7–11 Sept 2025
Teaching Hub 502
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Characterization of the radiation environment in the FCC-ee tunnel

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8 Sept 2025, 16:00
2h
Teaching Hub 502

Teaching Hub 502

The University of Liverpool 160 Mount Pleasant L3 5TR Liverpool
Poster Presentation MC02: Beam Loss Monitors and Machine Protection MOP

Speaker

Alessandro Frasca (European Organization for Nuclear Research, University of Liverpool)

Description

The Future Circular electron-positron Collider (FCC-ee) at CERN will provide collisions at four interaction points along a 91 km ring, with beam energies ranging from 45.6 GeV (Z pole) to 182.5 GeV (ttbar threshold). The radiation environment along the accelerator varies significantly, with different dominant sources depending on location and operational mode. Accurate characterization of this environment is essential for the design and placement of machine equipment, particularly electronic systems and beam instrumentation. In this study, the Monte Carlo code FLUKA is used to characterize tunnel radiation levels from the main sources, including radiative Bhabha scattering, synchrotron radiation, beam-gas interactions, and the beamstrahlung dump. The results at the Z pole and ttbar threshold for both the interaction regions and arcs are presented to guide early-stage design considerations and to quantify exposure risks for electronics at potential installation locations.

Funding Agency

This work was supported by CERN doctoral student program.

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Author

Alessandro Frasca (European Organization for Nuclear Research, University of Liverpool)

Co-authors

Andrea Ciarma (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati) Anton Lechner (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool) Giuseppe Lerner (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Manuela Boscolo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati) Narender Kumar (University of Liverpool)

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