LHC Project Seminar: Scenarios for the luminosity upgrade in the LHC
by
Francesco Ruggiero, Walter Scandale (CERN/AB-ABP and CERN/AT-MAS)
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Europe/Zurich
AT Auditorium (CERN)
AT Auditorium
CERN
Description
In a few years, the LHC luminosity will reach the nominal value of 1034 cm-2 s-1. To go beyond, one can only think of increasing the circulating beam current to the ultimate intensity at the edge of the beam-beam interaction limit. In a recent workshop sponsored by the CARE-HHH network, we investigated possible ways to increase the luminosity performance by an order of magnitude by improving the insertion layout and the injector complex. This would require a vigorous R&D programme, addressing high-field magnets, fast pulsed magnets, radiofrequency sources and cavities, beam dynamics scenarios, accelerator protection and cleaning systems. In this seminar the highlights of the workshop will be presented and critically discussed.