| Title |
An Off-Momentum Beam Loss Feedback Controller and Graphical User Interface for the LHC |
| Authors |
- B. Salvachua, D. Alves, G. Azzopardi, S. Jacksonpresenter, D. Mirarchi, M. Pojer
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
- G. Valentino
University of Malta, Information and Communication Technology, Msida, Malta
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| Abstract |
During LHC operation, a campaign to validate the configuration of the LHC collimation system is conducted every few months. This is performed by means of loss maps, where specific beam losses are deliberately generated with the resulting loss patterns compared to expectations. The LHC collimators have to protect the machine from both betatron and off-momentum losses. In order to validate the off-momentum protection, beam losses are generated by shifting the RF frequency using a low intensity beam. This is a delicate process that, in the past, often led to the beam being dumped due to excessive losses. To avoid this, a feedback system based on the 100 Hz data stream from the LHC Beam Loss system has been implemented. When given a target RF frequency, the feedback system approaches this frequency in steps while monitoring the losses until the selected loss pattern conditions are reached, so avoiding the excessive losses that lead to a beam dump. This paper will describe the LHC off-momentum beam loss feedback system and the results achieved.
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| Conference |
ICALEPCS2019 |
| Series |
International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (17th) |
| Location |
New York, NY, USA |
| Date |
05-11 October 2019 |
| Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board |
Karen S. White (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); Kevin A. Brown (BNL, Upton, NY, USA); Philip S. Dyer (BNL, Upton, NY, USA); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| Online ISBN |
978-3-95450-209-7 |
| Online ISSN |
2226-0358 |
| Received |
27 September 2019 |
| Accepted |
10 October 2019 |
| Issue Date |
30 August 2020 |
| DOI |
doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOPHA064 |
| Pages |
360-365 |
| Copyright |
 Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |
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