LHC Injectors Upgrade Workshop

from Wednesday, 13 February 2019 (13:30) to Friday, 15 February 2019 (15:30)
Royal Plaza Montreux & Spa

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 Feb 2019
14 Feb 2019
15 Feb 2019
AM
08:30
Session 1: LIU beam performance - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Giovanni Rumolo (CERN) (until 10:00)
08:30 Transverse beam quality and stability in the SPS (protons and ions) - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
09:00 Longitudinal beam quality and stability in the SPS (protons and ions) - Elena Shaposhnikova (CERN)  
09:30 Wrap up of Session 1: LIU beam performance reach - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30
Session 2: LS2 system readiness and shutdown execution - Julie Coupard (CERN) Brennan Goddard (CERN) (until 12:40)
10:30 Beyond LS2: spares, NCs and upgrades after LS2 - Giovanni Rumolo (CERN)  
Slides
Spare lists
11:00 LS2 Organisation and committee meeting - Jose Miguel Jimenez (CERN)  
11:20 Linac4 Connection - Simon Mataguez (CERN)  
11:40 PSB - David Hay (CERN)  
12:00 PS - Fernando Baltasar Dos Santos Pedrosa (CERN)  
12:20 SPS - David Mcfarlane (CERN)  
08:30 --- Group photo ---
08:40
Session 3: LIU hardware and beam commissioning - Verena Kain (CERN) Alexander Huschauer (CERN) (until 10:40)
08:40 Organisation of commissioning activities - Alexander Huschauer (CERN) Verena Kain (CERN)  
09:00 Hardware commissioning across the injector complex - James Ridewood (CERN)  
09:30 Readiness of RF equipment across the injector complex - Andy Butterworth (CERN)  
10:05 Operating the injector complex after LS2 - Delphine Jacquet (CERN)  
10:40 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 3: LIU hardware and beam commissioning - Verena Kain (CERN) Alexander Huschauer (CERN) (until 13:00)
11:00 Linac4 and LBE line commissioning - Bettina Mikulec (CERN)  
11:25 Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the SPS - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
11:45 Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the PS - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
12:05 Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning in the PSB - Gian Piero Di Giovanni (CERN)  
12:25 Timeline and requirements for beam commissioning across the ion chain - Reyes Alemany Fernandez (CERN)  
12:45 Wrap-up - Verena Kain (CERN) Alexander Huschauer (CERN)  
PM
13:30 --- Bus Departure - CERN-MONTREUX ---
15:00 --- Welcome coffee ---
15:30 Setting the scene for LIU - Malika Meddahi (CERN)  
15:50
Session 1: LIU beam performance - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Giovanni Rumolo (CERN) (until 17:20)
15:50 Beam parameter requirements from HL-LHC - Rogelio Tomas Garcia (CERN)  
16:20 Performance and reliability with ions from Linac3 to PS - Nicolo Biancacci (CERN)  
16:50 Beam quality and reproducibility from Linac4, including strategy for its source - Alessandra Lombardi (CERN)  
17:20 --- Leg stretch ---
17:40
Session 1: LIU beam performance - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Giovanni Rumolo (CERN) (until 19:00)
17:40 Acceleration and longitudinal emittance control in the PSB after LIU - Simon Albright (CERN)  
18:00 Brightness and transverse emittance from the PSB - Fanouria Antoniou (CERN)  
18:20 Transverse effects with twice brighter beams in the PS - Matthew Alexander Fraser (CERN)  
18:40 PS intensity reach and longitudinal parameters after LIU - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:40 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session 2: LS2 system readiness and shutdown execution - Brennan Goddard (CERN) Julie Coupard (CERN) (until 15:40)
14:00 General Safety - Anne Funken (CERN)  
14:30 Overall Shutdown Planning - Julie Coupard (CERN)  
14:50 Readiness for Installation Dates, Critical Path and Risks - Jonathan Pascal Meignan (CERN)  
15:10 Refurbishment of Building 269 for the Consolidation of the TT2 Power Converters - Valerie Montabonnet (CERN)  
15:40 --- Coffee break ---
16:10
Session 2: LS2 system readiness and shutdown execution - Brennan Goddard (CERN) Julie Coupard (CERN) (until 18:00)
16:10 SPS 200 MHz Overall (power, LL, SW, beam obs, CCC integration) - Frank Gerigk (CERN)  
16:40 SPS Beam Dump Overall (CE, Kickers, infrastructure, status, concurrency, …) - Etienne Carlier (CERN)  
17:10 Beam Intercepting Devices - Francois-Xavier Nuiry (CERN)  
17:40 Session wrap up - Julie Coupard (CERN) Brennan Goddard (CERN)  
18:00 Reserved buffer  
19:00 --- Cocktail at the Sinatra's bar ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
13:00 Acknowledgement and Lunch  
14:00 --- Bus Departure - MONTREUX-CERN ---