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, February 6, 2012 (8:00 AM) to Friday, February 10, 2012 (6:00 PM)

Monday, February 6, 2012
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

8:30 AM Chamonix 2012 welcome - Steve myers

8:35 AM Review of 2011 LHC run from the experiments perspective - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi (CERN)

8:45 AM Input from Evian - Mike Lamont (CERN)

9:05 AM 2011 availability analysis - Alick Macpherson (CERN)

9:25 AM Injection and lessons for 2012 - Chiara Bracco (CERN)

10:05 AM Machine Protection - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

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

10:45 AM Emittance preservation - Verena Kain (CERN)
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM LHC experience with different bunch spacings in 2011 (25 , 50 & 75 ns) - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)

5:30 PM Observations of beam-beam effects in MDs in 2011 - Werner Herr (CERN)

6:00 PM Beam-induced heating/bunch length/RF and lessons for 2012 - Elias Metral (CERN)

6:30 PM Lessons in beam diagnostics - Rhodri Jones (CERN)

7:00 PM Quench margins - Mariusz Gracjan Sapinski (CERN)

7:30 PM First demonstration with beam of the Achromatic Telescopic Squeeze (ATS) - Stephane Fartoukh (CERN)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

8:30 AM Experiments expectations, plans and constraints - Benedetto Gorini (CERN)

9:00 AM Turn-around improvements - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

9:30 AM Performance reach of the injector complex - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)

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

11:00 AM Transverse damper - Wolfgang Hofle (CERN)

11:30 AM R2E failure rates expectations - Markus Brugger (CERN)
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Beam Energy - Andrzej Siemko (CERN)

5:30 PM Optics Options - Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)

6:00 PM Collimation settings and performance - Roderik Bruce (CERN)

6:30 PM Performance Reach in the LHC for 2012 - Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)

7:00 PM MD plans in 2012 - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)

7:30 PM Ions in 2012 - John Jowett (CERN)
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

8:30 AM LS1 general planning and strategy for LHC, LHC injectors - Katy Foraz (CERN)

9:00 AM Powering tests before LHC warm-up: What is new from Chamonix 2011? - Mirko Pojer (CERN)

9:30 AM LHC consolidation of the superconducting circuits - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)

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

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

11:50 AM Cryogenics system: strategy to achieve nominal performance and reliable operation - Laurent Tavian (CERN)
4:30 PM coffee break
coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM LHC experiments upgrade and maintenance - Marzio Nessi (CERN)

5:25 PM QPS upgrade and machine protection during LS1 - Reiner Denz (CERN)

5:50 PM EN-EL upgrade and consolidation - Francois Duval (CERN)

6:10 PM EN-CV upgrade and consolidation - Mauro Nonis (CERN)

6:35 PM Access strategy in the accelerator complex and experimental areas - Rui Nunes (CERN)

7:00 PM RF upgrade program in LHC injectors and LHC machine - Erk Jensen (CERN)

7:30 PM What is the maximum reasonable energy? - Ezio Todesco (CERN)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

8:30 AM Performance potential of the injectors after LS1 - Heiko Damerau (CERN)

8:55 AM Performance reach of LHC after LS1 - Werner Herr (CERN)

9:20 AM Magnet powering with zero downtime - a dream? - Markus Zerlauth (CERN)

9:45 AM Beam systems without failures – what can be done? - Jan Uythoven (CERN) Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci (CERN)

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

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

11:30 AM Quenches: will there be any? - Arjan Verweij (CERN)
3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Special Seminar - Mikhail Lomonosov - Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)
Special Seminar - Mikhail Lomonosov
- Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Will ALICE be running during the HL-LHC era? - Johannes Wessels (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))

5:15 PM Will LHCb be running during the HL-LHC era? - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)

5:30 PM HL-LHC operation with protons and ions - Oliver Bruning (CERN)

6:00 PM Can the proton injectors meet the HL-LHC requirements after LS2? - Brennan Goddard (CERN)

6:30 PM Necessary LIU studies in the injectors during 2012 - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)

7:00 PM SPS: scrubbing or coating?- - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)

7:30 PM Plans for ions in the injector complex - Django Manglunki (CERN)
Friday, February 10, 2012
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

8:30 AM Beam current limit for HL-LHC - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (CERN)

8:55 AM Do we really need an upgrade of the collimation system for HL-LHC? - Stefano Redaelli (CERN)

9:20 AM New Magnets for the IR: how far are we from HL-LHC target? - Gianluca Sabbi (LBNL)

9:45 AM Crab Cavities: from virtual reality to real reality? - Rama Calaga (CERN)

10:40 AM LHeC and HE-LHC: Accelerator lay-out and challenges - Frank Zimmermann (CERN)

11:05 AM Magnet R&D for LHeC and HE-LHC: synergy and competion? - Luca Bottura (CERN)

11:30 AM SC Cavities R&D for LHeC an HE-LHC - Erk Jensen (CERN)
12:30 PM Lunch@Les Aiglons
Lunch@Les Aiglons
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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