Author: Steinhagen, R.J.
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MOPME076 Determination of Octupole and Sextupole Polarities in the LHC 655
 
  • M.J. McAteer, Y.I. Levinsen, E.H. Maclean, T. Persson, P. Skowroński, R.J. Steinhagen, R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  We report the results of measurements to verify the polarity of the LHC’s lattice focusing and defocusing octupoles (MOF and MOD), spool piece octupole correctors (MCO), arc skew sextupole correctors (MSS), and interaction region sextupoles (MCSX and MCSSX). Octupole polarities were determined by measuring the change to second order chromaticity when a magnet family was trimmed. The MSS skew sextupole corrector polarities were checked by measuring the change to chromatic coupling when a magnet family was trimmed. The polarities of the MCSSX skew sextupoles in IR 1 and the MCSX normal sextupoles in IR 5 were checked by measuring the tune shift due to a magnet trim. Comparison of measurements with model predictions indicates that the polarities of the octupoles and the IR sextupoles are correct, and the polarities of the MSS skew sextupole correctors are reversed.  
 
TUPFI026 Investigations of the LHC Emittance Blow-Up during the 2012 Proton Run 1394
 
  • M. Kuhn
    Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
  • G. Arduini, P. Baudrenghien, J. Emery, A. Guerrero, W. Höfle, V. Kain, M. Lamont, T. Mastoridis, F. Roncarolo, M. Sapinski, M. Schaumann, R.J. Steinhagen, G. Trad, D. Valuch
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  About 30 % of the potential luminosity performance is lost through the different phases of the LHC cycle, mainly due to transverse emittance blow-up. Measuring the emittance growth is a difficult task with high intensity beams and changing energies. Improvements of the LHC transverse profile instrumentation helped to study various effects. A breakdown of the growth through the different phases of the LHC cycle is given as well as a comparison with the data from the LHC experiments for transverse beam size. In 2012 a number of possible sources and remedies have been studied. Among these are intra beam scattering, 50 Hz noise and the effect of the transverse damper gain. The results of the investigations are summarized in this paper. Requirements for transverse profile instrumentation for post LHC long shutdown operation to finally tackle the emittance growth are given as well.