LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2010

from Monday, January 25, 2010 (8:30 AM) to Friday, January 29, 2010 (6:30 PM)
Chamonix

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jan 25, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 27, 2010
Jan 28, 2010
Jan 29, 2010
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8:30 AM
Session 1 - Preconditions for Operating at 5 TeV in 2010 (until 12:30 PM)
8:30 AM Scope and results of hardware commissioning to 3.5 TeV and lessons learnt - Matteo Solfaroli  
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8:50 AM Enhanced QPS – Commissioning and performance at 3.5TeV, outlook towards 5 TeV - Reiner Denz  
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9:15 AM Do the splices limit us to reach 5TeV. Plans for 2010 run - Michael Koratzinos  
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9:40 AM Lessons learnt from beam commissioning and early beam operation of the Beam Loss Monitors (+ outlook to 5TeV) - Barbara Holzer  
10:05 AM --- coffee break ---
10:35 AM How to safely reach higher energies and intensities? Settings and commissioning of Machine Protection Systems for 5TeV operation (BIC, SMP, LBDS, BPM, BCT, PIC …) - Jorg Wenninger  
11:00 AM What else needs to be done to reach 5 TeV and beyond? Consolidation and commissioning of essential magnet powering systems - Walter Venturini  
11:25 AM HWC 2010 and beyond – R.Schmidt - 15 min - Rudiger Schmidt  
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8:30 AM
Session 3 - Optimise Interventions and Recovery from Collateral Damages on Cold Sectors (until 12:30 PM)
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8:30 AM Can we optimise the cleanup process further? - Vincent Baglin  
8:55 AM What is the MCI in case of a “beam driven” failure of a magnet enclosure - Rob Van Weelderen  
9:20 AM Means to limit the collateral damages in the beam vacuum chamber - Miguel Jimenez  
9:45 AM --- coffee break ---
10:15 AM What repair activity can be done today on a locally warmed-up sub-sector? - Paul Cruikshank  
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10:40 AM Can we change a magnet without warming-up a full arc? - Serge Claudet  
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11:05 AM Decoupling of adjacent cryogenic sectors - Gerard Ferlin  
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8:30 AM
Session 5 - Access System and Radiation Monitors (until 11:35 AM)
8:30 AM How did the LHC access system perform in 2009? - Laurette Ponce  
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9:00 AM How should the access system be operated while LHC is not in beam operation? - Julie Coupard  
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9:25 AM Is there a need for re-sectorization and/or additional interlocks? - Marc Tavlet  
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9:50 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:20 AM Impact of safety related requirements and evolutions on LASS and LACS - Rui Nunes  
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10:45 AM How to achieve satisfactory performances of the access system: stability, efficiency, operation, fluidity ? - Timo Hakulinen  
11:10 AM Arcon/Ramses: Current status and operational risks - Doris Forkel-Wirth  
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8:30 AM
Session 7 - Future Upgrade scenarios for the Injector Complex (until 12:30 PM)
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8:30 AM What will PS2 + SPL provide for LHC? - Michael Benedikt  
9:00 AM Keeping the present injector complex running with high reliability for 10-20 more years - Simon Baird  
9:30 AM Possible improvements to the existing pre-injector complex in the framework of continued consolidation - Massimo Giovannozzi  
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10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Upgrade possibilities in the SPS - Elena Shaposhnikova  
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11:00 AM Other scenarios for a partial upgrade of the injector complex - Christian Carli  
8:30 AM
Session 9 - Additional LHC upgrade scenarios (until 12:30 PM)
8:30 AM Parameter space beyond 10<sup>34</sup> - Frank Zimmermann  
8:55 AM Implications of higher intensities in the LHC - Ralph Assmann  
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9:20 AM Crab Cavities - Rama Calaga  
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9:45 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:15 AM Luminosity optimization and leveling - Jean-Pierre Koutchouk  
10:40 AM What do the experiments want? - Marzio Nessi  
11:05 AM Comparison of integrated luminosities - Mike Lamont  
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4:30 PM --- coffee break ---
5:00 PM
Session 2 – Magnets and splices consolidation shutdown 2010/2011 (until 8:00 PM)
5:00 PM Overview of all superconducting splices in the LHC machine - Nuria Catalan  
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5:25 PM Minimum requirements for 13 kA splices - Arjan Verweij  
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5:55 PM Status of splices in 13 kA circuits - Paolo Fessia  
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6:25 PM Status of splices in 6 kA circuits - Jean-Philippe Tock  
6:55 PM Scenarios for consolidations intervention - Francesco Bertinelli  
7:20 PM Dipoles retraining for 7 TeV - Ezio Todesco  
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8:30 PM --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM
Session 4 - Safety for Personnel Underground - He Evacuation (until 8:00 PM)
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5:00 PM Safety Taskforce follow-up in perspective with 2nd LHC physics run in 2011 - Ralf Trant  
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5:15 PM Protection of underground areas and He release to surface - Sylvain Weisz  
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5:30 PM Safety organization and Safety status of the experiments - Olga Beltramello  
5:55 PM Safety consolidation and improvements in the experiments - Christoph Schaefer  
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6:15 PM Work and Safety Organisation during LHC Shut Down. - John Pedersen  
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6:40 PM What can the Safety Coordination do for you? - John Etheridge  
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7:00 PM How radiation will change your life - Doris Forkel-Wirth  
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7:30 PM Modification of the LHC underground ventilation system - Mauro Nonis  
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8:30 PM --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM
Session 6 - Radiation to Electronics (until 8:00 PM)
5:00 PM Review of critical radiation areas for LHC Electronics and mitigation actions. Radiation monitoring and first results - Markus Brugger  
5:35 PM Review of exposed equipment in the LHC: a global view - Thijs Wijnands  
6:00 PM LHC Power Converters, the proposed approach - Yves Thurel  
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6:20 PM Is the WorldFIP a reliable Rad-hard Fieldbus on long term? - Javier Serrano  
6:40 PM Summary of the 2009 irradiation tests and perspectives for future tests and facilities - Daniel Kramer  
7:05 PM Experience with the ATLAS radiation policy: can we say we are safe? - Philippe Farthouat  
7:30 PM Where are we with the Long-term plans and the CERN-wide radiation Policy - Roberto Losito  
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8:30 PM --- Dinner in Restaurant La Calèche ---
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM
Session 8 - LHC Upgrade Plans for the first long Shutdown (until 8:00 PM)
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5:00 PM Overview of IR upgrade scope and challenges - Ranko Ostojic  
5:25 PM Injector complex upgrades - Maurizio Vretenar  
5:50 PM Optics Challenges and Solutions for the LHC Insertions Upgrade Phase I - Stephane Fartoukh  
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6:20 PM Hardware challenges and limitations for the IR upgrades - Stephan Russenschuck  
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6:45 PM Planned upgrade activities in IR4 for the 2014/15 shutdown - Ed Ciapala  
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7:10 PM Summary of the collimation upgrade plans - Ralph Assmann  
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7:35 PM Integration issues in the tunnel and impact on general LHC systems - Sylvain Weisz  
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8:30 PM --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
2:00 PM
Summary Session (until 4:30 PM)
2:00 PM Summary of Evian Workshop - Mike Lamont  
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2:30 PM Summary of the Chamonix 2010 Workshop - Steve Myers  
4:00 PM --- coffee break ---
4:45 PM --- Departure of bus for CERN (Les Aiglons) ---