LHC Collimation Working Group
List of 2010 meetings


Minutes: 122th meeting 08.11.10 PDF    
  121th meeting 25.10.10 PDF    
  120th meeting 30.08.10 PDF    
  119th meeting 19.07.10 PDF    
  118th meeting 05.07.10 PDF    
117th meeting 07.06.10 PDF
  116th meeting 10.05.10 PDF    
  115th meeting 24.04.10 PDF    
  114th meeting 12.04.10 PDF    
  113th meeting 15.03.10 PDF    
  112th meeting 01.03.10 PDF    
  111th meeting 15.02.10 PDF    
  110th meeting 01.02.10 PDF    
           

08.11.10  Minutes (PDF)
                  Regular collimation status reports
                           O. Aberle: Hardware and tunnel activities
                           R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                           R. Assmann: Phase II activities at CERN
                           T. Markiewicz: Phase II activities at SLAC (PDF)
          G. Valentino: News on Ion Loss Maps (PDF)
          G. Bellodi:    LHC Ion Loss Maps (PDF)
          D. Macina:   Modifications of the LSS2 (TCTVB-ZDC) (PDF)
          E. Page, JP Corso, O. Aberle: LSS2 modifications and Impact on Vacuum (PDF)
          A. Nordt:   Results from TCP Tests from 25-10-2010 (PDF)

25.10.10  Minutes (PDF)
                  Regular collimation status reports
                           O. Aberle: Hardware and tunnel activities
                           R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                           R. Assmann: Phase II activities at CERN
                           T. Markiewicz: Phase II activities at SLAC
          R. Bruce: 3.5TeV Simulations of Losses and News on beta* Limits (PDF)
          D. Wollmann:    Operational Performance (PDF)
          G. Bellodi:          Ions: Needs for Collimation (PDF)  

30.08.10  Minutes (PDF)
                  Regular collimation status reports
                           O. Aberle: Hardware and tunnel activities
                           R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                           R. Assmann: Phase II activities at CERN
                           T. Markiewicz: Phase II activities at SLAC (PDF)
                           V. Parma: Cryo-collimator integration and interfaces
          D. Wollmann: Update on Loss Maps (PDF)
          F. Burkart:     Update on Halo Scraping (PDF)
          Y. Levinsen:   Simulation of Loss Maps for Dust Particles (PDF)       
         
A. Nordt:       Analysis of the Beam Dump triggered on 25-08-2010 (PDF)

19.07.10  Minutes (PDF)
                  Regular collimation status reports
                           O. Aberle: Hardware and tunnel activities
                           R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                           R. Assmann: Phase II activities at CERN
                           J. Smith: Phase II activities at SLAC (PDF)
                           V. Parma: Cryo-collimator integration and interfaces (PDF)
          G. Bellodi: Safe Beam Flag and BLMs thresholds for Ion Runs (PDF)
          J. Jowett:  Modified Collimation Layout & Optics for Cry coll. in IR 3 (PDF)

 

05.07.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                             O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                             R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                             Phase II activities at CERN

                             T. Markiewicz: Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                             Cryo-collimators installation
                             FLUKA work
           G. Bellodi   Collmation setup for ion commissioning: initial studies (PDF)
           N. Mounet  First comparison between phase 1 and IR3MBC  (PDF)

 

07.06.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            A. Dallocchio: Phase II activities at CERN (link)

                            T. Markiewicz: Phase II at SLAC
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation (PDF)
                            F. Cerutti: FLUKA work
           A. Rossi    Update on IR3 combined cleaning study (PDF)
           E. Metral   Update on impedance (PDF)
           O. Aberle  Phase II in warm regions (PDF)

10.05.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            F. Cerutti: FLUKA work
                            T. Markiewicz: Phase II at SLAC
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation
           F. Cerutti: Update from FLUKA on cry-collimators  (PDF)
           G. Bellodi:  Requirements for ion operations Phase II (PDF)

26.04.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            S. Redaelli: Remote and beam commissioning
                            F. Cerutti: FLUKA work
                            A. Bertarelli: Phase II at CERN (PDF)
                            S. Lundgren : Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                            V. Parma: Cryo-collimators installation
           K. Roeed: Warm/Cold losses at 3.5TeV (PDF)
           D. Wollmann: Results from collimation setup (PDF)
           R. Bruce: Generating machine collimation settings from beam data (PDF)

12.04.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            F. Cerutti: FLUKA work
                            A. Dallocchio: Phase II at CERN
                            J. Smith : Phase II at SLAC
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation
            L. Keller, SLAC: Comparison of carbon and Hi-Z primary collimators for Phase 2 (PDF)
            J. Jowett: Layout studies for IR3 cryo-collimators (PDF)

15.03.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            V. Vlachoudis: FLUKA work
                            A. Dallocchio: Phase II at CERN (PDF)
                            J. Smith : Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation
            G. Stancari, Fermilab: Studies on collimation with hollow electron beams  (PDF)
            J-Ph. Tock: Status report on integration of cryogenics collimator  (PDF)
            E. Metral: Answers to SLAC people concerning their simulations of trapped modes and
     news on impedance for the phase 1 and 2 at CERN (PDF)

01.03.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            V. Vlachoudis: FLUKA work
                            A. Bertarelli: Phase II at CERN
                            J. Smith : Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation
            R. Assmann: Round the table collection of collimator beam test proposals for 2010
            Liling Xiao (SLAC): Trapped Modes simulations (PDF)

15.02.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            O. Aberle
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            R. Assmann: Remote and beam commissioning
                            V. Vlachoudis: FLUKA work
                            A. Bertarelli: Phase II at CERN
                            J. Smith : Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                            J-Ph. Tock: Cryo-collimators installation
            N. Mounet: Tune shifts in the LHC from collimators impedance (PDF)
            E. B. Holzer: BLM – channels with filters (PDF)
            L. Lari: Latest results on SLAC phase 2 collimators – FLUKA (PDF)

01.02.10    Minutes (PDF)
                      Regular collimation status reports
                            R. Assmann
: Hardware and tunnel activities
                            J. Smith : Phase II at SLAC (PDF)
                            F. Cerutti: FLUKA work
            J-Ph. Tock: Modification of SC dispersion suppressors to accommodate additional collimators (PDF)
            C. Bracco: Collimators and Beam Cleaning: First Results and Future Plans (Evian 2010) (PDF)
            R. Assmann: Summary of the Collimation Upgrade Plans (Chamonix 2010) (PDF)