External Review on LHC Machine Protection

6 Sept 2010, 09:00 → 8 Sept 2010, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac (CERN)

Jorg Wenninger (CERN), Rüdiger Schmidt (CERN)

External review of the LHC Machine Protection System

Monday, 6 September

09:00 → 11:45 Overview LHC

09:00 Meeting of the reviewers

09:30 Introduction to the review and mandate

Speaker: Steve Myers (CERN)

09:45 Introduction to the LHC

Speaker: Dr Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)

Slides MP_Review_LHC.pdf MP_Review_LHC.ppt

10:30 Coffee

11:00 LHC operation and objectives for 2010/2011

Speaker: Mike Lamont (CERN)

Slides operations-MP-review-sep10v5.pdf operations-MP-review-sep10v5.pptx

11:45 → 14:45 Overview LHC Machine protection

11:45 Introduction to LHC Machine Protection

Speaker: Mr Rüdiger Schmidt (CERN)

Slides MP-Introduction0409.pdf MP-Introduction0409.ppt

12:45 Lunch

14:00 Operational experience with LHC Machine Protection

Speaker: Dr Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

Slides Operational_experience_with_LHC_MPS.pdf Operational_experience_with_LHC_MPS.pptx

14:45 → 20:00 LHC Machine Protection Systems

14:45 Overview of beam interlocking

Speaker: Mr Bruno Puccio (CERN)

Slides BIS&SMP-Overview_MP-review-6Sept2010_1v0.pdf BIS&SMP-Overview_MP-review-6Sept2010_1v0.ppt

15:30 Coffee

16:00 Experience with BLMs

Speaker: Bernd Dehning (CERN)

Slides mpp_review_BLM_dehning_20100906_v3.pdf mpp_review_BLM_dehning_20100906_v3.pptx

16:30 BLM Thresholds

Speaker: Dr Eva Barbara Holzer (CERN)

Slides MPP_rev_BLM_threshold.pdf MPP_rev_BLM_threshold.ppt

17:00 Introduction to the LHC collimation system

Speaker: Dr Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

Slides SRedaelli_2010-09-06.pdf SRedaelli_2010-09-06.ppt

17:20 Collimation of encountered losses

Speaker: Daniel Wollmann

Slides MPReview_20100906_encountered_losses_dw.pdf MPReview_20100906_encountered_losses_dw.ppt

17:40 Collimation and protection in the experimental IRs

Speaker: Roderik Bruce (University of Lund)

Slides IR_protection_2.pdf IR_protection_2.ppt

18:00 MP issues from collimation and impact from upgrades

Speaker: Dr Ralph Assmann (CERN)

Slides 2010-09-06_mpp_review_assmann_out.pdf 2010-09-06_mpp_review_assmann_out.pptx

18:30 Meeting of the reviewers

Tuesday, 7 September

09:00 → 12:15 Injection, dumping and other fast systems

09:00 Fast kick failures

Speaker: Dr Jan Uythoven (CERN)

Slides Fast_Kick_Failures.pdf Fast_Kick_Failures.pptx

09:30 Protection at injection

Speaker: Verena Kain (CERN)

Slides InjectionProt-MachProt-ExtReview-Sep10.pdf InjectionProt-MachProt-ExtReview-Sep10.ppt

10:15 Coffee

10:45 Beam Dumping system, operational experience and validation

Speaker: Dr Brennan Goddard (CERN)

Slides MPS_Review_LBDS_BG_II.pdf MPS_Review_LBDS_BG_II.pptx

11:30 Asynchronous dumps

Speaker: Dr Chiara Bracco (CERN)

Slides MPExternalReview_2.pdf MPExternalReview_2.pptx

12:30 → 18:00 Interlocking

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Magnet powering system

Speaker: Dr Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

Slides Magnet_Powering_System.pdf Magnet_Powering_System.pptx

14:45 Movable devices

Speaker: Dr Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

Slides SRedaelli_2010-09-07.pdf SRedaelli_2010-09-07.ppt

15:15 Coffee

15:45 Orbit and feedbacks

Speaker: Dr Jorg Wenninger (CERN)

Slides Orbit.ExtRev.Sept10.pdf Orbit.ExtRev.Sept10.ppt

16:45 Machine protection and operation

Speaker: Laurette Ponce (Unknown)

Slides MachineProtectionAndOpV2.pdf MachineProtectionAndOpV2.pptx

19:00 → 22:00 Review Dinner

Wednesday, 8 September

09:00 → 11:00 Discussion session

09:00 Interactive session

10:30 Coffee

11:00 → 16:00 Interactive session (closed session)

11:00 Interactive session

14:00 Executive session

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

16:30 → 17:30 Conclusion (Open session)

slides Report_from_the_LHC_Machine_Protection_Review_-_Final.pdf