14th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, Genoa (Italy), 7-10 October 2024

from Monday 7 October 2024 (08:00) to Thursday 10 October 2024 (21:50)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
7 Oct 2024
8 Oct 2024
9 Oct 2024
10 Oct 2024
AM
08:00 --- Registration at DAD ---
09:00
Plenary session 1 - Monday AM - Pasquale Fabbricatore (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) (until 11:00)
09:00 Welcome by INFN Genova Director & Prof. Lucio Rossi - Lucio Rossi (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT)) Mauro Gino Taiuti (Università di Genova and INFN Genova)  
09:05 HL-LHC Project status - Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
09:25 LHC Run 3: achievements and lessons learned - Mike Lamont (CERN)  
09:45 Status of US-AUP contribution - Giorgio Apollinari (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
10:05 Status of WP3 - Ezio Todesco (CERN)  
10:20 Status of MQXFB - Susana Izquierdo Bermudez (CERN)  
10:40 Status of D2 - Stefania Farinon (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:25
Plenary session 2 - Monday AM - Oliver Bruning (CERN) (until 13:00)
11:25 Status of MQXFA magnets - Giorgio Ambrosio (Fermilab)  
11:40 Status of LQXFA cold mass, cryostating and cold test - Sandor Feher  
11:55 Status of D1 - Tatsushi Nakamoto (KEK)  
12:15 MCBXF coil and components production at CIEMAT - Fernando Toral (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
12:30 MCBXF magnet assembly and powering tests results at CERN - Juan Carlos Perez (CERN)  
12:45 Status of CCT magnets - Qingjin Xu  
08:30 --- Transfer from city centre to ASG ---
08:50
WP4 - Tuesday AM - Marco Garlasche (CERN) (until 11:00)
09:00 RFD prototype at CERN overview planning - Nuria Valverde Alonso (CERN)  
09:10 RFD-CM Repair overview and highlight - Simon Barrière (CERN) Joanna Sylwia Swieszek  
09:40 Experience on NCRs & future expectations - Julien Debeux  
10:00 Summary of RFD reviews at CERN - Marco Garlasche (CERN)  
10:20 SM18 testing of RFD prototype & challenges - Amelia Veronica Edwards (Lancaster University) Katarzyna Turaj (CERN)  
10:40 Discussion  
09:00 --- Visit of ASG ---
10:30 --- Transfer from ASG to DAD ---
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Plenary session 1 - Tuesday AM - Giorgio Apollinari (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) (until 12:50)
11:30 HL-LHC Baseline and TCC summary - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)  
11:50 Procurement strategy and quality reporting - Hector Garcia Gavela (CERN)  
12:10 LS3 installation plans and equipment readiness - Paolo Fessia (CERN)  
12:30 Cryogenics : status and perspective towards installation - Vanessa Gahier (CERN)  
08:30
WP13 - Wednesday AM Part 1 - Raymond Veness (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 Overview of WP13 activities and installation plans during LS3 - Thibaut Lefevre (CERN)  
09:00 Status and strategy for the BLM ionisation production - Gerhard Schneider (CERN)  
09:30 Beam loss limitations: overview and proposal of changes - Sara Morales Vigo  
10:00 HL-LHC BLM system development status update - Christos Zamantzas (CERN)  
08:30
WP16 - Wednesday AM Part 1 - Marta Bajko (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 Organisation of the operation for the HL-LHC IT String - Nicolas Heredia Garcia (CERN)  
08:50 Controls and software for the HWC and operation of the IT String - Sebastien Blanchard (CERN)  
09:10 From HWC of the IT String to the HWC of the HL-LHC: status and preparation - Samer Yammine (CERN)  
09:40 Safe intervention during operation on the electrical circuits of the IT String - Davide Bozzini (CERN)  
10:00 Sc link Installation into the IT String - Yann Leclercq (CERN)  
08:30
WP2/WP3 - Wednesday AM - Ewen Hamish Maclean (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 Field quality updates, NbTi - Ezio Todesco (CERN)  
09:00 Field quality updates, including integral gradient and voltage spikes, Nb3Sn - Lucio Fiscarelli (CERN)  
09:30 Sorting options for HL-LHC magnets - Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)  
10:00 Linear imperfections of D2 FQ: impact and correction strategies - Joschua Werner Dilly (CERN)  
08:30
WP4 - Wednesday AM Part 1 - Nuria Valverde Alonso (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 RFD industrial production challenges - Leonardo Ristori (Fermilab) Manuele Narduzzi  
08:50 DQW industrial production challenges - Nuria Valverde Alonso (CERN)  
09:10 RFD pre-series cavity testing - Alex Castilla (Lancaster University (GB))  
09:30 DQW series cavity testing - Amelia Veronica Edwards (Lancaster University)  
09:50 Crab cavity frequency tuner & challenges - Kurt Artoos (CERN)  
10:10 Preparation for RFD cavity and CM testing at TRIUMF - Zhongyuan Yao (TRIUMF) Zhongyuan Yao (TRIUMF)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Steering Committee with INFN (until 12:30)
11:00
WP13 - Wednesday AM Part 2 - Raymond Veness (CERN) (until 12:30)
11:00 Update on the IP BPM production and delivery schedule - Emma Elizabeth Quinn  
11:30 Expected performance of the new BPM system in IP1/5 - Michal Krupa (CERN)  
12:00 Final design of the luminosity monitor in TAXN and experience with prototype detectro during Run3 - Stefano Mazzoni (CERN)  
11:00
WP16 - Wednesday AM Part 2 - Marta Bajko (CERN) (until 12:10)
11:00 Cryo magnet installation into the IT String - Sandrine Le Naour (CERN)  
11:30 IST and SCT in the IT String: results - Samer Yammine (CERN)  
11:50 Quality Assurance / Quality Control in the IT String - Nicolas Heredia Garcia (CERN)  
11:00
WP4 - Wednesday AM Part 2 - Nuria Valverde Alonso (CERN) (until 12:30)
11:00 RFD HOM coupler challenges - Naeem Huque Naeem Abdul Huque  
11:20 DQW & RFD HOM couplers fabrication challenges - Simon Barrière (CERN)  
11:40 RF power for crab cavities & challenges - Eric Montesinos (CERN)  
12:00 LLRF & Controls - Gregoire Hagmann (CERN)  
08:30
MCF (WP7/WP3/WP6B/WP16) - Thursday AM - Samer Yammine (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 MCF activities related to magnet circuit instrumentation - Roland Piccin (CERN)  
08:50 QH strip resistances and circuit parameters in the MQXF magnets - Susana Izquierdo Bermudez (CERN)  
09:10 Experience with WP6B equipment operation in the HL-LHC IT String - Hugues Thiesen (CERN)  
09:30 PDSU-CLIQ/DQHDS interlocking via BIS concentrator - Tomasz Podzorny (CERN)  
09:50 Reliability studies on uQDS, PDSU and PDSU-BIS concentrator interface - Lukas Felsberger (CERN)  
10:10 Electrical Quality Assurance of the HL-LHC - Gregory Hugh West  
08:30
Steering Committee with CIEMAT (until 10:30)
08:30
WP2/WP4 - Nicolas Mounet (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 LHC longitudinal impedance studies - Michail Zampetakis (CERN)  
08:50 LHC longitudinal impedance measurement through Schottky spectra - Christophe Lannoy (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
09:10 LHC RF power studies & MD results - Birk Emil Karlsen-Baeck (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))  
09:30 Projections for 2025 & HL-LHC - Helga Timko (CERN)  
09:50 SPS-CC instability studies & RF feedback gain along HL cycle - Lorenzo Giacomel (CERN)  
10:10 CC-PU specification update - Wolfgang Hofle (CERN)  
08:30
WP8/WP12 - From production to installation - Thursday AM - Vincent Baglin (CERN) (until 10:30)
08:30 Status of manufacturing TAS, TAXN & anciliairies 20'+5' - Antonio Alonso (CERN)  
08:55 Vacuum chambers : TAXS, TAXN 20'+5' - Jaime Perez Espinos (CERN) Marco Morrone (CERN)  
09:20 VAXS modules 20'+5' - Jaime Perez Espinos (CERN)  
09:45 VAXBOX 20'+5' - Antonio Alonso (CERN)  
10:10 Wrap-up - Francisco Sanchez Galan (CERN) Vincent Baglin (CERN)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
WP2/WP3/WP19 - Thursday AM - Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN) (until 12:30)
11:00 Alignment analysis on the low-beta quadrupoles during cold test - Vivien Rude (CERN)  
11:25 Magnetic axis - Carlo Petrone (CERN)  
11:50 Impact of mechanical and magnetic measurements for performance estimates - Riccardo De Maria (CERN)  
12:10 Status of FRAS - Mateusz Sosin (CERN)  
11:00
WP4 - Thursday AM - Rama Calaga (CERN) (until 12:30)
11:00 Discussion  
11:00
WP5/WP7/WP14 - Chiara Bracco (CERN) (until 12:30)
11:00 Power deposition studies for proton losses in IR3 and IR7 - Volodymyr Rodin (CERN)  
11:18 Upgrade studies for the TCDS in IR6 - Helene Guerin  
11:36 Update on failure case studies - Cedric Hernalsteens (CERN)  
11:54 Damage of sc. sample coils due to beam impact - David Gancarcik (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
12:12 Collimators production strategy and implementation - Carla Piccinni (CERN)  
PM
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Plenary session 1 - Monday PM - Mike Lamont (CERN) (until 15:50) (Aula San Salvatore)
14:00 Summary and status for the HL-LHC Collaborations - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)  
14:20 Update on collimation losses and halo limitations - Pascal Hermes (CERN)  
14:40 Run 4 operational scenario - Nicolas Mounet (CERN)  
15:00 IT String planning and installation status - Marta Bajko (CERN)  
15:30 SM18 magnet test facility upgrade, commissioning and feedback from test operation - Gerard Willering (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20
Plenary session 2 - Monday PM - Oliver Kester (TRIUMF) (until 18:00)
16:20 Status of WP4 - Rama Calaga (CERN)  
16:40 RFD Crab Cavity contribution from the U.S. - Status, issues and delivery dates - Leonardo Ristori (Fermilab)  
17:00 Status of DQW Crab Cavity cryomodules – UK Collaboration - Niklas Templeton Niklas John Templeton (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB))  
17:20 Status of RFD cryomodules - Robert Edward Laxdal  
17:40 Status of the UK contributions for Beam Instrumentation and Collimation - Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London)  
19:00
Welcome Drink (until 21:00) (Terrazza Mirador)
12:50 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Plenary session 1 - Tuesday PM - Markus Zerlauth (CERN) (until 15:40)
14:00 Qualification of the first Cold Powering System for the HL-LHC triplets - Amalia Ballarino (CERN)  
14:20 WP12 update with a focus on beam screen production - Vincent Baglin (CERN)  
14:40 WP6B outlook in IT String operation - Michele Martino (CERN)  
15:00 Civil engineering wrap up and status on tech. infra. - Laurent Jean Tavian (CERN)  
15:20 Progress with the HL beam dump - Nicola Solieri (CERN)  
15:40 --- Coffee break ---
16:00
Collaboration Board (restricted) (until 18:30)
16:00
WP2/WP5/WP7 - Nicolas Mounet (CERN) (until 18:00)
16:00 Integrated luminosity of the new HL-LHC baseline - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
16:20 Collimation MD results - Bjorn Hans Filip Lindstrom (University of London (GB))  
16:40 Optics MD results for the new HL baseline - Riccardo De Maria (CERN)  
17:00 Collimator impedance measurements - Lorenzo Giacomel (CERN)  
17:20 Recap. of failure cases for round and flat optics - Cedric Hernalsteens (CERN)  
17:40 Lessons learned from LHC optics control in view of HL-LHC - Ewen Hamish Maclean (CERN)  
16:00
WP3 - Cold powering tests - Tuesday PM - Ezio Todesco (CERN) (until 18:00)
16:00 SM18 magnet tests: Progress on qualification tests and status of benches - Gerard Willering (CERN)  
16:25 Production testing summary of the MQXFA magnets - Piyush Joshi  
16:50 Horizontal test results of LQXFA/B02 and plans for testing LQXFA/B03 - Guram Chlachidze  
17:15 Test results of MQXF series magnets at CERN - Franco Julio Mangiarotti (CERN)  
17:40 Effects of pre-loading on magnet performance in MQXFS model magnets - Franco Julio Mangiarotti (CERN)  
16:00
WP8/WP12 - Operational aspects of TAXS region - Tuesday PM - Francisco Sanchez Galan (CERN) (until 18:30)
16:00 Services integration 20'+10' - Oliver Boettcher (CERN)  
16:30 Interface specification 20'+10' - Jaime Perez Espinos (CERN)  
17:00 Alignment of TAXS and VAX 20'+10' - Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN)  
17:30 RP considerations 20'+10' - Francisco Sanchez Galan (CERN) Angelo Infantino (CERN)  
18:00 Remote manipulation of VAX modules 20'+10' - Sergio Di Giovannantonio (CERN)  
16:10
WP4 - Discussion - Tuesday PM - Rama Calaga (CERN) (until 17:50) (Room 4D)
16:10 RFD NCRs & future mitigation - Edward Stephen Jordan (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB))  
16:30 Engineering specifications for HL-LHC WP4: status and open discussion - Luca Dassa (CERN)  
16:50 Cavity Specification drawings / Metrology - Raphael Leuxe (CERN)  
17:10 WP4 discussion on US-AUP/TRIUMF schedule - Leonardo Ristori (Fermilab)  
17:30 Engineering issues for the RFD CM production at TRIUMF - Oliver Law (TRIUMF)  
19:30
HLCB Dinner (by invitation) (until 21:30)
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
WP13 - Wednesday PM Part 1 - Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London) (until 16:00)
14:00 Performance of the BGC in the LHC - Daniele Butti  
14:30 Optimised BGC for HL-LHC - Raymond Veness (CERN)  
15:00 Performance of the EO BPM prototype in the SPS - Max Bosman (University of London (GB))  
15:30 Reviewing the high bandwidth PU technology - Tom Levens (CERN) Thibaut Lefevre (CERN)  
14:00
WP2/WP5/WP7/WP10 - Roderik Bruce (CERN) (until 16:00)
14:00 Dynamic aperture of the new HL-LHC baseline - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
14:20 Collimation performance aspects of HL (tight and relaxed settings, round and flat optics) - Andre Donadon Servelle (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
14:40 Halo studies including hierarchy breakage - Carlo Emilio Montanari (University of Manchester (GB))  
15:00 High intensity MDs and operational experience - Xavier Buffat (CERN)  
15:20 Update on electron cloud studies - Lotta Mether (CERN)  
15:40 HL-LHC radiation level studies and specification document - Giuseppe Lerner (CERN)  
14:00
WP3/WP16 - Wednesday PM - Sandor Feher (until 16:00)
14:00 Status of cold mass activities at CERN (all HL-LHC WP3) - Herve Prin (CERN)  
14:30 Status of cryostat activities at CERN (all HL-LHC WP3) - Delio Ramos (CERN)  
15:00 Q1/Q3 production challenges - Alfred Nobrega (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
15:30 Magnetic center alignment results - Joseph DiMarco  
14:00
WP4/WP9/WP12/WP19 - Wednesday AM - Ofelia Capatina (CERN) (until 16:00)
14:00 Series cryomodule design - Teddy Capelli (CERN)  
14:20 Alignment analysis of the RFD prototype during cold test - Vivien Rude (CERN)  
14:40 Vacuum, preparations for collaborations & status - Giuseppe Bregliozzi (CERN)  
15:00 Crab cavities cryogenics – status and perspective - Vanessa Gahier (CERN)  
15:20 Mechanical measurements, experience during transport and testing of cryomodules - Kurt Artoos (CERN)  
15:40 Studies for transport of crab cavities equipment - Teresa Guillen Hernandez (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
WP13 - Wednesday PM Part 2 - Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London) (until 18:00)
16:30 Summary of the Beam halo working group, specifications and detector options - Federico Roncarolo (CERN)  
17:00 Test of the SR coronagraph on LHC - Jan Pucek ((MPP/TUM/CERN))  
17:30 Updated design of the HL Beam gas ionization monitor - James Storey (CERN)  
16:30
WP3 MQXF - Wednesday PM - Susana Izquierdo Bermudez (CERN) (until 18:00) (Aula San Salvatore)
16:30 MQXFA fabrication status and schedule - Giorgio Ambrosio (Fermilab)  
16:55 MQXFA magnet assembly and preload - Paolo Ferracin Paolo Ferracin  
17:15 MQXFB coil fabrication - Nicholas Lusa (CERN)  
17:35 MQXFB magnet assembly - Penelope Matilde Quassolo (CERN)  
16:30
WP4 - Wednesday PM - Ofelia Capatina (CERN) (until 18:00) (Aula Benvenuto)
16:30 Canada RFD CM series challenges – procurements and schedule - Robert Edward Laxdal  
16:50 RFD-SPS Cryomodule: QA lessons learnt & future challenges - Carlos Manuel Guerra Granjeiro (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB))  
17:10 UK series cryomodules procurements, schedule and challenges discussion - Niklas Templeton Niklas John Templeton (STFC Daresbury Laboratory (GB))  
17:30 Discussion - Cryomodules  
19:00
HL-LHC Banquet (until 22:00)
12:30
Close out (until 13:00)
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
15:00
Steering Committee with US-AUP (until 17:00)
17:00 --- Coffee break ---
17:30
Steering Committee with TRIUMF (until 18:30)
19:30 --- Steering Committee Dinner ---