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Robert-Demolaize, G.

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MOPLT005 An Improved Collimation System for the LHC 536
 
  • R.W. Assmann, O. Aberle, A. Bertarelli, H.-H. Braun, M. Brugger, L. Bruno, O.S. Brüning, S. Calatroni, E. Chiaveri, B. Dehning, A. Ferrari, B. Goddard, E.B. Holzer, J.-B. Jeanneret, J.M. Jimenez, V. Kain, M. Lamont, M. Mayer, E. Métral, R. Perret, S. Redaelli, T. Risselada, G. Robert-Demolaize, S. Roesler, F. Ruggiero, R. Schmidt, D. Schulte, P. Sievers, V. Vlachoudis, L. Vos, G. Vossenberg, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva
  • I.L. Ajguirei, I. Baishev, I.L. Kurochkin
    IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region
  • D. Kaltchev
    TRIUMF, Vancouver
  • H. Tsutsui
    SHI, Tokyo
  
  The LHC design parameters extend the maximum stored beam energy 2-3 orders of magnitude beyond present experience. The handling of the high-intensity LHC beams in a super-conducting environment requires a high-robustness collimation system with unprecedented cleaning efficiency. For gap closures down to 2mm no beam instabilities may be induced from the collimator impedance. A difficult trade-off between collimator robustness, cleaning efficiency and collimator impedance is encountered. The conflicting LHC requirements are resolved with a phased approach, relying on low Z collimators for maximum robustness and hybrid metallic collimators for maximum performance. Efficiency is further enhanced with an additional cleaning close to the insertion triplets. The machine layouts have been adapted to the new requirements. The LHC collimation hardware is presently under design and has entered into the prototyping and early testing phase. Plans for collimator tests with beam are presented.  
WEPLT006 Expected Performance and Beam-based Optimization of the LHC Collimation System 1825
 
  • R.W. Assmann, E.B. Holzer, J.-B. Jeanneret, V. Kain, S. Redaelli, G. Robert-Demolaize, J. Wenninger
    CERN, Geneva
  
  The cleaning efficiency requirements in the LHC are 2-3 orders of magnitude beyond the requirements at other super-conducting circular colliders. The achievable ideal cleaning efficiency in the LHC is presented and the deteriorating effects of various physics processes and imperfections are discussed in detail for the improved LHC collimation system. The longitudinal distribution of proton losses downstream of the betatron cleaning system are evaluated with a realistic aperture model of the LHC. The results from simplified tracking studies are compared to simulations with complete physics and error models. Possibilities for beam-based optimization of collimator settings are described.