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LHC Beam Operation Workshop - Evian 7-9 December 2010

from Tuesday 7 December 2010 (16:00) to Thursday 9 December 2010 (13:35)
Hilton, Evian

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
7 Dec 2010
8 Dec 2010
9 Dec 2010
AM
09:00
Session 2: Driving the LHC (until 10:40) ()
Discussion Summary
09:00 How to improve turn-around - S. Redaelli   ()
Paper
Slides
09:25 Software and control issues - D. Jacquet   ()
09:50 Can we improve the magnetic model/cycle and its effects? - E. Todesco   ()
Paper
Slides
10:15 What do we need to understand and optimize the LHC? - O. Bruning   ()
Slides
10:40 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Session 3: Beam diagnostics and feedback systems (until 13:20) ()
11:00 Bunch by bunch beam instrumentation - T. Lefevre   ()
Paper
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11:30 Feedbacks: status, operational dependencies and outlook for 2011 - R. Steinhagen   ()
Paper
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12:00 Transverse damper operation - W. Hofle   ()
12:20 BPM: status, measurement reliability and outlook for 2011 - E. Calvo   ()
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12:40 Can we get a reliable on-line measurements of the transverse beam size? - F. Roncarolo   ()
Paper
Slides
09:00
Session 6: Luminosity performance (until 11:00) ()
Discussion Summary
09:00 Longitudinal and transverse emittance preservation - V. Kain   ()
Paper
Slides
09:20 LHC Beam-Beam - W. Herr   ()
Paper
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09:40 Strategy for luminosity optimisation - S. White   ()
Paper
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10:00 The LHC optics in practice - R. Tomas   ()
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10:20 Hump: how did it impact the luminosity performance? - G. Arduini   ()
Paper
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10:40 LHC Beam parameters: pushing the envelope? - E. Metral   ()
Paper
Slides
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Session 7: Wrapping up (until 13:00) ()
Discussion Summary
11:30 Parameters for 2011 - 2011 LHC beam operation plans (incl. intensity steps) - J. Wenninger   ()
Paper
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12:05 Workshop summary - strategy for beam commissioning in 2011 - M. Lamont   ()
Slides
12:50 Closing remarks - S. Myers   ()
Slides
PM
16:00 --- Welcome Coffee ---
16:30
Opening remarks - M. Lamont (until 16:45) ()
slides
16:45
Session 1: LHC beam operation: review of 2010 and settings the scene for 2011 (until 19:00) ()
16:45 Performance and results - M. Ferro-Luzzi   ()
Paper
Slides
17:05 Operational efficiency - W. Venturini Delsolaro   ()
Paper
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17:25 The LHC RF: Operation 2010 and Plans for 2011 - P. Baudrenghien   ()
17:45 Beam quality and availability from the injectors - G. Papotti   ()
Paper
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18:05 50 and 75 ns operation - G. Arduini   ()
Paper
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18:25 Intensity ramp-up - M. Lamont   ()
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18:45 General discussion   ()
20:00 --- Dinner ---
13:20 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session 4: Machine Protection systems (until 16:00) ()
14:00 Do we understand everything about MP system response? - M. Zerlauth   ()
Slides
14:15 LBDS and abort gap cleaning - C. Bracco   ()
14:30 How low can we go? Getting below 3.5 m b* - R. Bruce   ()
Paper
Slides
14:50 Injection protection: are we taking it seriously, how can we make it safer? - V. Kain   ()
Paper
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15:10 The human factor - A. Macpherson   ()
Paper
Slides
15:30 General discussion   ()
16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30
Session 5: Beam losses (until 18:30) ()
16:30 Multi-turn losses and cleaning - D. Wollmann   ()
Paper
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17:00 Injection/extraction losses - W. Bartmann   ()
Paper
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17:30 Losses away from collimators: statistics and extrapolation - E.B. Holzer   ()
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17:50 BLM thresholds: limiting locations - A. Nordt   ()
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18:10 General discussion   ()
18:30
Special Session (until 19:50) ()
18:30 ATLAS: highlights from the first run - Fabiola Gianotti   ()
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18:50 ALICE: The 2010 LHC Experience - Riegler Werner on behalf of Jurgen Schukraft   ()
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19:10 CMS 2010 and Prospects for 2011-12 - Tiziano Camporesi on behalf of Guido Tonelli   ()
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19:30 Compliments to LHC from LHCb - Golutvin Andrei   ()
Slides
20:00 --- Dinner ---
13:00 --- Finger food ---
13:30 --- End of Workshop - Bus returns to CERN ---