• DocumentCode
    408602
  • Title

    Heavy ion beams in the LHC

  • Author

    Jowett, J.M. ; Jeanneret, J.-B. ; Schindl, K.

  • Author_Institution
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    12-16 May 2003
  • Firstpage
    1682
  • Abstract
    In addition to protons, the LHC will collide beams of heavy ions. The beam intensity in the LHC ring is tightly constrained from below by beam instrumentation (visibility on the beam position monitors in particular) and from above by magnet quench limits, the capabilities of the injectors and beam lifetime. We summarize current plans for beams of lead ions with emphasis on nuclear electromagnetic interactions, commissioning strategies and the differences from operation with protons.
  • Keywords
    accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; proton accelerators; LHC ring; beam instrumentation; collide beams; heavy ion beams; lead ions; magnet quench limits; nuclear electromagnetic interactions; Detectors; Electromagnetic scattering; Ion beams; Large Hadron Collider; Lead; Magnetic fields; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Protons; Superconducting magnets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
  • ISSN
    1063-3928
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7738-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2003.1288635
  • Filename
    1288635