Documents on LHC Machine Protection

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LHC Machine Protection  

• *** R. Schmidt et al, Protection of the CERN Large Hadron Collider, New Journal of Physics 8 (2006) 290. 
• A. Gomez Alonso, Redundancy of the LHC MPS in case of Magnet Failures.
• J. Wenninger, Summary of LHC MPS commissioning, LHC Machine Committee, Dec 2009.
• J. Wenninger, Overall MP and operation and scaling to 2010, Evian Workshop on LHC performance, Evian, Jan 2010.

Beam interlock system

• ** B. Todd, BIS and SMP, Evian Workshop on LHC performance, Evian, Jan 2010.

Powering interlock system

• LHC-D-ES-0003-30-00: THE HARDWARE INTERFACES BETWEEN POWERING INTERLOCK SYSTEM, POWER CONVERTERS AND QUENCH PROTECTION SYSTEM.

• LHC-D-IST-0001 rev.01: INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM TESTS OF THE POWERING INTERLOCK CONTROLLER

• *** Presentation on main concepts of Powering Interlock Controller (PIC) (M. Zerlauth) 

• LHC-CIW-ES-0002-00-10: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FAST MAGNET CURRENT CHANGE MONITORS (FMCM) IN THE LHC AND THE SPS-LHC TRANSFER LINES

• FMCM Commissioning at the LHC

• FMCM trips with beam in the LHC (M. Zerlauth, June 2010).

• LHC-CIW-ES-0001-00-10: THE HARDWARE INTERFACES BETWEEN WARM MAGNET INTERLOCK SYSTEM, NORMAL CONDUCTING MAGNETS, POWER CONVERTERS AND BEAM INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOR THE LHC RING

• System design and cabling in LHC

Injection

• ** LHC injection system description (LHC Design Report)
• *** LHC injection scenarios (LHC Note 287)

Beam dumping system

• ** LHC beam dumping system (LHC Design Report)
• ** J. Uythoven, Beam dump and abort gap cleaning, Evian Workshop on LHC performance, Evian, Jan 2010.
• ** W. Bartmann Injection and dump protection, Evian Workshop on LHC performance, Evian, Jan 2010.

Beam losses and damage limits

• ** Specifications for the beam loss monitoring system
• Beam loss induced quench levels - LHC Workshop 2005 (A. Siemko)

Beam instrumentation

• LHC-BPM-ES-0007-10-00: Interlock Beam Position Monitors for the LHC Beam Dumping System.
• LHC-BTV-ES-0001-10-00: Interlocking of LHC BTV screens.

Collimation

• *** C. Bracco Collimators and beam cleaning, Evian Workshop on LHC performance, Evian, Jan 2010.

Experiments

• R. B. Appleby et al Beam-related machine protection for the CERN Large Hadron Collider experiments, PRSTAB 13, 061002 (2010)

Misc

• R. B. Appleby: simulation of a beam impact on a vacuum valve.

• AC dipole interlocking.

• LHC-CI-ES-0003-00-10: Management of Critical Settings and Machine Parameters for LHC MPS

Audits

• Summary of the LHC Machine Protection System external review (Apr 2005).

• Summary of the Beam Interlock System audit (Sep 2006).

• Summary of the LHC Beam Dumping System audit (Feb 2008).

• Summary of the BLM system audit (June 2008).

• Summary of the Beam Interlock System external review (Sep 2009).

MPS Test specifications

• MPS Aspects of the Injection Protection Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the Beam Interlock System Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the FMCM Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the PIC Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the WIC Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the Vacuum System Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the Collimation System Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the BLM System Commissioning
• MPS Aspects of the LBDS System Commissioning

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