MD1/MD2 Preparation
Tuesday, 17 March 2026 -
14:00
Monday, 16 March 2026
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
14:00
Introduction and upcoming timeline
-
Georges Trad
(
CERN
)
Giovanni Iadarola
(
CERN
)
Jan Uythoven
(
CERN
)
Introduction and upcoming timeline
Georges Trad
(
CERN
)
Giovanni Iadarola
(
CERN
)
Jan Uythoven
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 14:10
Room: 774/2-058
14:10
High-intensity run preparation
-
Sofia Kostoglou
(
CERN
)
High-intensity run preparation
Sofia Kostoglou
(
CERN
)
14:10 - 14:20
Room: 774/2-058
MD18224 - High-intensity test part 1
14:20
OMC studies
-
Ewen Hamish Maclean
(
CERN
)
OMC studies
Ewen Hamish Maclean
(
CERN
)
14:20 - 14:30
Room: 774/2-058
MD18334 - Replicating HL-LHC low beta* D2 coupling errors MD18328 - Replicating HL-LHC magnet errors at injection MD18325 - Optics investigations at flat-top MD18324 - MO circuit response checks MD18323 - Optics measurement along a train MD18248 - Local chromaticity / chromatic optics investigations
14:30
Beam instrumentation studies
-
Sara Morales Vigo
(
CERN
)
Jonathan Emery
(
CERN
)
Beam instrumentation studies
Sara Morales Vigo
(
CERN
)
Jonathan Emery
(
CERN
)
14:30 - 14:40
Room: 774/2-058
MD18332 - Characterization of the Longitudinal Proton Beam Distribution MD17983 - LHC BWS fully consolidated prototype performance assessment
14:40
RF studies
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Helga Timko
(
CERN
)
Birk Emil Karlsen-Baeck
(
CERN
)
RF studies
Helga Timko
(
CERN
)
Birk Emil Karlsen-Baeck
(
CERN
)
14:40 - 14:50
Room: 774/2-058
MD18225 - Full-detuning beam-loading compensation at LHC injection MD18226 - Longitudinal coupled-bunch stability
14:50
Beam-beam studies
-
Sofia Kostoglou
(
CERN
)
Guido Sterbini
(
CERN
)
Beam-beam studies
Sofia Kostoglou
(
CERN
)
Guido Sterbini
(
CERN
)
14:50 - 15:00
Room: 774/2-058
MD18223 - Collisions of HL-LHC baseline with 1.8e11ppb and high pile-up
15:00
Beam-dust studies
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Ingrid Midtbust Hjelle
(
EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH)
)
Beam-dust studies
Ingrid Midtbust Hjelle
(
EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH)
)
15:00 - 15:10
Room: 774/2-058
MD18331 - Study of mechanically induced UFO events at 3 TeV MD18252 - Reconstruction of the motion of mechanically triggered UFOs at 6.8 TeV
15:10
Collimation studies
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Pascal Hermes
(
CERN
)
Marta Katarzyna Zielinska
(
Warsaw University of Technology (PL)
)
Bjorn Hans Filip Lindstrom
(
University of London (GB)
)
Collimation studies
Pascal Hermes
(
CERN
)
Marta Katarzyna Zielinska
(
Warsaw University of Technology (PL)
)
Bjorn Hans Filip Lindstrom
(
University of London (GB)
)
15:10 - 15:20
Room: 774/2-058
MD18283 - Collimation hierarchy margins versus 3Qy resonance MD18251 - B1 Collimation Quench Test MD18250 - Halo Scraping at Flat Top with 1.8e11 bunch intensity MD18246 - Crystal collimators characterization with proton beam MD18184 - High-intensity beam halo measurement with HL-LHC bunches
15:20
TWOCRYST
-
Pascal Hermes
(
CERN
)
TWOCRYST
Pascal Hermes
(
CERN
)
15:20 - 15:30
Room: 774/2-058
MD18327 - TWOCRYST - Background Measurement MD18183 - TWOCRYST protons-on-target
15:30
e-cloud studies
-
Lotta Mether
(
CERN
)
e-cloud studies
Lotta Mether
(
CERN
)
15:30 - 15:40
Room: 774/2-058
- Postponed studies from 2025 - MD18249 - Heat load vs intensity at flat top
15:40
Impedance and instability studies
-
Xavier Buffat
(
CERN
)
Nicolas Mounet
(
CERN
)
Impedance and instability studies
Xavier Buffat
(
CERN
)
Nicolas Mounet
(
CERN
)
15:40 - 15:50
Room: 774/2-058
MD18333 - Collimator tune shift measurement bias MD18243 - Negative octupole thresholds vs chromaticity, for standard and IR7 optics
15:50
OP and FCC studies
-
Joanna Wanczyk
Christian Goffing
(
CERN and KIT
)
OP and FCC studies
Joanna Wanczyk
Christian Goffing
(
CERN and KIT
)
15:50 - 16:00
Room: 774/2-058
MD18263 - Luminosity calibration non-factorization study: beam-beam + coupling for different beam profiles MD18326 - Main arc quadrupole modulation studies