The design of the new LHC connection cryostats

Cryogenic Engineering Conference 2017

材料科学;物理学

Vande Craen, A.^1 ; Barlow, G.^1 ; Eymin, C.^1 ; Moretti, M.^1 ; Parma, V.^1 ; Ramos, D.^1

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland^1

关键词: Beam intensity;    Beam lines;    Beam optics;    Beam pipe;    Design solutions;    Electrical circuit;    Technical systems;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/278/1/012181/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/278/1/012181

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In the frame of the High Luminosity upgrade of the LHC, improved collimation schemes are needed to cope with the superconducting magnet quench limitations due to the increasing beam intensities and particle debris produced in the collision points. Two new TCLD collimators have to be installed on either side of the ALICE experiment to intercept heavy-ion particle debris. Beam optics solutions were found to place these collimators in the continuous cryostat of the machine, in the locations where connection cryostats, bridging a gap of about 13 m between adjacent magnets, are already present. It is therefore planned to replace these connection cryostats with two new shorter ones separated by a bypass cryostat allowing the collimators to be placed close to the beam pipes. The connection cryostats, of a new design when compared to the existing ones, will still have to ensure the continuity of the technical systems of the machine cryostat (i.e. beam lines, cryogenic and electrical circuits, insulation vacuum). This paper describes the functionalities and the design solutions implemented, as well as the plans for their construction.