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, December 5, 2023 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, December 7, 2023 (6:00 PM)

Monday, December 4, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Setting the Scene
Setting the Scene
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

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

2:00 PM FT experiments feedback from 2023 and Run 3 outlook (20'+10') - Eva Barbara Holzer (CERN)
2:30 PM Beam quality and losses along the chain
Beam quality and losses along the chain
2:30 PM - 5:25 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Losses for LHC beams, up to LHC injection (15'+10') - Yann Dutheil (CERN)

2:55 PM Transverse beam quality along the chain for LHC beams (15'+10') - Elleanor Rose Lamb (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

3:20 PM Ion beam quality and transmission along the chain (15'+10') - Theodoros Argyropoulos (CERN)

3:45 PM Transmission of protons fixed target beams in 2023, and beyond (15'+10') - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)

4:40 PM Refining longitudinal beam parameters along the chain (15'+10') - Simon Albright (CERN)

5:05 PM Comparing the BGI and WS transverse profiles (10'+10') - Clara Marie Fleisig (University of Toronto (CA))
5:25 PM Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
5:25 PM - 6:45 PM
Contributions

5:25 PM Overview of intensity limitations in the injectors, transverse (15'+10') - Ingrid Mases Sole (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

5:50 PM Overview of intensity limitations in the injectors, longitudinal (15'+10') - Ivan Karpov (CERN)

6:15 PM Limitations from TDIS and other STI equipment (20'+10') - Calum Sharp (CERN)
8:15 PM Dinner
Dinner
8:15 PM - 9:45 PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
8:30 AM Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
Intensity limitations for LHC beams - where do we stand
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Limitations from kicker magnets (20'+10') - Giorgia Favia (CERN)

9:00 AM Limitations from LHC RF fingers (20'+10') - Chiara Antuono (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Patrick Krkotic
9:30 AM E-cloud effects
E-cloud effects
9:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

9:30 AM Electron clouds in the injectors (20'+10') - Giovanni Iadarola (CERN)

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

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

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

11:50 AM Electron clouds in the LHC (20'+10') - Konstantinos Paraschou (CERN)
12:20 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM LHC configuration and experiment specific
LHC configuration and experiment specific
1:50 PM - 5:25 PM
Contributions

1:50 PM 2023 operational experience and view towards 2024 (20'+10') - Tobias Hakan Bjorn Persson (CERN)

2:20 PM Commissioning at the start of the run and after long failures - how can we improve? (15'+10') - David Nisbet (CERN)

2:45 PM Emittance evolution and beam stability (15'+10') - Ilias Efthymiopoulos (CERN)

3:10 PM RF power reach (15'+10') - Birk Emil Karlsen-Baeck (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))

3:35 PM Beam losses and BLM thresholds for protons and ions (circulating beam) (15'+10') - Sara Morales Vigo (University of Liverpool (GB))

4:30 PM Collimation performance with protons and ions (15'+10') - Rongrong Cai (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

4:55 PM RP optics options for 2024 and beyond (20'+10') - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)
5:25 PM Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
5:25 PM - 6:45 PM
Contributions

5:25 PM Slow extraction R&D and progress at the SPS (15'+10) - Pablo Arrutia (CERN)

5:50 PM Slow extraction R&D and progress at the PS (15'+10') - Eliott Philippe Johnson (CERN)

6:15 PM Status update from AWAKE & HiRadMat facilities (20'+10') - Alice Marie Goillot
8:15 PM Dinner
Dinner
8:15 PM - 9:45 PM
Thursday, December 7, 2023
8:45 AM Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
Performance of fixed target beams up to delivery to experiments
8:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Contributions

8:45 AM Transfer line equipment and instrumentation missing or in need of upgrade (15'+10') - Maarten Van Dijk (CERN)

9:10 AM Progress and remaining issues with the secondary beamlines (20'+10') - Laurie Nevay (CERN) Luke Aidan Dyks (CERN)

9:40 AM Status update from ELENA/AD and APOC WG (15'+10') - Davide Gamba (CERN)

10:35 AM Status update from ISOLDE, nTOF facilities (20'+10) - Alberto Rodriguez (CERN) Nikolaos Patronis (University of Ioannina (GR))
11:05 AM Availability, efficiency and equipment reliability
Availability, efficiency and equipment reliability
11:05 AM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

1:50 PM Recurring faults in the injectors - evolution over the years and plans (15'+10') - Gian Piero Di Giovanni (CERN)

2:15 PM Efficient Particle Accelerators - what’s on the horizon? (12') - Konstantinos Papastergiou (CERN)

2:27 PM Automating accelerators - evolution since last year (13'+10') - Michael Schenk (CERN)

2:50 PM Automated equipment monitoring: status and evolution (15'+10') - Alexander Huschauer (CERN)

3:15 PM How to further improve commissioning? Plans for 2024 and beyond (15'+10') - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)

3:40 PM Who wants dedicated LHC filling (10'+10') - Georges Trad (CERN)

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