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Title	Evaluation of Power Deposition in HL-LHC with Crystal-assisted Heavy Ion Collimation
Author(s)	Rodin, Volodymyr (CERN) ; Bruce, Roderik (CERN) ; Cai, Rongrong (CERN) ; D'Andrea, Marco (CERN) ; Esposito, Luigi Salvatore (CERN) ; Lechner, Anton (CERN) ; Potoine, Jean-Baptiste (CERN) ; Redaelli, Stefano (CERN) ; Schoofs, Philippe (CERN)
Publication	2024
Number of pages	5
In:	JACoW HB 2023 (2024) 236-240
In:	68th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics workshop on high-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams (HB 2023), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 9 - 13 Oct 2023, pp.236-240
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-WEC2C1
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	The future LHC heavy-ion program, utilizing 208Pb⁸²⁺ beams at up to 7 Z TeV, is anticipated to operate with substantial intensity upgrade. During periods of short beam lifetime, a potential performance limitation may arise from secondary ions produced by electromagnetic dissociation and hadronic fragmentation in the collimators of the betatron cleaning insertion. These off-rigidity fragments risk quenching superconducting magnets when they are lost in the dispersion suppressor. To address this concern, an alternative collimation scheme will be introduced for forthcoming heavy ion runs, employing bent channeling crystals as primary collimators. In this contribution, we detail a thorough study of power deposition levels in superconducting magnets through FLUKA shower simulations in the crystal-based collimation system. The study focuses on the downstream dispersion suppressor regions of the betatron cleaning insertion, where the quench risk is the highest. Based on this work, we quantify the expected quench margin in future runs with 208Pb⁸²⁺ beams, providing crucial insights for the successful execution of the upgraded heavy-ion program at the HL-LHC.
Copyright/License	© 2024 the author(s) (License: CC-BY-3.0)

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