Tag: LS3

  • Chamonix: building on success, planning for the future

    Chamonix: building on success, planning for the future

    As the HL-LHC project moves into full series production, the technical challenges associated with magnets, cold powering and crab cavities are being addressed.

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  • HL-LHC counts down to LS3

    HL-LHC counts down to LS3

    With less than two years of LHC operations before the start of long-shutdown three (LS3), when the main installation phase of the High-Luminosity LHC will begin, Oliver Brüning and Markus Zerlauth describe the latest progress and next steps for the validation of key technologies, tests of prototypes and the series production of equipment, CERN Courier.

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  • PM17 lift installed at HL-LHC Point 1

    PM17 lift installed at HL-LHC Point 1

    Less than four months after PM57, Wednesday 8th November saw the second CERN’s official acceptance of a lift, the PM17 one, the entry point to the HL-LHC Point 1 shaft and underground galleries, whose installation represents a major milestone for the project.

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  • News from the Chamonix workshop

    News from the Chamonix workshop

    News from the Chamonix workshop | home.cern By Mike Lamont (CERN) on home.cern There has been sustained international effort and good progress on the HL-LHC magnet front. The production of the interaction region magnets is progressing well, and prototyping and production of the NbTi magnets have passed through critical phases. The INFN twin aperture D2

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  • First CDB systems in the HL-LHC IT String

    First CDB systems in the HL-LHC IT String

    First CDB systems in the HL-LHC IT String By Samer Yammine, HL-LHC WP16 (CERN) After the introduction of the Circuit Disconnector Boxes (CDBs) in the HL-LHC baseline in 2020 as seen in the HL-LHC engineering change request LHC-RP-EC-0005, the deliverables required to connect to the Inner Triplet (IT) powering cluster are already installed in their

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  • 12th Collaboration meeting of the HL-LHC project, finally live again!

    12th Collaboration meeting of the HL-LHC project, finally live again!

    12th Collaboration meeting of the HL-LHC project, finally live again! By Oliver Brüning and Markus Zerlauth (CERN) Following the completion of the second Long Shutdown (LS2) and the successful re-start of CERNs accelerator complex for its 3rd operational run, efforts at CERN and across the High-Luminosity collaboration are now focusing on the series production of all

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  • LS3 schedule change

    LS3 schedule change Since the publication of this article, there has been a change to this schedule. Click here to view the updated schedule.  LHC / HL-LHC Plan: link Following the recommendations of both the LHCC (LHC Experiments Committee) and the CMAC (CERN Machine Advisory Committee), a change to the LHC schedule was presented by CERN management to Council and

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  • MCBXFB magnets ready for series production after successful design iteration

    MCBXFB magnets ready for series production after successful design iteration By J. C. Perez and E. Todesco, TE Dept, MSC group, HL-LHC (CERN) In the HL-LHC machine, to be installed during the third long shutdown (LS3), the family of magnets named MCBXF (see figure above) will be located on both sides of the ATLAS and

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  • JTT installation completed

    JTT installation completed By Oliver Boettcher and Francisco Sanchez-Galan, HL-LHC WP8 (CERN) Exactly one week after installing the first JTT on ATLAS A-side (August 12th), the second JTT on the C-side was also successfully completed on August 19th. These achievements were the product of intensive activity coordination and a high level of commitment of all

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