(an optimistic list)
| Comment | Resp | |||
| Magnet/BPM checks | Systematic BPM and corrector polarity checks and repairs | |||
| Polarity: dipole correctors | Tested in injection test - YASP | Jorg | ||
| Polarity: trim quads | Tested in injection test | Frank | ||
| Polarity spool pieces | Tested in injection test | Frank | ||
| Aperture | Systematic physical aperture scans, free oscillations and sliding bumps | Single pass - tested in injection test | Stefano | |
| Optics Checks | ||||
| Systematic linear optics checks with kick/response | Tested in injection test | Jorg | ||
| Momentum aperture measurement | ||||
| Phase advance from multi-turn | Verena, Rogelio | |||
| beta beating | Rogelio | |||
| Dispersion | OK | OP | ||
| Dispersion beat | Rogelio | |||
| Response matrix, BPM calibration, LOCO | Jorg/KF | |||
| Additional local beta measurements with K-modulation (IR's, wires, collimators, ...) | Identify possible locations | |||
| Measurement and correction of the aperture | Commission the software for sliding bumps | Possibly under YASP | ||
| Global aperture measurements - single pass | Stefano | |||
| Global aperture measurements - cicrculating beam | ||||
| Local bumps to centre orbit into aperture | ||||
| Update/maintenance of the aperture database | ||||
| Dedicated local aperture measurements (IR's, dump, ...) | ||||
| Measurements of the global non-linear optics | Tune versus Dp/p -> Q', Q'', .. | |||
| Tune versus amplitude with AC dipole | ||||
| Top energy | Measure & correct linear optics , verify reproducibility from cycle to cycle | |||
| Measure emittance, lifetime, emittance growth and bunch length growth; tune scan | ||||
| Check machine protection & scrape at 3 σ | Collimation team and LDBS special | |||
| Finalize aperture kicker and/or AC dipole commissioning for 7 TeV operation | ||||
| Commission radial steering at 7 TeV | ||||
| Measure global coupling | ||||
| Measure Q’ and dispersion with radial steering | Maximum momentum offset that can be applied, due to Beam Dumping System acceptance, is ±2 10-3 | |||
| Measure beta beat Apply optics corrections and iterate | ||||
| Measure & if necessary adjust the IP1-IP5 phase advance | ||||
| Switch to collision tunes and re check optics | ||||
| Additional local beta measurements with K-modulation (IR's, wires, collimators, ...) | ||||
| Local IR beta functions and quadrupole offsets via K modulation of matching quadrupoles | ||||
| Local coupling measurement and correction across IRs | ||||
| Determine and correct D1/D2 transfer function errors | ||||