LHC Performance Workshop - Chamonix 2010

from Monday 25 January 2010 (08:30) to Friday 29 January 2010 (18:30)
Chamonix

        : Sessions
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        : Breaks
25 Jan 2010
26 Jan 2010
27 Jan 2010
28 Jan 2010
29 Jan 2010
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08:30
Session 1 - Preconditions for Operating at 5 TeV in 2010 (until 12:30)
08:30 Scope and results of hardware commissioning to 3.5 TeV and lessons learnt - Matteo Solfaroli  
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08:50 Enhanced QPS – Commissioning and performance at 3.5TeV, outlook towards 5 TeV - Reiner Denz  
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09:15 Do the splices limit us to reach 5TeV. Plans for 2010 run - Michael Koratzinos  
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09:40 Lessons learnt from beam commissioning and early beam operation of the Beam Loss Monitors (+ outlook to 5TeV) - Barbara Holzer  
10:05 --- coffee break ---
10:35 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 What else needs to be done to reach 5 TeV and beyond? Consolidation and commissioning of essential magnet powering systems - Walter Venturini  
11:25 HWC 2010 and beyond – R.Schmidt - 15 min - Rudiger Schmidt  
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Session 3 - Optimise Interventions and Recovery from Collateral Damages on Cold Sectors (until 12:30)
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08:30 Can we optimise the cleanup process further? - Vincent Baglin  
08:55 What is the MCI in case of a “beam driven” failure of a magnet enclosure - Rob Van Weelderen  
09:20 Means to limit the collateral damages in the beam vacuum chamber - Miguel Jimenez  
09:45 --- coffee break ---
10:15 What repair activity can be done today on a locally warmed-up sub-sector? - Paul Cruikshank  
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10:40 Can we change a magnet without warming-up a full arc? - Serge Claudet  
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11:05 Decoupling of adjacent cryogenic sectors - Gerard Ferlin  
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Session 5 - Access System and Radiation Monitors (until 11:35)
08:30 How did the LHC access system perform in 2009? - Laurette Ponce  
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09:00 How should the access system be operated while LHC is not in beam operation? - Julie Coupard  
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09:25 Is there a need for re-sectorization and/or additional interlocks? - Marc Tavlet  
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09:50 --- Coffee Break ---
10:20 Impact of safety related requirements and evolutions on LASS and LACS - Rui Nunes  
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10:45 How to achieve satisfactory performances of the access system: stability, efficiency, operation, fluidity ? - Timo Hakulinen  
11:10 Arcon/Ramses: Current status and operational risks - Doris Forkel-Wirth  
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Session 7 - Future Upgrade scenarios for the Injector Complex (until 12:30)
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08:30 What will PS2 + SPL provide for LHC? - Michael Benedikt  
09:00 Keeping the present injector complex running with high reliability for 10-20 more years - Simon Baird  
09:30 Possible improvements to the existing pre-injector complex in the framework of continued consolidation - Massimo Giovannozzi  
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10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Upgrade possibilities in the SPS - Elena Shaposhnikova  
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11:00 Other scenarios for a partial upgrade of the injector complex - Christian Carli  
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Session 9 - Additional LHC upgrade scenarios (until 12:30)
08:30 Parameter space beyond 10<sup>34</sup> - Frank Zimmermann  
08:55 Implications of higher intensities in the LHC - Ralph Assmann  
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09:20 Crab Cavities - Rama Calaga  
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09:45 --- Coffee break ---
10:15 Luminosity optimization and leveling - Jean-Pierre Koutchouk  
10:40 What do the experiments want? - Marzio Nessi  
11:05 Comparison of integrated luminosities - Mike Lamont  
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16:30 --- coffee break ---
17:00
Session 2 – Magnets and splices consolidation shutdown 2010/2011 (until 20:00)
17:00 Overview of all superconducting splices in the LHC machine - Nuria Catalan  
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17:25 Minimum requirements for 13 kA splices - Arjan Verweij  
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17:55 Status of splices in 13 kA circuits - Paolo Fessia  
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18:25 Status of splices in 6 kA circuits - Jean-Philippe Tock  
18:55 Scenarios for consolidations intervention - Francesco Bertinelli  
19:20 Dipoles retraining for 7 TeV - Ezio Todesco  
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20:30 --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Session 4 - Safety for Personnel Underground - He Evacuation (until 20:00)
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17:00 Safety Taskforce follow-up in perspective with 2nd LHC physics run in 2011 - Ralf Trant  
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17:15 Protection of underground areas and He release to surface - Sylvain Weisz  
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17:30 Safety organization and Safety status of the experiments - Olga Beltramello  
17:55 Safety consolidation and improvements in the experiments - Christoph Schaefer  
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18:15 Work and Safety Organisation during LHC Shut Down. - John Pedersen  
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18:40 What can the Safety Coordination do for you? - John Etheridge  
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19:00 How radiation will change your life - Doris Forkel-Wirth  
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19:30 Modification of the LHC underground ventilation system - Mauro Nonis  
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20:30 --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
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Session 6 - Radiation to Electronics (until 20:00)
17:00 Review of critical radiation areas for LHC Electronics and mitigation actions. Radiation monitoring and first results - Markus Brugger  
17:35 Review of exposed equipment in the LHC: a global view - Thijs Wijnands  
18:00 LHC Power Converters, the proposed approach - Yves Thurel  
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18:20 Is the WorldFIP a reliable Rad-hard Fieldbus on long term? - Javier Serrano  
18:40 Summary of the 2009 irradiation tests and perspectives for future tests and facilities - Daniel Kramer  
19:05 Experience with the ATLAS radiation policy: can we say we are safe? - Philippe Farthouat  
19:30 Where are we with the Long-term plans and the CERN-wide radiation Policy - Roberto Losito  
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20:30 --- Dinner in Restaurant La Calèche ---
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Session 8 - LHC Upgrade Plans for the first long Shutdown (until 20:00)
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17:00 Overview of IR upgrade scope and challenges - Ranko Ostojic  
17:25 Injector complex upgrades - Maurizio Vretenar  
17:50 Optics Challenges and Solutions for the LHC Insertions Upgrade Phase I - Stephane Fartoukh  
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18:20 Hardware challenges and limitations for the IR upgrades - Stephan Russenschuck  
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18:45 Planned upgrade activities in IR4 for the 2014/15 shutdown - Ed Ciapala  
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19:10 Summary of the collimation upgrade plans - Ralph Assmann  
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19:35 Integration issues in the tunnel and impact on general LHC systems - Sylvain Weisz  
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20:30 --- Dinner in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
12:30 --- Lunch in Hotel Les Aiglons ---
14:00
Summary Session (until 16:30)
14:00 Summary of Evian Workshop - Mike Lamont  
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14:30 Summary of the Chamonix 2010 Workshop - Steve Myers  
16:00 --- coffee break ---
16:45 --- Departure of bus for CERN (Les Aiglons) ---