Author: Sanchez Alvarez, J.L.
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THPME048 Status and Plans for Linac4 Installation and Commissioning 3332
 
  • M. Vretenar, A. Akroh, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, J.F. Comblin, J. Coupard, V.A. Dimov, J.-F. Fuchs, A. Funken, F. Gerigk, E. Granemann Souza, K. Hanke, J. Hansen, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, L. Lenardon, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, C. Maglioni, Ø. Midttun, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, M.M. Paoluzzi, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, F. Roncarolo, C. Rossi, J.L. Sanchez Alvarez, R. Scrivens, J. Tan, C.A. Valerio, J. Vollaire, R. Wegner, S. Weisz, M. Yarmohammadi Satri, F. Zocca
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Linac4 is a normal conducting 160 MeV H linear accelerator presently being installed and progressively commissioned at CERN. It will replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector of the PS Booster (PSB), increasing at the same time its brightness by a factor of two thanks to the higher injection energy. This will be the first step of a program to increase the beam intensity in the LHC injectors for the needs of the High-Luminosity LHC project. After a series of beam measurements on a dedicated test stand the 3 MeV Linac4 front-end, including ion source, RFQ and a beam chopping line, has been recommissioned at its final position in the Linac4 tunnel. Commissioning of the following section, the Drift Tube Linac, is starting. Beam commissioning will take place in steps of increasing energy, to reach the final 160 MeV in 2015. An extended beam measurement phase including testing of stripping equipment for the PSB and a year-long test run to assess and improve Linac4 reliability will take place in 2016, prior to the connection of Linac4 to the PSB that will take place during the next long LHC shut-down.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-THPME048  
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THPRI020 Availability Studies for Linac4 and Machine Protection Requirements for Linac4 Commissioning 3807
 
  • A. Apollonio, S. Gabourin, C. Martin, B. Mikulec, B. Puccio, J.L. Sanchez Alvarez, D. Wollmann, M. Zerlauth
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Linac4 is one of the key elements in the upgrade program of the LHC injector complex at CERN, assuring beams with higher bunch intensities and smaller emittance for the LHC and many other physics experiments on the CERN site. Due to the demand of continuous operation, the expected availability of Linac4 needs to be carefully studied already during its design phase. In this paper an overview of the relevant systems impacting on Linac4 machine availability is given: the various system failure modes are outlined as well as their impact on the total yearly machine downtime. Machine Protection Systems (MPS) play a significant role in reducing the risk associated to each failure mode and are therefore important for reaching the target availability. The Linac4 MPS requirements, with particular focus on the different commissioning phases, are discussed.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-THPRI020  
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