Title :
Scenarios for beam commissioning of the LHC collimation system
Author :
Bracco, C. ; Assmann, R.W. ; Redaelli, S. ; Robert-Demolaize, G.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva
Abstract :
A system of collimators has been designed to protect the superconducting LHC magnets against quench and damage from the high intensity proton beams. The considerable number of collimators and the resulting number of degrees of freedom for their set-up require a well prepared commissioning strategy. Efficiency studies for various implementations of the LHC collimation system have been performed, taking into account the evolution in optics and beam intensity according to the LHC commissioning schedule. This paper explains the present plans for the setup sequence of collimators.
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; collimators; proton accelerators; proton beams; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; beam commissioning; collimation system; collision optics; degrees of freedom; high intensity proton beams; quench limit; superconducting LHC magnets; Apertures; Cleaning; Computational modeling; Large Hadron Collider; Optical beams; Optical collimators; Particle beams; Physics; Protection; Superconducting magnets;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0916-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440828
