1. Laser Line work package (WP6) AWAKE Technical Board meeting 19 May 2014

2. Actions and milestones PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments Definition of position for laser coreMerging position fixedDone, Jan.2014 Design of general layout of laser path to plasma cell Layout proposed for integrationDone, Jan. 2014 T1 2014 Definition of CV requirements for laser room CV proposal accepted (May 2014) Proposal in work T1-T2 2014 Definition of special laser access requirements Access modes agreed with GS/ASE (June 2014) Proposal in work T1-T3 2014 Design of vacuum chambers for optics (with EN-MME, TE-VSC) - Drawings of laser beam safety shutter (June 2014) - Drawings of corner chambers (July 2014) - Drawings of Merging chamber ( Sep 2014) - Drawings of tube to e-gun (Oct 2014) In work Outgassing rates of commercial optical mounts to be tested T4 2014Design of air structures for laser beam support - Drawings for path to plasma (Nov 2014) - Drawings for path to e-gun (Dec 2014)

3. PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T3 2104 Design of SAS and clean room (with GS/SE) - Drawings for civil engineering work (Sep 2014) Including CV integration T2 2014 – T2 2015 Purchasing Deliveries: - Beam shutters (Sep 2014) - Optical mounts (Jan 2015) - Door interlock (May 2015) - Optics (Jun 2015) - Laser tables (July 2015) - Instrumentation (Aug 2015) T1 2015Civil engineering work in laser room - Walls painted - Floor refurbished - SAS ready - False ceiling installed T2 2015 Installation of ventilation and other services in the laser room - Ventilation system - Water - Compressed air - Fore vacuum pipe - Power cables and sockets - Fire detection and alarms - Ethernet T3 2015Timing cables in laser room- Fibre cables and GMT - Local network for 10 Hz laser synchronization

4. PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T3-T4 2015 Assembling of mechanical elements - Vacuum tube to e-gun (Aug 2015) - Vacuum tube to p-line (Sep 2015) - Access elements to laser areas installed (Sep 2015) - Mounts in vacuum (Sep 2015) - Mounts in air (Oct 2015) Clean room to be ready on Sep 2015 before laser and optics installation T3-T4 2015 Installation of laser area access controls - Local laser interlock (Sep 2015) - Laser beam shutters (Oct 2015) - Shutter controls (Oct 2105) T4 2015Laser installation - Laser on table and connected to services (Oct 2015) - Optics mounted (Nov 2015) - Compressor and chambers with optics pumped (Nov 2015) - Beam control and diagnostics HW mounted (Dec 2015) T1-T2 2016Laser line commissioning - Laser operational - Laser beam control operational In parallel with plasma cell installation: Access to TT41 limited ! T1-T2 2016Laser dumps installation- Laser dump A integrated in the p- beam diagnostics (June 2016) - Laser dump B in front of Be window installed ( ? )

5. Laser line for electron beam PeriodActionMilestones / datesComments T3-T4 2014 Design of general layout of the photoinjector laser setup Layout proposed for integration T1-T4 2016Off-line tests at CTF2Photo-injector commissioned T1-T4 2016 Purchasing- Optics - Compressor and stretcher - Optical mounts - Laser tables and breadboards - Instrumentation T1-T3 2017 Installation of laser beam hardware - Optics mounted - Beam control and diagnostics HW mounted In parallel with AWAKE physics T2-T3 2017 Installation of access controls for e-gun laser area - Laser beam shutters installed - Shutter controls installed - Laser expert access control implemented In parallel with AWAKE physics T4 2017Laser line commissioning-Laser beam control operational -UV pulses produced -Electron beam produced