LHC Performance Workshop (Chamonix 2014)

from Monday 22 September 2014 (08:00) to Thursday 25 September 2014 (18:00)
Chamonix - Les Aiglons

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Sept 2014
23 Sept 2014
24 Sept 2014
25 Sept 2014
AM
08:45 Introduction - Frederick Bordry  
Slides
09:00
Session 1 - LS1, HW Commissioning, Powering Tests - Coming out of LS1 - Mirko Pojer Laurette Ponce (until 13:00)
summary
09:00 Non-conformities (solved and pending) on the Superconducting Circuits - Arjan Verweij  
Abstract
Paper
Slides
09:20 --- Questions ---
09:30 Re-commissioning of the Superconducting Circuits - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci  
Paper
Slides
09:50 --- Questions ---
10:00 Other Non-solved NC's across the LHC Ring and Potential Impact on Performance - Vincent Baglin  
Abstract
Paper
Slides
10:20 --- Questions ---
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Expected impact of hardware changes on impedance and beam induced heating during run 2 - Benoit Salvant  
abstract
Paper
Slides
11:20 --- Questions ---
11:30 ADT and RF after LS1 - Andrew Butterworth (CERN)  
Paper
Slides
11:50 --- Questions ---
12:00 LBDS and Kickers after LS1 - Wolfgang Bartmann  
Paper
Slides
12:20 --- Questions ---
09:00
Session 3 - 2015 Commissioning with Beam - Mike Lamont Giulia Papotti (until 12:30)
summary
09:00 Introduction - Mike Lamont  
Paper
Slides
09:10 Experiments' Expectations for 2015 - Emilio Meschi  
Paper
Slides
09:30 --- Questions ---
09:40 Baseline Machine Parameters and Configuration for 2015 - Roderik Bruce  
Paper
Slides
10:00 --- Questions ---
10:10 --- Coffee beak ---
10:40 Optics options for the 2015 LHC run - Massimo Giovannozzi  
Paper
Slides
11:00 --- Questions ---
11:10 Nominal Cycle and Options - Matteo Solfaroli Camillocci  
Paper
Slides
11:30 --- Questions ---
11:40 Scrubbing: Expectations and Strategy, Long Range Perspective - Giovanni Iadarola  
12:05 --- Questions ---
09:00
Session 5 - LIU - Giovanni Rumolo Malika Meddahi (until 12:30)
summary
09:00 LINAC4: Progress on Hardware and Beam Commissioning - Alessandra Lombardi  
Paper
Slides
09:30 --- Questions ---
09:40 Protons: Baseline and Alternatives, Studies Plan - Giovanni Rumolo  
Paper
Slides
10:10 --- Questions ---
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50 Concerns with Low Emittance Beams Operation - Verena Kain  
Paper
Slides
11:10 --- Questions ---
11:20 Other Means to increase the SPS 25 ns Performance - Transverse Plane - Hannes Bartosik  
Paper
Slides
11:30 --- Questions ---
11:40 Other Means to Increase the SPS 25 ns Performance - Longitudinal Plane - Theodoros Argyropoulos  
Paper
Slides
11:55 --- Questions ---
12:05 Ions: Baseline, Studies Plan and Strategy for Pending Options - Michael Andreas Bodendorfer  
Paper
Slides
12:20 --- Questions ---
09:00
Session 7 - Accelerators and non LHC Experiment Areas Consolidation up to LS3 - Florian Sonnemann Michael Benedikt (until 12:40)
09:00 Linacs - Richard Scrivens  
Paper
Slides
09:15 --- Questions ---
09:20 PSB and PS Consolidation for LS2 and Beyond - Simone Gilardoni  
09:50 --- Questions ---
10:00 SPS Consolidation for LS2 and Beyond - James Ridewood  
Paper
Slides
10:30 --- Questions ---
10:40 --- Coffee break ---
11:10 AD + LEIR - Tommy Eriksson  
Paper
Slides
11:30 --- Questions ---
11:40 NA + EA - Adrian Fabich  
Slides
12:00 --- Questions ---
12:10 Isolde and n_TOF Consolidation - Richard Catherall  
Paper
Slides
12:30 --- Questions ---
PM
16:00
Session 2 - Injector Status and Beams for LHC, Dry Runs, Sector Tests with Beam - Reyes Alemany Fernandez Rende Steerenberg (until 19:00)
summary
16:00 LHC Injectors Complex Status - Klaus Hanke  
Paper
Slides
16:30 --- Questions ---
16:45 SPS Scrubbing 2014 - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
Paper
Slides
17:05 --- Questions ---
17:15 Operational Beams for the LHC - Yannis Papaphilippou  
Paper
Slides
17:45 --- Questions ---
18:00 LHC Dry-Runs and Cold Check-out - Delphine Jacquet  
Paper
Slides
18:20 --- Questions ---
18:30 LHC Sector Test - Reyes Alemany Fernandez  
Paper
Slides
18:50 --- Questions ---
19:00 --- Dinner ---
16:00
Session 4 - LHC: Challenges and Strategy for Run2 - Belen Maria Salvachua Ferrando Markus Zerlauth (until 19:05)
summary
16:00 Strategy for First Two Months (commissioning to first stable beams) - Stefano Redaelli  
Paper
Slides
16:20 --- Questions ---
16:30 Overall Strategy for Run 2 - Jorg Wenninger  
Paper
Slides
16:50 --- Questions ---
17:00 MPS Strategy for Commissioning and Operation - Belen Maria Salvachua Ferrando  
Paper
Slides
17:20 --- Questions ---
17:30 Machine Development Priorities - Jan Uythoven  
Paper
Slides
17:50 --- Questions ---
18:00 BLM Threshold Strategy (vs UFOs and Quenches) - Bernhard Auchmann  
Paper
Slides
18:20 --- Questions ---
18:30 R2E and Availability - Markus Brugger  
Paper
Slides
18:50 --- Questions ---
19:45 --- Dinner ---
16:00
Session 6 - HL-LHC - Paolo Ferracin Oliver Bruning (until 19:00)
summary
16:00 HL-LHC Parameter and Lay-out Baseline - Markus Zerlauth Paolo Fessia  
Paper
Slides
16:20 --- Questions ---
16:30 HL-LHC Magnet Roadmap - Ezio Todesco  
Paper
Slides
16:50 --- Questions ---
17:00 HL-LHC RF Roadmap - Rama Calaga  
Paper
Slides
17:20 --- Questions ---
17:30 HL-LHC alternative scenarios, parameters and lay-out - Rogelio Tomas Garcia  
Paper
Slides
17:50 --- Questions ---
18:00 Collimation and MP Roadmap - Stefano Redaelli  
Paper
Slides
18:20 --- Questions ---
18:30 Down Selection Criteria and MDs Prior to LS3 - Gianluigi Arduini  
Paper
Slides
18:50 --- Questions ---
19:00 --- Aperitif ---
20:30 --- Dinner ---
14:00
Session 8 - Long Shutdown 2 Strategy and Preparation - José Miguel Jiménez Jean-Philippe Tock (until 17:35)
summary
14:05 Scope of the Long Shutdown 2 (optimisation of the period 2015-2018) - José Miguel Jiménez  
Paper
Slides
14:15 --- Questions ---
14:20 What has been learnt from LS1 - Katy Foraz  
Paper
Transparents
14:40 --- Questions ---
14:50 Safety & Radiation Aspects - Doris Forkel-Wirth  
Paper
Slides
15:05 --- Questions ---
15:15 LIU Planned Activities - Julie Coupard  
Paper
Transparents
15:35 --- Questions ---
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 HL-LHC Planned Activities - Accelerator - Isabel Bejar Alonso  
Paper
Slides
16:35 --- Questions ---
16:45 LHC Experiments Upgrade and Maintenance - Werner Riegler  
Paper
Slides
17:05 --- Questions ---
17:15 LHC @ LS2 - Marzia Bernardini  
Paper
Slides
17:25 --- Questions ---