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#42580 02/14/12 11:55 AM
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http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?sessionId=8&resId=1&materialId=1&confId=164089

That info contains a lot of jargon and mystery for us lay people - luminosity, beam dump, quench, scrubbing, pile up, etc* - but here are a few points of interest:

- LHC is designed for a maximum power of 14TeV, i.e. 7TeV/beam.
- Thus far, it's been using only 3.5TeV/beam, as this was least likely to cause 'risk associated with quenches', and was considered probably sufficient for immediate purposes inc. the search for the Higgs boson.
- It's been decided to increase to 4TeV. With upgrades during the past year, it's calculated that the risk at 4TeV will now be =< the risk at 3.5TeV last year.

"Beam Energy after LS1 (1st September 2014):
• Strong recommendation
• DO NOT GO FOR 7TeV PER BEAM DUE TO THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH MANY HUNDREDS (THOUSAND) QUENCHES
• Around 6.5TeV/beam is safer and sufficient"

* If anyone can cast some light on the meaning of 'luminosity' (!) and so forth, I'd be glad.


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LHC luminosity is basically the number of particles in the beam cross section area per unit of time.

http://www.lhc-closer.es/php/index.php?i=1&s=4&p=9&e=0

Essentially the higher the luminosity the more likely you are to get collissions as the two beam meet headon.


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Thanks for the info and the useful link.


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That's luminosity sorted, but what about quenches?

Sounds like it might be where the whole thing goes "phutt", or where someone has to throw water over it, but I bet there's a more technical explanation.


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