Author: Cruikshank, P.
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WEPAB338 Amorphous Carbon Coating in SPS 3475
 
  • W. Vollenberg, P. Chiggiato, P. Costa Pinto, P. Cruikshank, H. Moreno, C. Pasquino, J. Perez Espinos, M. Taborelli
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Within the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) project, the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) needs to be upgraded to inject into the LHC higher intensity and brighter 25-ns bunch spaced beams. To mitigate the Electron Multipacting (E.M.) phenomenon, a well-known limiting factor for high-intensity positively charged beams, CERN developed carbon coatings with a low Secondary Electron Yield (SEY). During the 2016 & 2017 year-end technical stops, such coatings were deposited on the inner wall of the vacuum chambers of some SPS quadrupole and dipole magnets by a dedicated in-situ setup. A much larger scale deployment was implemented during the Long Shutdown 2 (2019-2020) to coat all beam pipes of focussing quadrupoles (QF) and their adjacent short straight sections. In this contribution, we remind the motivation of the project, and present the results and the quality control of the carbon coating campaign during the latter phase of implementation.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB338  
About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 16 June 2021       issue date ※ 13 August 2021  
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WEPAB376 The Inner Triplet String Facility for HL-LHC: Design and Planning 3592
 
  • M.B. Bajko, S. Bertolasi, C. Bertone, S. Blanchard, D. Bozzini, O.S. Brüning, P. Cruikshank, D. De Luca, N. Dos Santos, F. Dragoni, N. Heredia Garcia, A. Herty, A. Kosmicki, S. Le Naour, W. Maan, A. Martínez Sellés, P. Martinez Urios, P. Orlandi, A. Perin, M. Pojer, F. Rodriguez-Mateos, G. Rolando, L. Rossi, H. Thiesen, E. Todesco, E. Vergara Fernandez, D. Wollmann, S. Yammine, J.J. Zawilinski, M. Zerlauth
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  In the framework of the HL-LHC project, full-scale integration and operational tests of the superconducting magnet chain, from the inner triplet quadrupoles up to the first separation/recombination dipole, are planned in conditions as similar as possible to the final set-up in the LHC tunnel. The IT String includes all of the required systems for operation at nominal conditions, such as vacuum, cryogenics, warm and cold powering equipment, and protection systems. The IT String is intended to be both an assembly, and an integration test stand, and a full rehearsal of the systems working in unison. It will, closely reproducing the mechanical, electrical, and thermo-hydraulic interfaces of the final installation, as well as allowing a full rehearsal of the systems working in unison. This paper describes the conceptual design, the test stand’s reference configuration, and the main goals. It also summarizes the status of the main activities, including the detailed design of the test infrastructure, procurement of main equipment, the baseline installation schedule, and major milestones. The first version of the experimental program and the associated planning are also presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB376  
About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 22 July 2021       issue date ※ 22 August 2021  
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