Week 9: Machine Coordinators: Gianluigi Arduini and Malika Meddahi

Day Short summary Link to report from 8:30 and 17:00 meetings
Mon 8th March 2010
  • Re-start with beam
  • Collimation setting-up completion
  • Protection devices setting up - Aperture checks - Ramp trial
 Presentation at the 8:30 meeting
Sun 7th March 2010
  • 08:00 – 14:00 : Injection and beam dump studies
  • 14:00 – 24:00 : Collimator setting-up – BLM
  • 24:00 - 07:00 : Damper setting-up
 Presentation at the 9:00 meeting

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Sat 6th March 2010
  • Mostly stopped because of cryogenics problem in Sector 12 and De-icing of filters in Sector 45
  • Access for experiments
    NOTE : Cryo intervention on Wednesday 10 March not required
 Presentation at the 09:00 meeting

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Fri 5th March 2010
  • 07:00 – 12:00 : Established reference orbit – “golden” + intlk BPM Pt 6
  • 12:00 – 24:00 : Switched ON spectrometers + compensators – Correct orbit non closure coupling. MKQ-MKQA setting-up in parallel
  • 00:00 - 07:00 : Switched separation bumps ON
 Presentation at the 08:30 meeting - HWC tests - R. Schmidt

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Thu 4th March 2010
  • 07:00 – 15:00 : HWC tests. In parallel access to point 6 and 8 for BLM intervention. Access to experiments
  • 15:00 - 24:00: Recovery in Sector 34 after heater induced quenches
  • Night: Beta-Beating measurement and correction
 Presentation at the 08:30 meeting

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Wed 3rd March 2010
  • 09:00 - 10:00 : Orbit study with 2 beams
  • 10:00 – 12:00 : Dump and Pre cycle –BLM intervention IR6 –RBAC activation
  • 12:00 - 15:00 : Re-establish beams and checks of parameters
  • 15:00 - 21:00 : Systematic hump investigation
  • 21:00 – 22:30 : ALICE : beam on the TDI and Injection studies
  • 22:30 – 02:00 : Injection setting-up
  • 02:00 - 07:00 : Systematic hump investigation (continued)
 Presentation at the 08:30 meeting

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Tue 2nd March 2010
  • until 17:00: Recovery from Cryo-intervention (de-icing of filters in point 8: nQPS problem in Sector 78 and Energy extraction switch for RSF2.A78B2
  • 17:00 –19:00 : Pre-cycle for sectors 45 -56-67 -78 –81 and BIC, Dumped beam event problem investigation
  • 19:00 –21:00 : re-establish beam in the LHC
  • 21:00 –evening: Systematic beam 2 and beam 1 measurements and corrections
  • Over night : Beta beat measurements
 Presentation at the 08:30 meeting

Presentation at the 17:00 meeting
Mon 1st March 2010

  • De-icing of cryo filters in Point 8

  • Interventions in the tunnel to fix problems observed during the week-end:

  • QPS interventions in Sector 67 and 78

  • Power convertor intervention IR 5 and 8

  • BI intervention: WS in PM45 and BRAN US15

  • ABT intervention: Point 6 – PC on MKD B1

 

 Presentation at the 17:00 meeting