Name: LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2012
Start: 2012-02-06T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-02-10T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Chamonix

LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2012

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

Monday 6 February 2012
08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Contributions

08:30 Chamonix 2012 welcome - Steve myers

08:35 Review of 2011 LHC run from the experiments perspective - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi (CERN)

08:45 Input from Evian - Mike Lamont (CERN)

09:05 2011 availability analysis - Alick Macpherson (CERN)

09:25 Injection and lessons for 2012 - Chiara Bracco (CERN)

10:05 Machine Protection - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

10:25 Vacuum performance and lessons for 2012 - Vincent Baglin (CERN)

10:45 Emittance preservation - Verena Kain (CERN)
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:30
Contributions

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)

18:00 Beam-induced heating/bunch length/RF and lessons for 2012 - Elias Metral (CERN)

18:30 Lessons in beam diagnostics - Rhodri Jones (CERN)

19:00 Quench margins - Mariusz Gracjan Sapinski (CERN)

19:30 First demonstration with beam of the Achromatic Telescopic Squeeze (ATS) - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)
Tuesday 7 February 2012
08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Contributions

08:30 Experiments expectations, plans and constraints - Benedetto Gorini (CERN)

09:00 Turn-around improvements - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

09:30 Performance reach of the injector complex - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)

10:30 Running the RF at higher beam energy and intensity - Philippe Baudrenghien (CERN)

11:00 Transverse damper - Wolfgang Hofle (CERN)

11:30 R2E failure rates expectations - Markus Brugger (CERN)
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:30
Contributions

17:00 Beam Energy - Andrzej Siemko (CERN)

17:30 Optics Options - Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)

18:00 Collimation settings and performance - Roderik Bruce (CERN)

18:30 Performance Reach in the LHC for 2012 - Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)

19:00 MD plans in 2012 - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)

19:30 Ions in 2012 - John Jowett (CERN)
Wednesday 8 February 2012
08:30
08:30 - 12:20
Contributions

08:30 LS1 general planning and strategy for LHC, LHC injectors - Katy Foraz (CERN)

09:00 Powering tests before LHC warm-up: What is new from Chamonix 2011? - Mirko Pojer (CERN)

09:30 LHC consolidation of the superconducting circuits - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)

10:50 R2E strategy and activities during LS1 - Anne-Laure Perrot (CERN)

11:20 Vacuum upgrade - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)

11:50 Cryogenics system: strategy to achieve nominal performance and reliable operation - Laurent Tavian (CERN)
16:30 coffee break
coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:30
Contributions

17:00 LHC experiments upgrade and maintenance - Marzio Nessi (CERN)

17:25 QPS upgrade and machine protection during LS1 - Reiner Denz (CERN)

17:50 EN-EL upgrade and consolidation - Francois Duval (CERN)

18:10 EN-CV upgrade and consolidation - Mauro Nonis (CERN)

18:35 Access strategy in the accelerator complex and experimental areas - Rui Nunes (CERN)

19:00 RF upgrade program in LHC injectors and LHC machine - Erk Jensen (CERN)

19:30 What is the maximum reasonable energy? - Ezio Todesco (CERN)
Thursday 9 February 2012
08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Contributions

08:30 Performance potential of the injectors after LS1 - Heiko Damerau (CERN)

08:55 Performance reach of LHC after LS1 - Werner Herr (CERN)

09:20 Magnet powering with zero downtime - a dream? - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

09:45 Beam systems without failures – what can be done? - Jan Uythoven (CERN) Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci (CERN)

10:40 Will we still see SEEs? - Marco Calviani (CERN)

11:05 UFOs – will they take over? - Tobias Baer (CERN/Hamburg University (DE))

11:30 Quenches: will there be any? - Arjan Verweij (CERN)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Special Seminar - Mikhail Lomonosov - Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)
Special Seminar - Mikhail Lomonosov
- Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)
16:00 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:00
Contributions

17:00 Will ALICE be running during the HL-LHC era? - Johannes Wessels (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))

17:15 Will LHCb be running during the HL-LHC era? - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)

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)

18:30 Necessary LIU studies in the injectors during 2012 - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)

19:00 SPS: scrubbing or coating?- - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)

19:30 Plans for ions in the injector complex - Django Manglunki (CERN)
Friday 10 February 2012
08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Contributions

08:30 Beam current limit for HL-LHC - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)

08:55 Do we really need an upgrade of the collimation system for HL-LHC? - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

09:20 New Magnets for the IR: how far are we from HL-LHC target? - Gianluca Sabbi (LBNL)

09:45 Crab Cavities: from virtual reality to real reality? - Rama Calaga (CERN)

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)

11:30 SC Cavities R&D for LHeC an HE-LHC - Erk Jensen (CERN)
12:30 Lunch@Les Aiglons
Lunch@Les Aiglons
12:30 - 14:00

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14:00 - 16:00

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