Speaker
Dr
Simone Gilardoni
(CERN)
Description
The electromagnetic collisions of Lead ions can change the ions charge
state due to electron capture via pair production (Bound-Free Pair
Production ).
Many electron-positron pairs are created in the intense
electromagnetic fields of the nuclei. In some cases, the electron is
created in a bound-state of one nucleus.
These wrongly charged ions are lost in the dispersion suppressor
regions, and may lead to a magnet quench when LHC operates at the
nominal luminosity and at collision energy. After a brief description
of the Bound-Free Pair Production process, a first Monte Carlo
evaluation of the energy deposition induced by such losses is
discussed.
Author
Dr
Simone Gilardoni
(CERN)
Co-authors
Mr
Bruce
(CERN)
Dr
John Jowett
(CERN)
