new technologies and the need for R&D
• Rf and Feedback
• rf system basic parameters
• Conventional vs Superconducting rf
• Longitudinal stability and feedback systems
• Transverse stability and feedback systems
• Possibilities for new technologies and the need for R&D