Author: Aberle, O.
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WEPS019 Study of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron to Replace the CERN PS Booster 2523
 
  • K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, B. Balhan, W. Bartmann, M. Benedikt, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, M. Fitterer, R. Garoby, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, M. Hourican, S. Jensen, A. Kosmicki, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, M. Meddahi, B. Mikulec, A. Newborough, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, H.O. Schönauer, L. Sermeus, R.R. Steerenberg, J. Tan, J. Tückmantel, M. Vretenar, M. Widorski
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  CERN’s proton injector chain is undergoing a massive consolidation and upgrade program in order to deliver beams meeting the needs of the LHC Luminosity Upgrade. As an alternative to the upgrade of the existing Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the construction of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) has been studied. This machine would replace the PSB and deliver beams to the LHC as well as to CERN’s rich fixed-target physics program. This paper summarizes the outcome of the feasibility study along with a tentative RCS design.  
 
WEPS020 Study of an Energy Upgrade of the CERN PS Booster 2526
 
  • K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, W. Bartmann, S. Bartolome, C. Bertone, A. Blas, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, A.C. Butterworth, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, A. Findlay, R. Folch, N. Gilbert, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, S. Jensen, P. Le Roux, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, E. Mahner, A. Masi, B. Mikulec, Y. Muttoni, A. Newborough, D. Nisbet, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, J. Tan, B. Todd, W.J.M. Weterings, M. Widorski
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  CERN’s LHC injector chain will have to deliver beams with ultimate brilliance as the LHC is heading for increased luminosity in the coming years. In order to overcome bottlenecks in the injector chain, an increase of the beam transfer energy from the CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) to the Proton Synchrotron (PS) has been investigated as a possible upgrade scenario. This paper gives an overview of the technical solutions and summarizes the conclusions of the feasibility study.  
 
THPZ027 First Beam Results for a Collimator with In-jaw Beam Position Monitors 3747
 
  • D. Wollmann, O. Aberle, R.W. Assmann, A. Bertarelli, C.B. Boccard, R. Bruce, F. Burkart, M. Cauchi, A. Dallocchio, D. Deboy, M. Gasior, O.R. Jones, S. Redaelli, A. Rossi, G. Valentino
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  With more than 100 collimators the LHC has the most complex collimation system ever installed in an accelerator. The beam-based setup time of the system was a non-negligible factor during the commissioning of the LHC. In addition if the particle orbit at a collimator goes out of tolerance, this collimator needs to be setup again. To reduce the required setup time for the collimation system and to obtain the tight tolerances required for the LHC operation with small beta* and high beam energy, a new collimator design is being developed that integrates a beam position monitor (BPM) into the jaws of the collimator. A prototype of such a phase-II LHC collimator was installed in the SPS at CERN for the 2010 run. In this paper we present the first experimental results from the beam tests performed.