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Report number CERN-ACC-2017-206
Title The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Ion Injector Chain
Author(s) Bartosik, Hannes (CERN) ; Albright, Simon (CERN) ; Angoletta, Maria Elena (CERN) ; Bellodi, Giulia (CERN) ; Biancacci, Nicolo (CERN) ; Bohl, Thomas (CERN) ; Coupard, Julie (CERN) ; Damerau, Heiko (CERN) ; Funken, Anne (CERN) ; Goddard, Brennan (CERN) ; Hancock, Steven (CERN) ; Hanke, Klaus (CERN) ; Huschauer, Alexander (CERN) ; Jowett, John (CERN) ; Kain, Verena (CERN) ; Küchler, Detlef (CERN) ; Manglunki, Django (CERN) ; Meddahi, Malika (CERN) ; Rumolo, Giovanni (CERN) ; Scrivens, Richard (CERN) ; Shaposhnikova, Elena (CERN) ; Toivanen, Ville (CERN) ; Wenander, Fredrik (CERN)
Publication 2017
Number of pages 4
In: 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14 - 19 May 2017, pp.TUPVA020
DOI 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-TUPVA020
Subject category Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract The LHC injector chain for Pb-ion beams at CERN consists of Linac3, the accumulator ring LEIR, the PS and the SPS. In the context of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project an intense program of machine development studies has been performed in the last two years to maximise the intensity of Pb-ion beams at LHC injection. In this paper we present an analysis of the operational performance achieved so far, with the goal of 1) identifying the remaining performance bottlenecks along the chain and possible areas for improvement, and 2) to optimize the Pb-ion beam production scheme for the High Luminosity (HL-) LHC era. A consistent set of beam parameters for the HL-LHC era has been established taking into account the already achieved improvements as well as foreseen upgrades still to be implemented, such as slip stacking in the SPS.
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