IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Timmins, M.A.)

Paper	Title	Page
WEPPD029	The Mechanical Design of a Collimator and Cryogenic Bypass for Installation in the Dispersion Suppressors of the LHC	2567
	D. Ramos, L. Alberty Vieira, A. Bertarelli, A. Cherif, N. Chritin, R. Claret, L. Gentini, D. Lombard, P. Minginette, P. Moyret, M. Redondas Monteserin, T. Renaglia, M.A. Timmins CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	A project to install collimators in the dispersion suppressor regions of the LHC was launched early 2010, aiming to reduce the power deposition in superconducting magnets by a factor of 10. To be placed in the continuous arc cryostat, the design of such collimators had to comply with challenging integration, functional and time constraints. A pre-study for a cold collimator solution was launched in parallel with an alternative design consisting of a room temperature collimator and a cryogenic bypass. The second was eventually preferred, as it was based on proven LHC technologies for cryogenic, vacuum, electrical and collimator material solutions, despite the increased difficulty on the mechanical integration and assembly. This paper presents the mechanical design of a cryogenic bypass for the LHC continuous cryostat and respective collimator unit, both made to comply with the functionality of existing LHC systems. The approach taken to achieve a reliable design within schedule will be explained alongside the measures adopted to validate new solutions, in particular, when dealing with welding distortions, systems routing, thermal loads and precision mechanics.

WEPPR065	Electromagnetic Simulations of the Impedance of the LHC Injection Protection Collimator	3075
	B. Salvant, V. Baglin, B. Goddard, A. Grudiev, E. Métral, M.A. Timmins CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	During the 2011 LHC run, significant vacuum and temperature increase were observed at the location of the LHC injection protection collimators (TDI) during the physics fills. Besides, measurements of the LHC transverse tune shift while changing the TDI gap showed that the impedance of the TDI was significantly higher than the LHC impedance model prediction based on multilayer infinite length theory. This contribution details the electromagnetic simulations performed with a full 3D model of the TDI to obtain both longitudinal and transverse impedances and their comparison with measured observables.

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The Mechanical Design of a Collimator and Cryogenic Bypass for Installation in the Dispersion Suppressors of the LHC

2567

D. Ramos, L. Alberty Vieira, A. Bertarelli, A. Cherif, N. Chritin, R. Claret, L. Gentini, D. Lombard, P. Minginette, P. Moyret, M. Redondas Monteserin, T. Renaglia, M.A. Timmins
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

A project to install collimators in the dispersion suppressor regions of the LHC was launched early 2010, aiming to reduce the power deposition in superconducting magnets by a factor of 10. To be placed in the continuous arc cryostat, the design of such collimators had to comply with challenging integration, functional and time constraints. A pre-study for a cold collimator solution was launched in parallel with an alternative design consisting of a room temperature collimator and a cryogenic bypass. The second was eventually preferred, as it was based on proven LHC technologies for cryogenic, vacuum, electrical and collimator material solutions, despite the increased difficulty on the mechanical integration and assembly. This paper presents the mechanical design of a cryogenic bypass for the LHC continuous cryostat and respective collimator unit, both made to comply with the functionality of existing LHC systems. The approach taken to achieve a reliable design within schedule will be explained alongside the measures adopted to validate new solutions, in particular, when dealing with welding distortions, systems routing, thermal loads and precision mechanics.

WEPPR065

Electromagnetic Simulations of the Impedance of the LHC Injection Protection Collimator

3075

B. Salvant, V. Baglin, B. Goddard, A. Grudiev, E. Métral, M.A. Timmins
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

During the 2011 LHC run, significant vacuum and temperature increase were observed at the location of the LHC injection protection collimators (TDI) during the physics fills. Besides, measurements of the LHC transverse tune shift while changing the TDI gap showed that the impedance of the TDI was significantly higher than the LHC impedance model prediction based on multilayer infinite length theory. This contribution details the electromagnetic simulations performed with a full 3D model of the TDI to obtain both longitudinal and transverse impedances and their comparison with measured observables.