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| MOPLS005 |
A Staged Approach to LHC Commissioning
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- R. Bailey, O.S. Brüning, P. Collier, M. Lamont, R.J. Lauckner, R. Schmidt
CERN, Geneva
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After a brief reminder of the performance goals of the LHC, the overall strategy proposed for commissioning the machine with protons is presented. A thorough commissioning of the LHC hardware systems, presently ongoing, will lead into a staged approach for the first two years of operation with the beam, allowing both the complexity of the machine operation and the destructive power of the high intensity beams to be introduced in a controlled, incremental manner. The demands on the annual machine schedule are discussed, including the need to incorporate dedicated running for ions and proton-proton total cross section measurements. An important pre-commissioning milestone is the injection of the beam into a sector of the partially completed LHC; the motivation and tests planned are briefly summarised.
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| MOPLS012 |
The LHC Sector Test
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- M. Lamont, R. Bailey, H. Burkhardt, B. Goddard, L.K. Jensen, O.R. Jones, V. Kain, A. Koschik, R.I. Saban, J.A. Uythoven, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva
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The proposal to inject beam into a sector of the partially completed LHC is presented. The test will provide an important milestone, force preparation of a number of key systems, and allow a number of critical measurements with beam. The motivation for the test is discussed, along with the proposed beam studies, the radiation issues and the potential impact on ongoing installation. The demands on the various accelerator systems implicated are presented along with the scheduling of the preparatory steps, the test itself and the recovery phase.
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