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Comments Discussion onLARP Beam and non-Beam
Commissioning
US LHC Accelerator Research Program
bnl - fnal- lbnl - slac

• E. Harms/FNAL
• 19 October 2004
• Napa, California

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Commissioning Outline

• LARP/Beam Commissioning Goals
• Planned Activities
• Future Involvement
• Questions for Discussion

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Beam CommissioningGoals

• Full-time U.S presence during LHC commissioning
• Share expertise of commissioning and operating
  superconducting accelerators
• Commission and train CERN personnel on U.S.-
  provided instrumentation
• Enhance U.S. accelerator expertise
• Beam commissioning in this context is defined as
  activities of a more general nature. Electron
  cloud, collimation, etc. are not included here

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Beam CommissioningPlanned Activities
TI8 Beam Commissioning 24-26 October 6-7
November
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Beam CommissioningPlanned Activities
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Beam CommissioningPlanned Activities

• Determination of presence for commissioning
• November visit for TI8 commissioning (Harms)
• Chamonix 2005 (17-21 January)
• Follow-up conversations and visits
• No beam in 2005, but lots of activity
• Installation
• Hardware commissioning
• Possible Injection Test April 2006

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CommissioningFuture Involvement

• Reports from LHC management that more people are
  needed prior to beam commissioning
• Physicists
• Engineers
• ?
• Awaiting news of specific needs and manpower
  estimates
• Funding from ? (non-LARP)

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CommissioningFuture Involvement

• 0.1 FTE in 2005
• 0.6 FTE in 2006
• 5-6 FTE in 2007 and beyond

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CommissioningQuestions for Discussion

• Is planned level of participation (budget) in
  2005-2006 sufficient to ramp up efficiently for
  beam commissioning in succeeding years? (LAPAC
  voiced same concern in July)
• Names? Contact person(s) at collaborating
  laboratories.
• What role(s) should U.S. Scientists play at CERN?
• Length of visits?
• Is manpower available to assist in LHC checkout,
  etc.
• ?