Thijs Wijnands
(CERN)
17/09/2008, 09:00
Oral
The LHC is an accelerator with unprecedented complexity where the energy stored in the magnets and in the beams exceeds that of other accelerators by one-to-two orders of magnitude. An initial phase of so-called "hardware commissioning" has thus been introduced, during which the comprehensive commissioning of all technical systems is undertaken without beam in an effort to ensure a safe and...