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TUPIK032 AWAKE Proton Beam Commissioning 1747
 
  • J.S. Schmidt, D. Barrientos, M. Barros Marin, B. Biskup, A. Boccardi, T.B. Bogey, T. Bohl, C. Bracco, S. Cettour Cave, H. Damerau, V. Fedosseev, F. Friebel, S.J. Gessner, A. Goldblatt, E. Gschwendtner, L.K. Jensen, V. Kain, T. Lefèvre, S. Mazzoni, J.C. Molendijk, A. Pardons, C. Pasquino, S.F. Rey, H. Vincke, U. Wehrle
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J.T. Moody
    MPI-P, München, Germany
  • K. Rieger
    MPI, Muenchen, Germany
 
  AWAKE will be the first proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment worldwide. The facility is located in the former CNGS area at CERN and will include a proton, laser and electron beam line merging in a 10 m long plasma cell, which is followed by the experimental diagnostics. In the first phase of the AWAKE physics program, which started at the end of 2016, the effect of the plasma on a high energy proton beam will be studied. A proton bunch is expected to experience the so called self-modulation instability, which leads to the creation of micro-bunches within the long proton bunch. The plasma channel is created in a rubidium vapor via field ionization by a TW laser pulse. This laser beam has to overlap with the proton beam over the full length of the plasma cell, resulting in tight requirements for the stability of the proton beam at the plasma cell in the order of ~ 0.1 mm. In this paper the beam commissioning results of the ~810 m long transfer line for proton bunches with 3·1011 protons/bunch and a momentum of 400 GeV/c will be presented with a focus on the challenges of the parallel operation of the laser and proton beam.  
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TUPVA020 The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Ion Injector Chain 2089
 
  • H. Bartosik, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, T. Bohl, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, A. Funken, B. Goddard, S. Hancock, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, D. Manglunki, M. Meddahi, G. Rumolo, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, V. Toivanen, F.J.C. Wenander
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The LHC injector chain for Pb-ion beams at CERN consists of Linac3, the accumulator ring LEIR, the PS and the SPS. In the context of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project an intense program of machine development studies has been performed in the last two years to maximise the intensity of Pb-ion beams at LHC injection. In this paper we present an analysis of the operational performance achieved so far, with the goal of 1) identifying the remaining performance bottlenecks along the chain and possible areas for improvement, and 2) to optimize the Pb-ion beam production scheme for the High Luminosity (HL-) LHC era. A consistent set of beam parameters for the HL-LHC era has been established taking into account the already achieved improvements as well as foreseen upgrades still to be implemented, such as slip stacking in the SPS.  
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TUPVA128 Performance of the CERN Injector Complex and Transmission Studies into the LHC during the Second Proton-Lead Run 2395
 
  • R. Alemany-Fernández, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, J. Axensalva, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, E. Carlier, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, A. Huschauer, M.A. Jebramcik, S. Jensen, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, A.M. Lombardi, D. Manglunki, T. Mertens, M. O'Neil, S. Pasinelli, Á. Saá Hernández, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, R. Steerenberg, H. Timko, V. Toivanen, G. Tranquille, F.M. Velotti, F.J.C. Wenander, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The LHC performance during the proton-lead run in 2016 fully relied on a permanent monitoring and systematic improvement of the beam quality in all the injectors. The beam production and characteristics are explained in this paper, together with the improvements realized during the run from the source up to the flat top of the LHC. Transmission studies from one accelerator to the next as well as beam quality evolution studies during the cycle at each accelerator, have been carried out and are summarized in this paper. In 2016, the LHC had to deliver the beams to the experiments at two different energies, 4 Z TeV and 6.5 Z TeV. The properties of the beams at these two energies are also presented  
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WEPVA036 The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Proton Injector Chain 3335
 
  • K. Hanke, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, A. Funken, B. Goddard, A.M. Lombardi, D. Manglunki, S. Mataguez, M. Meddahi, B. Mikulec, G. Rumolo, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, M. Vretenar
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project at CERN aims at delivering high brightness beams required by the LHC in the high-luminosity LHC (HLLHC) era. The project comprises a new H Linac (Linac4) as well as a massive upgrade of the PS Booster, PS and SPS synchrotrons. This paper gives an update of the activities regarding the proton injector chain. We present the target beam parameters, a brief status of the upgrade work per machine and the outcome of the recent reviews. The planning for the implementation of the hardware upgrades and the re-commissioning of the complex will also be discussed.  
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THPVA041 Progress in the Bunch-to-Bucket Transfer Implementation for FAIR 4525
 
  • T. Ferrand, H. Klingbeil
    TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • O. Bachmann
    TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • J.N. Bai, H. Klingbeil
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • H. Damerau
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The transfer of bunched ion beams between various synchrotrons is required for the multi-accelerator complex FAIR, presently under construction at GSI. To avoid a dedicated distribution infrastructure for radiofrequency (RF) signals between each source and destination synchrotron, a new approach has been developed to transmit bunch and bucket phase information using synchronous Ethernet. This allows to locally regenerate all reference signals needed for the RF synchronization prior to a bunch-to-bucket transfer, as well as the triggers to the kickers. The modular and configurable hardware implementation based on the White Rabbit network progresses towards a proof-of-principle demonstrator. Besides the synchronization of revolution and RF frequencies, the bunches in the source accelerator must be aligned in azimuth with respect to the buckets in the receiving synchrotron. To validate the feasibility of this azimuthal steering, measurements have been performed with protons in the CERN PS to evaluate the longitudinal emittance growth. They are complemented with tracking simulations using the BLonD code.  
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