1. NA61/SHINE run schedule/plans: 2014-2017
NA61/SHINE beam request 2014
NA61/SHINE Hardware Upgrade meeting, November 6-8, 2013
Moving towards heavy ions:
2011: Pb+Pb at 80A GeV/c

2. 2014: August 4-24 (3 weeks without beam): - detector tests
- Kr calibration runs
October 20 – December 15 (8 weeks out of 9 weeks
for all users in H2):
- PSD calibration (1 week)
(muons at 158 GeV/c)
- beam/detector commissioning (2 weeks)
(protons at 158 GeV/c)
- p+Pb at 158 GeV/c – physics (5 weeks)

3. 2015: January 12 – March 16 (9 weeks, NA61 only):
- Ar beam set-up (3 weeks)
- Ar+Ca at 6 momenta – physics (6 weeks)
September 24 – October 12 (8 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (2 weeks)
- USNA61 - physics (6 weeks)
(not approved, addendum needed by October 2014)
October 12 – December 1 (7 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (1 week)
- p+Pb at 6 momenta GeV/c - physics (6 weeks)
December 1 – December 7 (1 week):
- Pb+Pb test run (1 week)

4. 2016 (no detailed schedule yet):
September – October (7 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (1 weeks)
- USNA61 - physics (6 weeks)
(not approved, addendum needed by October 2014)
November – December (8 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (2 weeks)
- Pb+Pb at 6 momenta - physics (6 weeks)
(not approved, addendum needed by October 2014)

5. 2017 (no detailed schedule yet):
June – July (8 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (2 weeks)
- Xe+La at 6 momenta - physics (6 weeks)
August - September (7 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (1 week)
- USNA61 - physics (6 weeks)
(not approved, addendum needed by October 2014)
November - December (7 weeks):
- beam set-up/detector com. (1 week)
- Pb+Pb with VD - physics (6 weeks)
(not approved, addendum needed by October 2015)

6. 2018: LS2

7. ? ? Modification of the NA61 data taking plan needed November 2015:
Pb+Pb test ?
/15

8. 2014 proton period:

9. 2015 NA61 argon run:

10. 2015 proton period:

11. 2014 duty cycle: FT cycle (72 or 75%), beam (32 or 33%)
2015 during the LHC filling: FT cycle (67%), beam (15%)
FT cycle: sec with flattop 4.8 sec
(4.8/10.8*0.72 = 0.32)