Author: Waagaard, E.
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THAFP08 Performance of the Ion Chain at the CERN Injector Complex and Transmission Studies During the 2023 Slip Stacking Commissioning 418
 
  • M. Slupecki, S.C.P. Albright, R. Alemany-Fernández, M.E. Angoletta, T. Argyropoulos, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, M. Bozzolan, R. Bruce, C. Carli, J. Cenede, H. Damerau, A. Frassier, D. Gamba, G. Hagmann, A. Huschauer, V. Kain, G. Khatri, D. Küchler, A. Lasheen, K.S.B. Li, E. Mahner, G. Papotti, G. Piccinini, A. Rey, M. Schenk, R. Scrivens, A. Spierer, G. Tranquille, D. Valuch, F.M. Velotti, R. Wegner
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • E. Waagaard
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
  The 2023 run has been decisive for the LHC Ion Injector Complex. It demonstrated the capability of producing full trains of momentum slip stacked lead ions in the SPS. Slip stacking is a technique of interleaving particle trains, reducing the bunch spacing in SPS from 100 ns to 50 ns. It is needed to reach the total ion intensity requested by the HL-LHC project, as defined by updated common LIU/HL-LHC target beam parameters. This paper reviews the lead beam characteristics across the Ion Injector Complex, including transmission efficiencies up to the SPS extraction. It also documents the difficulties found during the commissioning and the solutions put in place.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THAFP08  
About • Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 October 2023 — Issued ※ 21 October 2023
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THBP23 Exploring Space Charge and Intra-beam Scattering Effects in the CERN Ion Injector Chain 515
 
  • E. Waagaard
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • H. Bartosik
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  As of today, the LHC ion physics programme is mostly based on Pb ion collisions. The ALICE3 detector proposal requests significantly higher nucleon-nucleon luminosities, as compared to today¿s operation. This improved performance could be potentially achieved with lighter ion species than Pb. In this respect, the CERN Ion Injector chain (consisting of Linac3, LEIR, PS and SPS) will need to provide significantly higher beam intensities with light ion beams as compared to the present ones, whereas operational experience with such beams is limited. We present space charge and intra-beam scattering studies across the Ion Injector chain and strategies to build benchmarked simulation models for optimised ion performance. This is the first step for identifying the ideal ion isotopes and charge states for maximised LHC luminosity production.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP23  
About • Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 08 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 October 2023 — Issued ※ 24 October 2023
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