The Large Hadron Collider vacuum system

Author

Angerth, B. ; Bertinelli, F. ; Brunet, J.-C. ; Calder, R. ; Caspers, F. ; Cruikshank, P. ; Dalin, J.-M. ; Grobner, O. ; Kos, N. ; Mathewson, A. ; Poncet, A. ; Reymermier, C. ; Ruggiero, F. ; Sholz, T. ; Sgobba, S. ; Wallen, E.

Author_Institution

AT Div., CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

1-5 May 1995

Firstpage

1999

Abstract

The two rings of the LHC beam vacuum system have a total length of about 54 km of which almost 48 km will be at 1.9 K, the temperature of the superconducting magnets. The total synchrotron radiation power emitted by the two beams is 0.41 Wm^-1. A a so-called beam screen, maintained at a temperature between 5 K and 20 K by gaseous helium flow, is inserted in the magnet cold bore to intercept this power. We discuss the beam screen, magnetic permeability/vapour pressure aspects, beam screen vacuum behaviour, photon-induced gas desorption, intermagnet connection, pressure measurement, warm sections and the insulation vacuum

Keywords

photon stimulated desorption; pressure measurement; proton accelerators; storage rings; synchrotrons; vacuum apparatus; vapour pressure; 1.9 K; 5 to 20 K; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; beam screen; insulation vacuum; intermagnet connection; magnetic permeability; photon-induced gas desorption; pressure measurement; vacuum system; vapour pressure; warm sections; Boring; Gas insulation; Helium; Large Hadron Collider; Permeability; Pressure measurement; Superconducting magnets; Synchrotron radiation; Temperature; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.505433

Filename

505433