The status of ELISA was presented last Friday. Everything behaves nicely for small circulating currents (< a few nA), and lifetimes up to around one minute has been seen. For intense beams, a current-dependent loss mechanism is observed. The cause of these losses is unknown at present, but remedies will be searched for, in order to make future high-current operation possible.
The ventilation system in the ASTRID hall is out of order, but is being repaired.
Karsten Rasmussen is going of leave from February 1st. His duties will be divided between several persons;
these changes will be presented in the next ISA meeting report.
Robin Medenwaldt is leaving us on March 1st for another job. Good luck, Robin.
12/1 1999 spm