Author: Griesmayer, E.
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MOPMR031 Investigation of Injection Losses at the Large Hadron Collider with Diamond Based Particle Detectors 310
 
  • O. Stein, W. Bartmann, F. Burkart, B. Dehning, V. Kain, R. Schmidt, D. Wollmann
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • E. Griesmayer
    CIVIDEC Instrumentation, Wien, Austria
 
  During the operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2015, increased injection losses were observed. To minimize stress on accelerator components in the injection regions of the LHC and to guarantee an efficient operation these losses needed to be understood and possible mitigation techniques should be studied. Measurements with diamond particle detectors revealed the loss structure with ns-resolution for the first time. Based on these measurements, recaptured beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) surrounding the nominal bunch train was identified as the major contributor to the injection loss signals. Methods to reduce the recaptured beam in the SPS were successfully tested and verified with the diamond particle detectors. In this paper the detection and classification of LHC injection losses are described. The methods to reduce these losses and verification measurements are presented and discussed.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-MOPMR031  
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THPOR048 Beam Losses at CERNs PS and SPS Measured with Diamond Particle Detectors 3898
 
  • F. Burkart, W. Bartmann, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, M.A. Fraser, B. Goddard, V. Kain, O. Stein
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • E. Griesmayer
    CIVIDEC Instrumentation, Wien, Austria
  • O. Stein
    University of Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Hamburg, Germany
 
  Diamond particle detectors have been used in the LHC to measure fast particle losses with a nanosecond time resolution. In addition, these detectors were installed in the PS and the SPS. The detectors are mounted close to the extraction septum of the PS (transfer line to SPS) and the SPS (transfer lines TI2 and TI8 to LHC). Mainly, they monitor the losses occurring during the extraction process but the detectors are also able to measure turn-by-turn losses in the accelerators. In addition, detailed studies concerning losses due to ghost bunches were performed. This paper will describe the installed diamond detector setup, discuss the measurement results and possible loss mitigations.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-THPOR048  
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