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RIS citation export for MOPTS094: Dust Analysis from LHC Vacuum System to Identify the Source of Macro-Particle-Beam-Interactions

TY  - CONF
AU  - Grob, L.K.
AU  - Apollonio, A.
AU  - Charvet, C.
AU  - Garcia-Tabares Valdivieso, E.
AU  - Kos, H.
AU  - Neves, C.
AU  - Schmidt, R.
ED  - Boland, Mark
ED  - Tanaka, Hitoshi
ED  - Button, David
ED  - Dowd, Rohan
ED  - Schaa, Volker RW
ED  - Tan, Eugene
TI  - Dust Analysis from LHC Vacuum System to Identify the Source of Macro-Particle-Beam-Interactions
J2  - Proc. of IPAC2019, Melbourne, Australia, 19-24 May 2019
CY  - Melbourne, Australia
T2  - International Particle Accelerator Conference
T3  - 10
LA  - english
AB  - Since in 2010 the first sub-millisecond beam losses were observed at varying locations all along the LHC, it is well known that dust can interact with high-intensity proton beams and cause significant beam losses. Initially the sudden localized losses were enigmatic and coined the phrase ’unidentified falling objects’ (UFOs), which is still widely used. These very fast beam losses have resulted in hundreds of premature beam dumps and even magnet quenches since the start of LHC. So far, the only mitigation strategy involved an optimization of dump thresholds and the beneficial conditioning effect which leads to a reduction of the UFO rate over time. To understand the physics involved in these events and to allow an active diminution, it is essential to know the chemical composition and the size of the dust particulates interacting with the protons. The exchange of a dipole magnet offered the unique opportunity to collect dust samples from inside the LHC vacuum system. They were extracted from the various components and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to reveal size distribution and abundant elements. The results of this investigation will optimize the existing UFO models and the improved understanding of the phenomenon may help to prevent future performance limitations. This is also of relevance for future projects, in particular for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) under study.
PB  - JACoW Publishing
CP  - Geneva, Switzerland
SP  - 1082
EP  - 1085
KW  - vacuum
KW  - beam-losses
KW  - operation
KW  - proton
KW  - dipole
DA  - 2019/06
PY  - 2019
SN  - 978-3-95450-208-0
DO  - DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-MOPTS094
UR  - http://jacow.org/ipac2019/papers/mopts094.pdf
ER  -