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Week 22: Machine Coordinators: Gianluigi Arduini - Malika Meddahi

Latest plan: link PDF link XLS (version of 7 June, 05:00)

List of End of Fill studies (in work)

List of MD requests (in work)

Day Short summary/plan Link to reports from 8:30 and 17:00 meetings
Monday 7th June
  • Morning: inject and collide 13b*2e10/beam
  • 12:00 - 20:00: Controlled longitudinal beam blow up in the LHC
  • 20:00 - 02:00 : ABT injection studies
  • 02:00 - 10:00 : BI studies with 1e11/b
Report from 08:30 meeting
Sunday 6th June
  • All day long: Checking beams at 450 GeV to the end of squeeze with lower intensity
  • 18:00 : UPS problem under investigation. Next ramp trial delayed until clarified.
  • After midnight : Prepare for physics fill, 13b*2e10/beam
  • Postponed : transverse damper commissioning
Report from 09:00 meeting
Saturday 5th June
  • 14:30-17:30 Stable beams 13b*2e10/beam
  • Preparing for physics fill, 13b*2e10/beam
  • Today and night: Preparing for physics ...
Report from 09:00 meeting
Friday 4th June
  • Morning: Ramp + squeeze attempt + machine setting-up
  • 16:00 -21:00: Loss maps at 450 GeV, 1e11, and transverse damper commissioning and asynchronous beam dump for LBDS re-qualification
  • 21:00 - 22:30 : Pre-cycling
  • 23:00 - 03:00: Access in P4 for QPS problem on MB.A24.L5
  • 03:00 - 7:00 : Preparation for physics fill, 13b*2e10/beam- Problem with incorporation before launching the ramp
Report from 08:30 meeting
Report from Serge Claudet

Report from 17:00 meeting
Thursday 3rd June
  • Experiments to be closed by noon
  • Cryo recovery and QPS tests during the morning, at the exception of S78 which will be ready around 22h
  • Experimental magnets should ramp up this morning
  • First beam around mid-night (TBC)
  • No physics before Friday late night
Report from 08:30 meeting
Report from Serge Claudet

Report from 17:00 meeting
Wednesday 2nd June
  • Technical stop in progress
  • Cryogenics recovery in Sectors 45/78/81 is still ongoing. Expected to recover them on Thursday morning
  • Machine will close at 18h as planned
  • Experiments can access until Thursday 3/6 at 08:30
  • Overnight: pre-cycle and debugging of the available sectors
Report from 17:00 meeting
Tuesday 1st June
  • Technical stop in progress - Work advances as scheduled.
  • NO 17:00 meeting today!
No presentation made.
Monday 31st May
  • Technical stop in progress
  • NO 17:00 meeting today!
Report from 8h30 meeting