LHC Collimation Working Group
List of 2011 meetings



19.12.2011, 135th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       G. Valentino:
Simulator for beam-based alignment
       R. Bruce: SixTrack simulations of collimation the 2011 LHC machine in physics conditions
       I. Yazynin:
Crystal collimation in SPS and LHC

07.11.2011, 134th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       G. Stancari:
Hollow electron beam collimation

10.10.2011, 133rd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       B. Goddard:
Upgrade proposals for IR6
       A. Bertarelli:
Materials for new collimators and test program

26.09.2011, 132nd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       O. Aberle, P. Bestmann:
Status report: alignment of collimators
       L. Lari:
Simulations of combined IR3 cleaning without DS collimators

12.09.2011, 131st meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       M. Cauchi:
Preliminary assessment of beam impact consequences on collimators
       S. Redaelli:
Collimator settings in the operational cycle with beta*=1m 

29.08.2011, 130th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       D. Deboy:
Acoustic measurements at LHC collimators
       L. Lari: FLUKA simulations of single bunch impacts on collimators

18.07.2011, 129th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        G. Stancari: Latest results on hollow electron beam scrapers
        A. Rossi: Combined cleaning in IR3 - MD results and simulations
        Round-table discussion on future studies as follow-up of the review
        A. Marsili: Effect on the order of the loss maps measurements


04.07.2011, 128th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        R. Assmann: Summary of collimation review
        R. Bruce: FLUKA simulations of experimental background from collimation and beam-gas

06.06.2011, 127th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        R. Assmann: Update on review preparation
        F. Cerutti: FLUKA simulations of losses in the DS
        K. Kershaw: Remote Handling design progress for the Collimation Upgrade project
        P. Bestmann:
Remote survey
        A. Rossi: SixTrack simulations of IR3 cleaning with imperfections

23.05.2011, 126th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        R. Assmann: Preparation for June review
        G. Bellodi: Updates on ion collimation simulations with combined IR3 cleaning
        F. Burkart: Halo scraping and loss rates at collimators
        G. Smirnov: Comments on halo scraping


02.05.2011, 125th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        H. Day: Impedance studies for new collimator designs
        M.
Karppinen: 11 Tesla Magnets

11.04.2011, 124th meeting
        
Minutes (PDF)
         R. Bruce: van der Meer scan limits from collimation (slides)
         R. Bruce: Collimation with reduced ATLAS beam pipe (slides)
         D. Wollmann: Loss maps (slides)
         G. Valentino: Improved setup system (slides)

04.04.2011,  123rd meeting
          Minutes (PDF)
          A. Rossi: Follow up from Chamonix (slides)
          A. Bertarelli: Limits for beam-induced damage (slides)
         
M. Cauchi: Preliminary ANSYS studies for Tungsten collimators (slides)
          B. Goddard: Asynchronous dump studies (slides)