19–24 May 2024
Music City Center
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Calculating the channelling efficiency of bent silicon crystals using two particle simulation programs: SixTrack and Xsuite

TUPC65
21 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Country (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Country

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC1.A25 Beyond Colliders Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Kay Dewhurst (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

A novel double-crystal experiment is being considered for installation in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to measure precession properties of short-lived baryons such as the Λc+. The experiment utilises a first bent silicon crystal of 50 µrad to deflect halo particles away from the circulating proton beam. Further downstream, a second crystal is installed, which produces a significantly greater bending angle of 7 mrad. While the former is well understood in simulations and measurements, the latter presents a new challenge for existing simulation tools. Using particle tracking programs, SixTrack and the newly developed Xsuite, we simulate a single pass experiment to calculate the expected channelling efficiency of these crystals. The results serve as a prediction for the performance of prototype crystals recently tested in CERN’s North Experimental Area at 180 GeV, and that are planned to be installed in the LHC in 2025 for use in the multi-TeV energy range.

Region represented Europe
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Primary author

Kay Dewhurst (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Frederik Van der Veken (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Pascal Hermes (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Daniele Mirarchi (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Stefano Redaelli (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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