Author: Huschauer, A.
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TUPVA020 The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Ion Injector Chain 2089
 
  • H. Bartosik, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, T. Bohl, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, A. Funken, B. Goddard, S. Hancock, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, D. Manglunki, M. Meddahi, G. Rumolo, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, V. Toivanen, F.J.C. Wenander
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The LHC injector chain for Pb-ion beams at CERN consists of Linac3, the accumulator ring LEIR, the PS and the SPS. In the context of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project an intense program of machine development studies has been performed in the last two years to maximise the intensity of Pb-ion beams at LHC injection. In this paper we present an analysis of the operational performance achieved so far, with the goal of 1) identifying the remaining performance bottlenecks along the chain and possible areas for improvement, and 2) to optimize the Pb-ion beam production scheme for the High Luminosity (HL-) LHC era. A consistent set of beam parameters for the HL-LHC era has been established taking into account the already achieved improvements as well as foreseen upgrades still to be implemented, such as slip stacking in the SPS.  
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TUPVA128 Performance of the CERN Injector Complex and Transmission Studies into the LHC during the Second Proton-Lead Run 2395
 
  • R. Alemany-Fernández, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, J. Axensalva, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, E. Carlier, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, A. Huschauer, M.A. Jebramcik, S. Jensen, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, A.M. Lombardi, D. Manglunki, T. Mertens, M. O'Neil, S. Pasinelli, Á. Saá Hernández, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, R. Steerenberg, H. Timko, V. Toivanen, G. Tranquille, F.M. Velotti, F.J.C. Wenander, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The LHC performance during the proton-lead run in 2016 fully relied on a permanent monitoring and systematic improvement of the beam quality in all the injectors. The beam production and characteristics are explained in this paper, together with the improvements realized during the run from the source up to the flat top of the LHC. Transmission studies from one accelerator to the next as well as beam quality evolution studies during the cycle at each accelerator, have been carried out and are summarized in this paper. In 2016, the LHC had to deliver the beams to the experiments at two different energies, 4 Z TeV and 6.5 Z TeV. The properties of the beams at these two energies are also presented  
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WEXB1 Studies and Observations of Beam Dynamics Near a Sum Resonance 2503
 
  • G. Franchetti
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • S.S. Gilardoni, A. Huschauer, F. Schmidt, R. Wasef
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The effect of space charge on bunches stored for long term in a can be severe for beam survival. This may be the case in projects as SIS100 at GSI or LIU at CERN. In the past decade systematic simulation studies and experiments performed at CERN and GSI have highlighted the space charge induced periodic crossing of “one dimensional” resonances as the underlying mechanism of long term beam loss or emittance growth. However only in 2012, for the first time, the effect of space charge on a normal third order coupled resonance was investigated at the CERN-PS. The experimental results have highlighted an unprecedented asymmetric beam response where in the horizontal plane the beam exhibits a thick halo, whereas the vertical profile has only core growth. The quest for explaining these results requires a journey thorough the 4 dimensional dynamics of the coupled resonance investigating the fix-lines, and requires a detailed code-experiment benchmarking also including beam profile benchmarking. This study shows that the experimental results of the 2012 PS measurements can be explained by the dynamics the fixed lines also including the effect of the dispersion.  
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WEPIK088 Analysis of Performance Fluctuations for the CERN Proton Synchrotron Multi-Turn Extraction 3135
 
  • M. Giovannozzi, A. Huschauer, O. Michels, A. Nicoletti, G. Sterbini
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  After the successful beam commissioning and tests in 2015, the Multi-Turn Extraction (MTE) has been put in operation in 2016. In this paper, the remaining issues related with fluctuation of the MTE performance are evaluated and correlation studies are presented in view of estimating the impact of planned improvements.  
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WEPIK094 LEIR Impedance Model and Coherent Beam Instability Observations 3159
 
  • N. Biancacci, H. Bartosik, A. Huschauer, E. Métral, T.L. Rijoff, B. Salvant, R. Scrivens
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M. Migliorati
    University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
 
  The LEIR machine is the first synchrotron in the ion acceleration chain at CERN and it is responsible to deliver high intensity ion beams to the LHC. Following the recent progress in the understanding of the intensity limitations, detailed studies of the machine impedance started. In this work we describe the present LEIR impedance model, detailing the contribution to the total longitudinal and transverse impedance of several machine element. We then compare the machine tune shift versus intensity predictions against measurements at injection energy and summarize the coherent instability observations in absence of transverse damper feedback.  
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THPAB049 Progress in the Understanding of the Performance Limitations in the CERN Low Energy Ion Ring 3819
 
  • A. Huschauer, H. Bartosik, S. Hancock, V. Kain
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The performance of heavy ion beams in the CERN Low Energy Ion Ring is mainly limited by beam loss occuring during the radio-frequency capture and the first part of acceleration. Since October 2015, the driving mechanism of these losses has been studied in detail and an interplay of direct space charge forces and excited betatron resonances was identified as the most plausible explanation of the phenomenon. In this paper we summarize the current understanding of the loss mechanism by presenting recent experimental and simulation studies. We discuss strategies to mitigate beam loss and further improve the performance of the accelerator in the future.  
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