Name: LHC Performance Workshop (Chamonix 2014)
Start: 2014-09-22T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-09-25T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chamonix - Les Aiglons

LHC Performance Workshop (Chamonix 2014)

from Monday, September 22, 2014 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, September 25, 2014 (6:00 PM)

Monday, September 22, 2014
8:45 AM Introduction - Frederick Bordry
Introduction
- Frederick Bordry
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Non-conformities (solved and pending) on the Superconducting Circuits - Arjan Verweij

9:30 AM Re-commissioning of the Superconducting Circuits - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci

10:00 AM Other Non-solved NC's across the LHC Ring and Potential Impact on Performance - Vincent Baglin

11:00 AM Expected impact of hardware changes on impedance and beam induced heating during run 2 - Benoit Salvant

11:30 AM ADT and RF after LS1 - Andrew Butterworth (CERN)

12:00 PM LBDS and Kickers after LS1 - Wolfgang Bartmann
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM LHC Injectors Complex Status - Klaus Hanke

4:45 PM SPS Scrubbing 2014 - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)

5:15 PM Operational Beams for the LHC - Yannis Papaphilippou

6:00 PM LHC Dry-Runs and Cold Check-out - Delphine Jacquet

6:30 PM LHC Sector Test - Reyes Alemany Fernandez
7:00 PM Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction - Mike Lamont

9:10 AM Experiments' Expectations for 2015 - Emilio Meschi

9:40 AM Baseline Machine Parameters and Configuration for 2015 - Roderik Bruce

10:40 AM Optics options for the 2015 LHC run - Massimo Giovannozzi

11:10 AM Nominal Cycle and Options - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci

11:40 AM Scrubbing: Expectations and Strategy, Long Range Perspective - Giovanni Iadarola
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:05 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Strategy for First Two Months (commissioning to first stable beams) - Stefano Redaelli

4:30 PM Overall Strategy for Run 2 - Jorg Wenninger

5:00 PM MPS Strategy for Commissioning and Operation - Belen Maria Salvachua Ferrando

5:30 PM Machine Development Priorities - Jan Uythoven

6:00 PM BLM Threshold Strategy (vs UFOs and Quenches) - Bernhard Auchmann

6:30 PM R2E and Availability - Markus Brugger
7:45 PM Dinner
Dinner
7:45 PM - 9:15 PM
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM LINAC4: Progress on Hardware and Beam Commissioning - Alessandra Lombardi

9:40 AM Protons: Baseline and Alternatives, Studies Plan - Giovanni Rumolo

10:50 AM Concerns with Low Emittance Beams Operation - Verena Kain

11:20 AM Other Means to increase the SPS 25 ns Performance - Transverse Plane - Hannes Bartosik

11:40 AM Other Means to Increase the SPS 25 ns Performance - Longitudinal Plane - Theodoros Argyropoulos

12:05 PM Ions: Baseline, Studies Plan and Strategy for Pending Options - Michael Andreas Bodendorfer
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM HL-LHC Parameter and Lay-out Baseline - Markus Zerlauth Paolo Fessia

4:30 PM HL-LHC Magnet Roadmap - Ezio Todesco

5:00 PM HL-LHC RF Roadmap - Rama Calaga

5:30 PM HL-LHC alternative scenarios, parameters and lay-out - Rogelio Tomas Garcia

6:00 PM Collimation and MP Roadmap - Stefano Redaelli

6:30 PM Down Selection Criteria and MDs Prior to LS3 - Gianluigi Arduini
7:00 PM Aperitif
Aperitif
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

8:30 PM Dinner
Dinner
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, September 25, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Linacs - Richard Scrivens

9:20 AM PSB and PS Consolidation for LS2 and Beyond - Simone Gilardoni

10:00 AM SPS Consolidation for LS2 and Beyond - James Ridewood

11:10 AM AD + LEIR - Tommy Eriksson

11:40 AM NA + EA - Adrian Fabich

12:10 PM Isolde and n_TOF Consolidation - Richard Catherall
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:35 PM
Contributions

2:05 PM Scope of the Long Shutdown 2 (optimisation of the period 2015-2018) - José Miguel Jiménez

2:20 PM What has been learnt from LS1 - Katy Foraz

2:50 PM Safety & Radiation Aspects - Doris Forkel-Wirth

3:15 PM LIU Planned Activities - Julie Coupard

4:15 PM HL-LHC Planned Activities - Accelerator - Isabel Bejar Alonso

4:45 PM LHC Experiments Upgrade and Maintenance - Werner Riegler

5:15 PM LHC @ LS2 - Marzia Bernardini