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Hourican, M.

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RPPE041 Design and Construction of the CERN LEIR Injection Septa 2690
 
  • J. Borburgh, B. Balhan, P. Bobbio, E. Carlier, M. Hourican, T. Masson, T.N. Mueller, A. Prost
    CERN, Geneva
  • M. Crescenti
    TERA, Novara
  
  The Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) transforms long pulses from Linac 3 into high brilliance ion bunches for LHC by means of multi-turn injection, electron cooling and accumulation. The LEIR injection comprises a magnetic DC septum followed by an inclined electrostatic septum. The electrostatic septum has been newly designed and built. The magnetic septum is mainly recovered from the former LEAR machine, but required a new vacuum chamber. Dynamic vacua in the 10-12 mbar range are required, which are hard to achieve due to the high desorption rate of ions lost on the surface. A new interlock and displacement control system has also been developed. The major technical challenges to meet the magnetic, electrical and vacuum requirements will be discussed.  
RPPE005 Ions for LHC: Beam Physics and Engineering Challenges 946
 
  • S. Maury, M.-E. Angoletta, V. Baggiolini, A. Beuret, A. Blas, J. Borburgh, H.-H. Braun, C. Carli, M. Chanel, T. Fowler, S.S. Gilardoni, M. Gourber-Pace, S. Hancock, C.E. Hill, M. Hourican, J.M. Jowett, K. Kahle, D. Kuchler, E. Mahner, D. Manglunki, M. Martini, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Pasternak, F. Pedersen, U. Raich, C. Rossi, J.-P. Royer, K. Schindl, R. Scrivens, L. Sermeus, E.N. Shaposhnikova, G. Tranquille, M. Vretenar, Th. Zickler
    CERN, Geneva
  
  The first phase of the heavy ion physics program at the LHC aims to provide lead-lead collisions at energies of 5.5 TeV per colliding nucleon pair and ion-ion luminosity of 1027 cm-2s-1. The transformation of CERN’s ion injector complex (Linac3-LEIR-PS-SPS) presents a number of beam physics and engineering challenges. Conversion of the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) to a Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) is under way: the high-current electron cooling system, novel broad-band RF cavities and vacuum equipment to achieve 10-12 mbar are the major challenges. Commissioning of LEIR with beam will start in the middle of 2005. Major hardware changes in Linac3 include the installation of the new ECR ion source and of the energy ramping cavity. The PS will have a new injection system and RF gymnastics. A stripping insertion between PS and SPS must not disturb the proton operation. In the LHC itself, there are fundamental performance limitations due to various beam loss mechanisms. To study these without risk of damage there will be an initial period of operation with a reduced number of nominal intensity bunches. While reducing the work required to commission the LHC with ions in 2008, this will still enable early physics discoveries.