Author: Belohrad, D.
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TUPP18 Commissioning of the LHC Injectors BWS Upgrade 239
 
  • J. Emery, W. Andreazza, D. Belohrad, S. Di Carlo, J.C. Esteban Felipe, A. Goldblatt, D. Gudkov, A. Guerrero, S. Jackson, G.O. Lacarrere, M. Martin Nieto, A.T. Rinaldi, F. Roncarolo, C. Schillinger, R. Veness
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  A novel generation of fast Beam Wire Scanners (BWS), developed in the framework of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU), has been recently deployed in the 3 LHC injector synchrotrons, accelerating protons from 160 MeV to 450 GeV, during the 2019-2020 LHC long shutdown. The monitors feature high precision motor controller, high resolution wire position monitoring and wide dynamic range secondary particles detectors. This contribution will document the commissioning of the 17 new systems during the accelerator complex restart in 2021, which is an exciting and challenging phase in the life cycle of an instrument. A summary of the so far achieved levels of reliability, reproducibility, detectors/DAQ bandwidth and overall accuracy, will be used to revisit the options for further improving the systems’ performance in the future.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2021-TUPP18  
About • paper received ※ 08 September 2021       paper accepted ※ 16 September 2021       issue date ※ 18 October 2021  
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WEPP24 PSB H0-H Monitor Calibration and Commissioning 429
 
  • A. Navarro Fernandez, D. Belohrad, C. Bracco, E. Renner, F. Roncarolo, J. Tassan-Viol
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  During the LHC Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), the H LINAC4 replaced the proton LINAC2 as Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) injector. In each of the four PSB rings, the injection region was upgraded to accommodate the necessary elements for a proper H charge exchange injection systems. Four internal beam dumps (one per ring), installed downstream the stripping foil, block the unstripped H particles not injected in the ring. The H0-H monitors consists in 4 titanium plates placed few centimetres upstream of the dump, intercepting partially stripped H0 or not stripped H ions. They allow a continuous monitoring of the stripping efficiency and, connected to an interlock system, block the injection process in case of heavy degradation or breakage of the foil, which would heavily damage the dumps. The contribution will focus on the commissioning and operation these new systems. This will include the calibration campaigns, performed by comparison to beam current transformers during special periods with low intensity beams and no stripping foils. During normal operation it was already possible to monitor stripping inefficiencies below 1% and compare different beams and stripping foil types.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2021-WEPP24  
About • paper received ※ 07 September 2021       paper accepted ※ 27 September 2021       issue date ※ 02 October 2021  
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