Tag: WP14 – Beam Transfer and Kickers
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5-minute race with 450 °C titanium: shrink fitting trial of CFC plates for HiLumi LHC beam dumps
The successful shrink-fitting trial of the carbon-fibre-reinforced carbon (CFC) plates into the titanium vessel marked the final crucial milestone in the validation of the assembly process for the High-Luminosity (HiLumi) LHC beam dumps.
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New beam dump design for High-Luminosity stored beam energies
In the LHC beam dumps, the energy stored in the proton beams must be safely absorbed by the core materials. Due to their exceptional thermal shock and radiation resistance, carbon-based materials have been successfully used for this purpose since LHC Run 1.
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New beam dumps for the HL-LHC well-positioned for production
The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) external beam dumps (TDEs) was hosted at CERN on 11-12 March 2025.
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Installation of MKI Cool magnets in Point 8 completed!
Installation of MKI Cool magnets in Point 8 completed! By Giorgia Favia, Tobias Stadlbauer and Thomas Kramer for SY-ABT (CERN) During YETS 2024/25 the third and fourth MKI Cool magnets for the HL-LHC were installed at Point 8, completing the upgrade of one entire injection point. The LHC is equipped with two injection kicker (MKI)
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HiRadMat test completed: a crucial step for the HL-LHC beam dump
The 65th HiRadMat experiment (HRMT-HLTDE) was completed by the SY-STI team on the 14th August 2024. This experiment is a crucial step in validating the material selection for the HL-LHC beam dumps (TDEs) in HL work package 14 and is the product of around 12 months of ideation and planning.
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Cool kickers for the HL-LHC
SY Department – Successful tests of the first “MKI-Cool” show that these new kicker magnets can take the heat and keep their cool with high-luminosity beams, CERN News.
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Kicking off
By Kristiane Bernhard-Novotny – Following the installation of kicker magnets that are more heat resistant and their successful tests during the SPS scrubbing run, the SPS is getting ready for High-Luminosity LHC operation, CERN Bulletin.
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Cool Kickers for the HL-LHC | home.cern
Much of the research and development work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) aims to protect the accelerator’s fragile components from the detrimental effects of high luminosity,…
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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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Flexible and accessible, the HiRadMat facility celebrates its tenth anniversary | Accelerating News
Flexible and accessible, the HiRadMat facility celebrates its tenth anniversary | Accelerating News By Nikolaos Charitonidis and Pascal Simon (CERN) in Accelerating News Since its construction in 2011, HiRadMat has been a unique experimental facility for testing materials under beam impact. Read in Accelerating News Read more news