IPAC2019 - List of Authors (Prieto, J.)

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WEPMP028	Crystal for Slow Extraction Loss-Reduction of the SPS Electrostatic Septum	2379
	L.S. Esposito, P. Bestman, M.E.J. Butcher, M. Calviani, M. Di Castro, M. Donzé, M.A. Fraser, M. Garattini, Y. Gavrikov, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Lendaro, A. Masi, M. Pari, J. Prieto, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, R. Seidenbinder, P. Serrano Galvez, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti, V. Zhovkovska CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland F.M. Addesa, F. Iacoangeli INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy A.G. Afonin, Y.A. Chesnokov, A.A. Durum, V.A. Maisheev, Yu.E. Sandomirskiy, A.A. Yanovich IHEP, Moscow Region, Russia J.E. Borg, M. Garattini, G. Hall, T. James, M. Pesaresi Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom A.S. Denisov, Y. Gavrikov, Yu.M. Ivanov, M.A. Koznov, L.G. Malyarenko, V. Skorobogatov PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad District, Russia F. Galluccio INFN-Napoli, Napoli, Italy A.D. Kovalenko, A.M. Taratin JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia F. Murtas INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy A. Natochii LAL, Orsay, France
	The use of a bent crystal was investigated in order to reduce the losses at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) electrostatic septa (ZS) during the slow extraction of 400 GeV protons toward the North Area. The crystal, installed a few meters upstream the ZS, bends protons that would otherwise impinge on the ZS wires. Since particle deflection with good efficiency is achieved only when the crystal lattice is aligned within ~10 urad to the trajectory of the particles (at p = 400 GeV/c), a compact goniometer was built to allow the correct angular alignment of the crystal with respect to the incoming beam with a precision of few urad. In this paper, we report on the crystal features measured during a dedicated beam test by the UA9 experimental installation in the CERN H8 beam line. Details of the goniometer and its installation are also reported. The first results achieved during dedicated Machine Development (MD) sessions are finally presented.
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WEPMP031	SPS Slow Extraction Losses and Activation: Update on Recent Improvements	2391
	M.A. Fraser, B. Balhan, H. Bartosik, J. Bernhard, C. Bertone, D. Björkman, J.C.C.M. Borburgh, M. Brugger, N. Charitonidis, N. Conan, K. Cornelis, Y. Dutheil, L.S. Esposito, R. Garcia Alia, L. Gatignon, C.M. Genton, B. Goddard, C. Heßler, Y. Kadi, V. Kain, A. Mereghetti, M. Pari, M. Patecki, J. Prieto, S. Redaelli, F. Roncarolo, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, N. Solieri, J. Spanggaard, O. Stein, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti, H. Vincke CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland D. Barna, K. Brunner Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary
	Annual high intensity requests of over 10¹⁹ protons on target (POT) from the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) Fixed Target (FT) physics program continue, with the prospect of requests for even higher, unprecedented levels in the coming decade. A concerted and multifaceted R&D effort has been launched to understand and reduce the slow extraction induced radioactivation of the SPS and to anticipate future experimental proposals, such as SHiP* at the SPS Beam Dump Facility (BDF)*, which will request an additional 4·10¹⁹ POT per year. In this contribution, we report on operational improvements and recent advances that have been made to significantly reduce the slow extraction losses, by up to a factor of 3, with the deployment of new extraction concepts, including passive and active (thin, bent crystal) diffusers and extraction on the third-integer resonance with octupoles. In light of the successful tests of the prototype extraction loss reduction schemes, an outlook and implications for future SPS FT operation will be presented. A. Golutvin et al., Rep. CERN-SPSC-2015-016 (SPSC-P-350), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 2015. ** M. Lamont et al., Rep. CERN-PBC-REPORT-2018-001, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 Dec 2018.
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THXXPLM2	Demonstration of Loss Reduction Using a Thin Bent Crystal to Shadow an Electrostatic Septum During Resonant Slow Extraction	3399
	F.M. Velotti, P. Bestmann, M.E.J. Butcher, M. Calviani, M. Di Castro, M. Donzé, L.S. Esposito, M.A. Fraser, M. Garattini, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Lendaro, A. Masi, D. Mirarchi, M. Pari, J. Prieto, S. Redaelli, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, R. Seidenbinder, P. Serrano Galvez, L.S. Stoel, C. Zamantzas, V. Zhovkovska CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland F.M. Addesa, F. Iacoangeli INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy A.G. Afonin, Y.A. Chesnokov, A.A. Durum, V.A. Maisheev, Yu.E. Sandomirskiy, A.A. Yanovich IHEP, Moscow Region, Russia J.E. Borg, M. Garattini, G. Hall, T. James, M. Pesaresi Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom A.S. Denisov, Y. Gavrikov, Yu.M. Ivanov, M.A. Koznov, L.G. Malyarenko, V. Skorobogatov PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad District, Russia F. Galluccio INFN-Napoli, Napoli, Italy F. Murtas INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
	A proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating the feasibility of using a thin, bent crystal aligned upstream of an extraction septum (ES) to increase the efficiency of the third-integer resonant slow extraction process has been carried out at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). With the primary aim of reducing the beam loss and induced radio-activation of the SPS, the crystal was aligned to both the beam and the septum to reduce by up to 40% the beam intensity impinging the ES and increase the intensity entering the external transfer line. In this contribution, we introduce the concept and the prototype system that was installed in 2018 before reporting in detail on the dedicated program of machine development studies carried out to characterise its performance and demonstrate operational feasibility. The performance reach and compatibility with other loss reduction techniques proposed to further increase the extraction efficiency, such as phase space folding with octupoles, is discussed in view of future high intensity operation.
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THPRB080	Automatisation of the SPS ElectroStatic Septa Alignment	4001
	S. Hirlaender ATI, Vienna, Austria M.A. Fraser, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Prieto, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland M. Szakaly Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary
	An electrostatic septum composed of 5 separate tanks is used to slow-extract the 400 GeV proton beam resonantly on the third integer resonance from the CERN SPS. The septa are all mounted on a single support structure that can move the ensemble coherently and, in addition, the internal anode and cathode of each tank can be moved independently. The septum is aligned to the beam by measuring and minimising the induced beam loss signals in the extraction region following an alignment procedure that is usually carried out manually at the beginning of each year. The large number of positional degrees of freedom complicates the procedure and until recently each tank was aligned one after the other semi-manually, typically requiring 8 hours. It is not uncommon that the septum has to be re-aligned later in the run taking time away from physics programme. To tackle this issue, a simplified beam dynamics and scattering simulation routine was developed to permit error studies with a large number of seeds to be carried out in a reasonable computation time. In this contribution, the simulation model will be described before the results of its exploitation to understand the efficacy of alignment procedures based on different optimization algorithms are discussed and compared to the present operational procedure. The effort culminated with the implementation of an automated alignment procedure based on a Powell optimisation algorithm that reduced the time needed to align the septum by over an order of magnitude.
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Crystal for Slow Extraction Loss-Reduction of the SPS Electrostatic Septum

2379

L.S. Esposito, P. Bestman, M.E.J. Butcher, M. Calviani, M. Di Castro, M. Donzé, M.A. Fraser, M. Garattini, Y. Gavrikov, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Lendaro, A. Masi, M. Pari, J. Prieto, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, R. Seidenbinder, P. Serrano Galvez, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti, V. Zhovkovska
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
F.M. Addesa, F. Iacoangeli
INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy
A.G. Afonin, Y.A. Chesnokov, A.A. Durum, V.A. Maisheev, Yu.E. Sandomirskiy, A.A. Yanovich
IHEP, Moscow Region, Russia
J.E. Borg, M. Garattini, G. Hall, T. James, M. Pesaresi
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
A.S. Denisov, Y. Gavrikov, Yu.M. Ivanov, M.A. Koznov, L.G. Malyarenko, V. Skorobogatov
PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad District, Russia
F. Galluccio
INFN-Napoli, Napoli, Italy
A.D. Kovalenko, A.M. Taratin
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
F. Murtas
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
A. Natochii
LAL, Orsay, France

The use of a bent crystal was investigated in order to reduce the losses at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) electrostatic septa (ZS) during the slow extraction of 400 GeV protons toward the North Area. The crystal, installed a few meters upstream the ZS, bends protons that would otherwise impinge on the ZS wires. Since particle deflection with good efficiency is achieved only when the crystal lattice is aligned within ~10 urad to the trajectory of the particles (at p = 400 GeV/c), a compact goniometer was built to allow the correct angular alignment of the crystal with respect to the incoming beam with a precision of few urad. In this paper, we report on the crystal features measured during a dedicated beam test by the UA9 experimental installation in the CERN H8 beam line. Details of the goniometer and its installation are also reported. The first results achieved during dedicated Machine Development (MD) sessions are finally presented.

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WEPMP031

SPS Slow Extraction Losses and Activation: Update on Recent Improvements

2391

M.A. Fraser, B. Balhan, H. Bartosik, J. Bernhard, C. Bertone, D. Björkman, J.C.C.M. Borburgh, M. Brugger, N. Charitonidis, N. Conan, K. Cornelis, Y. Dutheil, L.S. Esposito, R. Garcia Alia, L. Gatignon, C.M. Genton, B. Goddard, C. Heßler, Y. Kadi, V. Kain, A. Mereghetti, M. Pari, M. Patecki, J. Prieto, S. Redaelli, F. Roncarolo, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, N. Solieri, J. Spanggaard, O. Stein, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti, H. Vincke
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
D. Barna, K. Brunner
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary

Annual high intensity requests of over 10¹⁹ protons on target (POT) from the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) Fixed Target (FT) physics program continue, with the prospect of requests for even higher, unprecedented levels in the coming decade. A concerted and multifaceted R&D effort has been launched to understand and reduce the slow extraction induced radioactivation of the SPS and to anticipate future experimental proposals, such as SHiP* at the SPS Beam Dump Facility (BDF)**, which will request an additional 4·10¹⁹ POT per year. In this contribution, we report on operational improvements and recent advances that have been made to significantly reduce the slow extraction losses, by up to a factor of 3, with the deployment of new extraction concepts, including passive and active (thin, bent crystal) diffusers and extraction on the third-integer resonance with octupoles. In light of the successful tests of the prototype extraction loss reduction schemes, an outlook and implications for future SPS FT operation will be presented.
* A. Golutvin et al., Rep. CERN-SPSC-2015-016 (SPSC-P-350), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 2015.
** M. Lamont et al., Rep. CERN-PBC-REPORT-2018-001, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 Dec 2018.

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THXXPLM2

Demonstration of Loss Reduction Using a Thin Bent Crystal to Shadow an Electrostatic Septum During Resonant Slow Extraction

3399

F.M. Velotti, P. Bestmann, M.E.J. Butcher, M. Calviani, M. Di Castro, M. Donzé, L.S. Esposito, M.A. Fraser, M. Garattini, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Lendaro, A. Masi, D. Mirarchi, M. Pari, J. Prieto, S. Redaelli, R. Rossi, W. Scandale, R. Seidenbinder, P. Serrano Galvez, L.S. Stoel, C. Zamantzas, V. Zhovkovska
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
F.M. Addesa, F. Iacoangeli
INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy
A.G. Afonin, Y.A. Chesnokov, A.A. Durum, V.A. Maisheev, Yu.E. Sandomirskiy, A.A. Yanovich
IHEP, Moscow Region, Russia
J.E. Borg, M. Garattini, G. Hall, T. James, M. Pesaresi
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
A.S. Denisov, Y. Gavrikov, Yu.M. Ivanov, M.A. Koznov, L.G. Malyarenko, V. Skorobogatov
PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad District, Russia
F. Galluccio
INFN-Napoli, Napoli, Italy
F. Murtas
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy

A proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating the feasibility of using a thin, bent crystal aligned upstream of an extraction septum (ES) to increase the efficiency of the third-integer resonant slow extraction process has been carried out at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). With the primary aim of reducing the beam loss and induced radio-activation of the SPS, the crystal was aligned to both the beam and the septum to reduce by up to 40% the beam intensity impinging the ES and increase the intensity entering the external transfer line. In this contribution, we introduce the concept and the prototype system that was installed in 2018 before reporting in detail on the dedicated program of machine development studies carried out to characterise its performance and demonstrate operational feasibility. The performance reach and compatibility with other loss reduction techniques proposed to further increase the extraction efficiency, such as phase space folding with octupoles, is discussed in view of future high intensity operation.

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THPRB080

Automatisation of the SPS ElectroStatic Septa Alignment

4001

S. Hirlaender
ATI, Vienna, Austria
M.A. Fraser, B. Goddard, V. Kain, J. Prieto, L.S. Stoel, F.M. Velotti
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
M. Szakaly
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary

An electrostatic septum composed of 5 separate tanks is used to slow-extract the 400 GeV proton beam resonantly on the third integer resonance from the CERN SPS. The septa are all mounted on a single support structure that can move the ensemble coherently and, in addition, the internal anode and cathode of each tank can be moved independently. The septum is aligned to the beam by measuring and minimising the induced beam loss signals in the extraction region following an alignment procedure that is usually carried out manually at the beginning of each year. The large number of positional degrees of freedom complicates the procedure and until recently each tank was aligned one after the other semi-manually, typically requiring 8 hours. It is not uncommon that the septum has to be re-aligned later in the run taking time away from physics programme. To tackle this issue, a simplified beam dynamics and scattering simulation routine was developed to permit error studies with a large number of seeds to be carried out in a reasonable computation time. In this contribution, the simulation model will be described before the results of its exploitation to understand the efficacy of alignment procedures based on different optimization algorithms are discussed and compared to the present operational procedure. The effort culminated with the implementation of an automated alignment procedure based on a Powell optimisation algorithm that reduced the time needed to align the septum by over an order of magnitude.

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