Category: HL-LHC News
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HL-LHC Beam Halo Monitoring System Review
HL-LHC Beam Halo Monitoring System Review By Federico Roncarolo (CERN) The review brought together experts from various CERN departments to evaluate the functional specifications and proposed technical solutions for beam halo monitoring in the High-Luminosity LHC era.
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Full Remote Alignment System qualification on the Single Component Test mock-up
Full Remote Alignment System qualification on the Single Component Test mock-up By Mateusz Sosin and Hélène Mainaud Durand (CERN) Figure 1. SCT mock-up and installed FRAS sub-systems. The Full Remote Alignment System (FRAS) will be implemented on 68 components of the HL-LHC Project. As this will be a brand-new system, implemented in an accelerator for the…
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Completion of DFX construction for the HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems
By Amalia Ballarino (CERN) Figure 1. The CERN and SOTON teams in front of the DFX cryostat integrated in the Cold Powering System at CERN. From left to right: Maitham Bailey and Yifeng Yang (University of Southampton) Amalia Ballarino, Paul Cruikshank and Yann Leclercq (CERN). Photo: Florence Thompson/CERN A collaborative effort between CERN, Univesity of…
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Successful repair and testing of the first RFD cryomodule for the HL-LHC
Successful repair and testing of the first RFD cryomodule for the HL-LHC By Rama Calaga Figure 1. RFD cryomodule assembled in UK and being tested at CERN. The first RF dipole crab cavity cryomodule, which arrived with two major non-conformities, has now been successfully repaired and commissioned.
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14th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting in Genoa, Italy
14th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting in Genoa, Italy The 14th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting brought together nearly 200 participants from across the project, taking stock of the progress made over the past year and having fruitful discussions about the next steps in preparation for the deployment of the HL-LHC project in the LHC tunnel.