LHC 2010 - latest news

Week 25: Machine Coordinators: Oliver Bruening, Joerg Wenninger

Latest plan: link PDF link XLS (version of 21 June, 21:30)

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
Saturday 26th June
  • Morning: Test ramp with new sequence for squeeze and collapsing of seperator bumps.
  • Afternoon: Fill for Physics with 'Stable Beam' conditions
Report from 08:30 meeting

Observations during beam loss at Physics fill from Friday
Friday 25th June
  • LBDS studies and verification finished
  • TOTEM Roman pot adjustment at 450 GeV
Report from 08:30 meeting
Thursday 24th June
  • LBDS studies and verification
  • SPS compensator and TI* technical problems
  • Physics fill with 3 nominal bunches per beam
Report from 08:30 meeting
Wednesday 23rd June
  • 10:00 : Access for RB78 and BIC/RF IR4.
  • 12:00 : Machine closed.
  • Cryo recovery (Pt4 and Pt2)
  • Technical stop in the SPS
Report from 08:30 meeting
Tuesday 22nd June
  • 04:00 : Asynch. dump test on B1+B2 with 2 mm offset.
  • 07:00 : Injection 2.5E10 for asynch. dump test.
  • 10:30 : Beam dumped - RB78 fault just before asynch dump test.
  • 11:00 Cryo problem in Pt4.
  • 18:00 Cold compressor problem Pt4 during cryo recovery.
Report from 08:30 meeting
Monday 21st June
  • Midnight - 3:00 : Controlled beam scraping before asynchronous beam dump. Failed.
  • 3:00 : Combo ramp down
  • 5:00 : 450 GeV LBDS setting-up and qualification.
  • 17:00 : Injection for asynch dump test. Inject 2bx2b (single_2b_1_1_1).
  • 18:00 : B2 lost in the ramp, RF cavity quench.
  • 21:30 : Asynch. dump test on B1 with 2 mm offset.
  • 23:30 : Injection 2.5E10 for asynch. dump test.
Report from 08:30 meeting
Serge Claudet presentation