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TY - CONF AU - Damerau, H. AU - Desquiens, V.D. AU - Huschauer, A. AU - Jibar, A. AU - Lasheen, A. AU - Mikulec, B. AU - Morvillo, M. AU - Rossi, C. AU - Woolley, B.J. ED - Zimmermann, Frank ED - Tanaka, Hitoshi ED - Sudmuang, Porntip ED - Klysubun, Prapong ED - Sunwong, Prapaiwan ED - Chanwattana, Thakonwat ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Improved Longitudinal Performance of the LHC Beam in the CERN PS J2 - Proc. of IPAC2022, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-17 June 2022 CY - Bangkok, Thailand T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 13 LA - english AB - At the end of the 2018 run the intensity target for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) had just been reached at extraction from the Proton Synchrotron (PS). In the framework of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project additional RF improvements have been implemented during the 2019/2020 long shutdown (LS2), mainly impacting the impedance of the 10 MHz, 40 MHz, and 80 MHz RF systems. With the upgraded injection energy of 2 GeV (kinetic), also the intermediate plateau energy for RF manipulations has been increased. Following a campaign of beam studies throughout the 2021 run, a bunch intensity of up to 2.9·10¹¹ p/b in trains of 72 bunches is achieved with the required longitudinal beam quality, surpassing the LIU target of 2.6·10¹¹ p/b. The threshold of longitudinal quadrupolar coupled-bunch instabilities is increased during acceleration, but they are again observed at the flat-top. While dipolar coupled-bunch oscillations are well damped by a dedicated feedback system, the quadrupolar modes are suppressed by operating a 40 MHz system as an active higher-harmonic Landau cavity. The main commissioning steps are outlined, together with the key contributions to the improved beam performance. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 2165 EP - 2168 KW - feedback KW - extraction KW - emittance KW - cavity KW - flattop DA - 2022/07 PY - 2022 SN - 2673-5490 SN - 978-3-95450-227-1 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOTK046 UR - https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepotk046.pdf ER -