Name: Chamonix 2011 LHC Performance Workshop
Start: 2011-01-24T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2011-01-28T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Chamonix

Chamonix 2011 LHC Performance Workshop

from Monday, 24 January 2011 (08:00) to Friday, 28 January 2011 (18:00)

Monday, 24 January 2011
08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Contributions

08:30 LHC Operation – as viewed from the Experiments - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi (CERN)

09:00 Operational challenges (Feed forward from Evian LHC operation workshop) - Mike Lamont (CERN)

09:30 Injection – issues and potential solutions - Verena Kain (CERN)

10:20 Vacuum and Cryogenics observations for different bunch spacing - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)

10:45 Beam observations with different bunch spacing and overall synthesis - Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)

11:10 How can we reduce the "no beam" time? - Walter Venturini Delsolaro

11:40 Optimisation of the nominal cycle - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

12:00 Discussion
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:20
Contributions

17:00 Which systems (except main circuits) should be commissioned/tested for 7TeV operation before the long shutdown? - Mirko Pojer (CERN)

17:25 What are the consequences of delaying the shutdown from 2012 to 2013 for Radiation Protection? - Stefan Roesler (CERN)

17:40 Splice Consolidation. What will we do? - Paolo Fessia (CERN)

18:05 Work organization for splice consolidation - Francesco Bertinelli (CERN)

18:40 Vacuum - Much Ado about Nothing - Vincent Baglin (CERN)

19:05 Installing collimators in the next long shut-down: plans, status and challenges - Vittorio Parma (CERN)

19:30 Cryogenic systems : which consolidations shall be done in 2012/13 ? - Olivier Pirotte (CERN)

19:55 Cryomagnets, Interconnections, Superconducting Circuits: What to do in 2012/13 if you are not consolidating splices ? - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
08:30
08:30 - 12:40
Contributions

08:30 QPS Activities - Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (CERN)

08:55 Kickers and dumps - Volker Mertens (CERN)

09:20 The LHC RF System: plans for the next long shutdown - Olivier Brunner (CERN)

09:45 R2E relocation and shielding activities - Anne-Laure Perrot (Unknown)

10:30 CV - Serge Deleval (CERN)

10:55 EL Activities during 2012 Long Shutdown - Francois Duval

11:20 Access and Alarm Safety Systems - Activities for the 2012/2013 Long Shutdown - Silvia Grau (CERN)

11:45 What do the experiments have planned? - Austin Ball (CERN)
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 19:50
Contributions

17:00 How much Physics benefits from running at higher energies? - Bill Murray (Particle Physics-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science &)

17:25 Update on calculations of max. excess resistance allowed as a function of energy for the case of prompt/semi-prompt/adjacent quenches - Arjan Verweij (CERN)

17:50 Current state of copper stabilizers and methodology towards calculating risk - Mike Koratzinos (CERN)

18:15 Implications of increased beam energy on QPS system, EE time constants, PC - Jens Steckert

18:40 What needs to be done to reach beam energy above 3.5 TeV? Commissioning of essential magnet powering and machine protection systems. - Nuria Catalan Lasheras (CERN)

19:10 Consequences of a hypothetical incident for different sectors - Laurent Jean Tavian (CERN)

19:30 Operational consequences of running at a higher energies - Mike Lamont (CERN)
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
08:30
08:30 - 12:00
Contributions

08:30 Beam Cleaning and Collimation: Too Bad or Too Good? - Ralph Assmann (CERN)

09:00 Limits for Beam-Induced Damage: Reckless or too Cautious? - Alessandro Bertarelli (CERN)

09:30 Radiation to Electronics: Reality or Fata Morgana? - Markus Brugger (CERN EN/STI/EET)

10:30 Radiation Protection: How (radio)active are we going to be? - Stefan Roesler (CERN)

11:00 Collimator Improvements 2011 and Upgrade 2012: What Do We Plan? - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

11:30 RF System: Is It Working Well Enough? - Philippe Baudrenghien (CERN)
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:00
Contributions

17:00 Experience with MPS during the 2010 run - Jorg Wenninger (CERN)

17:25 Can operations put the MPS into an unsafe state? - Laurette Ponce (Unknown)

17:50 Preparing MPS for 2011 run - Jan Uythoven (CERN)

18:25 Is the BLM system ready to go to higher intensities? - Mariusz Sapinski (CERN/BE-BI)

18:50 What are the issues with injecting unsafe beam into the LHC ? - Chiara Bracco (CERN)

19:15 Is there a limitation to the stored beam energy for 2011 and beyond? - Rüdiger Schmidt (CERN)
20:00 San Luis Street Band & Workshop dinner (les Aiglons)
San Luis Street Band & Workshop dinner (les Aiglons)
20:00 - 23:00
Thursday, 27 January 2011
08:30
08:30 - 13:00
Contributions

08:30 Experiments' expectations - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi (CERN)

09:00 Pushing the limits - beam - Elias METRAL (CERN)

09:30 Pushing the limits: crossing angles, aperture and beta* - Werner Herr (CERN)

10:30 Luminosity analysis - Giulia Papotti (CERN BE/OP)

11:00 Luminosity calibration - Simon Mathieu White (Universite de Paris-Sud (Paris XI))

11:30 Heavy Ions in 2011 and beyond - John Jowett (CERN)

12:00 Operational schedule 2011 & potential performance - Malika Meddahi (CERN)

12:30 Discussion
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 19:40
Contributions

17:00 Do we really need the LHC luminosity upgrade? Or, which performance can we get without an upgrade? - Oliver Bruning (CERN)

17:30 Breaching the Phase I optics limitations for the HL-LHC - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)

18:00 HL-LHC: parameter space, constraints and possible options. - Frank Zimmermann (AB/ABP)

18:40 Expectations on Management and Performance Evolution: Lessons from Tevatron and Other Colliders. - Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)

19:10 Alice and LHCb in the HL-LHC era. - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
Friday, 28 January 2011
08:30
08:30 - 10:45
Contributions

08:30 Summary Session 01 : Review of 2010 Operations - Laurette Ponce (CERN) Malika Meddahi (CERN)

08:45 Summary Session 02 -03 : Shutdown 2012 - Katy Foraz (CERN) Simon Baird (CERN)

09:00 Summary Session 04 : Beam Energy - Andrzej SIEMKO (CERN) Marco Zanetti (MIT)

09:15 Summary Session 05 : High Intensity, Present and Future - Ralph Assmann (CERN) Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

09:30 Summary Session 06 : Machine Protection in 2011 and beyond - Giulia Papotti (CERN BE/OP) Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

09:45 Summary Session 07 : Running in 2011 - Luminosity - Mike Lamont (CERN) Verena Kain (CERN)

10:00 Summary Session 08 : High Luminosity (HL-LHC) - Lucio Rossi (CERN) Riccardo De Maria (CERN)

10:15 General Discussion - Frank Zimmermann (AB/ABP) Steve Myers (CERN)
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 15:50
Contributions

11:15 Performance reach of the injectors in 2011 - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)

11:45 Possibility of a higher PSB to PS transfer energy - Klaus Hanke (CERN)

12:15 PS potential performance with a higher injection energy - Simone Gilardoni (CERN)

14:15 Electron Clouds in the SPS: progress in the analysis of cures/mitigations measures and potential schedule of implementation - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)

14:45 Lessons from SPS studies in 2010 - Elena Shaposhnikova

15:15 Alternative / complementary possibilities - Christian Carli (CERN)
15:50 Closing remarks - Steve Myers (CERN)
Closing remarks
- Steve Myers (CERN)
15:50 - 16:00