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@inproceedings{torregrosa:ipac2021-wepab366,
author = {C. Torregrosa and C. Ahdida and A. Bouvard and A. Broche and S. Burger and M.E.J. Butcher and M. Calviani and V. Clerc and A. De Macedo and S. De Man and F.A. Deslande and M. Di Castro and T. Dobers and J.C. Espadanal and T. Feniet and R. Ferriere and E. Fornasiere and R. Franqueira Ximenes and T.J. Giles and J.L. Grenard and E. Grenier-Boley and G. Gräwer and M. Guinchard and M.D. Jedrychowski and K. Kershaw and B. Lefort and E. Lopez Sola and J.M. Martin Ruiz and A. Martínez Sellés and G. Matulenaite and C.Y. Mucher and A. Newborough and M. Perez Ornedo and E. Perez-Duenas and A. Perillo-Marcone and L. Ponce and N. Solieri and M.B. Szewczyk and P.A. Thonet and M.A. Timmins and A. Tursun and W. Van den Broucke and F.M. Velotti and C. Vendeuvre and V. Vlachoudis},
% author = {C. Torregrosa and C. Ahdida and A. Bouvard and A. Broche and S. Burger and M.E.J. Butcher and others},
% author = {C. Torregrosa and others},
title = {{Towards the Last Stages of the CERN’s AD-Target Area Consolidation Project and Recommissioning Plans to Resume Operation}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'21},
pages = {3563--3566},
eid = {WEPAB366},
language = {english},
keywords = {target, proton, antiproton, operation, MMI},
venue = {Campinas, SP, Brazil},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {12},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {08},
year = {2021},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-214-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB366},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2021/papers/wepab366.pdf},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB366},
abstract = {{Antiprotons are produced at CERN at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) Target Area by impacting 26 GeV/c proton beams onto a fixed target. Further collection, momentum selection, and transport of the secondary particles - including antiprotons - towards the AD ring is realised by a 400 kA pulsed magnetic horn and a set of magnetic dipoles and quadrupoles. A major consolidation of the area - in operation since the 80s - has taken place during the CERN Long Shutdown 2 (2019-2021). Among other activities, such upgrade included: (i) Installation of a new air-cooled target design and manufacturing of a new batch of magnetic horns, including a surface pulsing test-bench for their validation and fine-tuning (ii) Installation of a new positioning and maintenance system for the target and horn (iii) Refurbishment and decontamination of the Target Area and its equipment, (iv) Construction of a new surface service building to house new nuclear ventilation systems. This contribution presents an overview of such activities and lesson learnt. In addition, it provides the latest results from refractory metals R&D for the antiproton target and a summary of the recommissioning and optimization plans.}},
}