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Slow extracted spill ripple control in the CERN SPS using adaptive Bayesian optimisation
/ Kain, Verena (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Follin, Fabio (CERN) ; Velotti, Francesco (CERN) ; Fraser, Matthew (CERN) ; Schenk, Michael (CERN) ; Madysa, Nico (Darmstadt, GSI) ; Arrutia Sota, Pablo Andreas (CERN)
The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) offers slow-extracted, high-intensity proton beams at 400 GeV/c for 3 fixed targets in the CERN North Experimental Area (NA) with a spill length of about 5 seconds. Since first commissioning in the late seventies, the NA has seen a steady increase in users, many of which requiring improved spill quality control. [...]
2024 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IPAC 2024 (2024) TUPS55
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In : 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2024), Nashville, TN, United States, 19 - 24 May 2024, pp.TUPS55
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Study of the performance and beam loss limitations during injection of high-intensity LHC proton beams
/ Salvachua, Belen (CERN) ; Lechner, Anton (CERN) ; Bracco, Chiara (CERN) ; Zamantzas, Christos (CERN) ; Wollmann, Daniel (CERN) ; Mirarchi, Daniele (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Velotti, Francesco (CERN) ; Trad, Georges (CERN) ; Wenninger, Jorg (CERN) et al.
The LHC Injectors Upgrade project at CERN optimized the injection accelerator chain to deliver proton intensities per bunch of 2.3e+11 ppb. Throughout 2023, the LHC was filled with up to 2464 bunches per beam using a hybrid injection scheme, involving up to 236 bunches per injection, with a maximum intensity per bunch of 1.6e+11 ppb. [...]
2024 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IPAC 2024 (2024) THPR31
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In : 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2024), Nashville, TN, United States, 19 - 24 May 2024, pp.THPR31
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Detector Response Studies of the ESS Ionization Chamber
/ Dolenc Kittelmann, Irena (ESS, Lund) ; Boutachkov, Plamen (Darmstadt, GSI) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Grishin, Viatcheslav ; Lernevall, Anders ; Viganò, William ; Zamantzas, Christos
The European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, will be a pulsed neutron source based on a proton linac. The ESS linac is designed to deliver a 2GeV beam with peak current of 62.5mA at 14 Hz to a rotating tungsten target for neutron production. [...]
2023 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IBIC 2023 (2023) TUP004
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In : 12th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2023), Saskatoon, Canada, 10 - 14 Sep 2023, pp.TUP004
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Fast Spill Monitor Studies for the SPS Fixed Target Beams
/ Roncarolo, Federico (CERN) ; Arrutia Sota, Pablo Andreas (CERN) ; Belohrad, David (CERN) ; Bergamaschi, Michele (CERN) ; Calvo Giraldo, Eva (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Fraser, Matthew (CERN) ; Kain, Verena (CERN) ; Martin Nieto, Miguel (CERN) ; Mazzoni, Stefano (CERN) et al.
At the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) the proton beam is supplied to the fixed target experiments in the North Area facility (NA) via a slow extraction process, taking place at 400 GeV. The monitoring of the spill quality during the extraction, lasting 4.8 seconds with the present SPS setup, is of high interest for minimising beam losses and providing the users with uniform proton-on-target rates. [...]
2022 - 5 p.
- Published in : JACoW IBIC 2022 (2022) 522-526
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In : 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2022), Cracow, Poland, 11 - 15 Sep 2022, pp.522-526
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The Diamond Beam Loss Monitoring System at CERN LHC and SPS
/ Calvo Giraldo, Eva (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Gonzalez Berges, Manuel (CERN) ; Kral, Jiri (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Martínez Samblas, Javier (CERN) ; Morales Vigo, Sara (CERN) ; Salvachúa, Belen (CERN) ; Zamantzas, Christos (CERN)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) accelerators are equipped with 17 pCVD diamond based Beam Loss detectors at strategical locations where their nanosecond resolution can provide insights into the loss mechanisms and complement the information of the standard ionization chamber type detectors. They are used at the injection and extraction lines of the LHC and SPS, to analyse the injection or extraction efficiency, and to verify the timing alignment of other elements like kicker magnets. [...]
2022 - 5 p.
- Published in : JACoW IBIC 2022 (2022) 202-206
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In : 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2022), Cracow, Poland, 11 - 15 Sep 2022, pp.202-206
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The Beam Loss Monitoring System after LHC Long Shutdown 2 at CERN
/ Saccani, Mathieu (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Viganò, William (CERN) ; Zamantzas, Christos (CERN)
Most of the LHC systems at CERN were updated during the Long Shutdown 2, from December 2018 to July 2022, to prepare the accelerator for High-Luminosity. The Beam Loss Monitoring system is a key part of the LHC’s instrumentation for machine protection and beam optimisation by producing continuous and reliable measurements of beam losses along the accelerator. [...]
2022 - 5 p.
- Published in : JACoW IBIC 2022 (2022) 220-224
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In : 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2022), Cracow, Poland, 11 - 15 Sep 2022, pp.220-224
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Beam Loss Localisation with an Optical Beam Loss Monitor in the CLEAR Facility at CERN
/ Benítez Berrocal, Sara (CERN) ; Chen, Minsi (Huddersfield U.) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Esteban Felipe, Jose (CERN) ; Farabolini, Wilfrid (IRFU, Saclay ; CERN) ; Korysko, Pierre (CERN ; Oxford U.) ; Lernevall, Anders (CERN) ; Salvachúa, Belen (CERN)
A prototype of a Beam Loss Monitor based on the detection of Cherenkov light in optical fibres is being developed to measure beam losses in the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. Several testing campaigns have been planned to benchmark the simulations of the system and test the electronics in the CLEAR facility at CERN. [...]
2022 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IPAC 2022 (2022) 351-354
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In : 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, 12 - 17 Jun 2022, pp.351-354
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Linearity and Response Time of the LHC Diamond Beam Loss Monitors in the CLEAR Beam Test Facility at CERN
/ Morales Vigo, Sara (CERN ; Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci. Tech.) ; Calvo Giraldo, Eva (CERN) ; Dyks, Luke (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Farabolini, Wilfrid (CERN) ; Korysko, Pierre (CERN) ; Lernevall, Anders (CERN) ; Salvachúa, Belen (CERN) ; Welsch, Carsten (Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci. Tech.) ; Wolfenden, Joseph (Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci. Tech.) et al.
Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) diamond detectors have been tested during the Run 2 operation period (2015-2018) as fast beam loss monitors for the Beam Loss Monitoring (BLM) system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. However, the lack of raw data recorded during this operation period restrains our ability to perform a deep analysis of their signals. [...]
2022 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IPAC 2022 (2022) 355-358
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In : 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, 12 - 17 Jun 2022, pp.355-358
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Beam Loss Signal Calibration for the LHC Diamond Detectors During Run 2
/ Morales Vigo, Sara (CERN ; Liverpool U.) ; Calvo Giraldo, Eva (CERN) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN) ; Salvachua, Belen (CERN) ; Welsch, Carsten P (Liverpool U.) ; Wolfenden, Joseph (Liverpool U.) ; Zamantzas, Christos (CERN)
Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) diamond detectors can be used as fast beam loss monitors in particle accelerators. In the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, they are installed in the betatron collimation region, a high-radiation environment. [...]
JACoW, 2021 - 4 p.
- Published in : JACoW IBIC 2021 (2021) 290-293
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In : 10th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2021), Online, Korea, 13 - 17 Sep 2021, pp.290-293
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Development and Testing of a Cherenkov Beam Loss Monitor in CLEAR Facility
/ Benitez Berrocal, Sara (CERN ; Huddersfield U.) ; Effinger, Ewald (CERN ; Saclay) ; Farabolini, Wilfrid (CERN ; Saclay) ; Gilardi, Antonio (CERN ; Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Korysko, Pierre (CERN ; Oxford U.) ; Lane, Phil (CERN ; Huddersfield U.) ; Lima, Erika (CERN) ; Salvachua, Belen (CERN) ; Viganò, William (CERN)
Beam Loss Monitors are fundamental diagnostic systems in particle accelerators. Beam losses are measured by a wide range of detectors with excellent results; most of these devices are used to measure local beam losses. [...]
2021 - 4 p.
- Published in : 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB021
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In : 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2021), Online, Br, 24 - 28 May 2021, pp.WEPAB021
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