Recent progress of the HiLumi project

Margarita Synanidi — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:39:23 +0000

Recent progress of the HiLumi project
by Lucio Rossi (CERN), Agnes Szeberenyi (CERN)

Group photo of the annual meeting participants. Image credit: Claudio Federici, INFN-LNF

A year has already passed since the launch of the High Luminosity LHC Design Study, which is the first step of the larger High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project.

The 2nd Joint HiLumi LHC-LARP Annual Meeting took place on 14-16 November and was hosted by INFN-LNF. The event registered 130 participants, bringing together not only European and US LARP experts but also Japanese and Russian scientists.

The event reviewed the progress of design and R&D of the FP7 HiLumi Work Packages, and of the other HL-LHC WPs as well, and the progress towards a final lay-out of the accelerator upgrade. A dedicated session was organized for young scientists honoured the LARP Toohig fellowship. The plenary talks featured LARP, U.S. DoE and Japanese positions on HL-LHC as well.

The next joint Annual Meeting is planned to take place at Daresbury Laboratory of the Cockcroft Institute in November 2013, while in May 2013 the collaboration will meet at the joint LARP-HiLumi LHC annual meeting in the USA.

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LARP’s role in the luminosity upgrade

Margarita Synanidi — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:24:02 +0000

LARP’s role in the luminosity upgrade
by Kate Kahle (CERN)

Candidates for the LARP Toohig fellowship were evaluated at the May meeting. The Toohig fellowship is named after the late Dr. Timothy Toohig, a physicist and Jesuit priest. Image credit: LARP

What part can US researchers play in the high luminosity upgrade of the LHC? This was one of the key points of the May meeting between the HiLumi LHC project and the US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP), which took place in Fermilab, Chicago.

For almost ten years, LARP laboratories (BNL, FNAL, LBNL and SLAC) have been collaborating with CERN in connection with the Large Hadron Collider. Now, with the HiLumi LHC design study underway, the time has come to plan US contribution in concrete terms for the upgrade itself.

LARP has a strong basis in magnet R&D and accelerator physics. For magnets, the move now is to shift from R&D to pre-production prototypes. For accelerator physics, as well as retaining beam-beam studies, there is a growing interest for LARP to participate in crab cavity work.

The May meeting also provided an opportunity to evaluate candidates for the LARP Toohig fellowship. This prestigious opportunity allows post-doctorate researchers to work on LHC activities, dividing their time between CERN and LARP laboratories. Of the four excellent candidates that presented at the May meeting, Silvia Verdu Andres was selected. A second fellowship will be allocated shortly, joining the current Toohig fellows are John Cesaratto (SLAC), Valentina Previtali (FNAL) and Simone White (BNL).

LARP and HiLumi LHC collaborations will continue to be developed, notably with the next joint meeting in Frascati, Italy in November. Presentations from the May meeting are available online.

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Recent progress of the HiLumi project

LARP’s role in the luminosity upgrade