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

Main aims of the week:

• Stable beams with 152 bunches/beam

Plus...

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 3^rd 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