IPAC2014 - List of Authors (Cornelis, K.)

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MOPRI097	Feasibility Studies for the Extraction of both LHC Beams from CERN SPS using a Common Kicker	842
	F.M. Velotti, W. Bartmann, C. Bracco, E. Carlier, K. Cornelis, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron has to fulfil the demanding intensity specifications for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era, with a doubling of the presently achieved operational beam intensity. One of the main problems to be addressed is given by impedance-driven beam instabilities. About 40 % of the total measured SPS impedance is due to the kickers, of which the extraction kickers in two of the SPS straight sections are the largest systems. A potential upgrade is explored which would strongly reduce the number of extraction kickers required in the SPS, by performing non-local extraction. In this scenario LHC Beam 1 would be kicked by the extraction kicker in SPS Long Straight Section 4 (LSS4), normally only used for Beam 2, to be extracted in LSS6. The concept and the expected performance of such a scheme are presented along with detailed simulation results.
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MOPRI100	Investigations of SPS Orbit Drifts	852
	L.N. Drøsdal, C. Bracco, K. Cornelis, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland E. Gianfelice-Wendt Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
	The LHC is filled from the last pre-injector, the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), via two 3 km long transfer lines, TI 2 and TI 8. Over the LHC injection processes, a drift of the beam trajectories has been observed in TI 2 and TI 8, requiring regular correction of the trajectories, in order to ensure clean injection into the LHC. Investigations of the trajectory variations in the transfer lines showed that the main source of short term trajectory drifts are current variations of the SPS extraction septa (MSE). The stability of the power converters has been improved, but the variations are still present and further improvements are being investigated. The stability over a longer period of time cannot be explained by this source alone. The analysis of trajectory variations shows that there are also slow variations in the SPS closed orbit at extraction. A set of SPS orbit measurements has been saved and analysed. These observations will be used together with simulations and observed field errors to locate the second source of variations.
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WEPRO068	SPS Beam Steering for LHC Extraction	2106
	E. Gianfelice-Wendt Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA H. Bartosik, K. Cornelis, L.N. Drøsdal, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi, Y. Papaphilippou, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerates beams for the Large Hadron Collider to 450 GeV. In addition it produces beams for fixed target facilities which adds complexity to the SPS operation. During the run 2012-2013 drifts of the extracted beam trajectories have been observed and lengthy optimizations in the transfer lines were performed to reduce particle losses in the LHC. The observed trajectory drifts are consistent with the measured SPS orbit drifts at extraction. While extensive studies are going on to understand, and possibly suppress, the source of such SPS orbit drifts the feasibility of an automatic beam steering towards a “golden” orbit at the extraction septa, by means of the interlocked correctors, is also being investigated. The challenges and constraints related to the implementation of such a correction in the SPS are described. Simulation results are presented and a possible operational steering strategy is proposed.
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THPME069	Performance Studies of the SPS Beam Dump System for HL-LHC Beams	3394
	F.M. Velotti, O. Aberle, C. Bracco, E. Carlier, F. Cerutti, K. Cornelis, L. Ducimetière, B. Goddard, V. Kain, R. Losito, C. Maglioni, M. Meddahi, F. Pasdeloup, V. Senaj, G.E. Steele CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) beam dump system is a concern for the planned High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) operation. The system has initially been designed for very different beam parameters compared to those which will reign after the completion of the LHC injectors upgrade, when the SPS will have to operate with unprecedented beam brightness. This paper describes the relevant operational and failure modes of the dump system together with the expected beam loading levels. Tracking studies are presented, considering both normal operation and failure scenarios, with particular attention on the location and level of proton losses. First FLUKA investigations and thermo-mechanical analysis of the high-energy absorber block are described
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Feasibility Studies for the Extraction of both LHC Beams from CERN SPS using a Common Kicker

842

F.M. Velotti, W. Bartmann, C. Bracco, E. Carlier, K. Cornelis, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron has to fulfil the demanding intensity specifications for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era, with a doubling of the presently achieved operational beam intensity. One of the main problems to be addressed is given by impedance-driven beam instabilities. About 40 % of the total measured SPS impedance is due to the kickers, of which the extraction kickers in two of the SPS straight sections are the largest systems. A potential upgrade is explored which would strongly reduce the number of extraction kickers required in the SPS, by performing non-local extraction. In this scenario LHC Beam 1 would be kicked by the extraction kicker in SPS Long Straight Section 4 (LSS4), normally only used for Beam 2, to be extracted in LSS6. The concept and the expected performance of such a scheme are presented along with detailed simulation results.

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MOPRI100

Investigations of SPS Orbit Drifts

852

L.N. Drøsdal, C. Bracco, K. Cornelis, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
E. Gianfelice-Wendt
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA

The LHC is filled from the last pre-injector, the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), via two 3 km long transfer lines, TI 2 and TI 8. Over the LHC injection processes, a drift of the beam trajectories has been observed in TI 2 and TI 8, requiring regular correction of the trajectories, in order to ensure clean injection into the LHC. Investigations of the trajectory variations in the transfer lines showed that the main source of short term trajectory drifts are current variations of the SPS extraction septa (MSE). The stability of the power converters has been improved, but the variations are still present and further improvements are being investigated. The stability over a longer period of time cannot be explained by this source alone. The analysis of trajectory variations shows that there are also slow variations in the SPS closed orbit at extraction. A set of SPS orbit measurements has been saved and analysed. These observations will be used together with simulations and observed field errors to locate the second source of variations.

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WEPRO068

SPS Beam Steering for LHC Extraction

2106

E. Gianfelice-Wendt
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
H. Bartosik, K. Cornelis, L.N. Drøsdal, B. Goddard, V. Kain, M. Meddahi, Y. Papaphilippou, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerates beams for the Large Hadron Collider to 450 GeV. In addition it produces beams for fixed target facilities which adds complexity to the SPS operation. During the run 2012-2013 drifts of the extracted beam trajectories have been observed and lengthy optimizations in the transfer lines were performed to reduce particle losses in the LHC. The observed trajectory drifts are consistent with the measured SPS orbit drifts at extraction. While extensive studies are going on to understand, and possibly suppress, the source of such SPS orbit drifts the feasibility of an automatic beam steering towards a “golden” orbit at the extraction septa, by means of the interlocked correctors, is also being investigated. The challenges and constraints related to the implementation of such a correction in the SPS are described. Simulation results are presented and a possible operational steering strategy is proposed.

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THPME069

Performance Studies of the SPS Beam Dump System for HL-LHC Beams

3394

F.M. Velotti, O. Aberle, C. Bracco, E. Carlier, F. Cerutti, K. Cornelis, L. Ducimetière, B. Goddard, V. Kain, R. Losito, C. Maglioni, M. Meddahi, F. Pasdeloup, V. Senaj, G.E. Steele
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) beam dump system is a concern for the planned High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) operation. The system has initially been designed for very different beam parameters compared to those which will reign after the completion of the LHC injectors upgrade, when the SPS will have to operate with unprecedented beam brightness. This paper describes the relevant operational and failure modes of the dump system together with the expected beam loading levels. Tracking studies are presented, considering both normal operation and failure scenarios, with particular attention on the location and level of proton losses. First FLUKA investigations and thermo-mechanical analysis of the high-energy absorber block are described

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