LHC Beam Operation Workshop - Evian 7-9 December 2010

from Tuesday, December 7, 2010 (4:00 PM) to Thursday, December 9, 2010 (1:35 PM)
Hilton, Evian

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 8, 2010
Dec 9, 2010
AM
9:00 AM
Session 2: Driving the LHC (until 10:40 AM)
Discussion Summary
9:00 AM How to improve turn-around - S. Redaelli  
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9:25 AM Software and control issues - D. Jacquet  
9:50 AM Can we improve the magnetic model/cycle and its effects? - E. Todesco  
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10:15 AM What do we need to understand and optimize the LHC? - O. Bruning  
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10:40 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM
Session 3: Beam diagnostics and feedback systems (until 1:20 PM)
11:00 AM Bunch by bunch beam instrumentation - T. Lefevre  
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11:30 AM Feedbacks: status, operational dependencies and outlook for 2011 - R. Steinhagen  
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12:00 PM Transverse damper operation - W. Hofle  
12:20 PM BPM: status, measurement reliability and outlook for 2011 - E. Calvo  
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12:40 PM Can we get a reliable on-line measurements of the transverse beam size? - F. Roncarolo  
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9:00 AM
Session 6: Luminosity performance (until 11:00 AM)
Discussion Summary
9:00 AM Longitudinal and transverse emittance preservation - V. Kain  
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9:20 AM LHC Beam-Beam - W. Herr  
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9:40 AM Strategy for luminosity optimisation - S. White  
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10:00 AM The LHC optics in practice - R. Tomas  
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10:20 AM Hump: how did it impact the luminosity performance? - G. Arduini  
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10:40 AM LHC Beam parameters: pushing the envelope? - E. Metral  
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11:00 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 AM
Session 7: Wrapping up (until 1:00 PM)
Discussion Summary
11:30 AM Parameters for 2011 - 2011 LHC beam operation plans (incl. intensity steps) - J. Wenninger  
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12:05 PM Workshop summary - strategy for beam commissioning in 2011 - M. Lamont  
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12:50 PM Closing remarks - S. Myers  
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PM
4:00 PM --- Welcome Coffee ---
4:30 PM
Opening remarks - M. Lamont (until 4:45 PM)
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4:45 PM
Session 1: LHC beam operation: review of 2010 and settings the scene for 2011 (until 7:00 PM)
4:45 PM Performance and results - M. Ferro-Luzzi  
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5:05 PM Operational efficiency - W. Venturini Delsolaro  
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5:25 PM The LHC RF: Operation 2010 and Plans for 2011 - P. Baudrenghien  
5:45 PM Beam quality and availability from the injectors - G. Papotti  
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6:05 PM 50 and 75 ns operation - G. Arduini  
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6:25 PM Intensity ramp-up - M. Lamont  
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6:45 PM General discussion  
8:00 PM --- Dinner ---
1:20 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM
Session 4: Machine Protection systems (until 4:00 PM)
2:00 PM Do we understand everything about MP system response? - M. Zerlauth  
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2:15 PM LBDS and abort gap cleaning - C. Bracco  
2:30 PM How low can we go? Getting below 3.5 m b* - R. Bruce  
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2:50 PM Injection protection: are we taking it seriously, how can we make it safer? - V. Kain  
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3:10 PM The human factor - A. Macpherson  
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3:30 PM General discussion  
4:00 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:30 PM
Session 5: Beam losses (until 6:30 PM)
4:30 PM Multi-turn losses and cleaning - D. Wollmann  
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5:00 PM Injection/extraction losses - W. Bartmann  
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5:30 PM Losses away from collimators: statistics and extrapolation - E.B. Holzer  
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5:50 PM BLM thresholds: limiting locations - A. Nordt  
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6:10 PM General discussion  
6:30 PM
Special Session (until 7:50 PM)
6:30 PM ATLAS: highlights from the first run - Fabiola Gianotti  
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6:50 PM ALICE: The 2010 LHC Experience - Riegler Werner on behalf of Jurgen Schukraft  
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7:10 PM CMS 2010 and Prospects for 2011-12 - Tiziano Camporesi on behalf of Guido Tonelli  
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7:30 PM Compliments to LHC from LHCb - Golutvin Andrei  
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8:00 PM --- Dinner ---
1:00 PM --- Finger food ---
1:30 PM --- End of Workshop - Bus returns to CERN ---