Category: Issue 01
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Highlights from the HL-LHC Work Packages
WP2: Performance and Beam Dynamics Following the project re-baselining in summer 2016, the layout and optics of the high luminosity insertion regions were reviewed and the performance re-evaluated. This has led to a small but visible reduction in performance, reducing the margins available for the achievement of the nominal and ultimate luminosity targets. Optimization of…
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Summary on the outcome of the 2017 Chamonix and the 28th USLARP meeting in Napa in April
The 2017 Chamonix workshop featured three joint sessions between the HL-LHC and the LIU project. The main observations from Chamonix 2017 relevant for the HL-LHC project were: A complete summary of the Chamonix 2017 workshop by the CERN Director of Accelerators, Frederick Bordry, can be found here. The 28th USLARP meeting in Napa in April…
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Project Planning and EVM
The implementation of the EVM (Earned Value Management) system for the HL-LHC project was ready for the 2nd Cost & Schedule Review (CSR) that was held in October 2016. This tool tracks, among other things, the schedule and cost variances of the project with respect to estimates made by the project team at the time…
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3rd HiLumi Industry Day in the UK
The third edition of the HiLumi Industry Day took place in Warrington, a few minutes away from Daresbury Laboratory, in May 2017. This two-day event jointly organised by CERN and STFC gathered some 200 participants from 17 European countries. Some key engineers and physicists from CERN and STFC presented the technical challenges of the HL-LHC…
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Progress on the Civil Engineering preparation for P1 and P5 of the LHC
The key highlights of the Civil Engineering work include the completion of the preliminary design of the civil engineering works at Point 1 and Point 5 at the end of 2016 by the external Consultants. The Consultants also performed an independent cost estimate for the civil engineering work which falls within the project cost estimates…
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TDR V0.1 and Baseline Change Documents
Following the re-baselining exercise for the HL-LHC project in June 2016, the HL-LHC project implemented several scope changes (e.g. reduction of the Crab Cavity installation to only ½ of the initially planned system and suppression of the Q4 quadrupole upgrade) with respect to the PDR that was issued at the end of the EU funded…
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Update on the Collaboration Partners and Contributions
The 6th HL-LHC Collaboration Board took place during the 6th HL-LHC Annual Meeting in November 2016, jointly organized by CEA and CERN in Paris, France. One of the focuses of the 6 th HLCB meeting was the launch of the new HL- LHC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for signature and the advertisement of opportunities for…