1–6 Jun 2025
Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)
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Assessing the origin of the LHC beam halo

THAN1
5 Jun 2025, 09:30
20m
Hall 201 (TICC)

Hall 201

TICC

Contributed Oral Presentation MC5.D07 High Intensity Circular Machines Space Charge, Halos THAN:Beam Dynamics and EM Fields (Contributed)

Speaker

Pascal Hermes (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

Measurements of the transverse beam-halo population at large amplitudes in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) provide crucial insights into the stored beam energy near the LHC collimators. These particles do not contribute significantly to the luminosity but their loss could impose limitations on accelerator performance through sudden loss spikes or even collimator damage in case of fast beam failures. A thorough understanding of the beam halo formation, along with the physical mechanisms driving its behaviour and evolution throughout the final stage of the LHC injection chain and during the acceleration cycle, is essential to define appropriate mitigation strategies to ensure reliable operation in view of High Luminosity LHC beam parameters. In this study, we explore potential origins of the transverse beam halo by examining experimentally multiple contributing factors to halo formation, including electron cloud effects, beam injection dynamics from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), and the energy ramping process within the LHC.

Region represented Europe
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Author

Milica Rakic (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Co-authors

Carlo Emilio Montanari (University of Manchester) Daniele Butti (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Daniele Mirarchi (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Federico Roncarolo (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Hannes Bartosik (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Michi Hostettler (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Pascal Hermes (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Sofia Kostoglou (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Stefano Redaelli (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Stephane Burger (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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