High Luminosity LHC : UK (HL-LHC-UK)
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
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Planned Impact
See lead document with Manchester
Publications
Apsimon R
(2017)
An improved equivalent circuit model of a four rod deflecting cavity
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Apsimon R
(2019)
Prediction of beam losses during crab cavity quenches at the high luminosity LHC
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Apsimon Robert
(2017)
Modeling the Low Level RF Response on the Beam during Crab Cavity Quench
in JACoW
Calaga R
(2021)
First demonstration of the use of crab cavities on hadron beams
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Dexter A
(2017)
Active lower order mode damping for the four rod LHC crab cavity
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hall B
(2017)
Design and testing of a four rod crab cavity for High Luminosity LHC
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Verdú-Andrés S
(2018)
Design and vertical tests of double-quarter wave cavity prototypes for the high-luminosity LHC crab cavity system
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Yamakawa E
(2018)
Luminosity reduction caused by phase modulations at the HL-LHC crab cavities
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | This project developed a prototype crab cavity systems for the LHC. Lancasters role was in the design of the higher order mode couplers and LLRF system, and to perform beam impedance measurements on the SPS accelerator at CERN. This was the world first test of a crab cavity on a hadron beam and was a major success |
| Exploitation Route | Similar crab cavities are being considered for most future colliders including ILC, CLIC, FCC and FCC. |
| Sectors | Education,Electronics |
| URL | https://home.cern/news/news/engineering/worlds-first-crabbing-proton-beam |
| Description | I was interviewed on BBC breakfast, BBC Radio 5 live and BBC scotland about the LHC upgrades |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | Cockcroft Postrgrad lectures on Superconducting RF |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | HL-LHC-UK Phase II |
| Amount | £26,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | HL-LHC collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - Other |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Development of crab cavities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Testing facilities, engineering support, student and staff placements |
| Impact | Journal publications already in reserachfish |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Title | Cold magnetic shielding RFD and DQW |
| Description | Delivered the cold magnetic shields for the pre-series and the first 2 series crab cavities for HL-LHC |
| Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Sub-component contribution to HL-LHC |
| Description | BBC Breakfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed about LHC upgrades on BBC breakfast |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BBC Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Was interviewed about LHC upgrades on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Scotland and BBC Lancashire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Blue Peter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | One of our PhD students was interviewed during a trip to the LHC for Blue Peter on Childrens BBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IMAEGMOOH |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I participated in the STFC sponsored I'm an engineer get me out of here competition, where I did live webchats with several schools all over the UK answering questions over a two week period. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://energym19.imanengineer.org.uk/ |