= Gabor Lens meeting: 9MAR2023; 16:00 GMT =

**Present:** CB(Chair), Kl, CW, SE, MC, EB, RH [[BR]]
**Apologies:**  [[BR]]

== Notes == 

1. All previous items actioned: [[BR]]
   a.  27-30Mar23 - IOP Annual Physics Plasma Conference, Oxford, UK. ​https://www.iop.org/events/49th-iop-annual-plasma-physics-conference fully booked due to small venue. Abstract to be removed.

2. Conferences [[BR]]
   a. 16-17 March 2023 1st International Workshop on Particle Minibeam Therapy. Paris, France. https://www.pmbt-group.org/workshop/overview LhARA colleagues attending. [[BR]] 
   b. 7-12May23 - 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC). Venice, Italy. - Abstract submitted with WP2.  Poster to be sent to **CW** electronically. ​https://www.ipac23.org/. [[BR]]
   c. 3-7 July 2023 - 49th European Conference on Plasma Physics, Bordeaux, France. https://eps2023.github.io/ [[BR]]

3. Grants & resources [[BR]]
   a. No update [[BR]]

4. IAB review [[BR]]
   a. Review document response still being accepted.  Expect to finalise next week. [[BR]]

5. Research. [[BR]]
   a. EB update from 6-11Mar23 Laser and Plasma Accelerators Workshop 2023. Lagos, Algarge, Portugal. ​https://lpaw23.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ [[BR]]
   Well attended talk with a few questions:
      i. Regarding beam divergence in simulation vs. reality.  Simulation divergence only for  ions of interest. [[BR]]
      ii. Why Gabor lens? Advice provided that quadrupoles should be looked at. [[BR]]
      iii. Where will LhARA/ITRF be based? Unsure.[[BR]]

6. AOB [[BR]]
   a. **KL** meeting with CERN colelages about possible collaboration 30 March.  Plasma/Gabor support would be useful [[BR]]
   b. **EB** reports WP2 to revisit preplasma as contrast now measured at SCAPA. [[BR]]



**DoNM:**  [[BR]]

=== Summary of actions: ===
1. **CB** to create doodle poll for possible Capture meeting move. [[BR]]
2. **KL** to provide details of CERN meeting to assist with attending. [[BR]]
3. **ON** to be invited to Capture meetings. [[BR]]


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== Agenda == 

1. //Introduction, notes and actions//: **Chair/All**

2. //Upcoming Meetings//: **CB**

3. //Grant & resource updates//: **CB/PIs**

4. //IAB review update//: **CB**

5. //Research update//: **All**

6. //AOB//: **All** 

== Connection details ==
 Join Zoom Meeting: **https://cern.zoom.us/j/68763369382?pwd=V05jYjM0MHNTeHFwQjdYbG1hSDhPdz09**

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