External Review on LHC Machine Protection

from Monday, 6 September 2010 (09:00) to Wednesday, 8 September 2010 (18:00)
CERN (40/S2-D01)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
6 Sept 2010
7 Sept 2010
8 Sept 2010
AM
09:00
Overview LHC (until 11:45) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Meeting of the reviewers   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:30 Introduction to the review and mandate - Steve Myers (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:45 Introduction to the LHC - Dr Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 LHC operation and objectives for 2010/2011 - Mike Lamont (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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11:45
Overview LHC Machine protection (until 14:45) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
11:45 Introduction to LHC Machine Protection - Mr Rüdiger Schmidt (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Operational experience with LHC Machine Protection - Dr Markus Zerlauth (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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09:00
Injection, dumping and other fast systems (until 12:15) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Fast kick failures - Dr Jan Uythoven (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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09:30 Protection at injection - Verena Kain (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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10:15 --- Coffee ---
10:45 Beam Dumping system, operational experience and validation - Dr Brennan Goddard (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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11:30 Asynchronous dumps - Dr Chiara Bracco (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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09:00
Discussion session (until 11:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Interactive session   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Interactive session (closed session) (until 16:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
11:00 Interactive session   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
14:00 Executive session   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
PM
14:45
LHC Machine Protection Systems (until 20:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
14:45 Overview of beam interlocking - Mr Bruno Puccio (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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15:30 --- Coffee ---
16:00 Experience with BLMs - Bernd Dehning (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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16:30 BLM Thresholds - Dr Eva Barbara Holzer (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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17:00 Introduction to the LHC collimation system - Dr Stefano Redaelli (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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17:20 Collimation of encountered losses - Daniel Wollmann   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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17:40 Collimation and protection in the experimental IRs - Roderik Bruce (University of Lund)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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18:00 MP issues from collimation and impact from upgrades - Dr Ralph Assmann (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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18:30 Meeting of the reviewers   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
12:30
Interlocking (until 18:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Magnet powering system - Dr Markus Zerlauth (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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14:45 Movable devices - Dr Stefano Redaelli (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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15:15 --- Coffee ---
15:45 Orbit and feedbacks - Dr Jorg Wenninger (CERN)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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16:45 Machine protection and operation - Laurette Ponce (Unknown)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
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19:00 --- Review Dinner ---
13:00 --- Lunch ---
16:30
Conclusion (Open session) (until 17:30) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
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