LHC Collimation Working Group
List of 2012 meetings



03.12.2012, 153rd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       J. Jowett: p-Pb run: general commissioning plans, machine parameters and running conditions
       R. Versteegen: Expected orbit shifts and beta-beat at the collimators during p-Pb run
       B. Salvachua: Beam loss maps during the last p-Pb MD

26.11.2012, 152nd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       G. Valentino: Preliminary Results from SPS BPM-equipped collimator MDs
       A. Rossi: Status of Engineering Change Requests
       S. Redaelli: Overview of LS1 Activities

29.10.2012, 151st meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       N. Mariani: Preliminary Results from the HiRadMat video camera
       M. Sapinski: Updates on the steady-state quench limits (1)
       P. P. Granieri: Updates on the steady-state quench limits (2)

15.10.2012, 150th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       M. Cauchi: Preliminary results of TCT HiRadMat Tests
       D. Deboy: Results of microphone tests in HiRadMat
       A. Bertarelli: HiRadMat tests on collimator materials (HRMT14-LCMAT): Preliminary Results

01.10.2012, 149th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       H. Day: TCTP impedance and power loss calculations
       F. Carra: Choice of material for the TCTP ferrite supports
       G. Cattenoz: Ferrite outgassing results

10.09.2012, 148th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       B. Salvant: Update on observations and simulations for TCP.B6L7.B1
       M. Garlasche: TCP.B6L7.B1: Analytical and numerical evaluations of unexpected heating

03.09.2012, 147th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       R. Bruce: Introduction on TCLs in the experimental IRs
       J. B. Trummer: Results of dosimeter readings in IR3 and IR7
       F. Cerutti: Implications of measurement results for radiation damage
       B. Salvachua: 
Yearly beam loss rates in IR3 and IR7

30.07.2012, 146th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       L. Esposito: Updates on FLUKA simulations of experimental IRs with TCLs
       D. Deboy: TCT collimator test in HiRadMat
       F. Carra: Expected damage on TCTA collimator during HRMT09-LCOL Experiment in HiRadMat

09.07.2012, 145th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       A. Marsili: SixTrack simulations of the 4 TeV machine
       L. Lari: SixTrack simulations of asynchronous dumps
       B. Salvachua: BLM thresholds for IR3

29.06.2012, 144th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       S. Redaelli: Introduction on TCLs in the experimental IRs
       T. Markiewicz: Status of the SLAC Prototype Collimator

11.06.2012, 143rd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
       M. Deile: Fills for data taking
       S. Redaelli: Operational strategies for roman pots
       R. Bruce: Collimator settings in high-beta runs

04.06.2012, 142nd meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        R. Bruce: Introduction
        S. Roesler: Observed radiation in IR3 during previous runs
        M. Lamont: Yearly beam losses in past and future operation
        F. Cerutti: Overview of IR3 FLUKA model and previous simulations

21.05.2012, 141st meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        F. Burkart: Calibration of BLM signals for lifetime and stability in 2011
        B. Salvachua: 2011 Lifetime performance from collimator losses
        A. Marsili: Beam Losses at the TCLs

07.05.2012, 140th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        A. Dallocchio: Approval of TCSP collimator drawing
        O. Aberle: Overview of Collimation Work during TS1
        G. Valentino: Collimation MD Results
        B. Salvachua: Collimation Qualification Results after TS1

02.04.2012, 139th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        G. Valentino: Results from LHC Collimator Beam-Based Alignment
        N. Mounet: Instability Observations during Collimator Setup
        D. Wollmann: Overview and alignment results of the BPM button collimator prototype
        A. Nosych: Non-linearities, simulation vs measurement results
        M. Gasior: BPM electronics, results from the lab and LHC

12.03.2012, 138th meeting. Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
        R. Bruce: Collimator settings in 2012
        B. Salvachua: Results from Remote Collimation Commissioning
        T. Markiewicz: Status of the SLAC collimator

20.02.2012, 137th meeting
        
Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
         P. Bestmann: Measured misalignments of collimators
         G. Valentino: New software for collimation setups
         A. Nordt: Analysis of BLM signals at collimators

23.01.2012, 136th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          G. Stancari: Status report on hollow e-lens
          O. Aberle: TCTP production schedule and constraints
          C. Boccard: Status of vacuum leaks at BPM cables