IPAC2021 - List of Authors (Wenninger, J.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPAB023	Experimental Test of a New Method to Verify Retraction Margins Between Dump Absorbers and Tertiary Collimators at the LHC	115
	C. Wiesner, W. Bartmann, C. Bracco, R. Bruce, J. Molson, M. Schaumann, C. Staufenbiel, J.A. Uythoven, M. Valette, J. Wenninger, D. Wollmann, M. Zerlauth CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
	The protection of the tertiary collimators (TCTs) and the LHC triplet aperture in case of a so-called asynchronous beam dump relies on the correct retraction between the TCTs and the dump region absorbers. A new method to validate this retraction has been proposed, and a proof-of-principle experiment was performed at the LHC. The method uses a long orbit bump to mimic the change of the beam trajectory caused by an asynchronous firing of the extraction kickers. It can, thus, be performed with circulating beam. This paper reports on the performed beam measurements, compares them with expectations and discusses the potential benefits of the new method for machine protection.
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About •	paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 25 August 2021 issue date ※ 24 August 2021
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THPAB260	Detection and Classification of Collective Beam Behaviour in the LHC	4318
	L. Coyle, F. Blanc, T. Pieloni, M. Schenk EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland X. Buffat, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, J. Wenninger CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland E. Krymova, G. Obozinski SDSC, Lausanne, Switzerland
	Collective instabilities can lead to a severe deterioration of beam quality, in terms of reduced beam intensity and increased beam emittance, and consequently a reduction of the collider’s luminosity. It is therefore crucial for the operation of the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to understand the conditions in which they appear in order to find appropriate mitigation measures. Using bunch-by-bunch and turn-by-turn beam amplitude data, courtesy of the transverse damper’s observation box (ObsBox), a novel machine learning based approach is developed to both detect and classify these instabilities. By training an autoencoder neural network on the ObsBox amplitude data and using the model’s reconstruction error, instabilities and other phenomena are separated from nominal beam behaviour. Additionally, the latent space encoding of this autoencoder offers a unique image like representation of the beam amplitude signal. Leveraging this latent space representation allows us to cluster the various types of anomalous signals.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-THPAB260
About •	paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 19 July 2021 issue date ※ 27 August 2021
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Experimental Test of a New Method to Verify Retraction Margins Between Dump Absorbers and Tertiary Collimators at the LHC

115

C. Wiesner, W. Bartmann, C. Bracco, R. Bruce, J. Molson, M. Schaumann, C. Staufenbiel, J.A. Uythoven, M. Valette, J. Wenninger, D. Wollmann, M. Zerlauth
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

The protection of the tertiary collimators (TCTs) and the LHC triplet aperture in case of a so-called asynchronous beam dump relies on the correct retraction between the TCTs and the dump region absorbers. A new method to validate this retraction has been proposed, and a proof-of-principle experiment was performed at the LHC. The method uses a long orbit bump to mimic the change of the beam trajectory caused by an asynchronous firing of the extraction kickers. It can, thus, be performed with circulating beam. This paper reports on the performed beam measurements, compares them with expectations and discusses the potential benefits of the new method for machine protection.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB023

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paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 25 August 2021 issue date ※ 24 August 2021

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THPAB260

Detection and Classification of Collective Beam Behaviour in the LHC

4318

L. Coyle, F. Blanc, T. Pieloni, M. Schenk
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
X. Buffat, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, J. Wenninger
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
E. Krymova, G. Obozinski
SDSC, Lausanne, Switzerland

Collective instabilities can lead to a severe deterioration of beam quality, in terms of reduced beam intensity and increased beam emittance, and consequently a reduction of the collider’s luminosity. It is therefore crucial for the operation of the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to understand the conditions in which they appear in order to find appropriate mitigation measures. Using bunch-by-bunch and turn-by-turn beam amplitude data, courtesy of the transverse damper’s observation box (ObsBox), a novel machine learning based approach is developed to both detect and classify these instabilities. By training an autoencoder neural network on the ObsBox amplitude data and using the model’s reconstruction error, instabilities and other phenomena are separated from nominal beam behaviour. Additionally, the latent space encoding of this autoencoder offers a unique image like representation of the beam amplitude signal. Leveraging this latent space representation allows us to cluster the various types of anomalous signals.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-THPAB260

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paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 19 July 2021 issue date ※ 27 August 2021

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