164th SPS and LHC Machine Protection Panel Meeting

Friday 18 May 2018, 10:00 → 12:10 Europe/Zurich

774/1-079 (CERN)

Daniel Wollmann (CERN), Jorg Wenninger (CERN)

More information you can find on website of the SPS and LHC Machine Protection Panel.

20180518_Minutes_MPP164.docx

20180518_Minutes_MPP164.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 SPS: BLM near miss event after HW change affecting septum - PM analysis of event and proposed improvements; LSS2 BIS connections

Speaker: Verena Kain (CERN)

BLM_testing_procedure.pdf

BLM_testing_procedure.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 SPS crab cavity test stand - results of interlock test and readiness for taking beam

Speaker: Giovanna Vandoni (CERN)

SPS-test-stand-MPP-20180518.pdf

SPS-test-stand-MPP-20180518.pptx

11:00 → 11:15 Report on direct dump BLM tests and proposal for updated procedure

Speaker: Wolfgang Bartmann (CERN)

MPP_directBLMs_18May18.pdf

MPP_directBLMs_18May18.pptx

11:15 → 11:25 AOB: Proposed update of BLM thresholds in collimators for steady state losses

Speaker: Alessio Mereghetti (CERN)

AM_2018-05-18_MPP_collimationBLMupdates.pdf

AM_2018-05-18_MPP_collimationBLMupdates.pptx

11:25 → 11:35 AOB: Improved abort gap cleaning and shift of first bunch to avoid residual captured beam in the abort gap

Speaker: Jorg Wenninger (CERN)

AbortGapCleaning-May18.pdf

AbortGapCleaning-May18.pptx

11:35 → 11:55 AOB: all

Speakers: Daniel Wollmann (CERN), Jan Uythoven (CERN), Jorg Wenninger (CERN), Markus Zerlauth (CERN), Matthieu Valette (CERN)