Speaker
Maurizio Vretenar
(CERN)
Description
15'+10'
A schedule for connecting Linac4 to the PSB during a 19-month LHC shutdown starting in January 2013 has been worked out and agreed by the main Workpackages involved. The Linac4 commissioning schedule in 2013 remains basically unchanged, whereas commissioning of the transfer line, modification of the PSB injection region and re-commissioning of the PSB take place in early 2014. Modifications to the present injection would start only in January 2014, after assessing performance and reliability of Linac4 at the end of the commissioning phase, as well as the remaining operational risks. The goal of the early start-up would be providing from 2014 the same beams out of the PSB as presently with Linac2. A preliminary estimate of required resources and interferences with other projects/activities will be presented for discussion.
