Summary notes of the HSS meeting on 04/04/2014

Present: ??

Budget for HL-LHC Orbit Correctors -> MF (slides)

Miriam presents the latest results of the studies on the orbit correctors in IR1/5 for HL-LHC.
A crucial point is the strength of the correctors in the D2. The proposed scheme envisages the closure of the bumps at D2 in order to have zero orbit in the region of the crab cavities. This implies a large strength for these correctors, which then generates non-negligible technological challenges.
Recently, the crab cavity experts assessed that it would be possible to traverse them with a non-zero transverse offset. This implies that the closure of the bumps in D2 can be relaxed, as long as the orbit in the crab cavities remains within the agreed budget.
This mitigates considerably the strength issue.
A complete set of strength specifications is proposed based on detailed numerical simulations in which the impact of imperfections (magnet misalignment, transfer function errors) are taken into account.


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