Category: 1. Project News
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MCBRDP4 test results
MCBRDP4 test results By Ezio Todesco, WP3 Leader (CERN) During the past weeks, the fourth prototype of the MCBRD magnets (orbit correctors of D2 based on canted cos theta design) has been tested at CERN. This magnet was fully built at CERN 927 using standard procedures, and has reached the performance requirements. The training was initially
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The IT String control room gets ready!
The IT String control room gets ready! By the WP16 HL-LHC IT STRING team (CERN) A room in SM18 (2173/1-S06) has recently been refurbished to become the control room of the HL-LHC IT String. The HL-LHC IT String will test the collective behaviour of the components of the interaction zones, designed for the new High-Luminosity
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MCBXF nested correctors
MCBXF nested correctors By E. Todesco and J. C. Pérez (TE Dept, MSC group, HL-LHC WP3) and F. Toral (CIEMAT) on behalf of the CIEMAT collaboration In June a new assembly of the second nested corrector prototype MCBXFBP2c has been tested in SM18 at CERN. The first version of this magnet manufactured in 2020 had a performance
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HL-LHC magnet endurance test further confirms niobium–tin’s resilience | home.cern
HL-LHC magnet endurance test further confirms niobium–tin’s resilience | home.cern By Thomas Hortala (CERN) on home.cern By Thomas Hortala – A full-size, US-produced HL-LHC quadrupole magnet based on niobium–tin technology has passed a critical endurance test, another step towards confirming the technology’s viability inside accelerators. Read on home.cern Read more news
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The HL-LHC’s IT String home gets ready | Accelerating News
The HL-LHC’s IT String home gets ready | Accelerating News By WP16 HL-LHC IT String team (CERN) in Accelerating News The new metallic structure, installed in SM18, will be part of the IT String Test Stand. It will house the main components of the HL-LHC powering systems, due for arrival at the end of 2022.
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2022 USPAS Early-Career Award to Rama Calaga
2022 USPAS Early-Career Award to Rama Calaga Rama Calaga, HL-LHC WP4 Leader, has been awarded the 2022 USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Science and Technology for his outstanding leadership bringing the crab cavities in hadron colliders from concept to reality and for the first demonstration of crabbing on a hadron beam. Of the three prizes awarded every three
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12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, 19 – 22 September 2022
12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, 19 – 22 September 2022 Following the 11th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting held in digital format in October 2021, the 12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from 19th to 22nd September 2022, as an in-person meeting. The return to an in-person meeting was chosen after consultations with all collaboration partners
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Autopsy of an LHC beam dump | home.cern
Autopsy of an LHC beam dump | home.cern By Anaïs Schaeffer (CERN) on home.cern For the first time at CERN, an autopsy has been carried out on a radioactive beam dump. Inspection of the inner workings of the device helped the teams to find out more about how materials behave under the impact of high-energy
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Successful prototype validation of ultra-high precision current measurement devices for HL-LHC
Successful prototype validation of ultra-high precision current measurement devices for HL-LHC By Greg Hudson, on behalf of WP6B (CERN) The WP6B “Class 0” ultra-high precision current measurement devices, or DCCTs (direct current current transformers), are used for the accurate current measurement/regulation in the 14kA (D1: MBXF, D2: MBRD) and 18kA (Main Inner Triplet) power converters. Two prototype
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BGC Collaboration Meeting at CERN
BGC Collaboration Meeting at CERN By Raymond Veness, Deputy WP13 Leader (CERN) The 8th Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) Collaboration Meeting was held at CERN and by Zoom in early April. The two-day meeting, organized by WP13 in collaboration with Cockcroft Institute (CI) and the GSI, brought together senior scientists and the collaboration members from these institutions, including a