LHC Beam Operation workshop - Evian 2012

from Monday 17 December 2012 (18:00) to Thursday 20 December 2012 (14:00)
Hotel Ermitage

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 Dec 2012
19 Dec 2012
20 Dec 2012
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08:30 Opening remarks and Setting the scene - Mike Lamont  
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08:40
Session 1: Review 2012 - Operational availability and efficiency - Scientific Secretary: Laurette Ponce Chairman: Jan Uythoven (until 10:20)
08:40 Introduction and review of the year - Alick Macpherson  
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09:05 Step back on availability - Benjamin Todd  
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09:30 R2E Experience and Outlook - Giovanni Spiezia  
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09:55 Machine protection issues - Daniel Wollmann  
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10:20 --- Coffee Break ---
10:40
Session 2 - Analysis of the operational cycle (implications of 6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total I...) - Chairman: Jorg Wenninger Scientific Secretary: Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci (until 12:40)
10:40 Cycles at 4 TeV and 7 TeV - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci  
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11:15 Squeezing with colliding beams - Xavier Buffat  
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11:50 Optimising spectrometers operation - Bernhard Holzer  
12:25 Discussion  
09:00
Session 4 - First Part: Performance limitations: 2012 review and 2014 outlook (6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total I...) - Scientific Secretary: Ghislain Roy Chairman: Gianluigi Arduini Scientific Secretary: Chiara Bracco Chairman: Rudiger Schmidt (until 10:00)
09:00 Beam losses through the cycle - Giulia Papotti  
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09:30 Review of the instabilities observed during the 2012 run and actions taken - Elias Metral  
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10:00 --- Coffee Break ---
10:30
Session 4 - First Part: Performance limitations: 2012 review and 2014 outlook (6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total I...) - Chairman: Gianluigi Arduini Scientific Secretary: Chiara Bracco Scientific Secretary: Ghislain Roy Chairman: Rudiger Schmidt (until 12:40)
10:30 Beam stability with separated beams at 6.5 TeV - Nicolas Mounet  
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10:45 Beam stability with colliding beams at 6.5 TeV - Tatiana Pieloni  
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11:10 Beam induced RF heating - Benoit Salvant  
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11:40 Electron Cloud and Scrubbing - Giovanni Iadarola  
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12:05 Cryogenics - Laurent Tavian  
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09:00
Session 5: Scenario for 2014 - Chairman: Mike Lamont Scientific Secretary: Malika Meddahi (until 10:20)
09:00 Experiments requirements and limitations for post-LS1 operation - Emilio Meschi  
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09:30 Post LS1 25 ns and 50 ns options from the injectors (incl. emittance blow-up) - Rende Steerenberg  
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10:00 Cool-down: cryogenics strategy - Serge Claudet  
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10:20 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50
Session 5 - Scenario for 2014 - 2015 - Chairman: Mike Lamont Scientific Secretary: Malika Meddahi (until 12:05)
10:50 First look at the recommissioning plans after LS1: HWC- Dry runs - Systems comm. ... - Mirko Pojer  
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11:20 Potential performances: putting it all together - Mike Lamont  
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12:40 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Session 3 - Beam Based Systems and Control: 2012 performance and 2014 outlook (implications of 6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total intensity ….) - Scientific Secretary: Giulia Papotti Chairman: Rhodri Jones (until 15:30)
14:00 “What we want” - Delphine Jacquet  
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14:35 “What you get” - Orbit and tune measurement and feedback - Thibaut Lefevre  
15:05 “What you get” - Beam size measurements - Federico Roncarolo  
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15:30 --- Coffee Break ---
16:00
Session 3 - Beam Based Systems and Control: 2012 performance and 2014 outlook (implications of 6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total intensity ….) - Scientific Secretary: Giulia Papotti Chairman: Rhodri Jones (until 17:55)
16:00 “What you get” – RF system - Themistoklis Mastoridis  
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16:30 “What you get” - Injection & dump systems - Chiara Bracco  
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17:00 “What you get” – Transverse Damper system - Daniel Valuch  
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17:25 “What you get” – Controls Software - Steen Jensen  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:40 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Session 4 - Second Part: Performance limitations: 2012 review and 2014 outlook (6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total I...) - Chairman: Gianluigi Arduini Chairman: Rudiger Schmidt Scientific Secretary: Chiara Bracco Scientific Secretary: Ghislain Roy (until 15:15)
14:00 Vacuum - Giulia Lanza  
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14:25 UFOs - Tobias Baer  
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14:50 BLM thresholds - past experience - Eduardo Nebot Del Busto  
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15:15 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45
Session 4 - Second Part: Performance limitations: 2012 review and 2014 outlook (6.5 TeV, 25ns, higher total I...) - Chairman: Rudiger Schmidt Chairman: Gianluigi Arduini Scientific Secretary: Chiara Bracco Scientific Secretary: Ghislain Roy (until 17:05)
15:45 Cleaning and collimator operation - outlook - Belen Maria Salvachua Ferrando  
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16:15 Emittance preservation - Maria Kuhn  
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16:40 Optics and dynamic aperture at 4 at 6.5 TeV - Rogelio Tomas Garcia  
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17:05 --- Break ---
18:00
Presentations by the LHC experiments (until 19:45)
18:00 Introduction - Benedetto Gorini  
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18:05 ALICE - Paolo Giubellino  
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18:25 CMS - Joao Varela  
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18:45 TOTEM - Simone Giani  
19:05 ATLAS - Fabiola Gianotti  
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19:25 LHCb - Pierluigi Campana  
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20:00 --- Cocktail and Dinner ---
12:05 --- Lunch Break ---