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Week 39: Machine coordinators: Mike Lamont, Jan Uythoven, Malika Meddahi

Main aims of the week:

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Tuesday afternoon

Injection optimization/16 bunch injection

Wednesday morning

Transverse damper studies
Feedback upgrade & test ramp

Thursday morning

Abort gap cleaning setup

Friday

van der Meer scans

Saturday

Physics 152b

Sunday

Physics 152b

 

LHC coordination vistar

Day

Summary

Link to report from morning meeting

Monday 4th October

  • Preparing for the next intensity step

Slides from 8:30 meeting

Sunday 3rd October

  • Filling for 152b physics fill as soon as SPS ready with beam
  • Stable beams 152b

Slides from 9:00 meeting

Saturday 2nd October

  • Physics 152 bunches got dumped by QPS after 2h of stable beams
  • All pm shift : repair of QPS problem (linked to computer failure)
  • Night: recovering – SPS main PC failure

Slides from 9:00 meeting

Friday 1st October

  • Van der Meer scans
  • Physics 152 bunches – dumped by UFO after 2h10 of stable beams

Slides from 8:30 meeting

Thursday 30th September

  • Abort Gap cleaning studies
  • Injection vs Vacuum problems

Slides from 8:30 meeting

Wednesday 29th September

  • Recover QPS, PC issues
  • Injection setup 16 bunches
  • Physics 152 bunches

Slides from 8:30 meeting

Tuesday 28th September

  • 02:30 Fill 1373 - 104 bunches - initial luminosity 3.5e31
  • Morning: TOTEM RPs in (Stable beams)
  • 11:15 Beams dumped
  • Afternoon: injection setup (16 bunches per SPS extraction) curtailed by PS problems
  • Attempt for physics 152 bunches: UFO, QPS and PC prevented

Slides from 8:30 meeting

Monday 27th September

  • 09:30 End of fill measurements
  • 11:00 access for tune monitor (BBQ) and quench heater power supply repair
  • Afternoon: RF tests & recovery from access
  • 17:00 beam back
  • Lost sectors 67 & 78 - QPS glitch

Slides from 08:30 meeting