Notes from Main Injector/Recycler Group Meeting
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
Bruce C. Brown

Cons Gattuso -- Recycler Operations 

Using protons and the new operation of the RR at the MI injection
momentum, injection from the RR and acceleration in the MI with 85%
efficiencies has been achieved.  Work continues on commissioning and
debugging the BLT (beam line tuner).  Preparations are underway to
accelerate PBars.  The transformer for the VDPA power supplies has a
water leak and 4-5 hours are needed to replace it.

Shekhar Mishra -- RR Operation and Near Term Plans

A shutdown is planned for CDF Collision Hall work on Nov 12.  We may
do plan to transfer a 120 mA Accumulator stack to RR at that time.
Will try to use a 20-30 mA stack from the Accumulator tonight.  We
think we are ready for the ~250 ps time change in the cooling systems
implied by the new RR momentum.  We wish to move the momentum change
from the h(i) to the g(i) table.  When will we go back to protons to
continue to work on compensation of the MI Ramp effects?

Shekhar Mishra -- Review of 'Big Ticket' Items

A review of items which have important budget impact in FY03 will be
carried out in the next week or so.  

    Vacuum  -- Krish Gounder and John Marriner
    [the money has been spent but we will review it anyway].
	 Physics Requirements
	 Technical issues
    BPM -- for RR and MI -- Brajesh Choudhary and Martin Hu
	 [The news in the present budget plan is not bad but...]
	 In addition to work on the RR, need to present plan for 
	 MI which may need to include 53 MHz clock upgrade.

The shutdown plan has been announced.  A 3.5 Week shutdown will
begin on January 13.  For the RR this will include:
      MI30 sector Vacuum work
      Transfer Line vacuum window removal (with pumping addition).
      New Longitudinal Schottke installation
      Flying Wire upgrade
   And
      More sectors of Ion Pumps
      Bake 8 sectors
      TSP Magnetic Shielding
      PreAmp upgrades for BPM's

The Accelerator Advisory Committee Meeting has been postponed from 
November 2002 to February 2003.