Author: Arduini, G.
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MOPPC017 Causes and Solutions for Emittance Blow-Up During the LHC Cycle 160
 
  • M. Kuhn
    Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
  • G. Arduini, B.J. Holzer, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, F. Roncarolo, M. Schaumann, R. Versteegen, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Emittance measurements during the run 2011 indicated a blow-up of 20 % to 30 % from LHC injection to collisions. At the LHC design stage the total allowed emittance increase through the cycle was set to 7 %. One of the goals of the 2012 LHC run is therefore to understand and counteract the blow-up. Emittance growth measurements through the LHC cycle along with correlations with possible sources are presented in this paper. Solutions are proposed where possible. The emittance determination accuracy relies on the knowledge of the beam optics and on the present performance of the transverse profile monitors. Possible improvements of the diagnostics and of the related data analysis are also discussed.  
 
TUPPC082 Non-linear Beam Dynamics Tests at the CERN PS in the Framework of the Multi-turn Extraction 1365
 
  • M. Giovannozzi, G. Arduini, J.M. Belleman, S.S. Gilardoni, C. Hernalsteens, A. Lachaize, G. Métral, Y. Papaphilippou
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  In the framework of the CERN PS Multi-Turn Extraction several campaigns of measurements probing the non-linear beam dynamics have been carried out. These measurements range from the measurement of non-linear chromaticity to phase space portraits, de-coherence and re-coherence measurements, secondary island tune etc. In this paper these measurements will be reviewed and the results presented and discussed in details.  
 
WEPPR072 Increasing Instability Thresholds in the SPS by Lowering Transition Energy 3096
 
  • H. Bartosik, G. Arduini, T. Argyropoulos, T. Bohl, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, J. Esteban Muller, W. Höfle, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Rumolo, B. Salvant, E.N. Shaposhnikova
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  A new optics for the SPS with lower transition energy was tested experimentally during 2010-2011, showing a significant increase of the single bunch instability thresholds at injection, due to the 3-fold increase of the slip factor. This paper summarizes the series of performed machine studies for different LHC bunch structures and intensities. In particular, the search of the TMCI threshold in the new optics is presented. Observations on the longitudinal multi-bunch stability are compared between the nominal and the low-transition optics. Finally, optics variants with higher vertical tunes are discussed, which can allow to further increase the TMCI and vertical instability thresholds by reducing the vertical beta function.  
 
WEPPR075 Monitoring the Progress of LHC Electron-Cloud Scrubbing by Benchmarking Simulations and Pressure-Rise Observations 3105
 
  • C.O. Domínguez, G. Arduini, E. Métral, G. Rumolo, F. Zimmermann
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • G. Iadarola
    Naples University Federico II, Science and Technology Pole, Napoli, Italy
 
  Electron bombardment of a surface has been proven to reduce drastically the secondary electron yield of a material. This technique, known as scrubbing, is the ultimate solution to decrease the negative effects of an electron cloud build-up in any particle accelerator operating with intense beams. Its effectiveness has been already observed at the LHC. Since at the LHC no in-situ secondary-yield measurements are available, it has been necessary to develop a method to infer different key beam-pipe surface parameters by benchmarking simulations and pressure-rise observations. The method developed allows us to monitor the scrubbing process in order to decide on the most appropriate strategies for machine operation. In this paper we present the latest results of applying this method to the LHC in the fall of 2011 and early 2012, including data for the nominal bunch spacing of 25 ns.  
 
THPPP018 Operation of the LHC at High Luminosity and High Stored Energy 3767
 
  • J. Wenninger, R. Alemany-Fernandez, G. Arduini, R.W. Assmann, B.J. Holzer, E.B. Holzer, V. Kain, M. Lamont, A. Macpherson, G. Papotti, M. Pojer, L. Ponce, S. Redaelli, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, J.A. Uythoven, W. Venturini Delsolaro
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  In 2011 the operation of the Large Hadron Collider LHC entered its first year of high luminosity production at a beam energy of 3.5 TeV. In the first months of 2011 the number of bunches was progressively increased to 1380, followed by a reduction of the transverse emittance, an increase of the bunch population and a reduction of the betatron function at the collision points. The performance improvements steps that were accumulated in 2011 eventually brought the peak luminosity to 3.6·1033 cm-2s−1. The integrated luminosity delivered to each of the high luminosity experiments amounted to 5.6 fb-1, a factor of 5 above the initial target defined in 2010. The operational experience with high intensity and high luminosity at the LHC will be presented here, together with the issues that had to be tackled on the road to high intensity and luminosity.