LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2012

from Monday, 6 February 2012 (08:00) to Friday, 10 February 2012 (18:00)
Chamonix

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
6 Feb 2012
7 Feb 2012
8 Feb 2012
9 Feb 2012
10 Feb 2012
AM
08:30
S01 - Lessons from 2011 - Mike Lamont (Chair) Chiara Bracco (Scientific Secretary) (until 12:30) ()
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08:30 Chamonix 2012 welcome - Steve myers   ()
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08:35 Review of 2011 LHC run from the experiments perspective - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi (CERN)   ()
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08:45 Input from Evian - Mike Lamont (CERN)   ()
09:05 2011 availability analysis - Alick Macpherson (CERN)   ()
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09:25 Injection and lessons for 2012 - Chiara Bracco (CERN)   ()
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09:45 --- Coffee break ---
10:05 Machine Protection - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)   ()
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10:25 Vacuum performance and lessons for 2012 - Vincent Baglin (CERN)   ()
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10:45 Emittance preservation - Verena Kain (CERN)   ()
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08:30
S03 - Strategy for 2012 (I) - Rogelio Tomas Garcia (Scientific Secretary) Jorg Wenninger (Chair) (until 12:30) ()
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08:30 Experiments expectations, plans and constraints - Benedetto Gorini (CERN)   ()
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09:00 Turn-around improvements - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)   ()
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09:30 Performance reach of the injector complex - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)   ()
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10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Running the RF at higher beam energy and intensity - Philippe Baudrenghien (CERN)   ()
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11:00 Transverse damper - Wolfgang Hofle (CERN)   ()
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11:30 R2E failure rates expectations - Markus Brugger (CERN)   ()
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08:30
S05 - LS1 (I) - Katy Foraz (CERN) Frederick Bordry (Chair) (until 12:20) ()
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08:30 LS1 general planning and strategy for LHC, LHC injectors - Katy Foraz (CERN)   ()
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09:00 Powering tests before LHC warm-up: What is new from Chamonix 2011? - Mirko Pojer (CERN)   ()
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09:30 LHC consolidation of the superconducting circuits - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)   ()
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50 R2E strategy and activities during LS1 - Anne-Laure Perrot (CERN)   ()
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11:20 Vacuum upgrade - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)   ()
11:50 Cryogenics system: strategy to achieve nominal performance and reliable operation - Laurent Tavian (CERN)   ()
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08:30
S07 - After LS1 - Mirko Pojer (Scientific Secretary) Rudiger Schmidt (Chair) (until 12:30) ()
08:30 Performance potential of the injectors after LS1 - Heiko Damerau (CERN)   ()
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08:55 Performance reach of LHC after LS1 - Werner Herr (CERN)   ()
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09:20 Magnet powering with zero downtime - a dream? - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)   ()
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09:45 Beam systems without failures โ€“ what can be done? - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci (CERN) Jan Uythoven (CERN)   ()
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10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:40 Will we still see SEEs? - Marco Calviani (CERN)   ()
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11:05 UFOs โ€“ will they take over? - Tobias Baer (CERN/Hamburg University (DE))   ()
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11:30 Quenches: will there be any? - Arjan Verweij (CERN)   ()
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08:30
S09 -LHC related projects and studies โ€“ Part(II) - Riccardo De Maria (Scientific secretary) Lucio Rossi (Chair) (until 12:30) ()
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08:30 Beam current limit for HL-LHC - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)   ()
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08:55 Do we really need an upgrade of the collimation system for HL-LHC? - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)   ()
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09:20 New Magnets for the IR: how far are we from HL-LHC target? - Gianluca Sabbi (LBNL)   ()
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09:45 Crab Cavities: from virtual reality to real reality? - Rama Calaga (CERN)   ()
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10:10 --- coffee break ---
10:40 LHeC and HE-LHC: Accelerator lay-out and challenges - Frank Zimmermann (CERN)   ()
11:05 Magnet R&D for LHeC and HE-LHC: synergy and competion? - Luca Bottura (CERN)   ()
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11:30 SC Cavities R&D for LHeC an HE-LHC - Erk Jensen (CERN)   ()
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PM
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
S02 - Machine Studies - Giulia Papotti (Scientific Secretary) Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (Chair) (until 20:30) ()
Minutes
17:00 LHC experience with different bunch spacings in 2011 (25 , 50 & 75 ns) - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)   ()
17:30 Observations of beam-beam effects in MDs in 2011 - Werner Herr (CERN)   ()
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18:00 Beam-induced heating/bunch length/RF and lessons for 2012 - Elias Metral (CERN)   ()
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18:30 Lessons in beam diagnostics - Rhodri Jones (CERN)   ()
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19:00 Quench margins - Mariusz Gracjan Sapinski (CERN)   ()
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19:30 First demonstration with beam of the Achromatic Telescopic Squeeze (ATS) - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)   ()
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16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
S04 - Strategy for 2012 (II) - Laurette Ponce (Scientific Secretary) Oliver Bruning (Chair) (until 20:30) ()
Minutes
17:00 Beam Energy - Andrzej Siemko (CERN)   ()
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17:30 Optics Options - Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)   ()
18:00 Collimation settings and performance - Roderik Bruce (CERN)   ()
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18:30 Performance Reach in the LHC for 2012 - Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)   ()
19:00 MD plans in 2012 - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)   ()
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19:30 Ions in 2012 - John Jowett (CERN)   ()
16:30 --- coffee break ---
17:00
S06 - LSI (II) - Frederick Bordry (Chair) Katy Foraz (scientific secretary) (until 20:30) ()
17:00 LHC experiments upgrade and maintenance - Marzio Nessi (CERN)   ()
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17:25 QPS upgrade and machine protection during LS1 - Reiner Denz (CERN)   ()
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17:50 EN-EL upgrade and consolidation - Francois Duval (CERN)   ()
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18:10 EN-CV upgrade and consolidation - Mauro Nonis (CERN)   ()
18:35 Access strategy in the accelerator complex and experimental areas - Rui Nunes (CERN)   ()
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19:00 RF upgrade program in LHC injectors and LHC machine - Erk Jensen (CERN)   ()
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19:30 What is the maximum reasonable energy? - Ezio Todesco (CERN)   ()
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15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Special Seminar - Mikhail Lomonosov - Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)   ()
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17:00
S08 -LHC-related projects and studies part (I) - Roland Garoby (Chair) Laurette Ponce (Scientific Secretary) (until 20:00) ()
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17:00 Will ALICE be running during the HL-LHC era? - Johannes Wessels (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))   ()
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17:15 Will LHCb be running during the HL-LHC era? - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)   ()
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17:30 HL-LHC operation with protons and ions - Oliver Bruning (CERN)   ()
18:00 Can the proton injectors meet the HL-LHC requirements after LS2? - Brennan Goddard (CERN)   ()
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18:30 Necessary LIU studies in the injectors during 2012 - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)   ()
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19:00 SPS: scrubbing or coating?- - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)   ()
19:30 Plans for ions in the injector complex - Django Manglunki (CERN)   ()
12:30 --- Lunch@Les Aiglons ---
14:00
S10 - Summary session - Steve Myers (Chair) Frank Zimmermann (Scientific Secretary) (until 16:00) ()
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