Name: Joint Accelerator Performance Workshop 2023
Start: 2023-12-05T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-12-07T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Royal Plaza Montreux & Spa

Joint Accelerator Performance Workshop 2023

from Tuesday, 5 December 2023 (08:00) to Thursday, 7 December 2023 (18:00)

Monday, 4 December 2023
Tuesday, 5 December 2023

10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Session 1: Setting the Scene
Setting the Scene
10:30 - 14:30
Contributions

10:30 Summary of FT operation and issues (20'+10') - Francesco Maria Velotti (CERN)

11:00 Three years with upgraded injectors: LIU beam ramp-up and benefits to FT beams (20'+10') - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)

11:30 Summary of LHC operation: issues and prospects for Run 3 (20'+10') - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci (CERN)

12:00 LHC experiments feedback from 2023 and desiderata 2024 (20'+10') - Filip Moortgat (CERN)

14:00 FT experiments feedback from 2023 and Run 3 outlook (20'+10') - Eva Barbara Holzer (CERN)
14:30 Session 2: Beam quality and losses along the chain
Beam quality and losses along the chain
14:30 - 17:25
Contributions

14:30 Losses for LHC beams, up to LHC injection (15'+10') - Yann Dutheil (CERN)

14:55 Transverse beam quality along the chain for LHC beams (15'+10') - Elleanor Rose Lamb (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

15:20 Ion beam quality and transmission along the chain (15'+10') - Theodoros Argyropoulos (CERN)

15:45 Transmission of protons fixed target beams in 2023, and beyond (15'+10') - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)

16:40 Refining longitudinal beam parameters along the chain (15'+10') - Simon Albright (CERN)

17:05 Comparing the BGI and WS transverse profiles (10'+10') - Clara Marie Fleisig (University of Toronto (CA))
17:25 Session 3: Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
17:25 - 18:45
Contributions

17:25 Overview of intensity limitations in the injectors, transverse (15'+10') - Ingrid Mases Sole (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

17:50 Overview of intensity limitations in the injectors, longitudinal (15'+10') - Ivan Karpov (CERN)

18:15 Limitations from TDIS and other STI equipment (20'+10') - Calum Sharp (CERN)
20:15 Dinner
Dinner
20:15 - 21:45
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
08:30 Session 3: Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
08:30 - 09:30
Contributions

08:30 Limitations from kicker magnets (20'+10') - Giorgia Favia (CERN)

09:00 Limitations from LHC RF fingers (20'+10') - Chiara Antuono (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Patrick Krkotic
09:30 Session 4: E-cloud effects
E-cloud effects
09:30 - 12:20
Contributions

09:30 Electron clouds in the injectors (20'+10') - Giovanni Iadarola (CERN)

10:00 Electron clouds impact on LHC cryogenics (20'+10') - Laurent Delprat (CERN)

11:00 Pilot vacuum sector (15'+10) - Quentin Duong (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

11:25 Surfaces and e-clouds (15'+10') - Valentine Petit (CERN)

11:50 Electron clouds in the LHC (20'+10') - Konstantinos Paraschou (CERN)
12:20 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:20 - 13:50
13:50 Session 5: LHC configuration and experiment specific
LHC configuration and experiment specific
13:50 - 17:25
Contributions

13:50 2023 operational experience and view towards 2024 (20'+10') - Tobias Hakan Bjorn Persson (CERN)

14:20 Commissioning at the start of the run and after long failures - how can we improve? (15'+10') - David Nisbet (CERN)

14:45 Emittance evolution and beam stability (15'+10') - Ilias Efthymiopoulos (CERN)

15:10 RF power reach (15'+10') - Birk Emil Karlsen-Baeck (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

15:35 Beam losses and BLM thresholds for protons and ions (circulating beam) (15'+10') - Sara Morales Vigo (University of Liverpool (GB))

16:30 Collimation performance with protons and ions (15'+10') - Rongrong Cai (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

16:55 RP optics options for 2024 and beyond (20'+10') - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)
17:25 Session 6: Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
17:25 - 18:45
Contributions

17:25 Slow extraction R&D and progress at the SPS (15'+10) - Pablo Arrutia (CERN)

17:50 Slow extraction R&D and progress at the PS (15'+10') - Eliott Philippe Johnson (CERN)

18:15 Status update from AWAKE & HiRadMat facilities (20'+10') - Alice Marie Goillot
20:15 Dinner
Dinner
20:15 - 21:45
Thursday, 7 December 2023
08:45 Session 6: Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
08:45 - 11:05
Contributions

08:45 Transfer line equipment and instrumentation missing or in need of upgrade (15'+10') - Maarten Van Dijk (CERN)

09:10 Progress and remaining issues with the secondary beamlines (20'+10') - Laurie Nevay (CERN) Luke Aidan Dyks (CERN)

09:40 Status update from ELENA/AD and APOC WG (15'+10') - Davide Gamba (CERN)

10:35 Status update from ISOLDE, nTOF facilities (20'+10) - Alberto Rodriguez (CERN) Nikolaos Patronis (University of Ioannina (GR))
11:05 Seesion 7: Availability, efficiency and equipment reliability
Availability, efficiency and equipment reliability
11:05 - 16:30
Contributions

11:05 LHC - is it falling apart? How to get out of the series of unfortunate events? (20'+10') - Lukas Felsberger (CERN)

11:35 LHC inner triplet fault (10'+10') - Sandrine Le Naour (CERN)

11:55 QPS and R2E - lessons learned from 2023 and outlook to future ion runs (15'+10') - Jens Steckert (CERN)

13:50 Recurring faults in the injectors - evolution over the years and plans (15'+10') - Gian Piero Di Giovanni (CERN)

14:15 Efficient Particle Accelerators - what’s on the horizon? (12') - Konstantinos Papastergiou (CERN)

14:27 Automating accelerators - evolution since last year (13'+10') - Michael Schenk (CERN)

14:50 Automated equipment monitoring: status and evolution (15'+10') - Alexander Huschauer (CERN)

15:15 How to further improve commissioning? Plans for 2024 and beyond (15'+10') - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)

15:40 Who wants dedicated LHC filling (10'+10') - Georges Trad (CERN)