Author: Bach, T.
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TUPFI039 Optics Performance of the LHC During the 2012 Run 1433
 
  • P. Skowroński, T. Bach, M. Giovannozzi, A. Langner, Y.I. Levinsen, E.H. Maclean, T. Persson, S. Redaelli, T. Risselada, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, R. Tomás, G. Vanbavinckhove
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M.J. McAteer
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
  • R. Miyamoto
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • T. Persson
    Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
 
  During 2012 the LHC was operating at 4TeV with beta star at ATLAS and CMS interaction points of 0.6m. During dedicated machine studies the nominal LHC optics was also setup with beta star of 0.4m. A huge effort was put into the optics commissioning leading to a record low peak beta-beating of around 7%. We describe the correction procedures and discuss the measurement results.  
 
TUPWO049 Automatic Correction of Betatron Coupling in the LHC using Injection Oscillations 1979
 
  • T. Persson, T. Bach, D. Jacquet, V. Kain, Y.I. Levinsen, E.H. Maclean, M.J. McAteer, P. Skowroński, R. Tomás, G. Vanbavinckhove
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • R. Miyamoto
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The control of the betatron coupling at injection and during the energy ramp is critical for the safe operation of the tune feedback and for the dynamic aperture. In the LHC every fill is preceded by the injection of a pilot bunch with low intensity. Using the injection oscillations from the pilot bunch we are able to measure the coupling at each individual BPM. The measurement is used to calculate a global coupling correction. The correction is based on the use of two orthogonal knobs which correct the real and imaginary part of the difference resonance term f1001, respectively. This method to correct the betatron coupling has been proven successful during the normal operation of the LHC. This paper presents the method used to calculate the corrections and its performance.  
 
WEPEA054 CERN PS Optical Properties Measured with Turn-by-turn Orbit Data 2627
 
  • C. Hernalsteens, T. Bach, S.S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, A. Lachaize, G. Sterbini, R. Tomás, R. Wasef
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The performance of the PS has been constantly increasing over the years both in terms of beam parameters (intensity and brightness) and beam manipulations (transverse and longitudinal splitting). This implies a very good knowledge of the linear and non-linear model of the ring. In this paper we report on a detailed campaign of beam measurements based on turn-by-turn orbit data aimed at measuring the optics in several conditions as well as the resonance driving terms. The goal of this study is to assess whether any specific correction system should be envisaged to achieve the required future performance.