LHC Collimation Working Group
List of 2017 meetings

27.11.2017, 227th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          R. Bruce: Preliminary beta*-reach for 2018 from collimation
          M. Patecki: Update on SPS collimation studies

06.11.2017, 226th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          K. Sjobaek: New features in SixTrack for Collimation
          S. Tygier: Update on Merlin studies of losses in the squeeze
          H. Garcia Morales: First ideas for collimation strategy during the high-beta
                                          run at injection
          A. Tsinganis: Impact of roman pot and TCL settings on radiation levels
                                 in the LHC matching section
          R. Bruce: Recap of studies on reduced collimation configurations

24.10.2017, 225th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          N. Fuster Martinez: Results of aperture measurements with AC dipole
          G. Azzopardi: MD on software for angular alignment

09.10.2017, 224th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          M. Patecki: Results of scraping of off-momentum halo at injection
          A. Sounas: Beam size measurements using collimator BPMs

25.09.2017, 223rd meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          M. D'Andrea: Studies of collimator BLM response
          A. Mereghetti: Hierarchy limit MD

31.07.2017, 222nd meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          D. Mirarchi: Status of 7.5 TeV loss map studies
          N. Fuster Martinez: MD on aperture measurement at 30 cm
          R. Bruce: Analysis of TCT losses during 2017 asynch dumps
          J. Wretborn: Simulations of off-momentum losses at the start of the ramp

24.07.2017, 221st meeting -- Joint with MPP
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          S. Jakobsen: Experience with AFP insertions
          J. Wenninger: Orbit stability around AFP pots
          A. Gorzawski: Analysis of SIS interlock triggering in 2017 run and outcome
                                   of dedicated beam tests
          D. Mirarchi: Beam 2 loss maps at injection after TS1

19.06.2017, 220th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          N. Fuster Martinez: 5th axis tests for collimators with BPMs
          G. Azzopardi: Results of collimator alignments
          G. Arkadiusz: Loss studies with IR7 diamond BLMs
          H. Garcia Morales: Simulations of 2017 off-momentum loss maps

09.06.2017, 219th meeting -- Joint with MPP
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          G. Baud and M. Gasior: DOROS BPM hardware status and plans for
                                                 un-masking of the interlock
          G. Arkadiusz: BPM interlock status and plans
          D. Wollmann: PC interlock status
          A. Antoine: 60 A PP loss (08.05.), PIC server overload due to QPS OK filtering
                              --> robustness of mitigation
          J. Wenninger: 60 A PP FGClite new failure cases and mitigation via SIS
                                 interlock
          C. Zamantzas: HV problem at BLMs R3 - observations and possible mitigations
          R. Bruce: Asynchronous dump with tighter TCTs

29.05.2017, 218th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          D. Mirarchi: Status of loss maps and validation
           N. Fuster: Aperture measurements and comparisons with expectations
           K. Fuchsberger and M. Hostettler: Status and implementation of collimator
                                                                   movements for crossing angle levelling

08.05.2017, 217th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          I. Lamas: Results from collimator hardware commissioning
          A. Rossi: Results from hardware and interlock commissioning of TCTPW
          D. Mirarchi: Updates on LHC collimation commissioning activities

10.04.2017, 216th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          A. Tsinganis: Recent studies of energy deposition from physics debris
          R. Garcia Alia: TCL settings and R2E implications
          Common discussion: MD study on TCL settings with collimation and
          forward physics?
          H. Garcia Morales: Collimation studies for 2.5 km run

03.04.2017, 215th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          A. Mereghetti: Cleaning studies with TCP misalignment
          J. Wretborn: Studies of off-momentum collimation at the start of the ramp
          J. Molson: Plans for re-organizing the SixTrack collimation routine

21.03.2017, 214th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          K. Sjobaek: Recent improvements in SixTrack for collimation
          A. Mereghetti: Recent improvements in collsoft
          J. Molson: Recent developments for SixTrack scattering
           Y. Zou: Checks of Merlin scattering routine in SixTrack for LHC

27.02.2017, 213th meeting
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          M. Patecki: Status of studies on the SPS cleaning system
          G. Baud and J. Olexa: Status of software implementation for BPM interlocks
          Common discussion on strategy for deployment of BPM interlocks

10.02.2017, 212th meeting -- Joint with MPP
          Minutes and slides can be found on the Indico page.
          R. Bruce: ATS 2017: Consequences of increased phase advance between
                          MKD and TCT on TCT/triplet protection
          M. Vallette: ATS 2017: Verification of phase advance between MKDs and
                              AFP / CT-PPS Roman pots
          R. Bruce: ATS 2017: Preliminary studies and discussion on AFP and CT-PPS
                          minimal settings
          M. Schaumann: PC interlock - experience from 2016 operation