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Shaposhnikova, E.N.

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MOPLT020 Limits to the Performance of the LHC with Ion Beams 578
 
  • J.M. Jowett, H.-H. Braun, M.I. Gresham, E. Mahner, A.N. Nicholson, E.N. Shaposhnikova
    CERN, Geneva
  • I.A. Pshenichnov
    RAS/INR, Moscow
  
  The performance of the LHC as a heavy-ion collider will be limited by a diverse range of phenomena that are often qualitatively different from those limiting the performance with protons. We summarise the latest understanding and results concerning the consequences of nuclear electromagnetic processes in lead ion collisions, the interactions of ions with the residual gas and the effects of lost ions on the beam environment and vacuum. Besides these limitations on beam intensity, lifetime and luminosity, performance will be governed by the evolution of the beam emittances under the influences of synchrotron radiation damping, intra-beam scattering, RF noise and multiple scattering on residual gas. These effects constrain beam parameters in the LHC ring throughout the operational cycle with lead ions.  
MOPLT031 LHC Abort Gap Filling by Proton Beam 611
 
  • E.N. Shaposhnikova, S.D. Fartoukh, J.-B. Jeanneret
    CERN, Geneva
  
  Safe operation of the LHC beam dump relies on the possibility of firing the abort kicker at any moment during beam operation. One of the necessary conditions for this is that the number of particles in the abort gap should be below some critical level defined by quench limits. Various scenarios can lead to particles filling the abort gap. The relevant time scales associated with these scenarios are estimated for top energy where the synchrotron radiation losses are not negligible for uncaptured particle motion. Two cases are considered, both with RF on and RF off. The equilibrium distribution of lost particles in the abort gap defines the requirements for maximum tolerable relative loss rate and as a consequence the minimum acceptable longitudinal lifetime of the proton beam in collision.  
MOPLT033 Experimental Studies of Controlled Longitudinal Emittance Blow-up in the SPS as LHC Injector and LHC Test-Bed 617
 
  • J. Tuckmantel, T. Bohl, T.P.R. Linnecar, E.N. Shaposhnikova
    CERN, Geneva
  
  The longitudinal emittance of the LHC beam must be increased in a controlled way both in the SPS and the LHC itself. In the first case a small increase is sufficient to help prevent coupled bunch instabilities but in the second a factor three is required to also reduce intra-beam scattering effects. This has been achieved in the SPS by exciting the beam at the synchrotron frequency through the phase loop of the main RF system using bandwidth-limited noise, a method that is particularly suitable for the LHC which will have only one RF system. We describe the tests that have been done in the SPS both for low and high intensity beams, the hardware used and the influence of parameters such as time of excitation, bandwidth, frequency and amplitude on the resulting blow-up. After taking into account intensity effects it was possible to achieve a controlled emittance increase by a factor of about 2.5 without particle loss or the creation of visible tails in the distribution.  
WEPLT035 Capture Loss of the LHC Beam in the CERN SPS 1903
 
  • E.N. Shaposhnikova, T. Bohl, T.P.R. Linnecar, J. Tuckmantel
    CERN, Geneva
  
  The matched voltage of the LHC beam at injection into the SPS is 750 kV. However, even with RF feedback and feed forward systems in operation, the relative particle losses on the flat bottom for nominal LHC parameters with this capture voltage can reach the 30% level. With voltages as high as 2 MV these losses are still around 15% pushing the intensity in the SPS injectors to the limit to obtain nominal intensity beam for the LHC. Beam losses grow with intensity and are always asymmetric in energy (lost particles are seen main in front of the batch). The asymmetry can be explained by the energy loss of particles due to the SPS impedance which is also responsible for a non-zero synchronous phase on the flat bottom leading to large gaps between buckets. In this paper the measurements of the dependence of particles loss on the beam and machine parameters are presented and discussed together with possible loss mechanisms.  
WEPLT036 Energy Loss of a Single Bunch in the CERN SPS 1906
 
  • E.N. Shaposhnikova, T. Bohl, T.P.R. Linnecar, J. Tuckmantel
    CERN, Geneva
  • A. Hofmann
    Honorary CERN Staff Member, Grand-Saconnex
  
  The dependence of energy loss on bunch length was determined experimentally for a single proton bunch in the SPS at 26 GeV/c. This was done from measurements of the synchronous phase as a function of intensity for different capture voltages. The results are compared with the expected dependence calculated from the resistive part of the SPS impedance below 1 GHz. Two impedance sources, the cavities of the 200 MHz RF system and the extraction kickers, give the main contributions to particle energy loss in very good agreement with experiment. The results obtained allow a better understanding of some mechanisms leading to capture loss of the high intensity LHC beam in the SPS.  
TUPLT011 The LHC Lead Ion Injector Chain 1153
 
  • K. Schindl, A. Beuret, A. Blas, J. Borburgh, H. Burkhardt, C. Carli, M. Chanel, T. Fowler, M. Gourber-Pace, S. Hancock, C.E. Hill, M. Hourican, J.M. Jowett, K. Kahle, D. Kuchler, A.M. Lombardi, E. Mahner, D. Manglunki, M. Martini, S. Maury, F. Pedersen, U. Raich, C. Rossi, J.-P. Royer, R. Scrivens, L. Sermeus, E.N. Shaposhnikova, G. Tranquille, M. Vretenar, T. Zickler
    CERN, Geneva
  
  A sizeable part of the LHC physics programme foresees heavy ion (lead-lead) collisions with a design luminosity of 1027 cm-2 s-1. This will be achieved after an upgrade of the ion injector chain comprising Linac3, LEIR, PS and SPS machines. Each LHC ring will be filled in ~10 minutes with ~600 bunches, each of 7 107 Pb ions. Central to the scheme is the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR), which transforms long pulses from Linac3 to high-brilliance bunches by means of 6D multi-turn injection and accumulation via electron cooling. Major limitations along the chain, including space charge, intra-beam scattering, vacuum issues, and emittance preservation are highlighted. The conversion from LEAR (Low Energy Antiproton Ring) to LEIR includes new magnets and power converters, high-current electron cooling, broad-band RF cavities, upgraded beam diagnostics, and UHV vacuum equipment relying on beam scrubbing to achieve a few 10-12 mbar. Major hardware changes in Linac3 (Electron Cyclotron Resonance source, repetition rate, energy ramping cavity), PS (new injection hardware, elaborate RF gymnastics, stripping insertion), and SPS (100 MHz system) are described. An early beam scenario, using fewer bunches but the same bunch intensity to deliver a lower luminosity, reduces the work required for LHC ion operation in spring 2008.