LHC Collimation Working Group
List of 2015 meetings


30.11.2015, 198th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          P. Hermes: 
Preparation of collimation quench test with ions
          G. Valentino: BPM Collimator Interlocks
          P. Theodoropoulos: Classification of IR7 betatron beam loss maps

02.11.2015
, 197th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          B. Salvant:
Overview of proton collimation quench test
          L. K. Mettler: Consequences of collimator heating
          A. Masi: Possibilities for improved temperature interlocks

23.10.2015, 196th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          B. Salvachua:
Overview of proton collimation quench test
          A. Mereghetti: Simulations and BLM scaling studies for collimation quench test

05.10.2015, 195th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          G. Valentino: Analysis of collimator BPMs during the machine cycle

          R. Bruce: Status of collimation analysis for 40cm beta*
          F. Carra:
Collimator robustness studies with BCMS beams

21.09.2015, 194th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          A. Mereghetti:
Hierarchy limits MD
          N. Biancacci:
Impedance measurements with tighter collimator settings

14.09.2015
, 193rd meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          G. Valentino:
Collimation activities after TS2
          G. Valentino: BPM Collimator MD
          R. Kwee-Hinzmann: MD results: TCT losses vs settings at 40cm
          P. Hermes: Aperture measurements at 40 cm MD

27.07.2015, 192nd meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          R. Bruce: Updates on asynchronous beam dump tracking simulations for studies of TCT
          D. Mirarchi: Comparative studies between standard and gentle off-momentum loss maps
          N. Biancacci: Recent measurements of collimator impedance induced tune shifts

22.06.2015, 191st meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          S. Redaelli: Status of collimator sequences and settings handling
          D. Mirarchi: Status of loss maps validation
          A. Masi: Report on EN/STI interventions in TS1
          M. Gasior: Status of collimator BPM electronics installation
          J.-F. Fuchs: Survey and alignment of IR7 TCLA in TS1

08.06.2015, 190th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          P. Gradassi: Updated TCT damage limits for asynch dump cases
          P. Ortega: Triplet energy deposition in case of asynch dump
          P. Hermes: Status of aperture measurements

20.04.2015, 189th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          F. Carra: HRMT 14 experiment: post-irradiation tests
          G. Valentino: HRMT 09 experiment: post-irradiation tests
          H. Garcia: Chromatic collimator cuts and simulation plans for off-momentum collimation

23.03.2015, 188th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          R. Kwee: Update on simulation tools - use of binary files in SixTrack
          G. Valentino: Comparison of beam size measurements from collimator setup and optics
          N. Minafra: Impedance and heating studies for Roman pots
          B. Salvant: Impedance studies for TCL6

27.02.2015, 187th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          B. Salvachua: Overview of Collimation HWC and Operational Sequences
          G. Valentino: Status of top-level collimator controls
          A. Masi: Status of collimator temperature sensors and low-level controls
          R. Bruce: Status of ramp functions

19.01.2015, 186th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          R. Bruce: Update on possibilities to reach beta* = 40 cm
          D. Deboy: Status of microphone installation for LHC collimation