IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Velghe, B.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUPC136	Analysis of Fast Losses in the LHC with the BLM System	1344
	E. Nebot Del Busto, T. Baer, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, A. Marsili, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, R. Schmidt, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, C. Zamantzas, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N. Fuster Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain Z. Yang EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	About 3600 Ionization Chambers are located around the LHC ring to detect beam losses that could damage the equipment or quench superconducting magnets. The BLMs integrate the losses in 12 different time intervals (from 40 us to 83.8 s) allowing for different abort thresholds depending on the duration of the loss and the beam energy. The signals are also recorded in a database at 1 Hz for offline analysis. During the 2010 run, a limiting factor in the machine availability were sudden losses appearing around the ring on the ms time scale and detected exclusively by the BLM system. It is believed that such losses originate from dust particles falling into the beam, or being attracted by its strong electromagnetic field. This document describes some of the properties of these "Unidentified Falling Objects" (UFOs) putting special emphasis on their dependence on beam parameters (energy, intensity, etc). The subsequent modification of the BLM beam abort thresholds for the 2011 run that were made to avoid unnecessary beam dumps caused by these UFO losses are also discussed.

TUPC137	UFOs in the LHC	1347
	T. Baer, M.J. Barnes, B. Goddard, E.B. Holzer, J.M. Jimenez, A. Lechner, V. Mertens, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, J.A. Uythoven, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	One of the major known limitations for the performance of the Large Hadron Collider are so called UFOs (”Unidentified Falling Objects”). UFOs were first observed in July 2010 and have since caused numerous protection beam dumps. UFOs are thought to be micrometer sized dust particles which lead to fast beam losses with a duration of about 10 turns when they interact with the beam. In 2011, the diagnostics for such events was significantly improved which allows estimates of the properties, dynamics and production mechanisms of the dust particles. The state of knowledge and mitigation strategies are presented.

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Analysis of Fast Losses in the LHC with the BLM System

1344

E. Nebot Del Busto, T. Baer, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, A. Marsili, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, R. Schmidt, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, C. Zamantzas, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N. Fuster
Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain
Z. Yang
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

About 3600 Ionization Chambers are located around the LHC ring to detect beam losses that could damage the equipment or quench superconducting magnets. The BLMs integrate the losses in 12 different time intervals (from 40 us to 83.8 s) allowing for different abort thresholds depending on the duration of the loss and the beam energy. The signals are also recorded in a database at 1 Hz for offline analysis. During the 2010 run, a limiting factor in the machine availability were sudden losses appearing around the ring on the ms time scale and detected exclusively by the BLM system. It is believed that such losses originate from dust particles falling into the beam, or being attracted by its strong electromagnetic field. This document describes some of the properties of these "Unidentified Falling Objects" (UFOs) putting special emphasis on their dependence on beam parameters (energy, intensity, etc). The subsequent modification of the BLM beam abort thresholds for the 2011 run that were made to avoid unnecessary beam dumps caused by these UFO losses are also discussed.

TUPC137

UFOs in the LHC

1347

T. Baer, M.J. Barnes, B. Goddard, E.B. Holzer, J.M. Jimenez, A. Lechner, V. Mertens, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, J.A. Uythoven, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

One of the major known limitations for the performance of the Large Hadron Collider are so called UFOs (”Unidentified Falling Objects”). UFOs were first observed in July 2010 and have since caused numerous protection beam dumps. UFOs are thought to be micrometer sized dust particles which lead to fast beam losses with a duration of about 10 turns when they interact with the beam. In 2011, the diagnostics for such events was significantly improved which allows estimates of the properties, dynamics and production mechanisms of the dust particles. The state of knowledge and mitigation strategies are presented.