IPAC2016 - List of Authors (Garcia, H.)

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TUPMW014	Improved Aperture Measurements at the LHC and Results from their Application in 2015	1446
	P.D. Hermes, R. Bruce, M. Fiascaris, H. Garcia, M. Giovannozzi, A. Mereghetti, D. Mirarchi, E. Quaranta, S. Redaelli, B. Salvachua, G. Valentino CERN, Geneva, Switzerland R. Kwee-Hinzmann Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom E. Quaranta Politecnico/Milano, Milano, Italy
	A good knowledge of the available aperture in the LHC is essential for a safe operation due to the risk of magnet quenches or even damage in case of uncontrolled beam losses. Experimental validations of the available aperture are therefore crucial and were in the past carried out by either a collimator scan combined with beam excitations or through the use of local orbit bumps. In this paper, we show a first comparison of these methods in the same machine configuration, as well as a new very fast method based on a beam-based collimator alignment and a new faster variant of the collimator scan method. The methods are applied to the LHC operational configuration for 2015 at injection and with squeezed beams and the measured apertures are presented.
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WEPMW007	Validation of Off-momentum Cleaning Performance of the LHC Collimation System	2427
	B. Salvachua, P. Baudrenghien, R. Bruce, H. Garcia, P.D. Hermes, S. Jackson, M. Jaussi, A. Mereghetti, D. Mirarchi, S. Redaelli, H. Timko, G. Valentino, A. Valloni CERN, Geneva, Switzerland R. Kwee-Hinzmann Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
	The LHC collimation system is designed to provide effective cleaning against losses coming from off-momentum particles, either due to un-captured beam or to an unexpected RF frequency change. For this reason the LHC is equipped with a hierarchy of collimators in IR3: primary, secondary and absorber collimators. After every collimator alignment or change of machine configuration the off-momentum cleaning efficiency is validated with loss maps at low intensity. We describe here the improved technique used in 2015 to generate such loss maps without completely dumping the beam into the collimators. The achieved performance of the collimation system for momentum cleaning is reviewed.
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WEPOY046	Beam Delivery Simulation: BDSIM - Automatic Geant4 Models of Accelerators	3098
	L.J. Nevay, S.T. Boogert, L.C. Deacon, S.M. Gibson, R. Kwee-Hinzmann, W. Shields, J. Snuverink JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom H. Garcia CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program that uses a suite of high energy physics software including Geant4, CLHEP & ROOT, that seamlessly tracks particles through accelerators and detectors utilising the full range of particles and physics processes from Geant4. BDSIM has been used to simulate linear colliders such as the International Linear Collider (ILC) and more recently, circular colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The latest developments including improved geometry modelling; external geometry support; process biasing; and a new event display are presented. A significantly revised and improved accompanying tool chain is presented comprising of a series of Python utilities that allow efficient and automatic preparation of models. Furthermore, a library for both ROOT and Python that provides powerful analysis and event viewing after simulation is demonstrated.
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WEPOY047	LHC Collimation and Energy Deposition Studies Using Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM)	3101
	L.J. Nevay, S.T. Boogert, S.M. Gibson, R. Kwee-Hinzmann JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom R. Bruce, H. Garcia, S. Redaelli CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program that uses a suite of high energy physics software including Geant4, CLHEP & ROOT, that seamlessly tracks particles through accelerators and detectors utilising the full range of particles and physics processes from Geant4. A comparison of the collimator cleaning efficiency and energy deposition throughout the full length of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with the established SixTrack simulations of the CERN collimation group is presented. The propagation of the full hadronic showers from collimators provides unparalleled detail in energy deposition maps and these are compared with the data from beam loss monitors that measure radiation outside the magnet body.
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Improved Aperture Measurements at the LHC and Results from their Application in 2015

1446

P.D. Hermes, R. Bruce, M. Fiascaris, H. Garcia, M. Giovannozzi, A. Mereghetti, D. Mirarchi, E. Quaranta, S. Redaelli, B. Salvachua, G. Valentino
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
R. Kwee-Hinzmann
Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
E. Quaranta
Politecnico/Milano, Milano, Italy

A good knowledge of the available aperture in the LHC is essential for a safe operation due to the risk of magnet quenches or even damage in case of uncontrolled beam losses. Experimental validations of the available aperture are therefore crucial and were in the past carried out by either a collimator scan combined with beam excitations or through the use of local orbit bumps. In this paper, we show a first comparison of these methods in the same machine configuration, as well as a new very fast method based on a beam-based collimator alignment and a new faster variant of the collimator scan method. The methods are applied to the LHC operational configuration for 2015 at injection and with squeezed beams and the measured apertures are presented.

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WEPMW007

Validation of Off-momentum Cleaning Performance of the LHC Collimation System

2427

B. Salvachua, P. Baudrenghien, R. Bruce, H. Garcia, P.D. Hermes, S. Jackson, M. Jaussi, A. Mereghetti, D. Mirarchi, S. Redaelli, H. Timko, G. Valentino, A. Valloni
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
R. Kwee-Hinzmann
Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom

The LHC collimation system is designed to provide effective cleaning against losses coming from off-momentum particles, either due to un-captured beam or to an unexpected RF frequency change. For this reason the LHC is equipped with a hierarchy of collimators in IR3: primary, secondary and absorber collimators. After every collimator alignment or change of machine configuration the off-momentum cleaning efficiency is validated with loss maps at low intensity. We describe here the improved technique used in 2015 to generate such loss maps without completely dumping the beam into the collimators. The achieved performance of the collimation system for momentum cleaning is reviewed.

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WEPOY046

Beam Delivery Simulation: BDSIM - Automatic Geant4 Models of Accelerators

3098

L.J. Nevay, S.T. Boogert, L.C. Deacon, S.M. Gibson, R. Kwee-Hinzmann, W. Shields, J. Snuverink
JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
H. Garcia
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program that uses a suite of high energy physics software including Geant4, CLHEP & ROOT, that seamlessly tracks particles through accelerators and detectors utilising the full range of particles and physics processes from Geant4. BDSIM has been used to simulate linear colliders such as the International Linear Collider (ILC) and more recently, circular colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The latest developments including improved geometry modelling; external geometry support; process biasing; and a new event display are presented. A significantly revised and improved accompanying tool chain is presented comprising of a series of Python utilities that allow efficient and automatic preparation of models. Furthermore, a library for both ROOT and Python that provides powerful analysis and event viewing after simulation is demonstrated.

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WEPOY047

LHC Collimation and Energy Deposition Studies Using Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM)

3101

L.J. Nevay, S.T. Boogert, S.M. Gibson, R. Kwee-Hinzmann
JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
R. Bruce, H. Garcia, S. Redaelli
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program that uses a suite of high energy physics software including Geant4, CLHEP & ROOT, that seamlessly tracks particles through accelerators and detectors utilising the full range of particles and physics processes from Geant4. A comparison of the collimator cleaning efficiency and energy deposition throughout the full length of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with the established SixTrack simulations of the CERN collimation group is presented. The propagation of the full hadronic showers from collimators provides unparalleled detail in energy deposition maps and these are compared with the data from beam loss monitors that measure radiation outside the magnet body.

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