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Description
Every high-energy beam dump event at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is analysed to assess the performance of the machine protection systems and to identify anomalous behaviour. Analysing the loss pattern of nearly 4000 beam loss monitors, which depends on beam parameters and machine settings, can be time-consuming and requires expert knowledge. Therefore, an automated beam loss analysis tool was developed and deployed for operation in November 2023. It uses empirically derived beam loss thresholds that scale with relevant beam parameters to evaluate beam dumps for post-mortem analysis. The paper describes the derivation and optimisation of the beam loss thresholds and reviews their performance in proton and Pb-ion operation during the year 2024.
| Region represented | Europe |
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| Paper preparation format | LaTeX |
