HB2023 - List of Authors (Mether, L.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOA1I1	Beam Performance with the LHC Injectors Upgrade	1
	G. Rumolo, S.C.P. Albright, R. Alemany-Fernández, M.E. Angoletta, C. Antuono, T. Argyropoulos, F. Asvesta, M.J. Barnes, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, C. Bracco, N. Bruchon, E. Carlier, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, G.P. Di Giovanni, A. Findlay, M.A. Fraser, A. Funken, R. Garoby, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, G. Hagmann, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, G. Iadarola, V. Kain, I. Karpov, J.-B. Lallement, A. Lasheen, T.E. Levens, K.S.B. Li, A.M. Lombardi, E.H. Maclean, D. Manglunki, I. Mases Solé, M. Meddahi, L. Mether, B. Mikulec, E. Montesinos, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Papotti, K. Paraschou, C. Pasquino, F. Pedrosa, T. Prebibaj, S. Prodon, D. Quartullo, F. Roncarolo, B. Salvant, M. Schenk, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, L. Sito, P.K. Skowroński, A. Spierer, R. Steerenberg, M. Sullivan, F.M. Velotti, R. Veness, C. Vollinger, R. Wegner, C. Zannini, E. de la Fuente CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland T. Prebibaj IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project was put in place between 2010 and 2021 to increase the intensity and brightness in the LHC injectors to match the challenging requirements of the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project, while ensuring reliable operation of the injectors complex up to the end of the HL-LHC era (ca. 2040). During the 2019-2020 CERN accelerators shutdown, extensive hardware modifications were implemented in the entire LHC proton and ion injection chains, involving the new Linac4, the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the Proton Synchrotron (PS), the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and the ion PS injectors, i.e. the Linac3 and the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR). Since 2021, beams have been recommissioned throughout the injectors’ chain and the beam parameters are being gradually ramped up to meet the LIU specifications using new beam dynamics solutions adapted to the upgraded accelerators. This paper focuses on the proton beams and describes the current state of the art.
	Slides MOA1I1 [10.002 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-MOA1I1
About •	Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 05 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 09 October 2023 — Issued ※ 18 October 2023
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TUA2I1	Xsuite: An Integrated Beam Physics Simulation Framework	73
	G. Iadarola, A. Abramov, X. Buffat, R. De Maria, D. Demetriadou, L. Deniau, P.D. Hermes, P. Kicsiny, P.M. Kruyt, A. Latina, S. Łopaciuk, L. Mether, K. Paraschou, T. Pieloni, G. Sterbini, F.F. Van der Veken CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland P. Belanger UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada D. Di Croce, M. Seidel, L. van Riesen-Haupt EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland P.J. Niedermayer GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Xsuite is a newly developed modular simulation package combining in a single flexible and modern framework the capabilities of different tools developed at CERN in the past decades, notably Sixtrack, Sixtracklib, COMBI and PyHEADTAIL. The suite is made of a set of python modules (Xobjects, Xparts, Xtrack, Xcoll, Xfields, Xdpes) that can be flexibly combined together and with other accelerator-specific and general-purpose python tools to study complex simulation scenarios. The code allows for symplectic modeling of the particle dynamics, combined with the effect of synchrotron radiation, impedances, feedbacks, space charge, electron cloud, beam-beam, beamstrahlung, electron lenses. For collimation studies, beam-matter interaction is simulated using the K2 scattering model or interfacing Xsuite with the BDSIM/Geant4 library. Tools are available to compute the accelerator optics functions from the tracking model and to generate particle distributions matched to the optics. Different computing platforms are supported, including conventional CPUs, as well as GPUs from different vendors.
	Slides TUA2I1 [4.388 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-TUA2I1
About •	Received ※ 30 September 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 22 October 2023
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THA1C1	High Intensity Beam Dynamics Challenges for HL-LHC	344
	N. Mounet, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, R. Bruce, X. Buffat, R. Calaga, R. De Maria, C.N. Droin, L. Giacomel, M. Giovannozzi, G. Iadarola, S. Kostoglou, B. Lindström, L. Mether, E. Métral, Y. Papaphilippou, K. Paraschou, S. Redaelli, G. Rumolo, B. Salvant, G. Sterbini, R. Tomás García CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
	The High Luminosity (HL-LHC) project aims to increase the integrated luminosity of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by an order of magnitude compared to its initial design. This requires a large increase in bunch intensity and beam brightness compared to the first LHC runs, and hence poses serious collective-effects challenges, related in particular to electron cloud, instabilities from beam-coupling impedance, and beam-beam effects. Here we present the associated constraints and the proposed mitigation measures to achieve the baseline performance of the upgraded LHC machine. We also discuss the interplay of these mitigation measures with other aspects of the accelerator, such as the physical and dynamic aperture, machine protection, magnet imperfections, optics, and the collimation system.
	Slides THA1C1 [3.385 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THA1C1
About •	Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 12 October 2023 — Issued ※ 15 October 2023
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THBP05	CERN SPS Dilution Kicker Vacuum Pressure Behaviour under Unprecedented Beam Brightness	447
	F.M. Velotti, M.J. Barnes, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, E. Carlier, G. Favia, I. Karpov, K.S.B. Li, N. Magnin, L. Mether, V. Senaj, P. Van Trappen, C. Zannini CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
	The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is the second largest synchrotron at CERN and produces high-brightness beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Recently, the dilution kicker (MKDH) of the SPS beam dump system (SBDS) has demonstrated unanticipated behaviour under high beam brightness conditions. During the 2022 and 2023 beam commissioning, the MKDH, which is routinely pulsed at high voltage, was subjected to intensities of up to 288 bunches of 2·10¹¹ protons per bunch and bunch lengths as low as 1.5 ns. Under these conditions, all the SPS kickers and septa exhibited a rapid vacuum pressure rise and a significant temperature increase with the MKDH playing the dominant effect in restricting the maximum line density that can be attained. This paper presents the results of the collected data, emphasizes the dependence on beam parameters, and introduces a probabilistic model to illustrate the effect of MKDH conditioning observed to forecast the pressure behaviour. Finally, potential countermeasures and outlook are discussed.
	Poster THBP05 [1.913 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP05
About •	Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 19 October 2023
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THBP16	Emittance Growth From Electron Clouds Forming in the LHC Arc Quadrupoles	487
	K. Paraschou, H. Bartosik, L. Deniau, G. Iadarola, E.H. Maclean, L. Mether, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Rumolo, R. Tomás García CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland T. Pieloni, J.M.B. Potdevin EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	Operation of the Large Hadron Collider with proton bunches spaced 25 ns apart favours the formation of electron clouds. In fact, a slow emittance growth is observed in proton bunches at injection energy (450 GeV), showing a bunch-by-bunch signature that is compatible with electron cloud effects. The study of these effects is particularly relevant in view of the planned HL-LHC upgrade, which relies on significantly increased beam intensity and brightness. Particle tracking simulations that take into account both electron cloud effects and the non-linear magnetic fields of the lattice suggest that the electron clouds forming in the arc quadrupoles are responsible for the observed degradation. In this work, the simulation results are studied to gain insight into the mechanism which drives the slow emittance growth. Finally, it is discussed how optimising the optics of the lattice can allow the mitigation of such effects.
	Poster THBP16 [3.432 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP16
About •	Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 11 October 2023
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THBP31	Electron Cloud Effects in the CERN Accelerators in Run 3	538
	L. Mether, H. Bartosik, L. Giacomel, G. Iadarola, S. Johannesson, I. Mases Solé, K. Paraschou, G. Rumolo, L. Sabato, C. Zannini, E. de la Fuente CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland S. Johannesson EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	Several of the machines in the CERN accelerator complex, in particular the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), are prone to the build-up of electron clouds. Electron cloud effects are observed especially when the machines are operated with a 25 ns bunch spacing, which has routinely been used in the LHC since the start of its second operational run in 2015. After the completion of the LHC Injectors Upgrade program during the latest long shutdown period, the machines are currently operated with unprecedented bunch intensity and beam brightness. With the increase in bunch intensity, electron cloud effects have become one of the main performance limitations, as predicted by simulation studies. In this contribution we present the experimental observations of electron cloud effects since 2021 and discuss their implications for the future operation of the complex.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP31
About •	Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 23 October 2023
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Paper

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Beam Performance with the LHC Injectors Upgrade

1

G. Rumolo, S.C.P. Albright, R. Alemany-Fernández, M.E. Angoletta, C. Antuono, T. Argyropoulos, F. Asvesta, M.J. Barnes, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, C. Bracco, N. Bruchon, E. Carlier, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, G.P. Di Giovanni, A. Findlay, M.A. Fraser, A. Funken, R. Garoby, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, G. Hagmann, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, G. Iadarola, V. Kain, I. Karpov, J.-B. Lallement, A. Lasheen, T.E. Levens, K.S.B. Li, A.M. Lombardi, E.H. Maclean, D. Manglunki, I. Mases Solé, M. Meddahi, L. Mether, B. Mikulec, E. Montesinos, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Papotti, K. Paraschou, C. Pasquino, F. Pedrosa, T. Prebibaj, S. Prodon, D. Quartullo, F. Roncarolo, B. Salvant, M. Schenk, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, L. Sito, P.K. Skowroński, A. Spierer, R. Steerenberg, M. Sullivan, F.M. Velotti, R. Veness, C. Vollinger, R. Wegner, C. Zannini, E. de la Fuente
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
T. Prebibaj
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project was put in place between 2010 and 2021 to increase the intensity and brightness in the LHC injectors to match the challenging requirements of the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project, while ensuring reliable operation of the injectors complex up to the end of the HL-LHC era (ca. 2040). During the 2019-2020 CERN accelerators shutdown, extensive hardware modifications were implemented in the entire LHC proton and ion injection chains, involving the new Linac4, the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the Proton Synchrotron (PS), the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and the ion PS injectors, i.e. the Linac3 and the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR). Since 2021, beams have been recommissioned throughout the injectors’ chain and the beam parameters are being gradually ramped up to meet the LIU specifications using new beam dynamics solutions adapted to the upgraded accelerators. This paper focuses on the proton beams and describes the current state of the art.

Slides MOA1I1 [10.002 MB]

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reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-MOA1I1

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Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 05 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 09 October 2023 — Issued ※ 18 October 2023

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TUA2I1

Xsuite: An Integrated Beam Physics Simulation Framework

73

G. Iadarola, A. Abramov, X. Buffat, R. De Maria, D. Demetriadou, L. Deniau, P.D. Hermes, P. Kicsiny, P.M. Kruyt, A. Latina, S. Łopaciuk, L. Mether, K. Paraschou, T. Pieloni, G. Sterbini, F.F. Van der Veken
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
P. Belanger
UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
D. Di Croce, M. Seidel, L. van Riesen-Haupt
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
P.J. Niedermayer
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Xsuite is a newly developed modular simulation package combining in a single flexible and modern framework the capabilities of different tools developed at CERN in the past decades, notably Sixtrack, Sixtracklib, COMBI and PyHEADTAIL. The suite is made of a set of python modules (Xobjects, Xparts, Xtrack, Xcoll, Xfields, Xdpes) that can be flexibly combined together and with other accelerator-specific and general-purpose python tools to study complex simulation scenarios. The code allows for symplectic modeling of the particle dynamics, combined with the effect of synchrotron radiation, impedances, feedbacks, space charge, electron cloud, beam-beam, beamstrahlung, electron lenses. For collimation studies, beam-matter interaction is simulated using the K2 scattering model or interfacing Xsuite with the BDSIM/Geant4 library. Tools are available to compute the accelerator optics functions from the tracking model and to generate particle distributions matched to the optics. Different computing platforms are supported, including conventional CPUs, as well as GPUs from different vendors.

Slides TUA2I1 [4.388 MB]

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Received ※ 30 September 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 22 October 2023

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THA1C1

High Intensity Beam Dynamics Challenges for HL-LHC

344

N. Mounet, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, R. Bruce, X. Buffat, R. Calaga, R. De Maria, C.N. Droin, L. Giacomel, M. Giovannozzi, G. Iadarola, S. Kostoglou, B. Lindström, L. Mether, E. Métral, Y. Papaphilippou, K. Paraschou, S. Redaelli, G. Rumolo, B. Salvant, G. Sterbini, R. Tomás García
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

The High Luminosity (HL-LHC) project aims to increase the integrated luminosity of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by an order of magnitude compared to its initial design. This requires a large increase in bunch intensity and beam brightness compared to the first LHC runs, and hence poses serious collective-effects challenges, related in particular to electron cloud, instabilities from beam-coupling impedance, and beam-beam effects. Here we present the associated constraints and the proposed mitigation measures to achieve the baseline performance of the upgraded LHC machine. We also discuss the interplay of these mitigation measures with other aspects of the accelerator, such as the physical and dynamic aperture, machine protection, magnet imperfections, optics, and the collimation system.

Slides THA1C1 [3.385 MB]

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Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 12 October 2023 — Issued ※ 15 October 2023

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THBP05

CERN SPS Dilution Kicker Vacuum Pressure Behaviour under Unprecedented Beam Brightness

447

F.M. Velotti, M.J. Barnes, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, E. Carlier, G. Favia, I. Karpov, K.S.B. Li, N. Magnin, L. Mether, V. Senaj, P. Van Trappen, C. Zannini
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is the second largest synchrotron at CERN and produces high-brightness beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Recently, the dilution kicker (MKDH) of the SPS beam dump system (SBDS) has demonstrated unanticipated behaviour under high beam brightness conditions. During the 2022 and 2023 beam commissioning, the MKDH, which is routinely pulsed at high voltage, was subjected to intensities of up to 288 bunches of 2·10¹¹ protons per bunch and bunch lengths as low as 1.5 ns. Under these conditions, all the SPS kickers and septa exhibited a rapid vacuum pressure rise and a significant temperature increase with the MKDH playing the dominant effect in restricting the maximum line density that can be attained. This paper presents the results of the collected data, emphasizes the dependence on beam parameters, and introduces a probabilistic model to illustrate the effect of MKDH conditioning observed to forecast the pressure behaviour. Finally, potential countermeasures and outlook are discussed.

Poster THBP05 [1.913 MB]

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Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 19 October 2023

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THBP16

Emittance Growth From Electron Clouds Forming in the LHC Arc Quadrupoles

487

K. Paraschou, H. Bartosik, L. Deniau, G. Iadarola, E.H. Maclean, L. Mether, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Rumolo, R. Tomás García
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
T. Pieloni, J.M.B. Potdevin
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Operation of the Large Hadron Collider with proton bunches spaced 25 ns apart favours the formation of electron clouds. In fact, a slow emittance growth is observed in proton bunches at injection energy (450 GeV), showing a bunch-by-bunch signature that is compatible with electron cloud effects. The study of these effects is particularly relevant in view of the planned HL-LHC upgrade, which relies on significantly increased beam intensity and brightness. Particle tracking simulations that take into account both electron cloud effects and the non-linear magnetic fields of the lattice suggest that the electron clouds forming in the arc quadrupoles are responsible for the observed degradation. In this work, the simulation results are studied to gain insight into the mechanism which drives the slow emittance growth. Finally, it is discussed how optimising the optics of the lattice can allow the mitigation of such effects.

Poster THBP16 [3.432 MB]

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Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 11 October 2023

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THBP31

Electron Cloud Effects in the CERN Accelerators in Run 3

538

L. Mether, H. Bartosik, L. Giacomel, G. Iadarola, S. Johannesson, I. Mases Solé, K. Paraschou, G. Rumolo, L. Sabato, C. Zannini, E. de la Fuente
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
S. Johannesson
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Several of the machines in the CERN accelerator complex, in particular the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), are prone to the build-up of electron clouds. Electron cloud effects are observed especially when the machines are operated with a 25 ns bunch spacing, which has routinely been used in the LHC since the start of its second operational run in 2015. After the completion of the LHC Injectors Upgrade program during the latest long shutdown period, the machines are currently operated with unprecedented bunch intensity and beam brightness. With the increase in bunch intensity, electron cloud effects have become one of the main performance limitations, as predicted by simulation studies. In this contribution we present the experimental observations of electron cloud effects since 2021 and discuss their implications for the future operation of the complex.

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Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 23 October 2023

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