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Oriunno, M.

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MOPLS013 The Roman Pot for LHC 562
 
  • M. Oriunno, M. Deile, K. Eggert, J.-M. Lacroix, S.J. Mathot, E.P. Noschis, R. Perret, E.R. Radermacher, G. Ruggiero
    CERN, Geneva
 
  The LHC machine will be equipped with Roman Pot stations by the TOTEM experiment to measure the pp total cross section and to study the elastic scattering and the diffraction physics processes. TOTEM needs to bring the pots, equipped with cold micro-strip silicon detectors, as a close as possible to the high intensity beam of LHC. Because of the special optics required by TOTEM, the beam has a transversal size of only 80 microns at the Roman pot locations. Safety considerations for the machine protection set the limit to 10 ?, i.e. 800 μm. Such unprecedented parameters, together with the issues of the Ultra High Vacuum and the RF compatibility, and the harsh radiation environment, have requested a design for the Roman Pot system, which is compliant with the LHC requirements and operations. To better meet also the challenging requirements of TOTEM, a technology development of a thin window has been pursued and a flatness of less than 50 μm has been obtained by brazing foil of 150 μm thicknesses. A prototype of the Roman Pot and of the thin window box have been manufactured and tested. We describe the main issues of the final design and the results of the preliminary tests.