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New Warm Vacuum Interconnection Design for HL-LHC

MOP7104
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC7.T14: Vacuum Technology Poster session

Speaker

Tomás Silva (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

Warm vacuum interconnections are critical components used to couple adjacent vacuum chambers in the warm sectors of the LHC. Their primary functions are to ensure vacuum tightness, to accommodate small radial misalignments between chamber flanges, and to compensate for longitudinal thermal expansion/contraction of the Long Straight Sections during bakeout operations. Within the framework of the HL-LHC project, a new generation of warm vacuum interconnections has been developed. This design introduces a novel concept of RF contacts utilising a deformable radio frequency contact bridge.

This contribution outlines the main design, manufacturing strategies and qualification of these new warm modules for the HL-LHC operation.

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Author

Tomás Silva (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Giuseppe Bregliozzi (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Mr Jan Hansen (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Vincent Baglin (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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