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TUPS024 |
Development of Beryllium Vacuum Chamber Technology for the LHC |
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- R. Veness
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- C. Dorn, G. Simmons
Materion Electrofusion, Fremont, California, USA
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Beryllium is the material of choice for the beam vacuum chambers around collision points in particle colliders due to a combination of transparency to particles, high specific stiffness and compatibility with ultra-high vacuum. New requirements for these chambers in the LHC experiments have driven the development of new methods for the manufacture of beryllium chambers. This paper reviews the requirements for experimental vacuum chambers. It describes the new beryllium technology adopted for the LHC and experience gained in the manufacture and installation.
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TUPS025 |
Design of a Highly Optimised Vacuum Chamber Support for the LHCb Experiment |
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- L. Leduc, G. Corti, R. Veness
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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The beam vacuum chamber in the LHCb experimental area passes through the centre of a large aperture dipole magnet. The vacuum chamber and all its support systems lie in the acceptance of the detector, so must be highly optimised for transparency to particles. As part of the upgrade programme for the LHCb vacuum system, the support system has been re-designed using advanced lightweight materials. In this paper we discuss the physics motivation for the modifications, the criteria for the selection of materials and tests performed to qualify them for the particular environment of a particle physics experiment. We also present the design of the re-optimised support system.
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TUPS026 |
Specification of New Vacuum Chambers for the LHC Experimental Interactions |
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- R. Veness, R.W. Assmann, A. Ball, A. Behrens, C. Bracco, G. Bregliozzi, R. Bruce, H. Burkhardt, G. Corti, M.A. Gallilee, M. Giovannozzi, B. Goddard, D. Mergelkuhl, E. Métral, M. Nessi, W. Riegler, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- N. Mounet, B. Salvant
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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The apertures for the vacuum chambers at the interaction points inside the LHC experiments are key both to the safe operation of the LHC machine and to obtaining the best physics performance from the experiments. Following the successful startup of the LHC physics programme the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS experiments have launched projects to improve physics performance by adding detector layers closer to the beam. To achieve this they have requested smaller aperture vacuum chambers to be installed. The first periods of LHC operation have yielded much information both on the performance of the LHC and the stability and alignment of the experiments. In this paper, the new information relating to the aperture of these chambers is presented and a summary is made of analysis of parameters required to safely reduce the vacuum chambers apertures for the high-luminosity experiments ATLAS and CMS.
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