3–7 Oct 2016
ESRF
Europe/Zurich timezone

Smoothing the LHC during the Long Shut-down 1

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15m
Auditorium (ESRF)

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ESRF

71 avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
ORAL

Speaker

Dominique Missiaen (CERN)

Description

The two-years Long Shut-Down 1 (LS1), triggered by the repair of the splices in the interconnections of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cryo-magnets, gave the opportunity to the survey and alignment team to smooth the position of the 27km of the LHC in order to guaranty its best performance for the RUN2 expected between 2015 and 2018. For the first time after the starting of the LHC, the roll angle of the LHC cryo-magnets as well as their position in vertical and in horizontal (transverse) were measured. This large measurements campaign has allowed a realignment of many components and will be an important source of information useful for the analysis of the stability of the LHC, allowing then the survey team to predict the areas where the future movements are going to take place. This paper gives an overview of the techniques and the software used for the smoothing, the realignment process and a preliminary analysis of the stability of the LHC

Summary

The two-years Long Shut-Down 1 (LS1), triggered by the repair of the splices in the interconnections of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cryo-magnets, gave the opportunity to the survey and alignment team to smooth the position of the 27km of the LHC in order to guaranty its best performance for the RUN2 expected between 2015 and 2018. For the first time after the starting of the LHC, the roll angle of the LHC cryo-magnets as well as their position in vertical and in horizontal (transverse) were measured. This large measurements campaign has allowed a realignment of many components and will be an important source of information useful for the analysis of the stability of the LHC, allowing then the survey team to predict the areas where the future movements are going to take place.
This paper gives an overview of the techniques and the software used for the smoothing, the realignment process and a preliminary analysis of the stability of the LHC

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