Author: Tomas, R.     [Tomás, R.]
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MOODB201 Proton-nucleus Collisions in the LHC 49
 
  • J.M. Jowett, R. Alemany-Fernandez, P. Baudrenghien, D. Jacquet, M. Lamont, D. Manglunki, S. Redaelli, M. Sapinski, M. Schaumann, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, R. Tomás, J.A. Uythoven, D. Valuch, R. Versteegen, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Following the high integrated luminosity accumulated in the first two Pb-Pb collision runs in 2010 and 2011, the LHC heavy-ion physics community requested a first run with p-Pb collisions. This almost unprecedented mode of collider operation was not foreseen in the baseline design of the LHC whose two-in-one magnet design imposed equal rigidity and, hence, unequal revolution frequencies, during injection and ramp. Nevertheless, after a successful pilot physics fill in 2012, the LHC provided 31 nb-1 of p-Pb luminosity per experiment, at an energy of 5.02 TeV per colliding nucleon pair, with several variations of the operating conditions, in early 2013. Together with a companion p-p run at 2.76 TeV, this was the last physics before the present long shutdown. We summarise the beam physics, operational adaptations and strategy that resulted in extremely rapid commissioning. Finally, we give an account of the progress of the run and provide an analysis of the performance.  
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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.  
 
MOPWO010 Machine Protection Studies for a Crab Cavity in the LHC 906
 
  • B. Yee-Rendon, R. Lopez-Fernandez
    CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico
  • T. Baer, J. Barranco, R. Calaga, A. Marsili, R. Tomás, F. Zimmermann
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: US-LARP and CONACYT
Crab cavities (CCs) apply a transverse kick that rotate the bunches so as to have a head-on collision at the interaction point (IP). Such cavities were successfully used to improve the luminosity of KEKB. They are also a key ingredient of the HL-LHC project to increase the luminosity of the LHC. As CCs can rapidly change the particle trajectories, machine protection studies are required to assess the beam losses due to fast CC failures. In this paper, we discuss the effect of rapid voltage or phase changes in a CC for the HL-LHC layout using measured beam distributions from the present LHC.
 
 
MOPWO028 Recent Developments and Future Plans for SixTrack 948
 
  • R. De Maria, R. Bruce, R. Calaga, L. Deniau, M. Fjellstrom, M. Giovannozzi, L. Lari, Y.I. Levinsen, E. McIntosh, A. Mereghetti, D. Pastor Sinuela, S. Redaelli, H. Renshall, A. Rossi, F. Schmidt, R. Tomás, V. Vlachoudis
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • R. Appleby, D.R. Brett
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • D. Banfi, J. Barranco
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • B. Dalena
    CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • L. Lari
    IFIC, Valencia, Spain
  • V. Previtali
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
  • G. Robert-Demolaize
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: The HiLumi LHC Design Study is included in the HL-LHC project and is partly funded by the European Commission within the Framework Programme 7 Capacities Specific Programme, Grant Agreement 284404.
SixTrack is a symplectic 6D tracking code routinely used to simulate single particle trajectories in high energy circular machines like the LHC and RHIC. The paper presents the developments recently implemented and those foreseen for extending the physics models: exact Hamiltonian, different ions and charge states, RF multipoles, non-linear fringe fields, Taylor maps, e-lenses, ion scattering. Moreover new functionalities are also added like variable number of tracked particles, time dependent strengths, GPU computations with a refactoring of the core structure. The developments will benefit studies on the LHC and SPS, for collimation efficiency, ion operations, failure scenarios and HL-LHC design.
 
 
MOPWO063 LHeC IR Optics Design Integrated into the HL-LHC Lattice 1034
 
  • M. Korostelev, D. Newton, A. Wolski
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • O.S. Brüning, R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • E. Cruz Alaniz, D. Newton, A. Wolski
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
 
  The two main drivers for the CDR LHeC IR design were chromaticy and synchrotron radiation. Recently it has been proposed that the LHeC IR proton optics could be integrated into the ATS scheme, which benefits from higher arc beta functions for the correction of chromaticity. In this scenario the distance between the IP and the protron triplet can be increased allowing for a reduction of the IR dipole field and the synchrotron radiation. First feasibility considerations and more in depth studies of the synchrotron radiation effects are presented in this paper.  
 
TUPFI038 Operation of the Betatron Squeeze at the LHC 1430
 
  • S. Redaelli, X. Buffat, M. Lamont, G.J. Müller, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, R. Tomás, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • G.J. Müller
    TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
 
  The betatron squeeze is one of the most delicate operational phases at the large Hadron collider as it entails changes of optics performed at top energy, with full intensities. Appropriate software was developed to handle the squeeze, which ensured an efficient commissioning down to a β* of 60 cm and a smooth operation. Several optics configurations could be commissioned and put in operation for physics. The operational experience of the LHC runs from 2010 until 2012 is presented and the overall performance reviewed.  
 
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.  
 
TUPFI041 Operating the LHC Off-momentum for p-Pb Collisions 1439
 
  • R. Versteegen, R. Bruce, J.M. Jowett, A. Langner, Y.I. Levinsen, E.H. Maclean, M.J. McAteer, T. Persson, S. Redaelli, B. Salvachua, P. Skowroński, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, R. Tomás, G. Valentino, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • E.H. Maclean
    JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • M.J. McAteer
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
  • T. Persson
    Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • G. Valentino
    University of Malta, Information and Communication Technology, Msida, Malta
  • S.M. White
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  The first high-luminosity p-Pb run at the LHC took place in January-February 2013 at an energy of 4 Z TeV per beam. The RF frequency difference of proton and Pb is about 60 Hz for equal magnetic rigidities, which means that beams move slightly to off-momentum, non-central, orbits during physics when frequencies are locked together. The resulting optical perturbations ("beta-beating") restrict the available aperture and required a special correction. This was also the first operation of the LHC with low beta in all four experiments and required a specific collimation set up. Predictions from offline calculations of beta-beating correction are compared with measurements during the optics commissioning and collimator set up.  
 
TUPME045 Turn-by-turn Measurements in the KEK-ATF 1664
 
  • Y. Renier, Y. Papaphilippou, R. Tomás, M. Wendt
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • N. Eddy
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
  • K. Kubo, S. Kuroda, T. Naito, T. Okugi, N. Terunuma, J. Urakawa
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  The ATF damping ring has been upgraded with new read-out electronics for the beam position monitors (BPM), capable to acquire the beam orbits on a turn-by-turn basis, as well as in a high resolution averaging mode. The new BPM system allows to improve optic corrections and to achieve an even smaller vertical emittance (<2pm). Experimental results are presented based on turn-by-turn beam orbit measurements in the ring, for estimating the beta functions and dispersion along the lattice. A fast method to measure spectral line amplitude in a few turns is also presented, including the evaluation of chromaticity.  
 
TUPME051 CLIC Final Focus System Alignment and Magnet Tolerances 1682
 
  • J. Snuverink, J. Barranco, H. Garcia, Y.I. Levinsen, D. Schulte, R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The design requirements for the magnets in the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) Final Focus System (FFS) are very stringent. In this paper the sensitivity for the misalignment and the magnetic imperfections for the different magnets in the FFS and the crab cavity are presented. Possible mitigation methods are discussed.  
 
TUPME055 Strawman Optics Design for the CERN LHeC ERL Test Facility 1694
 
  • A. Valloni, O.S. Brüning, R. Calaga, E. Jensen, M. Klein, R. Tomás, F. Zimmermann
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • S.A. Bogacz, D. Douglas
    JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  In preparation for a future Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC) at CERN, an ERL test facility is foreseen as a test bed for SRF development, cryogenics, and advanced beam instrumentation, as well as for studies of ERL-specific beam dynamics. The CERN ERL test facility would comprise two linacs, each consisting of 4 superconducting 5-cell cavities at 802 MHz, and two return arcs on either side. With an RF voltage of 75 MeV per linac a final electron energy of about 300 MeV is reached. The average beam current should be above 6 mA to explore the parameter range of the future LHeC. In this paper we present a preliminary optics layout.  
 
TUPWO003 CLIC 3 TeV Beam Size Optimization with Radiation Effects 1877
 
  • O.R. Blanco, P. Bambade
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Horizontal beamsize contribution due to radiation on bending magnets is calculated using theoretical results and recent improvements in mapclass (Mapclass2). In order to verify the code and validity of its approximations, a simple lattice with no geometrical nor chromatic aberrations, one dipole and a final drift has been used to compare Mapclass2 calculations and Placet tracking results. CLIC 3TeV lattice is optimized including the radiation effects. Current results show that correction of chromatic aberrations impose constraints in radiation improvement.  
 
TUPWO047 Preliminary Results of Linear Optics From Orbit Response in the CERN PSB 1973
 
  • M.J. McAteer, C. Carli, B. Mikulec, R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M. Aiba
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  Funding: This research project is supported by a Marie Curie Early Initial Training Network Fellowship of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under contract number (PITN-GA-2011-289485-OPAC)
Future operations for the CERN accelerator complex will require the PS Booster to deliver higher intensity beam without increasing emittances, and having an accurate knowledge of the machine’s lattice imperfections will be necessary. We present preliminary results of the analysis of orbit response measurements in the PS Booster to determine the linear optics and to identify field errors in each of the machine’s four rings.
 
 
TUPWO048 Understanding the Tune, Coupling, and Chromaticity Dependence of the LHC on Landau Octupole Powering 1976
 
  • E.H. Maclean, M. Giovannozzi, W. Herr, Y.I. Levinsen, G. Papotti, T. Persson, P. Skowroński, R. Tomás, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  During the 2012 LHC run there were several observations of unexpectedly large shifts to the tune, chromaticity, and coupling which were correlated with changes in the powering of Landau octupoles (MO). Understanding the chromaticity dependence is of particular importance given it's influence on instabilities. This paper summarizes the observations and our attempts to-date to understand the relationship between Q, Q', c- and the MO powering.  
 
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.  
 
TUPWO050 Commissioning and Operation at β* = 1000 m in the LHC 1982
 
  • H. Burkhardt, T. Persson, R. Tomás, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • S. Cavalier
    LAL, Orsay, France
 
  We have developed a special optics with a β* of 1000 m for two interaction regions (IR1 and IR5) in the LHC, to produce very low divergence beams required for elastic proton-proton scattering. We describe the design, commissioning and operation of this optics in the LHC. The β* of 1000 m was reached by de-squeezing the beams using 17 intermediate steps beyond the β* of 90 m, which had been the previous highest β* value reached in the LHC. The optics was measured and the beta beating globally corrected to a level of 10 per cent.  
 
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.  
 
WEPEA076 Comparison of Taylor Maps with Radio Frequency Multipoles in a Thin Lens 6D Tracking Code 2687
 
  • D.R. Brett, R. Appleby
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • J. Barranco, R. De Maria, R. Tomás
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: HiLumi LHC Design Study is part of the High Luminosity LHC project and is part funded by the European Commission within the Framework Programme 7 Capacities Specific Programme, Grant Agreement 284404.
SixTrack is a general purpose 6D thin lens tracking code used for dynamic aperture studies. In the high luminosity LHC upgrade it is proposed that crab cavities are used to enhance the luminosity. In this study, for the current proposed optics, we consider the use of RF multipoles and Taylor maps as methods to simulate crab cavity elements in the lattice.
 
 
THOBB102 Beam Coupling Impedance Localization Technique Validation and Measurements in the CERN Machines 3106
 
  • N. Biancacci, G. Arduini, T. Argyropoulos, H. Bartosik, R. Calaga, K. Cornelis, S.S. Gilardoni, N. Mounet, E. Métral, Y. Papaphilippou, S. Persichelli, G. Rumolo, B. Salvant, G. Sterbini, R. Tomás, R. Wasef
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M. Migliorati, L. Palumbo
    URLS, Rome, Italy
 
  The beam coupling impedance could lead to limitations in beam brightness and quality, and therefore it needs accurate quantification and continuous monitoring in order to detect and mitigate high impedance sources. In the CERN machines, for example, kickers and collimators are expected to be the main contributors to the total imaginary part of the transverse impedance. In order to detect the other sources, a beam based measurement was developed: from the variation of betatron phase beating with intensity, it is possible to detect the locations of main impedance sources. In this work we present the application of the method with beam measurements in the CERN PS, SPS and LHC.  
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