LTC Extended meeting

from Monday 3 March 2008 (08:30) to Friday 14 March 2008 (18:00)
CERN, CCC Conference Room

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Mar 2008
4 Mar 2008
5 Mar 2008
6 Mar 2008
7 Mar 2008
14 Mar 2008
AM
08:30
Session 1 - HWC experience & future plans (until 12:05)
08:30 Strategy - Steve Myers  
Slides
09:00 HWC– where are we? - Roberto Saban  
Slides
09:20 Overview of the commissioning of 45 - Bellesia Boris  
Slides
09:40 Issues arising from review and HW commissioning strategy over the coming months - Rudiger Schmidt  
Slides
10:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
10:30 HW commissioning to intermediate energy - Antonio Vergara-Fernandez  
Slides
11:05 Access System - Dr Magali Gruwe  
Slides
11:35 Experiments during HWC, beam tests and initial commissioning - Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi  
Slides
08:30
Session 2 - Preparation for Circulating Beam - Part II (until 12:00)
08:30 RF - Olivier Brunner  
Slides
09:05 Beam Instrumentation - Jean-Jacques Gras  
Slides
09:45 --- break ---
10:15 Collimators - Oliver Aberle  
Slides
10:50 Machine Interlocks - Alick Macpherson  
Slides
08:30
Session 4 - Beam Plans for Accelerator Systems (until 17:30)
Abstract
08:30 Beam Commissioning Procedures - Roger Bailey  
Abstract
Slides
09:00 Injection and Associated Protection Devices - Verena Kain  
Slides
09:40 Power Converters (tracking between sectors) - Frederick Bordry  
Slides
10:10 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
10:40 RF Acceleration Systems - Philippe Baudrenghien  
Slides
11:20 Beam Dump and associated Protection Devices - Brennan Goddard  
Slides
11:50 --- --- Lunch break --- ---
14:00 BI Systems - Rhodri Jones  
Abstract
Slides
14:40 RADMON - Thijs Wijnands  
Slides
15:10 Transverse Damper - Wolfgang Hofle  
15:40 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
16:10 Collimators - Ralph Assmann  
Slides
16:50 Machine Protection - Jan Uythoven  
Abstract
Slides
08:30
Session 5 - Beam Plans for Accelerator Physics Systems (until 17:30)
08:30 LHC optics - Thys Risselada Marek Strzelczyk  
09:10 LHC Aperture - Stefano Redaelli  
Slides
09:45 Beta beating, coupling, and dispersion - Rogelio Tomas Garcia  
Abstract
Slides
10:20 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
10:50 Orbit correction tools - Jorg Wenninger  
Abstract
Slides
11:25 Tune and Chromaticity correction - Ralph Steinhagen  
Slides
12:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---
14:00 Emittance - Frank Zimmermann  
Abstract
Slides
14:35 Non-linear correction circuits - Massimo Giovannozzi  
Abstract
Slides
15:10 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
15:40 Verification of the Beam Loss studies at start-up - Laurette Ponce  
Slides
16:15 MADX online model – Part 1 - Frank Schmidt  
Slides
16:40 MADX online model – Part 2 - Werner Herr  
Slides
08:30
Session 6 - Readiness of Controls (until 17:30)
08:30 Databases - Chris Roderick  
Slides
09:00 LSA Core - Grzegorz Kruk  
Slides
09:30 LSA & Safety - Verena Kain Wojtek Sliwinski  
10:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
10:30 Sequencer - Reyes Alemany Fernandez  
Slides
11:00 Timing - Julian Lewis  
Slides
11:30 Applications - Delphine Jacquet  
Slides
12:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---
14:00 Magnet Modelling - Nicholas Sammut  
Slides
14:30 Collimator control - Michel Jonker (CERN)  
Slides
15:00 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
15:30 Machine Interlocks (BIS, WIC, PIC, FMCM & SMP) - Bruno Puccio  
Slides
16:00 SIS (Software Interlock System) - Jakub Wozniak  
Slides
16:30 PM (Post Mortem) - Markus Zerlauth  
Slides
PM
12:05 --- --- Lunch break --- ---
14:00
Session 2 - Preparation for Circulating Beam - Part I (until 17:25)
14:00 Preparation for Beam commissioning - Mike Lamont  
Slides
14:35 Cryogenics towards operation - Serge Claudet  
Slides
15:10 Magnets & QPS towards operation - Nuria Catalan Lasheras  
Slides
15:45 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
16:15 Vacuum - Jose Miguel jimenez  
Slides
16:50 Injection/Beam Dump and Protection Devices - Brennan Goddard  
12:00 --- --- Lunch break --- ---
14:00
Session 3 - Possible injection into part of the machine, preparation for beam (until 17:30)
14:00 Options for possible sector test - Mike Lamont  
Slides
14:45 Radiation Protection implications of possible sector test - Doris Forkel-Wirth Dr Helmut Vincke  
Slides
15:15 --- --- Coffee break --- ---
15:45 Stopping the beam in a possible sector test - Stefano Redaelli  
Slides
16:15 Proposed tests with beam - Massimo Giovannozzi  
Slides
17:00 Quenches with beam - Ralph Assmann  
Slides
14:00
Summary (until 18:00)
14:00 Summary Session 1 - HWC experience & future plans - Chairman: Roberto Saban Scientific Secretary: Walter Venturini  
Slides
14:20 Summary Session 2 - Preparation for Circulating Beam - Chairman: Gianluigi Arduini Scientific Secretary: Reyes Alemany Fernandez  
Slides
14:45 Summary Session 3 - Possible injection into part of the machine, preparation for beam - Chairman: Mike Lamont Scientific Secretary: Verena KAIN  
Slides
15:05 Summary Session 4 - Beam Plans for Accelerator Systems - Chairman: Roger Bailey Scientific Secretary: Frank Zimmermann  
Slides
15:30 Summary Session 5 - Beam Plans for Accelerator Physics Systems - Chairman: Oliver Bruning Scientific Secretary: Alick Macpherson  
Slides
15:55 Summary Session 6 - Readiness of Controls - Chairman: Jorg Wenninger Scientific Secretary: Grzegorz Kruk  
Slides
16:20 Closing Words - Steve Myers