LHC Injectors Upgrade Workshop

Session

Session 3: LIU hardware and beam commissioning

15 Feb 2019, 08:40

Royal Plaza Montreux & Spa

Conveners

Session 3: LIU hardware and beam commissioning

• Alexander Huschauer (CERN)
• Verena Kain (CERN)

Session 3: LIU hardware and beam commissioning

• Verena Kain (CERN)
• Alexander Huschauer (CERN)

Presentation materials

LIU_worshop_2019_Check_out.pdf

LIU_worshop_2019_Check_out.pptx

30. Organisation of commissioning activities

Alexander Huschauer (CERN), Verena Kain (CERN)

15/02/2019, 08:40

o Keywords:

• BCWG, 2019/20 activities, organisation, responsibilities, commissioning phases

o Points to be addressed:

• Review of the 2018 BCWG activities and achievements
• Outline for activities in 2019/20
• Organisation, structure and responsibilities for 2019/20 activities and beyond
• Global planning to achieve LIU beam parameters.
• Introduction of different commissioning phases...

31. Hardware commissioning across the injector complex

James Ridewood (CERN)

15/02/2019, 09:00

o Keywords:

• strategy, check lists, applications, IST, tools, potential issues

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered :

• Addressing HWC across the injector complex (considering current and new LIU equipment)
• Review of commissioning strategy, planning and check lists
• Review the required status of controls and applications and identify additional needs
• What are the...

32. Readiness of RF equipment across the injector complex

Andy Butterworth (CERN)

15/02/2019, 09:30

o Keywords:

• IST, cold check-out, time lines, settings management, tools, slip stacking

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered:

• Planning from IST to cold check-out across the injectors (including Linac3) with special focus on the SPS
• Definition of time lines for different implementation phases towards operational system
• Address settings management and the status of...

33. Operating the injector complex after LS2

Delphine Jacquet (CERN)

15/02/2019, 10:05

o Keywords:

• operational and controls aspects, scheduling, physics concepts, timing system, forum, beam instrumentation, performance monitoring, optimisation algorithms/machine learning

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered:

• Discuss requirements and ideas to improve and facilitate operation after LS2
  • Consider operational and controls aspects
• Discuss common...

42. Linac4 and LBE line commissioning

Bettina Mikulec (CERN)

15/02/2019, 11:00

o Keywords:

• time line, goals, milestones, additional requirements, tools, optimisation algorithms, machine learning tools, connection pre-tests

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered:

• Present the time line for 2019/20 activities
  • Discuss the goals and define milestones
• What are the infrastructure requirements in terms of controls, timing, RF, …?
• What are the...

37. Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the SPS

Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)

15/02/2019, 11:25

o Points to be addressed:

• Detailed planning for pre-LS2 beam performance recovery according to the master schedule
• Define milestones for the different beam commissioning phases for LHC and non-LHC beams
• Details on commissioning of LIU equipment
• Hardware and software prerequisites
• Identify potential critical items/unknowns that could impact the schedule
• Implications of the CERN...

38. Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the PS

Frank Tecker (CERN)

15/02/2019, 11:45

o Points to be addressed:

• Detailed planning for pre-LS2 beam performance recovery according to the master schedule
• Define milestones for the different beam commissioning phases for LHC and non-LHC beams
• Details on commissioning of LIU equipment
• Hardware and software prerequisites
• Identify potential critical items/unknowns that could impact the schedule
• Implications of the CERN...

39. Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the PSB

Gian Piero Di Giovanni (CERN)

15/02/2019, 12:05

o Points to be addressed:

• Detailed planning for pre-LS2 beam performance recovery according to the master schedule
• Define milestones for the different beam commissioning phases for LHC and non-LHC beams
• Details on commissioning of LIU equipment
• Hardware and software prerequisites
• Identify potential critical items/unknowns that could impact the schedule
• Implications of the CERN...

40. Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning across the ion chain

Reyes Alemany Fernandez (CERN)

15/02/2019, 12:25

o Points to be addressed:

• Detailed planning for for Linac3 and LEIR pre-LS2 beam performance recovery according to the master schedule
• Define milestones for the different beam commissioning phases
• Milestones for slip stacking
• Details on commissioning of LIU equipment
• Hardware and software prerequisites
• Identify potential critical items/unknowns that could impact the schedule
  -...

41. Wrap-up

Alexander Huschauer (CERN), Verena Kain (CERN)

15/02/2019, 12:45

35. Contribution 6: Beam commissioning - strategy

o Keywords:
o Questions to be answered:

34. Linac4 and LBE line commissioning

Alessandra Lombardi (CERN)

o Keywords:

• time line, goals, additional requirements, tools, optimisation algorithms, machine learning tools, connection pre-tests

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered:

• Present the time line for 2019/20 activities and discuss the goals.
• What are the infrastructure requirements in terms of controls, timing, RF, …?
• What are the requirements in terms of...

36. Strategy of beam commissioning across the injector complex

Bettina Mikulec (CERN)

o Keywords:

• LIU beam parameters, scheduling strategies, setting-up, performance tracking, BI commissioning, tools

o Points to be addressed and questions to be answered:

• Present a global planning to achieve LIU beam parameters.
• Discuss common scheduling strategies between injectors and LHC, including MDs to achieve LIU parameters.
• Definition strategies for setting-up.
• Discuss a...