Title :
Protection devices in the transfer lines to the LHC
Author :
Burkhardt, H. ; Goddard, B. ; Mertens, V.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
Beams will be transferred from SPS to LHC through two transfer lines, each of over 2.5 km length, equipped with conventional resistive magnets with relatively small apertures. Beam energy densities will be roughly 4 orders of magnitude above the LHC quench limit and about one order above damage level. Possible failures of the various elements in the transfer lines and the SPS machine are discussed, together with results from tracking studies. The benefit from installing protection devices in the transfer lines is discussed, along with related layout aspects and the required protection performance.
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; particle beam extraction; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; safety; LHC; SPS; beam energy densities; conventional resistive magnets; protection devices; protection performance; quench limit; transfer lines; Apertures; Artificial intelligence; Attenuation; Cleaning; Collimators; Large Hadron Collider; Magnets; Particle beam injection; Protection; Protons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1288648
