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THPZ015 |
Synchrotron Radiation in the Interaction Region for a Ring-Ring and Linac-Ring LHeC |
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- N.R. Bernard
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- R. Appleby, L.N.S. Thompson
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
- N.R. Bernard
ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
- B.J. Holzer, R. Tomás, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- M. Klein
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- P. Kostka
DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
- B. Nagorny, U. Schneekloth
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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The Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC) aims at bringing hadron-lepton collisions to CERN with center of mass energies in the TeV scale. The LHeC will utilize the existing LHC storage ring with the addition of a 60 GeV electron accelerator. The electron beam will be stored and accelerated in either a storage ring in the LHC tunnel (Ring-Ring) or a linac tangent to the LHC tunnel (Linac-Ring). Synchrotron Radiation (SR) in the Interaction Region (IR) of this machine requires an iterative design process in which luminosity is optimized while the SR is minimized. This process also requires attention to be given to the detector as the beam pipe must be designed such that damaging effects, such as out-gasing, are minimized while the tracking remains close to the IP. The machinery of GEANT4 has been used to simulate the SR load in the IR and also to design absorbers/masks to shield SR from backscattering into the detector or propagating with the electron beam. The outcome of these simulations, as well as cross checks, are described in the accompanying poster which characterizes the current status of the IR design for both the Ring-Ring and Linac-Ring options of the LHeC in terms of SR.
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THPZ016 |
Interaction Region Design for a Ring-Ring LHeC |
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- L.N.S. Thompson, R. Appleby
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
- N.R. Bernard
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- M. Fitterer
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
- B.J. Holzer
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- M. Klein
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- P. Kostka
DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
- L.N.S. Thompson
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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The Large Hadron Electron Collider project is a proposal to study e-p and e-A interactions at the LHC. Using one of the LHC's proton beams, an electron beam of relatively low energy and moderately high intensity provides high luminosity TeV-scale e-p collisions at one of the LHC interaction points, running simultaneously with existing experiments. Two designs are studied; an electron ring situated in the LHC tunnel, and an electron linac. The focus of this paper is on the ring design. Designing an e-p machine presents interesting accelerator physics and design challenges, particularly when considering the interaction region. These include coupled optics, beam separation and unconventional mini-beta focusing schemes. Designs are constrained by an array of interdependent factors, including beam-beam interaction, detector dimensions and acceptance, luminosity and synchrotron radiation. Methods of addressing these complex issues are discussed. The current designs for the LHeC Ring-Ring interaction region and long straight section are presented and discussed, in the context of the project goals and design challenges encountered. Future developments and work are also discussed.
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