17–22 May 2026
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The first fully automated analysis of the Hardware Commissioning tests for superconducting circuits at the LHC

MOP7082
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC7.T10: Superconducting Magnets Poster session

Speaker

Agnieszka Chmielinska (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The superconducting magnet circuits of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN undergo a commissioning campaign at regular intervals, referred to as Hardware Commissioning (HWC), to validate magnet powering and protection functions. During each campaign, more than 1,500 circuits must be commissioned, requiring the execution and analysis of several thousand powering tests. Historically, this process relied on legacy or manual tools, resulting in high workload and sometimes inconsistent results.

To streamline the validation process, a Python-based automated analysis framework has been developed within the Signal Monitoring (SigMon) project over the past two years. The 2026 HWC campaign marked the first time this automated analysis was applied to all powering tests across the superconducting magnet circuits of the LHC. This paper describes the SigMon analysis framework, reports on the 2026 HWC campaign, evaluates the impact of automation, and presents key circuit performance findings.

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Author

Agnieszka Chmielinska (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Ms Aleksandra Mnich (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Ms Alexandra Murariu (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Mr Andreas Barba (ETH Zurich) Dr Arjan Verweij (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Mr Mateus Pereira (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Miguel Cerqueira Bastos (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Mr Simon Mazenoux (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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